No Other Dream

Behind locked eye lids,

I see myself revealed:

a whimsical winter

spent in amiable arms,

a faceless friend

whose fingers flatter.

A valorous visage

comes into view.

I trace a shy smile

with my own lips

and know the language

my own heart speaks.

I've fallen in love

with fantasies before:

the promises on their lips,

the safety in their arms,

their bright, shining armor,

and their sea green eyes.

I want no other dream,

no other swirling specter,

no other eyes in bloom.

If I hear my name

roll off your tongue,

I swear, I'll never wake.

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"Just say you’re mine and the fog would lift ‘cause the only thing that’s missing now is everything. You’re the only way I make it through the night." Copeland Chiromancer

May Nothing Ever Come Between

I see the twinkle of your eye

whenever I look to the sky,

for - oh - if I could learn to fly

and dance among the stars so high,

I think I'd leave the earth for good.

I'd know a love no other could

and speak in breaths just understood.

I'd hold your hand because you would

forever be right by my side.

And we would dance and spin with pride

in our galactic place to hide,

a destiny not forced, defined.

In our cosmic cluster beam,

we'd say exactly what we mean

and over light-years we'd careen.

May nothing ever come between.

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I wrote this in fifteen minutes today. Take that as you will. I know one cannot breathe in space, but no one, literally, can fly to space either, so just go with it. :)

"Then looking upwards, I strain my eyes and try to tell the difference between shooting stars and satellites, from the passenger seat, as you are driving me home." Death Cab for Cutie Passenger Seat

Your Air

The winter wind whispered your name

and told me you were Home.

I thought it a suspicious claim,

and wanted to be shown. 

And so, a nomad, I became,

around the world I'd roam,

to hear a heart beating the same,

blood red as my own.

I swam across a salty sea

to see if you were there.

Somehow you had heard my private plea

and shared in my despair.

Your hands were warm when they touched me,

my flesh so soft and fair

and suddenly I felt I'm free,

just breathing in your air.

Nothing is forbidden here;

that's only what they told you.

But in my eyes, you see no fear

and know that I am true.

The sky above is wide and clear,

so we dance in its blue

and Home is only when you're near,

where I rest my head too.

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"You’re my wanderer, little wanderer, off across the sea. You’re my wanderer, little wanderer, won’t you wander back to me...back to me." Death Cab for Cutie Little Wanderer

"But everyday you wake up and you're looking for the door. It's funny how some days you see things you never saw before, on the road, when you're home away from home. Always thought you'd never end up there...no." Limbeck Home is Where the Van Is

Don't Hide Away

You are the song

stuck in my head

so all night long

you're in my bed.

Dreams can't be wrong;

they're right ahead.

Your pull is strong,

my light that led.

The stars that shimmer,

spell out your name;

they calm my tremors

and ease my pain.

A two-way mirror,

a picture frame,

familiar figures,

I can't explain.

Forget the seas.

Don't count the days.

I am your breeze.

You are my haze

and when I breathe,

you're what I say.

I beg you, please,

don't hide away.

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"We won't stand for hazy eyes anymore." Taking Back Sunday You Know How I Do

"If she's gone, I can go on, feeling two-feel small." The Beatles You've Got to Hide Your Love Away