THANKSGIVING

For all you did
for all you are
for my chance at life.

Your sacrifice
your blood
your love.

Keep us safe
help us see
your true plan for us.

Thank you,
prince of peace.

JAMAIS

I'm still fighting.
You think i've stopped kicking
but i'm still alive.
Still beating
still making life work.

Why did you just
walk
away?

You'd think
that i would have gone your way
but you've never
understood
true
love.

I gave up everything
of the world i knew.

I gave you up
for him.

Sure, i miss you.
But i miss a 'you'
that no longer is.

And sadly,
against all the cliche loyalty
rules of life:
"friends before men"
"love breaks but friendship is forever"..

loving him
and leaving you
has been the best decision
i've
ever
made.

WILD HONEY

Could these be
our last few moments,
my wild honey?
the last 6 months
i have been
trapped
in a whirlpool.
Trying to swim
against the current
to get to you.

I cannot lose you now,
my wild honey,
i keep clearing the smoke
from my eyes
and try even harder
to see you there.

The flames are high,
my wild honey,
and i'm scared
that they may engulf
us both.

You reach out your arms,
my sweet, wild honey,
and for the first time
in my life
i feel that
maybe, love can really
conquer all.

I could not walk through the fire before,
my wild honey,
but with this love
cupped in your hands,
i am cool.
i am safe.

it has always been you.

STARSPUN

I am
starspun.
Taking it all with me
in my tornado;
in my burst of light.

Are you with me now?

Music waves
duck in and out
and i dance
not to the beat
but the music inside me.

Are you inside me now?

I am
starspun.
Leaving to take my
physical
emotional
and spiritual journey.

Do you leave me now?

I'd like to think
that wherever i go
you go, too.
That you'd like
the way i spin
my stars.

I am
starspun.
And you are
Gaia.

PERPETUAL

I do not run from it
nor fear its cold;
i welcome it:
refreshingly cooling
around my legs
before being pulled back
into the sea
by its ankles,
clawing at the sand
making tracks
grooves
like on a record.

Here, i am safe.
Where the waves continue
to crash,
on the misty beach
with no ends.

WAIHI

My toes ache
to have sand
squeezed between
under the cool water.
my hair longs
to shine
under the sun
that conquers the cold.

And my heart
fears
it may never feel
like it felt
to be here.

RAPT

I've been watching you.
Like a frightened child,
you cower
behind this
lost,
sunlight
facade.
Tomorrow morning,
will you be the same?

If we get close again
(or near to it)
life will tear us apart.

HANNAH

She speaks
the language
of shooting stars;
with silver wings to lift her
to space.
The opportunities are endless.

She will be
high.