where is my rescuer? (04.07)

my hope is that one of these days

you'll stop sending out lifelines--

that you'll be humble enough to put your hand in this freezing cold water

and have the strength to pull me into the boat with you

salty cheeks & bruised knees (04.02)

i've stopped feeling God the same way

but often i just feel the need to cry...

it seems like that's the only prayer of mine

He's been willing to answer lately

the problem with expectations

it's another day of me asking myself

why i seek forever

out of everything that's temporary

out of ink

he was a haiku

// but our syllables never //

added up quite right

slippin'

You put my love on ice skates

before it learned to walk

and in an instance we were dancing;

with elegance, you and I

On fear & thin ice

Tonight he lies awake

counting stars & arranging the constellations into the shapes of her eyes

Tonight she lies awake

trying to find the words to say

"I just wish I loved you the same way."

heart races

you're testing my athleticism
pushing me out of bounds
and I'm coming up defenseless.
we're running too fast
hearts racing for the 72 hours
that have past.
whistles blow all around us
but all I can hear
are the breaths between you and me.
your eyes seek finish lines
but darling I'm afraid
you won't find those in mine

natural disaster

a tornado in my mind

an earthquake in my heart

a flash flood beneath my eyelids

lightning strikes at every nerve

hurricanes brew within my lungs

avalanches race down my spine

but i tell myself i'm fine.

disconnect.

The dots connected 

enough times for us 

to make this work 

but the dots stopped 

the day we decided to try

a shoreline

a door knob

a hand of yours

to call mine

Barely out of reach

a missed train

a flight delay

a beautiful sunset

flooded by rain

It just wasn't meant to be.