Tears From My Eyes

The joy you bring

Wells in my eyes

Tears do fall

Gently down

Becoming

A gentle drizzle

Landing on your roof

You relax peacefully

The happiness

You inspire

Floods my eyes

Running down my cheeks

Becoming

A stream you can fish by

Smooth waters to kayak

A tranquil place to camp

It’s how I miss you

That sometimes waters

Break confines

Tears become the sea

That you can sail upon

With the wind and the sun

The sails full mast

Travel the ocean far and wide

Bringing you closer to me

Just Me

Just a Girl

A history of a child's lost innocence

Creeps out to greet a place

A place so bright - blinding

Raising her hand to cover her eyes

In sadness and fear - alone

She has dwelled for so long in darkness

As her fingers gently part

Looking through the gaps between

She sees something so new

Pointing her naked foot out front

Stretching her toes to touch the light

Checking she won’t get hurt

This is just a girl

Who wanted to reach for the stars

Dance in the full moon light

Be kissed by the day of sun

Just a Girl

Who wanted to believe

One day she could be strong

Just Me

Those Soft Grey Eyes

When I wake to see you looking at me

Wondering how long your eyes warmed my skin

How many words you had already thought

Sending them to the heart of my mind

In those moments looking into your eyes

Melting me with such truth and meaning

Laying there those soft grey eyes

Like you have already seen what is to be

All you feel all you see is where you want to be

Sometimes I cry you know how happy I am inside

What you send to me through your eyes

Pulls from within me and pours to the surface

Knowing what you see is what you do to me

How much you mean to me, my life

No one will ever appreciate you like I do

No one will ever fight for you as much as I will

Other than your blood – no one person

Will ever love you as much as I do and can

So when you lay your eyes on me – ponder

You can imagine what goes on within me

How I think thoughts of you, all I have seen

What I feel deep inside of me, poets dream

So much that words continue to escape me

Feelings cannot always be put into words

In my eyes you find me exposed, raw and free

Just Me

Treasure Chest of Strength

It feels so good to feel how I do

Breathing deeply, air into my lungs

Alive because I am living with love

You make me feel like a queen

I am brave to step outside of me

Never stopping to do my best

A person who will always care

Care about you no matter what

The strength you give me

To believe in myself – what I can do

Overcome what I think I can’t do

Anything feels possible with you

You are a treasure chest of strength

The arms that hold me compassionately

Completely –

My heart is exposed - open for you

You have the parts of me no one else has

A map to the deepest parts of me

To the deepest journeys still to have

You are my absolute someone

The best portion of my life

All the moments no matter

How small or large are spent with you.

Just Me