I Lay Beside You
I lay beside you, holding your hand in that twilight of touch before sleep
That slippery sleep
Beneath my hand I feel the rise and fall of your breathing
And I change my breathing to match yours
Inhaling and exhaling with you
Adrift in our sea
Rising and falling together
We are a wave, moving across the night
Finding our way to secret shores
If I felt your heartbeat, could I match mine to yours?
And beat as one heart?
One breath, one heart
In this way, I want to dream
With you, as one
Floating on into the endless tide
Holidays
Holidays
by THE LONELY WILD
Get yourself together
Prepare for bad weather
Holidays are coming
To rip your heart open.
I’ll be in the kitchen
Fixing up a drink. Go
Put your face on
Pretend nothing’s wrong
Did you get just what you wanted?
Every year is haunted
With failure and promise
Keeping us honest
Go get yourself together
Prepare for bad weather
Holidays are coming
To rip your heart open
Just don’t freak out
Just don’t let me down
Feel the days falling
Early in the morning
Hide under the covers
Until you hear the fireworks
Elsewhere
A Dreamer’s feet are in the clouds
Their hearts are in their hands
Their heads are elsewhere
The Starling
I walked along a quiet cypress grove
Lining a cool clear creek
And there I heard a muddled call
I looked and found a Starling there
Struggling in the roots, with an injured wing
I asked the bird,
“From where have you flown? And what has broken you so?”
The bird replied,
“I have flown from your heart and was broken by your desire.”
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Heart blush
Blood rush
Mind mush
Soul crush
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If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
~EMILY DICKINSON
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I slept, but my heart was awake.
~SONG OF SONGS
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“O Nightingale, thou surely art
A creature of a fiery heart.”
~W. WORDSWORTH
What Makes The Heart?
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Silence makes the heart go wander
Distance makes the heart grow harder
Laughter makes the heart grow stronger