Awkward

I am awkward, 

but you love me any way

I let a sound escape my lips

and you laugh it off as a joke

absently give my hair another stroke

I picked you flowers from the roadside

and tossed the ones that wouldn't last

you'd always have too much room,

for the bouquet of two that bloom

I rush for every bag and door

like I'm chasing tossed grenades

I'll make all your coffee and tea

You remind me, you only need me

I stare at the stars every night

to fit them into my eyes

I try to show them to you all day

I can't take my eyes off you anyway

Darling I smile when I feel lost

only to find your hand within mine

Inside my heart I am yours

In every way, I am yours

The Loom of Days

Collect all the shells 

strewn about the beach,

the presents of my ocean 

sparkling under a blanket of stars

these are the skipped beats of my heart

each time I place my eyes upon you, 

they shine bright as falling stars 

string them finely upon oue loom of days,

and weave these beats into your song,

birds would quiet to listen, 

and tap their little toes

there would be tiny happy tears 

for they know it

they have tried to sing it 

all their lives.

Sky Above Sky

It is only right that you teach me to swim, 

and inspire me to travel in the world and in words, 

Like the floating call of morning bells, 

(as sunset will call moonrise)

mushroomed blue skies lit with clouds, 

like weeds encircling a desert town

i have realized the deepest secret,

the cave in the mine,

the sky above sky

the fate of the cards

covered in cups and symbols

and eyes

that i carry your heart with me

for it is the ocean within my heart

the wonder that made stars gasp

so sharp they could only fly apart