With eyes like that My heart melted like butter, With just a glimpse You still steal my heart My days without you are desolate But in your arms, I become more alive. With lips like that I still want you more, Your words become reality A reality I can never stop thinking about A future…

I push a seed through the dirt, bursting the watery film of membrane wrapped around the soil’s cranium  with tendon-deep greed and the strained color spill of fleece white knuckles digging for color  hoping to swap samples of sap for the gooey, numb blood  of truffles and evergreens and gold wanting to extract pine needles …

Here in this world My flame found you, Trapped in darkness A darkness I cannot fathom You’re here with me A million times, I’ll say it You’re here with me Dancing around you is all I do Your light is magic A magic born of truth. I long to dance with you My body aches…

Behind the curve of a painted grin, Lies a storm I carry deep within. A stage set bright, where I play my part, While shadows whisper in my heart. Threads unravel, yet I weave, A fabric of strength they won’t perceive. For eyes that watch, I bear the sun, But in the night, I come…

Sing our song, For my sake, please. Now that I’m gone, You will forever be missed. Sing our song, Not the one we sang at the stream, But the one that made me cry, After you had that awful dream. Sing our song, When you sit under the moon. Take heart and be strong, Starlight,…

It’s so cold out here, Amid the wind and rain, Among the wandering public, Meandering by the bus stop, Smoking on a vape, Endless cars pass by, Meaningless thoughts are aroused, Enter the vehicle to home, Become one of the drones, Ending up in an automatic song, Repeating all that is known, Never-ending moans, Of…

Here in my heart Memories flood my veins, Memories of youth and you Yours are stronger than ever You painted my thoughts with sunshine These dark clouds are no more. Here in my arms You fit like a puzzle, If I lived to be a thousand years I’d spend them loving you From the heavens,…

Line me up with  your hands gloved in garden – barbed wire thorns to lacerate soft flesh and mark scars like the passage of time bind my hands like a hook on a string  to the boards that defy the waves of my back and force-feed me between your finger and thumb  ripe like the pearls…

You stare at me while I’m not looking, Sending a surge of excitement up from my stomach to my head, Sitting by your side, Feeling your warmth, Energizes my being. Time doesn’t exist as the moment catches us in it. This was written by our contributing writer, Lyndsey Richards.

It’s no illusion Your words have captured me, My heart was sealed tight Tighter than that of Jericho Yes, you brought down my defense For that, I welcome your invasion Be the one who keeps me. It’s no mirage You’re really mine, In all my wildest dreams You are my forever Who could have thought…