My Love, November 27, 2011

My love, when you ache, I ache,
My breaths shallow to quiet your angst,
My heart flutters to calm the stirring within.

 

Each day I arise with a renewed spirit,
Strength through you,
That life’s greatest gifts shall forever embrace my tortured soul.

 

My love, when you smile, I smile,
The gentle care in your eyes,
The richness in your lips,

 

The powerful force of your words,
Your heart spilling out into the world,
Causing the sun to shine brighter, the moon to sing sweeter.

 

Each moment that passes where I stand
Without the warmth of your aura, the fondness of your presence,
I stand hand in hand with yearning;

 

Longing to hear your voice call my name
In waves of passionate hues,
Brushed with the pinkish-orange of sunset’s sweet kiss goodnight;

 

To feel the touch of your broken flesh,
Healing,
Wrapped in the arms of the truest of loves;

 

To share the simplest thoughts as I gaze into your eyes
Wishing upon the stars for time to stop,
Allow us an eternity without a single day’s passing.

 

My love, when you are, I am,
And together,
We’ll forever be.

 

© LRS 2011

 

Paradise November 24, 2011

Searching for other broken hearts
To piece together what’s left of us
Create an untouched me

 

Binding my hope in God’s everlasting love
Standing strong as the world crumbles
Determined to remain faithful, honest, and free

 

I stayed awake all night, waiting to feel your thoughts
Instead I heard them sing of all I wished I had
Pretending I’m not jealous, manic, or needy

 

No physical pain could match the ache within
Playing with ways to ease my fright
An understated, calm, practical tendency

 

If the love I was told was ever really mine
This ink wouldn’t be the only way I wept
The only time I’m happy

 

Guaranteed another disappointing day
Contemplating whether the risk is measured in worth
I look to the divine, focus less on the worldly

 

© LRS 2011

 

Killing Me November 23, 2011

On this, day number two, anxiety overwhelms,
her spirit abandons its peaceful existence,
succumbs to painful despair.
When she can’t smile, she needs.
It isn’t fair or cause for health.

 

Realizing she has no one,
suicidal thoughts flood,
fills her mind so great,
bursts out through her eyes, nose, and mouth.
This heart aches in every shade of blue.

 

When she can’t quiet anxious thoughts,
she turns off the only connection she has to feel.
Lays in her bed
alone,
room for merely one.

 

If her legs were stronger
than the dark that paralyzes, she’d run;
take one last look,
forget all she has ever known,
and run into emptiness;

 

away from guilt,
mistakes, and
broken forevers.
Start a life
without me.

 

© LRS 2011

 

Forever Forgotten

Wallowing in the loneliness that nags at my soul
Unable to understand this need to be adored
How it all stems with you

 

A bitter, angry man haunted by regret
Never willing to love more than you fear
Draining my worth from the lips of your empty heart

 

Leave me
Leave this place
Your ignore deadens my spirit

 

I ache each night
Cry myself to sleep
Beg God to fill your thoughts with me

 

Longing to be the source of your consume
Wanting to be your addiction
Your attention, be paid to me

 

Your selfishness
It is torture
And I run into it with open arms every time

 

I’m a glutton for punishment
Feed me your poison continually
And I’ll be yours, always

 

© LRS 2011