By rules I have made my self
By the rules I have bound my self
Slave to rules that made my self
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To see and look away
To see and look away
To like and leave her sway
To not say not again
To keep in on the way
To Forget
To forget
Yes
Shall I never recollect
No
I shall not re-member
Drugging for esteem
The drug gives self-esteem
And so it feels
That it does
For short
You were in love with me yesterday
“What have you done to me”
I still remember those words
“I can’t get you out of my head”
You were so in love — with me
That you wanted me like I wanted you
Was a feeling of heaven in my world
That’s someone else’s heaven now
You were in love with me yesterday
Against our Sense
Progressing towards a shifting target
It looked like we were walking backwards
Things receding as we approached
The hill was within reach
A reach that simply extended
Like Sisyphean
Until we had come close enough to look so that we could see
All the while making progress against our sense.
Standing Tested
Standing tested
Stretched
Straightened
Standing tall
Standing tested
Before We Ever Met
I saw you standing there
Standing at the edge of the dance floor
A lovely top
Right hand on your waist
The other hugging it
Your frame
The look on your face
It held my soul
You were someone to know
Before we ever met
You gave off this fragrance
One that drew me in
Like a siren, but to life
I loved you before the beginning
Before we ever met
So natural to like you
Somehow I felt your essence
That day I saw a light
It was strong and beautiful
Powerful truly
You shined through and into
You gave me something
Without my asking
Would you dance with me
I had wanted to meet you
Before we ever met
We smiled together
Laughed together
Lost in talk, time inconsequential
Your thoughts mattered, they matter
To share your heart with mine
I would that we were that way
Before we ever met
