POETRY: THE ONE THING

Day to day, night to night, breath to breath,
My heart is starving for only one thing,
Which would be my sweet medicine,
And would cure me from my dreadful illness.

The last hope of a hopeless man,
Who's lips were thirsty for a kiss for so long,
Ears were "hungry" to hear the word "love,"
Soul and body cried for a soft touch.

I'm afraid of what I am feeling again,
Because my heart was broken so many times;
When a girl said, 'bye...' I felt I would die.

Your love gave me hope again,
But happiness and joy are not my guests;
I'm afraid to be happy... but I want to be





2

The need to be loved is so powerful
So great that it is almost pathetic
Yet everyday we crave this thing called love
Our one passion to be wanted by another
To feel important to that one person
We desire that happiness in our lives
Alone at night, we are not ourselves
In our minds we secretly go crazy
Our hearts grow more vulnerable as each lonely,
Aching moment goes by
We begin to feel like there is no tomorrow for us
Yet when tomorrow rings in bright and new
The madness will toll loudly once again
There is no escape from this thing we call love
The world is filled with that enduring feeling
As lovers stroll down the street hand in hand
For not even sleep can release us of this desire
For even in our dreams we are tormented with the want
You can't escpae your mind so what is one to do
This thing called love
It will eventually take control of you


3

So when you close your eyes,
Do you dream of soft blue skies,
Or do you float out on a river,
And watch the flowers as they shiver?
Do you find youself falling through a hole,
Do you reach deep inside your soul,
Or do you sing your song out loud,
And float away inside a cloud?
Do you run through an endless maze,
Do you cry inside a soft haze,
Or do you climb up an endless tree,
And strain to find the top you can't see.
So when you wake up,
Do you try,
To escape,
Back inside,
That realm we call imagination,
That erotic, soft, scary sensation,
In your dreams.


4


Why do I love you so
You sometimes ask
I wish I had the answer
Because I really don't know

Maybe it's the way
the gentle touch you give
The one that I sometime crave

Or, how you comfort me
When I'm not sure which direction to choose in life
Or how you are understanding and forgiving
With the choices I have come to make, even in the past

Maybe it's the way
I get scared of you, all the while wanting you
Or maybe it's the way
You don't brush me aside and place me second

Or, how you promise me the world 
When all I want is you
Or, maybe it's just because
My heart's so attached to you