"I have so many words," she said
"But all of them are rubbish
if I can't desribe the way
you make my heart hum."

Hand to heart
the rapid beat
the song within

"Can you feel it?"
(fall 2002)

The maps on your fingertips
seem entirely useless
if they aren't pointing
me to where you are
(fall 2004)

You are the light in from the hallway.
A reminder of the familiar
when darkness and nightlight
shadows send me send me trembling
under queen sized sheets.

You are the first sight of sunlight
streaming through my curtains.
Just bright enough to wake me up

(winter 2004)

while you never told me
what you were running from,
i will always be grateful
that i was standing
where you ended up

even now
(summer 2006)

Oh sweet soul,
the threads meant to stich us together
are fraying these days
But our seams see to be stronger
these days too

I'm trying to be careful (spring 2009)

Hope is the worst disease
and the most necessary cure
It is familar sunshine
and the collapsing disappointment
of nothing but rain
(fall 2009)

I wish the shifts could in me
could be tracked
like moon shadows
Instead they appear
without warning;
unpredicted and unwanted

Dear dark side,
why tonight?
(winter 2009)

Endings only feel like beginnings
when you're sure of
what you're starting

Remember:
this is all for the better
(spring 2010)