Tag: admiration

Empress

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I try so hard to be what you need 
But we both bleed 
From sensitivity and wounds life inflicts 
They say time heals but there’s something that sticks 
And it may be that you
Just can’t bear to walk into 
What walked out into the sky
And I wrestle with the fact that we all die
And that everything is empty air
But I know you were there 
In the years and I look
You’re still an open book
And I love to read 
Something in me was freed
To read between the lines
When will be our time 
To triumph like the lion over the sea
It’s a crowd and they’re worshipping me 
And you, the steady stone 
Let me be with you alone 
You’re a monument of time 
And your poetry rhyme 
When you put it into verse 
You can be a little terse 
With me but I see
Cracks of eternity
Shining like light through the clay
And I stay 
Away so you can have your space 
But I love your face 
And the example you set
A love neither one of us forget
As we age
I get another page 
And scribble down my truth
A shared youth 
And trial by fire
But it only burns to take us higher
Or deeper you could say
A soulmate in the play
Of form
And the storm 
Batters the coast
But somehow you still stand for what I love the most
Truth and integrity
A fierce abandon and wilful sincerity
Matched only by your deep stare
How is it to know we both are there
In the eternal zone 
Just call me when you feel alone 
Coz I am here 
Though death may be ever near
As it threatens me 
With the despair and identity
That will never be enough
To barricade against the love 
That shines relentless 
I think you may be Empress

Tell You How I Feel

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I wrote a story in the years of twenty two
I was the heroine and I was with you
As your drug of choice 
Never mind that my voice
Was stifled in your angry stare
I woke up to realise you weren’t there 
But with some other chick
I cursed under my breath and called you in the thick
Of it just to confirm 
That the way my heart burn
Was a solo affair
And my only prayer 
Was that you be content
Coz the way things went
Could be enough to dement
The both of us 
And broken trust
Lies like glass on the floor 
As I lie to the one I adore 
For the sake of propriety
Does he know that it ignites me 
When he spills words on a screen
What is the difference between the dream
And the real
Does he feel
Anything akin to love
I watch the dove
Take flight from my heart
And journey to your part
Of town
But I drown
In words and phrases 
And the city the pain razes
As I try to shut it down
Because I see a gown
On the horizon
And it’s all I can keep my eyes on
When everything is going to hell
Did I tell you that I wish you well
A one winged bird and I fly 
In the empty open sky
Full of love for what you are
I watch you from the vantage point of a star
So near but from afar
And dream of you in my car
Where I keep the music box
With cds that undid the locks 
On the both of us 
Just laughter on the bus 
In a place no one can reach
Oh, the vagaries of what they teach
Is right and just
You seem nonplussed 
As I leave it on the line 
I would like to call you mine
I falter, would that be okay
Babe, why didn’t you say?

Ultramarine

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Saving orcas down by the pond
And you didn't know but I waited there til you were gone
And you'll never see
But I wanted to ask if you would marry me
With your poetic stare
You captivate people who aren't even there
And I missed the day you filmed with your latest band
And laughed out loud and said it'll be grand
Cause you've got that mysticism 
Carving a river with the blades of a prism 
And bending lines of truth like light through the water
I was afraid to be such a daughter
Because you are like no one else
And your hand magnetises atoms the molecules felt 
As you hold me close
Not with arms but a holy ghost
And you be company
In the darkest night when guns ignite you sat next to me
In midnight blues
That turn into mornings that can't handle you
Cause you are so delicately fine
And I'm afraid I will crush in the vice of my love what I want to be mine
But you are not for the taking
You've got your own soul mixed with the rock and roll of the path you are making
You beat your own track
And I fear I will never cross your piercing endeavour on my way back
Now you've got a success life
And I'm just a drifter who wonders if you missed her cause you said I was nice
I guess I never felt enough
To fill the chasm or the hole in the depths of your soul with a glass bottle love 
You are magic beams
When I wonder if this earth is all that I'm worth you speak to my dreams
I wish I was like you
So fearlessly true
And unafraid
Yes I confess, you marked the spot
Where the Last Airbender won't fail to remember what you thought she forgot 
I hold a star for you
And I plot the chart of my constellation heart every night that comes through
Stay forestry amid the plain
I cracked the stone and I let the rain

To Wake The Soul

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Can I just lie here on your chest
Be done with all the doing my best
And just slip into a peaceful slumber
You’re calling me but I lost your number
And the answer’s like a dictaphone 
I’m in my room all alone
Dreaming of a time less hidden
And waves to roll that stroll unbidden
And monuments are the days to come
The forever in the being young
But the timeless in the growing old
There’s part of the story that’s never told
But waits in stillness and in silence whole
The power of love to wake the soul
The power of emptiness come undue
The strength in the gaze of you
The solidity and the trust
I’ll give up the pain if it’s a must
And if you’re serious about the past
Then the future will everlast
But the truth is in a moment free
We’re talking and he’s looking at me
As the time flies by and the hours pass
I didn’t know your name, didn’t think to ask
But smile as if it’s all left to do
I’m in love and it’s with you
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Oxegen was something of a revelation
They always said I was above my station
Staring into stars like that
But I’ve caught the bug and I want you back

Neutron Stars

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We collide like neutron stars
Running alongside chasing cars 
And you were a smile I can’t forget
Nope, I’m not over you yet
And you smiled at me as you said your name
I nod, nonchalantly, all the same
But you’ve become a star in my whole season
And I love you without a reason
It waits for no man or tide
Drags me through the heather half alive
As I try to regain my stance
But I just see the two of us dance
Across the sky of a sunset scene
Do you think this could all be a dream
Coz I can’t wait to figure it out
I’ve got to put it beyond all doubt
And step out on the boards to say
I love you, is that okay? 

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Impeccable

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You walked into the room like a storm inside the sky
And I thought that in that moment my life was completely fly
And you looked just like an angel all white light and hair
I praised God the good that I could just be there
But then the night rained down and the world was full of thunder
I could feel the water rise and I was going under
And was it all worth it, just to know your name
Cause after that experience I could never be the same
And you still shine on in a crazy rebel hue
And I am still in awe of the mightyness of you
But you don’t seem to be quite the same with me
I guess I lost my glory but you kept your mystery