Serendipity

A sun melted in a cloudless sky

And lit the world for you and I
And wind or God or something good
Whispered "It all happens as it should"
And so we let the time go by.

Sweet water chased our very walk
the leaves listened to our idle talk
And a simple perfect puzzle grasp
Held us tight in bonded clasp
So that the day could wander by.

And time presented a timeless gift
To let us wander, ponder, sift
And simply clear away the dust
and see our happiness, truth, and lust
That needed air in you and I.

And skin on skin, breath on breath
Words deemed too inadequate
So water yet again made due
and let me come alive for you
No longer known to wonder why.

And you ,my word, lips do impart
So insignificant but from the heart
Oh hand in hand, and you in us
Sweetly serendipitous
We've so much more now, you and I.

Ice

The ice I saw as beautiful
now breaks beneath my toes.
It's patterns follow no destined path
it knows not where it goes.
This landscape I once saw before
as a peaceful world of old
now seems so closing, so constricted
has me gasping in it's hold.
The river I had tried to cross
while frozen in winter's breath
now has thawed so unforseen
had me glimpse my very death.

So i'll wait in this web of creases that the ice has sent from me
I'm scared to move I'm scared to fall, I'm scared of what i'll see
I haven't touched the river's edge, I dare not move my gaze
From my place, this trap, frozen paradise
Caught in winter's haze.

I could cry out, I could dash in haste
but i'd risk so very much
I'd rather keep the ice intact,
keep it close to touch.
It's cracked and broken, bends and creaks
as I shift my weight and lean
I realize the ice is fragile, though
stronger than it seems
Still creases groan, I feel the strain
I cause with every step
I pause and wait, I dare not move
not now, not ever, not yet.


I will stand and hope the cold
may help you freeze again.
Or should it warm and spring does come,
I pray that I might swim.
Oh, hold me ice, let me stay
So I may trust your frozen ledge
Each minute that you keep me up
Is one closer to river's edge.
A crack and a crease aren't much in ice
though they deem me scared and wary
They let me know now, just how much
The ice is willing to carry.

Familiar Stranger

Something i've never known before came to visit me today.
I opened the door and saw it there
It didn't move, I didn't care
For I was frozen to know now that it does in fact exist.

And perhaps I stood a moment, or an hour, or a day
I had to take it in I guess
Let things out i'd long suppressed
And maybe take a chance to see, no longer to resist.

"I don't want what you're selling, I won't buy it from you, sir"
But all I saw was a nod and smile
He never left, and all the while
My heart pounded, my eyes were wide and suddenly aware.

"I didn't realize who you were, come in, do sit down"
I offered him a pleasant seat
He took it kindly, sitting neat
Absorbing his surroundings in an inquisitory stare.

We sat in silence for a length of time; my nerves pierced my skin
"So, yes, this is swell...
nice to see you're doing well."
Why must he always bring with him this awkardness inside.

He looked at me as though he knew my mind was rambling on
"Child, calm, I'm here to say
Trust and you will be okay,
It's time you learned to live in light, leave your tendency to hide."

How dare this stranger, as I thought he was, assume so much of me
I crossed my legs; and straightened stout
"You don't know what you're talking about"
Ashamed because I knew just how very right he'd been..

So once again he smiled, it dawned, my sweet mistake
This man i've known for years in time
Came again to help me find
Just what I was missing, in my friends, neighbors, and my kin..

"It's been so long since you last let me in, my dear, my trusted friend.
I come to knock, but you're never home,
I call but you never answer the phone,
I figured you were waiting for the best time to let me in"

"I take no offense, don't look down, I understand
For I am patient, I am kind,
I know what weighs on your mind
I know what it takes to see me and try to begin again."

"I never do go far away, no, I'd never abandon you.
I know you needed a bit of space
Time to learn and make mistakes
And I' just stopped by to comfort you and let you know i'm here."

He smiled at me, his face alight, genuine and alive
I couldn't help but to let my eyes
Water and begin to cry
For i'd forotten his friendship after just so many years.

"I forgot about you, I do admit, I'm sorry it's been so long
I was afraid you'd left, no doubt
That i'd have to just do without
Learn maybe to replace you with a feeling on demand."

And lord, his smile, like the sun it beamed and i returned one too
"Child, i'd never forget your face."
He leaned to me and took his place
Where he reached in silence over, and took my trembling hand.

"So tell me child, start anew, let's now again begin"
And so I sat with a dear old friend
We chatted long, still's yet to end.
He comes by every day now and I always let him in.

Sweet

Cant count the hours I've spent drifting,
sifting through the ways you've made me cry.
Couldn't go a day without letting you in,
a sin, and always asking why.

I've felt prolonged sinking wasted solely at your name
I waited at my own expense, though you never came
And all the while you thought I'd gone to play a different game
I spent too much time crumpled on the bathroom floor
But your memory doesn't hurt me anymore.

Manic depressive, enigmatic, too aggressive
Your pulling and your prying made me all the more repressive
I never expected anything to come of what we were
Even though I'm stll ashamed of falling prey to your allure.

I know that you think you stand still in a higher place
But I want you to picture me, my determined smiling face
I laugh at who I used to be, and even more at you
Fate will do it's part now, and give what's coming to.