Beauty

Beauty

If it were just your skin

or the muscle and bone that shaped that skin

that made you so damn beautiful

you would be the the most beautiful woman in the world

to me

However,

you believe in me

I have done things

I never could have

if it weren't for you

believing in me

To be a man

is to be strong

and never wavering

when I must be weak

scared or just tired

you hold me above reproach

and I have never faultered

It is your beauty

It is your strength

It is your undying belief

that has

always

made you the most beautiful woman in the world

to me

Dance with me

Here I stand
in the middle of the dance floor
the music is slow and melow
pulling at the strings of my heart
Her arms draped over my shoulders
her eyes drawing me even closer
to her
and her smile
loving me the whole time
Her hips begin to sway
to the music
and to the beat of my heart
there is nothing in this world
that could pull us apart
Even as the song died down
and the lights came up
our gaze
and our embrace
remained
on through the night
and into every day
Hold me close
don't let go
just dance with me

Once again

Should I scream
when the world bites down around my neck
sucking the life from me
draining my hopes
and my dreams
Nor but a whimper
and a blank stare
of yet again
here I am
falling to pieces
once more
Upon hubmled knee
bowed head
clinging
with shallow labored breath
I will rise
once more

I have always loved you

I have loved you so long

the seas were yet to be

skies not yet blue

my heart already belonged to you

My sight

yet years,

to lay upon your face

and still

I have always loved you

Those words

"I love you"

not to my ears

first

nor mine to you

hollow

those words felt

Brightly that day

when I met you

and I realized

I have always loved you

Hand in hand

next to you I stand

for the rest of days

I will always love you

Don't let go

When everything was just too much

and nobody cared

what was left behind

even me

Silence

beneath screams

and tears

days lay to pain

remembering means nothing

anymore

You can stand right here

hands above your head

wishing you were dead

but you can't just let go

like that

The world

is alive

and so are you

don't let go

The strength to carry on

isn't mine

I don't know if it ever was

and there is no one

to lend me a hand

cause no one understands

the hate of this life

that I hold

even if they did

they'd be afraid

and turn their heads from me

like they

always

have

If I could escape from this bed

shake the rust from my head

I might try to care

about more than my self pity

But this bed

where I've laid to rest

and where I'll be found

nothing short of dead

to this world

and all of the cold

evil

and hatred

that has brought me to where I am now

Find the light

it's right here

there is nothing to fear

but doing nothing

and rotting away

Warm and brilliant

filled with only

joy and love

It is all right here

open eyes

and open arms

Just don't let go