#dusty's notes

Your words bring a calm, like late autumn rain.

My world-weary heart, for a moment, still.

And I live lifetimes in your sweet refrain.

Like the clarity in October's chill.

-g.j.b

I waited so long for you.

I didn't know that my roads would be long

that the dust and heat would fill my mouth

that the stones would burn and cut my feet

I hurt for so long for you.

I didn't know that I would bleed

that my lungs would ache for peace

that my legs might carry me far beyond

I risked so much for you.

I didn't know how it would feel

beyond the familiar of my comfort zone

that I would leave the old pieces of myself

And yet, I think, every minute was worth it.

Every moment, every hurt, every step

brought me closer to you.

And when I smile,

the man in the mirror finally smiles back.

-g.j.b

Life has but one single sting

That we must grow and move on

We spend our youth convinced we are kings

Only to age, and see our kingdoms gone.

-g.j.b

Love like mountains

Made to cradle the clouds

And the sky

Laughing among the peaks

Love like the oceans

With their staggering weight

And the shore

Forever chasing the touch of the waves

Love like the snow

With quiet hope and purpose

And the sleeping trees

Whose branches write poems in the wind

-g.j.b

Every time that a smile would cross your face.

Just know that every time I say your name

It is just like how wild strawberries taste.

But what is a mere man against the span

Of the great wide empty space between us?

Yet the stillness you'd bring each time you sing

Is the same song that I hear in my dreams.

-g.j.b

Theres a little bird on my windowsill.

Whose bright feathers I've never seen before.

In moments when I hear her heartsong trill-

I cannot help but want to hear it more.

Her heartsong is the calling of the sea-

As it rushes into the stony shore.

And it shouldn't mean anything to me.

And yet still, somehow, that was me before.

-g.j.b

there in her eyes

I was made.

all the secret hurt

the guilt and shame

just for a moment

Gone.

for an instant,

I was not broken

she saw me

all the sharp edges

all the broken pieces

and still

I looked into her eyes,

And there was love.

-g.j.b

And love bravely

Like your heart isn't made of glass

Like your hands aren't shaking from the strain

Take my hand

And love fiercely

Like you don't see my scars

Like my eyes don't betray long-gone pain

Take your time

And love fully

Like our love will never end

And our blue skies will never see a drop of rain

Take a chance

And then,

maybe.

-g.j.b