Something We Once Knew

Some things just don’t go away

The rising of the moon

Is the setting of the day

But if she’s holding close to you tonight

I don’t mind

Cuz I don’t want you to fight

Love like something we once knew

Sunset walks

Dreams coming true

And if you’re holding her hand

And the smile on your face

Sets a light in your eyes

And your heart is in its place

Then I won’t cry because I know

I gave the most beautiful gift

When I let you go

Walking Away

It’s growing- catching the sun’s rays as it lays there undisturbed by none but Mother Nature’s great sigh. As she exhales it skips a few feet further along the hot, hard artificial terrain, and begins to shrink into the distance. It stops. She’s holding her breath again, allowing me to catch up. The sun is hot. Reflecting off the pavement, so stiff beneath my feet, it blinds me. Squinting through the tears building up around my eyes, I can see the object still growing up ahead. It’s shining as if Mother Nature has beamed the spotlight in the sky directly upon it. It’s calling to me. Or rather, she is. She’s asking for its riddance from the earth but as of this moment, I wish she’d make the ball of fire in the sky take a break behind a cloud. A glance at the clear blue backdrop above me tells me that this is not an option. The sun beams down directly overhead. As I breathe in the air feels warm and dry within my lungs. My mouth is parched and my skin is burnt red. My clothes are sticking to my back and perspiration slides down my neck and face. All I can think of is my destination- an air conditioned building with fountains of cold running water built right into its walls.

I quicken my step, eager to get to that place despite that the heat of my blood warming inside me as I move faster is enough to make me want to collapse. The object is still glinting on the inside edge of the sidewalk, still as can be. As I move past it, my shoe kicks it aside. It rolls into the tall green grass growing beside the pavement and into the shade of someone’s tree.

Mother Nature finally exhales again, sending winds that whip my hair around my face and bite at my eyes. When she calms, the sun’s rays feel ever hotter, as if she’s trying to burn me now as I walk away. The candy wrapper shrinks further into the shadows behind me.

Blueberries

Photo taken by Katie Ford

Girl in photo is me

Photo edited at Picnik.com

Quote is mine obviously

For All Of My Days

Slipping between my fingers

Pretty silver lights

Dancing on a wooden dock

Laughing with the night

The water glides like liquid glass

Rolling across each stone

The moon shines light into my very core

The breeze is my hand to hold

I think of a perfect smile

Playing across your lips

You have no idea of my longing

Longing for your kiss

In my mind I feel your body’s warmth

Wrapped up all around me

The tips of your fingers graze my skin

As the pretty lights surround me

Nested in a cherry blossom

A hummingbird begins to sing

And into the night that little bird

She spreads her delicate wings

Daylight breaks, the sun shines through

Between the cracks of that old dock

I see where green grass grew

And then I’m running through fields of flowers

And you’re watching me as I play

I run into your arms

And you’re laughing as you say

“I’m gunna love you for all my days”

I kiss your lips through a smile

The wind plays through my hair

Baby you know that in my heart

I’m always gunna be there

And today, kneeling beside a grave

I say, “I’m gunna love you for all my days”

Walking With The Moon

She held on tightly with both hands

To the thread that kept together an unwinding path

But to her dismay the future unravelled

Breaking away from a simpler past

And every day that came to rest

Followed by nights that came to be

One heartache spilling crimson blood

While shedding sanity

If love was her greatest prize

Then endless sleep would be her greatest gift

Until the morning that the moon rose

And the sun was also lifted

The pieces suddenly fell into place

On her lips she wore a smile

Lighting up the darkened spaces

At least for a little while

When her mind reunited with torn up faces

On her palm she cradled a fallen leaf

Raindrops crawled upon her skin

And gathered at her sleeve

She smiled for the sadness then

For that was when she knew

The pretty thing she now held onto

Was getting close to you

And the rising and falling of the sun

Well, that was just natural

But the climbing of that horizon together

Now, that is more magical

And so for a lifetime she was there

Waking close to you

Bowing to the sun

And walking with the moon