Aqua waters,
aqua eyes,
rainwater,
tears,
perception,
persuasion,
an opening to your soul
in the space
between us.

Don’t limit yourself my love.
One can’t quantify what I feel for you.
I choose you,
and read the rhyme and rhythm
of your heart
as I lay on your chest,
hoping to align my heart with yours
before you leave
upon daylight.

I look to be a beacon,
a stronghold,
a brightness in your life,
now filled with darkness.
I radiate my love,
to emanate from the brilliance
of my affection for you;
a candle to lighten
your mood
in the dark sky.

I look for you in my dreams,
but I can’t find you there.
Where are you?
Can you not come to me?
You promised that you
would never really leave me
and yet you never returned
even in my dreams.
You told me not to be afraid
when darkness comes to me,
because you would be my light
on the other side.
Life, what is a blink of an eye,
is a lifetime of longing for me,
and so I wait to hold you
once again my love
in the silence.

You are just beyond the veil,
just beyond my sight
watching over me during my day
and throughout the night.
In the gloominess,
do you still embrace me,
when I cry for you?
I weep in the darkness
and somberness.
All is black and isolation,
hoping for the twilight.

Like so many times in the past,
the words sounded too familiar.
It’s just another story-
just another time-
and yes, I’m alone once more
to dwell on what might have been.
Why does the story always end well
in fairytales, for it never
turns out that way for me?
I’m just a wanderer from one
sad story to the next.
Will no one ever shake me
and make me feel
with every sense I own,
without using his words to hurt me,
one day when I least expect it?

I take a breath,
and it is heaven and sky,
wind and breeze to be
with you on the shoreline,
and in a puff,
the draft takes you
to the breadth
of the sea
away from me.

Always the wrong timing!
Will we ever get it right?
Needing you.
Wanting you.
Desiring you.
Yet now you are empty
with nothing left
of needing,
wanting,
or desiring me.
What am I to do?

You slander and defame me
My enemy,
someone who only claimed
to love me.
Jealousy is your distortion.
False you are as you fabricate
who you think I am.
I sever you from my life
for all the wounds
you have given me.
Your lies pierce my heart,
and penetrate my peace.

I whispered in your ear
that it was time
for you to go my dear.
I thanked you
for the years you gave me
always making me feel
the tenderness and the warmth.
As you slipped away
from me that day,
although I wanted
to hold on,
I let you go
and float away my love
into the clouds,
clouding my happiness
and losing your devotion.