verses from the heart

A million little stars

Of his gentle heart

I write my poetry

On his palm

Smudged ink, wishful words

Etched to his skin

Does he know?

Warm heart, veins that glow

Icy walls, melting away

Sunflower petals, gentle breeze

Summery soul, happy feet

How the seasons change

Same old pitter patter

I'm drowning, I always have been

Let the sea take me and my blues

Let it melt away all my hopes

Tangled in seaweed

Drenched in saltwater

Perhaps I'll find the peace

I've always been searching for

The seabed, my home

The corals whisper to me

Secrets of the sea

Stories I've never known

Let me dissolve

And be born anew

Strong enough to stay afloat

To swim to the shore

To gaze at the bright blue sky

And reach out

Stardust on my palms

Hollow bones, weary heart

Words evade me

My soul longs

To be home

The rolling waves

They lull me to sleep

I drift off

To the world of dreams

Perhaps I was born with it

This absence I can't ever fill

Maybe I've always known

This emptiness I feel

I stay still

Let the pain wash over me

Bottled tears, salt and mist

An open wound

It won't ever heal

This wound bleeds words

I write, I spill

Blood and ink

Will it take me where I wish to be?

Gentle clouds, drizzling away

The years go by

I'm alone again

Wishful thinking, sleepless nights

Tears to numbness

Numbness to tears

The cycle repeats

A hundred poems

And then some more

The waves call to me

I don't belong to the shore

Depths of dreams

Fingers intertwined

Hearts beating in sync

Lovesick and lovelorn

Saccharine sweet reveries

Will he open the door?

Will he let me in?

Drenched in rain

Lost in daydreams

I would wait

At his doorstep

Life is no dream

Wishes remain unfulfilled

I carve on stone

His name and mine

I wake up on the shore

Sunburn on saltwater skin

I write on sand

His name and mine

The waves take us

Game of fate and destiny

Unheard whispers, lost soul

Spirals of blue, same old hues

Days of bliss

They are rare and few

Let me reach out

Reach out to you

Do you see me too?

In your fading dreams

I yearn for the light of his presence

For the sound of his voice

I reach out to emptiness

My aching heart

My wandering soul

I can write a thousand poems

In search of him

Hoping every night

He finds his way back to me

Lost in slumber

Does he know?

How I ache for him

My empty days

I write to hold on, to carry the weight

Another sleepless night

Devoid of dreams

The flickering stars

Far out of my reach

The lines on my palms

They lead me nowhere

Barren branches, a dead end

I gaze at nothingness

Wishing to become one with it

Another sleepless night

Tears glow and fall

The glistening stars

I wish I could close the gap

Melt the distance

Our fingertips touch

Sparks and colliding stars

Bittersweet night, nothing comes easy

Not in this greyscale life

Flickering candlelight, melting wax

The pages hold

All my hopes

We meet again

Depths of my dreams

I touch your face

And I know

Spiralling and dark

I survived each one

Weeping willows and their gaze

Dissolving ink, another labyrinth

When will I let go?

Fish swim in spirals

Grey and blue, familiar hues

Stories forgotten, love dissolved

I turn the light on

Breathe in the evening breeze

The window stays open

Waiting for bliss

Withered sunflower, broken mirror

The sky whispers to me

Words of comfort

Teary eyed and aching

I open my palms

The rules keep changing

Dance the dance

Paint the sky

Weary bones, wandering soul

Ghosts of the past whisper

Numbness wraps itself around me

Starry blanket holding me still

Once again, I let the ink spill

Where do I go? Who do I be?

I'm afraid tonight

Purple, yellow and pink

The night expands

And consumes me

Feeble attempts in vain

To make it to the other side

Frail heart, hollow promises

Will I open my eyes?

How the ink spills

An ocean of poetry

Words reach the shore

Melt into wet sand

Humid summer breeze

It carries both

Some ache, some joy

I close my eyes

And listen once again

To the waves sing