Not for love,

not for a moment of passion,

rather still.

be the part that gives me purpose.

The beauty found from within

will be the beauty that glows around you,

transcending over me,

pulling me not just toward you,

but becoming that "forever" we dream of.

I want us to breath each other in,

becoming souls entwined into one.

Alas, I have yet to find you,

one day perhaps.

... one day.

If God lined up every woman in the world

and told me I had my pick,

I’d walk past the actresses and models,

I’d walk past the millionaires and billionaires,

past all the artists, dancers,

the geniuses and astrophysicists,

the nurses, lawyers, doctors;

I’d walk for miles if I had to,

through rain and snow,

I’d scale mountains, swim oceans,

I’d go as far as I had to

to get to you

and I wouldn’t even turn my head

until I was with you,

and I’d trade all of my futures

for just one more day with you,

one more second,

and we could just talk and smile,

and I’d be happy.

To be honest I am tired of the cold

I am in a perpetual state of freezing

To the point I am becoming numb

And hate that it is the middle of June

and I am still wearing your sweater

But it is the only thing that gives me

a tinge of warmth, but even that is

starting to f

a

d

e

And now I just want to build a fire

with everything that was us and consuming

and I want to jump in until I burn...

Burn in our love until we can finally meet again

When I'm by your side, there's no need to hide;

There's no need to hide, when I'm by your side.

When I hold your hand, we'll do all we can;

We'll do all we can, when I hold your hand.

And we can weather every storm;

We can keep each other warm;

We can win, no matter the odds;

We can even challenge the gods.

When I'm in your arms, we'll come to no harm;

We'll come to no harm, when I'm in your arms.

When our hearts entwine, we can outlast time;

We can outlast time, when our hearts entwine.

And we can weather every storm;

We can keep each other warm;

We can win, no matter the odds;

We can even challenge the gods.

i haven't quite figured out how to tell

the difference between

attraction and appreciation.

love

is a word that i throw around too easily,

towards dogs and cats and brothers and cousins

and home cooked meals and leather jackets.

are you

a leather jacket?

is that the best comparison i can make?

are you reduced in my mind to an article of clothing,

just because i cannot comprehend

love?

can i love all of these things and still love you?

should i love you differently, or the same?

should i love you

more?

what am i supposed to give you

as a token of my fondness?

do i owe you everything?

anything at all?

is love an obligation

that stretches and fades with time,

warping with the ages

until it becomes unrecognizable?

or is it

a blessing wrapped in eternity,

meant to be opened again and again

with every passing year

to be enjoyed anew?

i haven't quite figured out how to tell

the difference between

attraction and appreciation

but i know i feel them both

for you.

I fell in love with a boy once.

When times were still good,

And the sun still shone brightly through my window,

To remind me to get out of my bed.

I fell in love with his smile,

And his heartfelt jokes and song lyrics.

His calloused hands from years of guitar,

His endless knowledge of Pink Floyd songs.

I loved the way my hand fit perfectly in his.

How he'd sing to me, even though his voice wasn't that good.

I loved everything about him,

And I never thought that losing him was a possibility.

I still do love this boy,

After eight months spent watching him fall for girl after girl,

I still feel the same,

As when I was the only girl he was falling for.

I guess some things never change,

But when they do, they remind me of the boy I fell in love with last November.

When I think back on life, I realize,

I began feeling completely alive when,

My eyes met your crystal blue eyes.

And this was our destiny's intersection.

Your eyes lifted me up like a siren song,

Out of my heart's deep and hollow well.

And I found the place where I belong,

Was your embrace's comforting shell.

You built walls of care around my heart,

Containing the traumas of my soul.

And your endless love became a part,

Of my inner self. You made me whole.

I am grateful for

The love you gave to me when

Nobody else did

Oh, but did my love for you emerge and quickly grow

When first I spied you across the room amidst the summer heat.

Within my heart, it was enlightenment as if I know

That was your presence which made my soul most complete.

There is no other who can fill the emptiness of summer days

With lingering songs of tenderness, truth, and desire

As you, my love, have done for me in all ways.

You are my love, my heart, my destiny – all to which I aspire.

Take my hand, and we will dance as one within in our love's bliss

As I whisper sweet words ands upon your cheek, bestow a soft kiss

Love is complicated

Love is being friends with your ex because you’ve lost too many people to let another person go

Love is when he apologizes

Love is when I forgive him

Love is when his words are still my favorite compliment - to be intelligent and intimidating and beautiful

Love is when I break his heart

Love is when he lets me

Love is finally moving on

Love is letting me know that he‘s still listening

Love is sending me an article on how to learn Russian because we’re allowing ourselves to have inside jokes

Love is learning how to be friends again

Love is.

So boy meets girl.

Boy meets girl such as rain meets wind, such as wave meets shore

Such is the unexplainable connection that is hardly described through defining the laws of gravity. Such as the impenetrable force that holds the universe together.

A mixture of shared bonds and chemical reactions,

An eye for a hand because they only give what the other needs.

Only they understand the thousands of reactions that needed to go just so between them.

Only they can feel the love they lay in.

So boy meets girl. As soul meets spirit.

Spirit dances while soul guides, holds steady, encourages.

Spirit lives while soul teaches, soul runs where spirit flies,

and when spirit says she's had enough,

Soul hangs his head low to look for a nice spot to lay in.

And when soul rises,

Spirit smiles.