lover for the day

sitting on the garden gate
hot sun on my face, i wait
cool breeze blowing
at my back
softly knowing what i lack
reminder
your warmth comes only with the sun
a love that's young
and then it's done
won't stay the night
setting beneath the horizon
letting me feast my eyes on
the moon
too soon
i have yet to gather warmth for tonight
cold when you're gone
so long
i curl myself up - face into heart
i breathe where it's dark
and though it's late
i'm still awake
and i make
pictures - designing dreams
of what i want with you
to have you stay
warming rays
my lover for the day

dancing

dizzy dancing everywhere

here and there

i can hardly stay in one place

my face is flushed

my mind is mushed

my heart is gushed

and there's either an earthquake

or i'm vibrating

this energy - new

i get it from you

i'm so high

i could die

this moment, and still smile

and a mile past that moment

i last saw your eyes

i'm still buzing

still all fuzzy

getting dizzy

keeping busy

so i won't have time to miss you

that june afternoon with you

The summer sun takes me back

to that June afternoon with you

nothing to do

me and you, and two spoons

bought a liter of sherbert

and put on some tunes

spice girls and pop songs

we ate on your lawn

till the ice cream was gone

then danced in the sun - sugar high

we touched the sky

you made cartwheels

while I made angels in the grass

we got heat rash

and freckles on our faces

undone shoeless

barefoot and beautiful

perennially young

forever in fun

two girls and a sun

together

inevitable, the sun set that night

and without a fight

we let her retire

tired, we lay on a cotton quilt

cool air soothing our burnt faces

like aloe

the sound of cars

the twinkling stars

the light of the summer moon

takes me back

to that june afternoon, with you

by your smile

The times I think of you
(which is all of the time)
I'm inspired to write it all down
but I just frown, as my head drowns
with all of these feelings.
and somewhere betweeen my head and my hand -
something gets lost
the poem falls apart
in my overwhelmed heart
I can't even start, to organize my thoughts
I'm mesmerised, and hot
for you - it's true - so why do
I worry what's written
I'm smitten
by your smile.
A while ago
when I met you, it started
I saw you - eyes darted - I felt my heart guarded
but I melted those gates,
me and three of the fates,
i was just washing plates,
when I felt it
couldn;t help it
now a glutton in verse
like my button-y purse
there's a mess in my mind about you
it's true- so why do
I worry what's written
I'm smitten
by your smile
:)

About You

What is it about you
that makes me forget how to talk?
I develop a stutter,
my lips made of butter
as I mutter,
'hello'
and i go to the cooler
to let the cool air
chill my red face
let my head race
with thoughts of
who am i kidding?
what was I didding? - er - doing?
..I'm ruining this, aren't I?
What is it about you
that makes me forget what to say?
The water's okay,
so I dip my toe in,
you say, 'how's it goin?'
now i'm 'i-don't-know'n
pie-eyed, and petrified,
i tail it away from the tide.
why- tell me why-
I get so clumsy.
my fingers are flumsy
I'm spilling things all over
and i race, and with the same grace,
scramble to pick them up - to save face
What is it about you
that makes me forget what to do?
my cue- was it my turn already?
so unsteady, I can hardly stand
to look you in the eyes.
I do, and to my surprise,
you're smilin'
all the while an'
you say I'm kind of cute
Im mute - and i blush- and i rush to say
'shush' - you say
As you lean in to kiss my cheek
my knees are weak
my eyes leak
one tear.
what is it about you,
when you're near,
that makes me fear,
that ill never feel this way again?