disappear

i want to go
where nobody knows my name
nobody but you

and we’ll disappear
into strangers
and simply be
you and me

a tree

they see us as a tree
i’m the branch and you’re the leaves
as if i’m holding you up to the sun

but we know the truth
it’s you pulling me to the sky
out of death and into life

a painting

they see us as a painting
i’m the sea and you’re the sky
only meeting on some distant horizon

but we know the truth
every part of your sky
touches every part of my sea

a fresh view

these days i’ve become lighter
by shedding bits of doubt
and giving you my trust

or maybe it’s all balanced
as you do the same?

i can feel you next to me
more than just a presence
the one who stops her work
to listen
when that’s what i need
even if i don’t know it

you and i are rivers
rolling to the ocean
meeting in the depths
bringing who we are
leaving what we’re not
we are a new body
with an old mind
a fresh view
from tired eyes

and the swirling fears move slow
embers rising in the night
but we’ll find our footing
in their fading light

we are swans

there is never a time
i’m not thinking of you

i can’t tell if that’s how it should be?
if i should instead be cleaning my house
or unpacking my boxes
or tending my yard

but i suppose it doesn’t really matter
because you’re there
in my mind
each moment of each day
of each week
and each month

we are swans
gliding softly
on the surface
of this love
managing the balance
needed to keep the water still
yet strong

gray sky

the gray sky
can’t hide who we are to each other
burn away my clouds, baby
and i’ll warm you with my morning light