Stay

I wish you'd stay...to dry the tears provoked by this bitter pill...stay...after I kiss and love away all the frustrations of the day...stay...when heart grows cold...and patience wears thin...stay...since it doesn't feel the way it used to...since the house is no longer home...I wish you'd stay...love is already so hard...only so much compromise we can do...stay...so we don't have to share...this lump is getting too big to swallow...but I fear you like it in the middle...with an imposter in either hand...instead of what's real...so if no one will be here to wipe this hurt away--

I wish you'd stay...

When It Hurts

I watched quietly as she sat...
...and smiled through tears,
slightly hugging self;
Deeply inhaling the discontent
and exhaling her new beginning

I sat quietly as he watched...
...and walked away
Pride wilted on his brow like the flowers
in his hand;
With one foot in and the other out,
it was clear his heart resided where he was
about to leave

I thought quietly,
as I witnessed these crossroads unfold
in bitter and sweet--

Love at its worst because it's being done right;
Sometimes, it doesn't feel good

Still, there are smiles in the tears
And passion in every step the opposite direction--

When you love...
...through the hurt

Beneath the Warm

There's a certain coldness I feel
When faced with the traces of you...
...reminds me of all we we have in common

He covers himself with you each day...and the one
I thought was behind me, merely moved underneath me--
to cushion reality's blow

I don't know why I place so much emphasis on where you came from...
It shouldn't matter if "I don't care"
Still, I find you to be the women in my life--

Not nameless, nor faceless...simply understood
Because through it all, I never could throw
His sincerity away

And love with "you" revealed the jewel he always had in me...

...but these memories, they're cold...I don't like the cold--
why does it have to be so cold?