fingertips

pictures are memories
memories only take you so far
but this shouldn't be a memory for me
it should be every day

because if you wanted to
you would
and when I see nothing at all
the absences are paper cuts on my fingertips 

vibrant

sunlight and white clouds
the vibrant blue of a post-storm sky
crisp air drifts down into my lungs
and the wind blows
as i turn my head and see my footprints in the sand
can barely see where i started
but everything feels like yesterday
every minute and moment of the past 460 days
etched in my mind
and carved in my heart

and i move to the beat of a new song
to let the notes and the words
trickle down from head to toe

crimson mistake

watch the motions in the mirror
glances over a shoulder and eyes half open
where has she gone?
the necklace that she wears
a reminder everyday of the burden she bears

was it just a crimson mistake from the beginning
hands empty from the thieves that steal
voices hoarse and a tearstained face
the road from then to here
and still  no closer no further than she was

oh so many evenings ago

nothing more

love nothing more
than singing at the top of my lungs
embracing the words that come out
feeling the music down to my toes

love nothing more
than sitting in the sun on a grassy hill
watching airplanes fly across a blue sky
breathing in a crisp air

love nothing more
than drinking up a mango smoothie
carving out a watermelon for summer
picking blueberries into a bucket of mine

love nothing more
than smiling at the thought of you
wondering what's on your mind
wishing you a million hopes and dreams

evermore

ever stand in someone else's presence
can barely breathe because there's no air
ever hold someone else's hands
and we're chasing something actually there

with you i'll wait
with you we can fly
even if we're not in the here and now
just don't let it pass it by
with you i'll wait

ever wanted to give up on someone
broken down and tired
ever thought of walking away
just to end the tears and the hurt

with you i'll wait
with you i don't mind
even if we're not in the here and now
don't let me pass you by

days feel like a lifetime
but like the light at the end of the tunnel
that's where we'll keep running to

with you i'll wait

with you i don't mind

even if we're not in the here and now

don't let me pass you by 

and so i'll wait