with you

Our dreams carry us places

Pushing our minds to view

What we cannot

When the day's distractions 

Blind like the sun blaring down

Staring straight into the love

Enveloping every choice

That forgives innocent trespasses

Against the tender heart

Wishing for and hoping toward

Realization in the light of day 

These dreams teach me 

To never settle for only a moment

But to hold on with patience

For the eternal  

Layers upon layers

Of immaculate affection

Held within that delicate soul

Waiting for a haven 

Of pure loving trust

To savor in the sun

Looking to the future

building walls

Siempre estaré aquí 
Are words I won't take lightly.
I see, hear, and watch for always
Sensing it in the air between us.
And nothing, no one, anywhere
Has been able to get past
That invisible electricity
A magnetic force drawing me in
With no ability to turn back now
I see the walls that remain
And the only thought I have
Is to break them down brick by brick
With a loving hand
If you will but hold the one that's free
I'll let you build a sanctuary on the other side
For us to shore up against the tide
Keeping our love safe from the battering
Waves of doubt and habit
Brick by brick
You take mine and I'll take yours
Making them ours to create
A welcome home
Where neither of us wants to leave

simplicity

Hiding beneath the intracacy
Lies the heart of the matter
Two people caring
About the little things
Sharing life amidst chaos
Giving what they will
Until it's all exposed
Baring the molten love
That was uncovered
Discovered long ago
To be embraced with joy

missing

The wind was relentlessly storming at my window
Knocking on it, waking me to a keen awareness
In the middle of the dark, cold night
Of how very much you mean to me
How I see you in every step I take
Surrounding me with love
At home, school, driving, everywhere
The writing is on the wall
It will not do to have you standing apart
Too far away in distance and heart

I miss you breakfast, lunch, and dinnertimes
My eyes are drawn to every thing
My ears hear every song
My body remembers sitting on that train
Melting into you in the sun
Permeating every inch of life
Being far away but so completely near
This new distance is nothing I want to bear

I see you in every beautiful place I stand
I hear your influence in the children's laughter
I feel you in the warming rays of sunshine
I taste you in every bite of sustenance
The savor that you bring to life
Will be gone until harmony is restored
Because you have meant so much
This love will keep until your return
And the gap is closed once more

not ready

not ready to write my heart out
for thirty days of emotional draining
I might bleed out upon the page
as the words saturate the moment
while I hold onto hope
that something good is still in store
my heart is seen and heard
that a gift will be given
careful not to unleash fear
believing that love will win
trusting that I know that heart
somehow it will all work out
despite my imperfections
I might have a chance
to be accepted