to an august man, j'aime

Or would you die
The Prince of lost causes
For something
Worth living for

Would you look me
In the eye
And tell me
That hiding in the mountains
Is a life fit for
A Princess

I will walk your
Journey with you
Cry as you vanquish
Sorrow
With the thundering sword
With the lightning hilt

I will crash the waves
At your anger
Over injustices
And malpractices
Because I adore you

I will walk your talk
Let your passion consume me
Let the flames in your eyes
Lick my body an inch
At a time
Guide your hands
To the places you call heaven
In my arms

But would you die
Instead of live
For the hungry children
The widowed orphans
The losses that have no name

Would you be there
Instead of here
Where I need you to be
By my side always
And always
In the rising tide
In the splintered moon
In the June monsoon

I prayed for you
Prayed that you would come
Bid your soul rest
In the comfort of mine
But would you die
When I need you to live?

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In the years in between
I have come to know
The person beneath the sheen
Of newness
Now I am older
Not much bolder
But definitely wiser

The fresh faced harbinger
Of deadly truths
Has matured
Still a bearer of
Unwelcome tidings
To a race that dares not listen

Not the Messiah
Not Napoleon
Not some great goddess
Demanding adulation

Just a girl in love
With a man in love
With a woman

Just a woman in love
With a man
Adored by a multitude

I’ve seen him before
In my dreams
In my waking hours
Pardon me
Can’t tell the difference
Would want to know
If in the flesh
He could make my heart sing
As loud as it does when
I peer at him from my chair

In the years in between
I learned
To let go
To be ready
For one day
He just might call me.


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Leave the pieces behind
The pieces of you they took
The pieces in every nook

I have loved you
When I was in my mother’s womb
Loved you before my eyes
Forsook the beauty of the stars

Take me up and let me fall
Break me, shatter me
Because I would rather be
A fraction of who I was
With you
Than be whole
With a hole in my heart
Alone.


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Dream
Fly
Till the heavens embrace you
Leap
Throw in the towel
And take this chance

I am real
Real as the rain
That falls mainly on the plain
In Spain

I do not sell seashells
By the seashore
And I am not Moses who
Supposes his posies
Are roses

I play no games
I do not like drama

If I am your dream
Can I wake you
And tell you
You can make your dream come
True

If you were my dream
I’d pinch myself awake
And be sad
That I cannot make
My dream come
True

I hang on to your every word
Not always
But when my heart listens
I see the man
The knight in shining armor
Riding a noble steed
Saving the day
The strong one protecting
The weak

How I wish I was the weak
But I am not weak
I could be stronger than you
I might not need you
But oh, how I want you
I just want you.