Captivate Me

And with whatever words

I have left to say

Planted and buried here

At the end of days

Under the summer sun

The words become ripe

A harvest but for few

The words turn out right

Captivate me again

Before days become weeks

Cause when autumn arrives

The words turn bittersweet.

(Intermission)

I don’t write to you much these days
So busy with school
I’m at a loss of what words to say
Still I tend to stay

So honey tell me a story
All about you now
When you’re ready I’ll be waiting
To write it all down

Over and over…

Cause I’ve been trying
Chasing something I felt missing
It must be fiction
Is there some truth to the meaning?

I think love
Is what I want, it’s what I want
It's what I need

But these poems
Take too much ink, make papers bleed
To write my dreams.

Summer's End

Carrie,
The weather spilled out gray
On this summer day and
Seasons
Turn the trees around
Throwing their leaves to the ground
I’m walking on the remains

Carrie,
I have this winter chill
That cools all my veins and
Freezes
But it’s still inside
The fire that thaws in time
Making puddles in the streets

Carrie,
Overcast afternoons
Bring out the brightest moons
Shining
Down on these dark things
That road isn’t so daunting
As I once remembered it.

Winter's End

I could not stand this springtime wind
Left over from the winter’s end
It’s almost May and days are wet
Too cold to see you in that dress

I could not stand these winter coats
Bundled up from our toes to throats
All it is is an extra skin
We touch but don’t feel anything

Well if it was me
And I’d have to choose
I would purge the clouds
With sunshine pierced through

We’d shed our old skins
On the hope of growth
I would light the sky
Our real skin would show

I could not stand this springtime wind
Left over from the winter’s end.

Waiting

Springtime ensures
Spring bloom
Fills the air with pollen
And ensures the love that’ll
Sprout new

Springtime bursts out
Spring heat
Fills the voids with sunshine
And bursts out the love that's
Easy

A lovely springtime day
Gets me carried away

All fall we’ve been waiting
To reveal some more skin

This lovely springtime day
Charms us in the sun’s rays.

It Says

It says
“I could have you anytime”
And if there’s just one thing
That I’ve been waiting for
Out of your dark blue party dress
We’d trade friendships for regrets

It says
“Maybe when the spring passes”
And if the sun warms the heart
Thawed from the chill of winter’s dark
I would present to you this promise
Then seal my words with a kiss

And if I could hold you
Maybe for just one night
The world would spin slower
I know we’d get the time

And when we save some face
It says “I don’t know what to say”
As night consumes the day
We lie awake and wait

It says
“You can’t have all of me”
And if you define the players
Nice boys lovers and fighters
I’d say we’re all one in the same
Charm not unique to the name

It says
“It’ll work out but not now”
And if you are the fisherman
Then I’ve been baited to the hook
Tied down to the very thought of
The most innocent kind of love

And if I could hold you
To the words that are said
The wine would spin slower
I know we’d get in bed

And when we savor face
It says “Well it’s okay, I’m not my best”
It says “It’s a creation of ignorance”
It says “What I want isn’t easy”
It says “But I still want to be happy”

This is what the expression on your face says.

I...

Hi Carrie
I wrote this short poem for you
Stumbling on weak words
That I’d only want to say
On Valentine’s Day
I wonder if that’s okay

Everyday
I get nervous around you
Like a little boy
With his first Valentine gram
Maybe after class
We can walk home hand in hand

Well you know
I’d bring happiness to you
My sunniest days
Coincide your darkest gray
And I’d find a way
To bring light in place of rain

And Carrie
I planned this night out for you
These hearts do their best
To stay steady in our chests
I wanted to say…
But my mouth keeps it in check.