I'm Not Enough

There is a wound I'd love to heal within you

On which you pour fermented grains

And bitter herbs

The rancor of which cannot be fathomed

When your cries shatter glass and hope

My failures clash with your despair

I cannot hear 

For the pleas or falling chunks of drywall

I want to wade through the cacophony,

Kiss you until you scream no more

Stroking your hair 

Until the calm soothes the festering within

Yet I don't think my love is fit to battle
Injuries long ago inflicted by another
Etched on marrow
They're difficult to patch up or mend

If you could allow yourself to cease
To stab and nick and prod and suck
The tender flesh
Let nature and time run their course

Perhaps we might reach brighter times
Enlightened plains, stable foundations
And enter to
A world in which we stand for one another

Lullaby

Tu cara se llena del resplandor del nuevo dia
Mientras duermes quieta en la cama. 
Tus ojos absorban los rayitos; y cuando te despiertas
Veo denuevo la magia dorada que da vida a mi alrededor.

Filtered gold upon your face
Casting shadows full of grace
And you have filled my heart with thoughts
Of floating leaves and swinging boughs

You've left me breathless, you are so flawless
It is so wondrous you're effortlessly so
And I am stricken with great affection
Lost in your angelic glow

Are you still in dreaming realms
Have you staged these whispering elms
Everything you touch is instantly precious
And I promise you that I'll do my best

To be the light that guides you, a shelter to hide you
The one that you turn to when you need to laugh or cry
And though I'm not perfect, I'll do my best to reflect
The love I feel when I look in your eyes

Siren's Song

Swim away with me.

My yearning voice calls to you from a crystal sea.

And I have been here waiting oh so patiently.

Oh please don't leave me out here on my own.

Run away, my dear-

If for a lifetime or for just a single year.

My hands are trembling now with ever looming fear

That you will leave me out here all alone.

Chorus One

I see you out there wondering what life can be,

Wishing it would offer something new.

I'll open up a world of possibility.

I'm here to make your wildest dreams come true.

Come along right now.

Drop your inhibitions, I can show you how.

I'll leave you speechless, make you stutter "W-w-wow" 

You'll see your every fantasy discerned.

Take a breath, my love.

You needn't fret, I'm gentle as a turtledove.

There are so many things I am capable of,

You'll see how deep my flame for you has burned.

Chorus Two

I know it won't make sense to those you leave behind-

Chasing after someone like myself.

They're all convinced you've snapped and you have lost your mind

But it's time you start to be true to yourself

And swim away,

I'm here to stay,

Inside your arms

Whiled by your charms

Come away.....

You're Beautiful

Just shut up, you're beautiful.
I dunno why you don't know.
Shut your mouth- you're beautiful.
I love you so.

Galaxies within your sight,
Aliens inside your soul,
Stop me gawking, shut 'em tight!
I'm like a kid with a fishbowl.

And you, my fish, are beautiful.

You told me you don't wanna feel-
Neutrality is glorious.
Wars are fought with anger's seal
And love is just erroneous.

Not because it's purely wrong-
Life just works in opposites.
If there's good, it's not too long
Before the bad's deposited.

And bad, you say,  ain't merited.

Well, if you reach neutrality,
What would be it's counterpoint?
Would you spend eternity
With empty moves and useless points?

I'll take life's blows with every kiss,
I'll taste each tear with every laugh.
If you're along for all of this,
I'll take the bounty and the chaff.

You, my love, are worth all that.