Make Me Weak

All strength has fled my bones.
Now floundering alone
No energy. No might
Weary yet awake all night.
The will to go on has left
I’m faint, I’m desperate

It frustrates me to no end
How quickly you make me bend
I cannot tell why
But to you my heart does fly
The closer you get
My strength becomes less

I am taken and smitten
My power is a pittance
Against your beauty
Captivated, it strikes me
Filled I am with misery
In hope of eternity

Misery for it’s not here now
Hope that I get there somehow
To hear you say I love you
That those words were true
That your innocence and beauty
Would deem me trustworthy

Oh the conundrum
The contradiction, the oxymoron!
That what you seek, I aspire to be
But mere thought takes it out of me
Such valiance, such might
Sent scurrying into the night

That’s what you do to me
Turn my strength into mockery
I beg, I plead, I plea
Please, love me?

Miss You

I barely knew you, yet I did

It wasn’t long but I can’t forget it

I still look back on your love letter

And wish I could make it all better

Still watch your videos and photos

And hope upon hope upon hope

That you still remember me too

And when the right time is due

We’ll speak again and I can tell you

How much I really really love you

Wait

I love thee so

I suspect more

Than you know

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I have earned naught

But suffering and pain

When outside law I fought

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So now I wait

My heart yearns

I with breath abate

–

Waiting in hope you still

Somehow wait in hope

That come back I will

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To which my fair maiden

I do so earnestly yearn

For the dawn of day when

–

I can call and speak

I will tell how thou

Makest my knees weak

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But for now I wait

I pray, wait, and hope

That together is our fate

An Eternity

It’s been just a few days of not talking to you
But already I’m lost in thought
Wondering what in world have you been up to?

Do you still have that captivating smile?
Are you in good health and spirits
How have you been all this while?

I see your picture every day and dream
Of the day I get to hear your voice
See you speak – it’s an eternity it seems

I know it’s not long and time flies
But when you’re anticipating
It can feel like an eternity slipping by

Shades of Blue

Open my eyes – I see the world – see black and white

Then I met you, took an interdimensional flight

I see green, you see dark, light, bright, pale and erin

Jade, lime, moss, sea, fern, emerald, and harlequin.

I see yellow. You see mellow, bright, gold, chiffon

Royal, safety, cyber, xanthic, cream, and lemon.

I see red. You see brick, scarlet, rose, and salmon

Barn, blood, crimson, carmine, garnet, and vermilion

I see blue. You see navy, midnight, liberty

Periwinkle, sapphire, ultramarine, and baby

On my own I see black and white, but when with you

The world becomes shades of green, yellow, red, and blue.