Excerpts From Kissing Paper

Ode to For Elise   

I played you in the night of love 

Floating to a thousand clouds 

And then again in tragedy 

While crying strong and so, out loud 

Absorbing you upon my chaise 

In lullaby, I fell asleep 

And when I heard he asked of her hand 

With you, I cried, secrets to keep 

Upon the hills and into waves 

So many times I find you there 

Some laugh and say- old fashioned girl 

But my certainty shall never care 

And if they were to steal you away 

To take my device and cause me pain 

I’d smile amidst their scoundrel plot 

And ever hear you, just the same  

       Again

Has there ever been a moment
When you were amongst a crowd
And you imagined my face
In someone’s place
Just to love me once again 

Does the rain ever remind you
Of how I wept
The night I saw you
And you were with her
You know I felt a bit deranged
Like a little girl
Losing her way
I ran to find solace in the misty air
And prayed such a foreign prayer
For you to just love me
Once again 

And when you moved on
It seemed so absurd
I could hear our ideas
As you shared them with her
I wondered so many times
If you ever kissed her tight
Or touched her hair
And then with all your want
Believed I was there
To heal the quest
Of tasting me
For insanity, sane
And loving me
Once again

The Glow  

You have wrapped yourself around me again 

My favorite atmosphere! 

As usual I let your warmth sink into me 

Like a million stars 

And then I glow 

And someone says 

You look like you’re up to something 

Someone always says that 

When I’m wrapped in you 

I just smile 

I don’t agree 

I don’t engage 

Never shall I divulge 

I simply walk away 

And stay 

Ever so quiet 

All the while riding 

A starlit riot 

Of you