Distance Between The Darkness

We left the stars
and the long dark night
for the bright lights of the city
only to miss the deafening silence

We loved too much and ran too far
we forgot ourselves among the lights
we chased the light around the sun
and back again to find the same stars
waiting for our return

These city streets and colored lights
are beautiful in their own way
but nothing like the unfettered night sky full of galaxies
and the distance between the darkness

Solve for X

What is the weight of love?
Does it have mass?
Does it have density?
Does it have shape or volume?

If we say love weighs heavy our heart?
Exactly how much does it weigh?
An ounce, kilo, stone, or pound?
Or maybe one ounce too many,
Until it breaks.

What do we mean when we say love lifts us up?
Does it defy the laws of gravity making us lighter?
If gravity is the force that attracts two bodies together
What then, is the force of love?
Does this mean that love is gravity?

How do we measure love?
Is it measured in mills or grams?
Or is it length, distance or size?
I will love you for 5000 miles, but not one more inch?

If my love for you is great?
Greater than what? The sum of us, our separate parts?

Does love have volume?
If it cannot be contained within a cup
or in the palms of my hands
how can it then be contained within a heart?

Does love have shape or form?
Can I hold it and touch it?
How can I shape love into something
I can hold and touch and feel if it has no form.

How can we calculate love?
Is there a formula to quantify and qualify?
Can we solve for X?
And find out how much we love each other?

How much do I love you?
I don't know. I'm not good at math.

Strawberry Solstice Kisses

Lonely little firefly
in the darkness of the night
flashing your love
to this viewers strange delight

A strobe of little kisses
to the strawberry solstice moon
your love won't last forever
your glow extinguished by the gloom

This is a promise

I'm going to tell you i love you
And i'm even going to mean it
If you don't think this message is for you
Then you'd be wrong

I LOVE YOU

I'm going to tell you something else
Next time i see you
And it could be a really really long time from now
(because there's no time limit on these sorts of things you know)

I'm going to smile and laugh
And throw my arms around you
With wild and joyful abandon
(please consider your self duly warned)

And as i pull you into my embrace
I will tell you again
(my dear and lovely friend)

I LOVE YOU

This is how (bad things happen)

With baited breath
             we watch and wait
We watch as the world turns
             and changes around us
We wait and do nothing
             we watch and shake our heads
We just wait to see what happens
            letting it all pass us by
We exhale
             letting out the collective sigh
We wonder why
             bad things happen to good people as
We watch and wait
              and still do nothing
Waiting for someone else
              to change the world
Watching for someone else
              to stand up and make a difference
Because what can we alone achieve?
              so we watch and wait

A Vagabond

I am a vagabond
a drifter with out rails
I am a clipper
a vessel without sails
I am a hopeless romantic
an optimist of sorts
I am a vagabond
I let my life take it's course

I am a thief
a taker of hearts
I am a pirate
I break things apart
I am a sailor
without ship or sea
I am a vagabond
who wants to be free

I am a wanderer
without chosen path
I am a swagman
who's swag didn't last
I am a rambler
Looking for lee
I became a vagabond,
without meaning to be