I swallowed the ocean
it weighs heavy in my depths
it turns and rolls within me
all movements now fluid and untameable

my heart beat weighs heavily in my hands
its dreams keeping me awake
even as it slips away 
like a dancer tiptoeing on shadows
only feeling the music

anew

moving forward, reaching out to touch
suddenly caught in the fog, the veil tears
and waking I wonder what I see
left with this
still enough to be in awe of a light that won't fade
I stretch, there is no breaking point

there isn't enough gravity within me to keep me sinking
though all the weight of the world reside within my soul

vibration

And some days, nothing
fills my heart, oh so
so bursting, I would swear
it sings, wordlessly

words melt around me
infinite melody blooms within
a dance, a parry to understanding
opening my heavy eye

open me up, I want to give in to you
stretch me, make my mind and nerves sweat and burn
fill me with the weight of your being

please, do

you can go anywhere
anywhere you please
you can always be that present
always here, now
give everything, your love

here, there

because the heart must allow room for ease

I want to taste you
I want to feel you so close to me I can't tell if it's your skin or mine

Please Stand Back

My heart is white hot and ready to explode

What do you have to say that's so big that you say nothing?

This has been a public service announcement.

midst

it can only be given

I insist that I persist
what of this blind and ignorant bliss
raw and gnawing at the bit

I'm exhausted but the cracking of my surface won't cease
I talk to the skies in search of peace

sometimes when I feel closest to you
that's when all the distance that is really between us starts welling up

and if I don't name things, if I don't seek to define its exact form, will it be as something other?
will I change it with my ignorance?

No you

Make me think
Make me wonder
Make me ponder!

Make me  run
Make me yell
Make me speechless!

Make me smarter
Make me wiser
Make me see!

Make me want
Make me desire
Make me passionate!

Make me, make me, make me!

Dear, dearest

Come back to bed, if only for a little while
Let's fight away those things pulling you up, up away from me
Sink back into this quiet, no one here but you and me
Just for a moment, hold me close and don't hold back

10 Lovely Ideas Before I Sleep

Shades of blue and purple and grey on a cold day
Plaid flannel
Light
Someone talking to you when you're in a rush
Birds that sing
That stretchy feeling when you first get into bed
Warm jackets
Learning something new and interesting
Sitting on the arm of the sofa
Jumping

what do you say

 Because you do not go away from these places inside me that I cannot see, I can feel you in ways that take up all the space, yet fit in this tiny spot on the inside of my rib. I hear you, but I cannot grasp it.
If this is nothing, I want it all.
What I have to show you can't only be felt when I grasp you in my arms.
Indeed, I can't prove to you it's real at all.