love

Change of Tune

I never dreamt of kissing you

Or lingered on your touch

I never thought when you stay home

That I’d miss you, as such

 

But I’ve been writing in the dark

And I’ve been dreaming in the light

I’ve been thinking all the wrongs of love

Could somehow make a right

 

I’ve been spending my time scribbling

Lines of goofy poetry

You’ve been standing right here humming

Me a tune that’s in my key

 

I’ve been living off the fake stuff

For so long I may not know

What the real thing’s gonna taste like

So I’m gonna take this slow

 

I’ve been sleeping with the moon

I’ve been staring at the sun

I’ve been thinking lovers’ hardships

Were how lovers’ hearts are won

 

And if we never get that kiss

We never plant this seed

I’m grateful you showed me the way

And for your company

Nautical Twilight

The moon told me a yarn last night

She said you were a certain light

A hazy glow, a sailor’s blight

A wave of nautical twilight

 

It began most civilly

A toast, a drink, a melody

A spark of connectivity

A course of perfect symmetry

 

But as the evening drew me near

Our journey’s end became unclear

My True North had disappeared

I stepped aside and let you steer

 

For a time, we sure sailed yare

And boy, you carried my hopes far

But with the evening, came the stars

And we discovered who we are

 

For when the solar perigee

Is twelve below what it should be

The horizon slips into the sea

I looked to you, you lied to me

 

My two-month night

My loss of sight

My lowest height

Nautical —