There’s a whole storm coming up to be seen It’s what made a nightmare out of the dream Of all of the goodbyes I scream in the night Are the way I give up on all of my fight To go washing down the avenue Like the river I’ve made of you And I don’t know what paints the scene I can just feel an inner screen Longing to wake itself up in me Be liberated from our history And it’s shouting out, love, be free And I feel the weight of dignity Smiling to an inner sun I think that guy might be the one In all that’s been left unsaid And things I think of in my bed Where we’ve made a life so true With all the colours I see in you And you in me I wonder what we’ll get to be If we can live our mystery Like holding hands in a hidden space Finding our own sort of place That we can be together for forever My love for you’s beyond the weather
He’s got my number And I’ve got his address And we both have something To confess As we laugh and we smile And walk down the road The rain is pummeling But it hasn’t showed As his beauty consume And I’m seeing stars Do you think this is what it means To be chasing cars Coz he’s steady as a rock And we’ll never be what we’re not In the notes he takes I see the page and I hit the brakes Coz I can’t take this ride with you You saw inside and I don’t mean to Be flakey but I’ve got to run Because I still love someone
Looking into the eyes Of innocent men Could you spell that For me again It reframes My female pain As not something I’d wanna go through again And I know it’s justified It’s just that I might’ve lied When I said it’s all your fault And I locked you in a vault But then I see once more The light of consciousness I adore Shining forth from the heart of you And it’s all that I can do To open heart and surrender Forget something I tried to remember For so long and with so much strive I’m just glad you’re alive And we can call this mission one My God, you shine just like the sun
I’ve somehow ended up in Hillstreet again Searching for you amongst the men It’s like following the paths of the birds I’m looking for directions but they’re all words And I’m driving down roads I don’t understand They meander through ways I didn’t have planned And it’s ancient and advanced and something so serene Do you think the tapestry is just a dream As we paint with the colour we find And all our problems we leave behind And it’s nothing new to say that you Starred in a role you didn’t want to But could it have been for anyone else I know that you say I’m wasting my wealth Singing up to windows like yours But your love opens doors Into a new refrain One without the well of pain And I sigh This isn’t goodbye Just a see you soon What would we do if we had a room To get locked into You know I didn’t choose any but you As the blinds filter light But I’m following something that’s more than worth the fight In Autumn air And the sound of you just being there And I’m in my car Wondering where on earth you are And if you ever think Of that night you bought me a drink Then laughed at the good Of our bobbing for apples the way that we would Have done if no one was there And I’m watching you watching me stare In the hallway or din Is there any replica of him Or am I forever bound To go deaf to the sound Of the calling of Christ As He asserts Himself in my life As a myriad of form I touched your skin and it was warm Against mine I love you always for all of time
The Poetry Book 