Stand Down

Always, in those moments
It all feels so sudden,
Our voices just carry -- let's
Stand down

What should take a whisper
Ends up a tempest
In fights with no victor; girl, let's
Stand down ...

In all our litanies of blame
And still waters we set aflame
You keep pulling away
I keep pushing back
Yearning for retreat
Still poised for attack
Girl, we may never ever be the same again, no
So let's try to regain our roots instead
Of watching the sky fall ...

Every hour
We try to claim power
We're losing what's ours
Girl, stand down

I'll do whatever
To get back 'forever'
Let's get it together, girl
Stand down ...

You -- no matter what you do --
Remain my light, my heart, my truth
It's not so bad
You know we're not assigned
That fate
Mephistopheles designed
So if you want to take a breath and think things through
I'll drop my sword
And pray you'll drop yours too
Let's live love ...

our first morning

as the morning rays light up our morning, sublime,
bathing us through our ajar window blinds,
they illuminate the blessing that I found in you,
as you lie there, dancing in dreams formed anew.
your skin more delicate than our satin sheets,
your hair, a river that flows over perfect cheeks,
rendering a mere mortal man like myself weak
scribes would find you far too beguiling to speak.
your soft breaths like music; your curves, balletic
new flows of passion, gazing at your body poetic.
but these words alone cannot escape my lips
how can I fully express a moment like this?
so, instead, I kiss your forehead, lost in bliss,
transfixed, fully bewitched by the vision that is you;
my passion is true; I stare for a long while
as you awaken to my slow caress, you smile.
I smile back --
all this, saying what words lack.
our love surpasses words, yet we`re ever knowing
where our hearts lie forever,
in our first morning,
together.