Because

I feel in love with love

When I first saw 

the Beast give the library to Belle

Because a love like that 

means giving more than taking 

I've been called "Hopeless romantic"

Ever since I watched 

Cory kiss Topanga on the jungle gym

Because a love like that 

seemed hopelessly impossible

I've sat starry eyed 

As Paul held Holly 

And they kissed in the rain

Because a love like that 

is messy and beautiful 

I've made spells

With Sally Owens

For that perfectly perfect man 

Because a love like that 

didn't seem real

I've lived in my daydreams

Never knowing

That I was not alone 

Because a love like that 

Isn't always just a dream 

Everything

You're the high dive
At the community pool 
You're recess 
In elementary school
You're the smell of breakfast
On a summer morning
You're the sprinkle of snow
That comes without warning
You're the light at the shore
Bringing in the ships from the sea
You're the single spring bud
On a bare dogwood tree
You're the final piece of a puzzle
That makes the picture complete
You're everything
That makes life deliciously sweet

Inconceivable

How can a single touch

Mean so much?

A second glance

That feels like

A second chance

At what

Went missing 

So long ago 

I don't even know

When I lost it

Or what it even was...

Before dreams began to fuzz 

And fade

And life began to weigh

A heavy heart down. 

Every serendipitous second

Comes with the sound

Of iridescent 

Wings in bellies

Eyes meet

And a skipping heart beat

Treads over the waters 

of day dreams..

Making each moment seem

So precious 

So delicious 

So unbelievable
It's...

Raw Hearts

You've given your heart to no one
I've given it to all
Now you throw it into scarred hands
Just to watch it fall

Every chance I've had,
I've packaged up my heart
Hoping the receiver
Wouldn't tear the gift apart

Every chance you've had,
you've built walls to keep you strong
Years of broken dreams,
leaving you no where to belong

We've spent our years searching,
for that one elusive hope.
Someone to fix the brokenness
and help us find a way to cope

But time is a fickle thing,
Sometimes fate is not our friend
And we can't rely on someone else
to fix what we should mend.

I've learned enough of love
to know it doesn't always last.
It can feel like perfect bliss
then blow up in a  fiery blast.

Experience and time have taught me
more than I wish to know
It's brought me shining to the top
It's dragged me down below

We have to learn when to run,
when to walk and when to crawl
Or else we may hold a broken thing
while its skin is far  too raw.