A Moment

If I take a moment to

Speak from my heart

Could I make it all make sense

Or would it all just fall apart?

And if the words come spilling out -

Tell me, would you mind?

Because, darling, I'll tell you everything

If you promise to be kind

But those feel like recycled words

And I've been through this all before

The water's nice till we drown

And are left stranded back on shore

I can't let go and can't hold on 

Above all can't get it through

My head that maybe this time it won't

Hurt to trust you

And if I take a moment to

Think about it all

Would you pause here with me

Or would it all begin to fall?

And will the words ever come -

When will you let me know

Where it is we're flying to

And just how far we'll go?

But those feel like borrowed words 

Are we on borrowed time?

Or is this all entirely new -

Is trying such a crime?

Yet I can't help but delete words

And hold things back, it's true

Still I can't help but write too much

And give every word to you

So as I take a moment to

Hold my breath awhile

You'll write too much and just enough

To release it with a smile

Melting Point

Each time the everlasting

Thought crosses my mind

Echoes pull me in for a moment

Reaching for something I cannot find

Nightly, monthly, yearly -

I'll slowly let the pattern fade

Twist it into something new

Yesterdays full of transitions that had to be made

Build atop the rubble

I'll make new castles in the air

Don a new perspective 

Shift my gaze and grow my hair

Take another breath, dear

Holding tight - let that go too

Ease your mind once more

Eternity shall always bid you -

To forget every little thing

Overly large though they felt

Feelings fade with time

Oxygen cycles and memories melt

Regurgitate each phrase

Grasp at smoke till you touch ground

Eternity makes nothing of everything 

Time obscures even the most renowned 

Dancing under fading stars

Evanescent moments sinking into my skin

Allow that I hold the ones that suit me

Right until nothingness must begin