you fell in love with an idea
of who you thought
i was
who you thought
i could be
what you thought
i could offer
light blazing through
your dark
joy slicing through
your pain
maybe your ideas
were all real
maybe i am
the answer
to all your
questions
but maybe
the better answers
already lie within
your own heart
©jmr/2009
it’s beautiful, to me
knowing i have been so high
and so low
and having my craft
to show for it
in chronological order
sometimes i think
about how so much has changed
what i once thought was everything
really wasn’t
anything
more than a whisper
of truth
lately, i’ve been toying
with the idea of
re-evaluating
everything
revising it
to match my current
reality
but
there are no rewrites
that could ever replace
the shine
of clearly defined
evolution
so
i will leave what was
as it is
and look forward, without shame
obligation or explanation
to the next chapter
©jmr/2009
you bring out the lady in me
the one with impeccable manners
who knows just what to say
at a dinner party
you bring out the child in me
the one who finds joy in a butterfly
who lays on the grass and decides what
clouds resemble
you bring out the animal in me
the one who straddles you
flat on your back and holds your hands
behind your head
you bring out the woman in me
the one who nurtures the man
she loves with sweetness, vulnerability
trust and honesty
you bring out the dreamer in me
the one who doesn’t understand
the meaning of can’t… and strives
to achieve everything
you humble me
with every touch
every word
every moment i can rest so easily within
even when we’re apart
i’m always in your arms
safe and sound
©jmr/2009
you will protect me
and i will love you
you will teach me
to live in the moment
and i will accept
you just as you are
we will
forever
carry each other
never taking
too much
giving
without measure
you will hold my hand
and i will hold your heart
you will burrow deep
into my warm embrace
and i will give you every reason
to believe in me
we will
always
reach each other
without even
trying
love
without condition
you will show me
truth
and i will show you
understanding
we will show each other
what we’ve both been missing
you will tilt my head up
to show me the stars
and i will see
i will mirror their shine
every time i look at you
i am yours
©jmr/2009
Simple as it should be – by tristan prettyman
put your hands to my hands
put your knees to my knees
put your eyes to my eyes
come on baby, complement me
cause i don’t think that we
should ever feel the need to worry
ever get ourselves in a hurry
you know i love you
i know you love me
so time will go
and we may be
far apart, i know
but as far as i can see
this is so good
there’s no need for change
it’s alright with me
it’s as simple as it should be
simple as it should be
and this love will build
through flights and streets
in the end i predict
you’ll get the very best of me
so put your lips to my lips
why not go on and take all of it
and run as fast as you can
just cause you can
time will go
and we may be
far apart, I know
but as far as i can see
this is so good
there’s no need for change
it’s alright with me
it’s as simple as it should be
simple as it should be
tell me, do you believe
in the girl that is me
with her feet to your feet?
well, that’s all i need
cause time will go
and we may be
far apart, i know,
but as far as i can see
this is so good
there’s not need for change
it’s alright with me
it’s as simple as it should be
simple as it should be
Melting – By Tristan Prettyman
i will sing you a song
i will save you a dance
if you just give me a chance
a little piece of your mind
little bit of your time
let it unwind
what is it i don’t get
something i’ll never forget
something good that hasn’t
even even started yet
it’s so good that it’s bad
and it might be
the best damn thing
that i ever
had
happen to me
i’m still melting
over you
i’m still holding on
baby
i’m still melting
i fell hard but not hard enough
you didn’t even notice
i took that risk
and i jumped ship
and now i’m waving my arms
drowning in your ocean
and you go on saying
everything
i’ve been trying to say
and now i’d be foolish to let you get away
so stay with me awhile
cause i’m still melting
over you
still holding on
i’m still dreaming
so don’t wake me yet
cause i don’t want to forget
how you picked me back up
and you laid my head down
and now i feel you
heavy over me
and now
i’m in too deep
i’m still melting
over you
still holding on
i’m still dreaming
so don’t wake me yet
cause i don’t want to forget
awkward
uncertain
insecure
you reduce me
to first day of second grade
nervous
it’s the way you see through me
it’s the way you hold the mirror
up for me to see
myself
for who i really am
it’s the way you appear
to be
exactly the same
you’re better
at trusting
than i am
but I’ll get there
©jmr/2009
there is stillness
within the moments
when you express
your deepest
truths
exposing what’s beneath
to the core
of who you are
i am not physically
near you
but i feel you
your warm breath
on my lips
your heart beat
against my skin
closeness
beyond
what words can explain
sometimes words
outloud
aren’t necessary
if you listen to me
like i listen to you
you will hear
©jmr/2009
If You Could Read My Mind
By Gordon Lightfoot
If you could read my mind love,
what a tale my thoughts could tell.
Just like an old time movie
about a ghost from a wishing well.
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
with chains upon my feet.
You know that ghost is me
and I will never be set free
as long as I’m a ghost that you can see.
If I could read your mind love,
what a tale your thoughts could tell.
Just like a paperback novel,
the kind the drugstore sells.
When you reach the part where the heartache’s
come the hero would be me.
Heroes often fail.
And you won’t read that book again
because the ending’s just too hard to take.
I walk away like a movie star
who gets burned in a three way script.
Enter number two, a movie queen
to play the scene of bringing all the good things out in me,
but for now love let’s be real.
I never thought I could act this way
and I’ve got to say that I just don’t get it.
I don’t know where we went wrong
but the feeling’s gone and I just can’t get it back.
If you could read my mind love,
what a tale my thoughts could tell.
Just like an old time movie
about a ghost from a wishing well.
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
with chains upon my feet
the story always ends.
And if you read between the lines
you’ll know that I’m just trying to understand
the feelings that you lack.
I never thought I could feel this way
and I got to say that I just don’t get it.
I don’t know where we went wrong
but the feeling’s gone
and I just can’t get it back.
an older one – republished (and renamed)
as i’m out of words
to say it any better
i opened my world to you
it was a bit reckless
to take it all at face value
i feel a bit foolish
now that i see
what really is
maybe i wanted
too desperately
to believe
in magic
© jmr / 2009
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