can i keep you?
have i dazzled you yet?
is it enough, all that i've said?
no? not yet?

catch your fancy,
have i done that already?
i certainly hope so,
no? not yet?

could it be that i have made you
happy, warmed you, enthralled you,
influenced you, made you adore me, caused you to
need me, long for me, miss me?

crept, little by little, into your
heart, made a place for me
inched my way, slowly, silently
nicely, smoothly, removed most of your barriers?

could it be that i am just dreaming
harboring another unlikely thought, just wishfully thinking?
i know i won't be who i hope i can be
never, ever, i won't reach you. . .

all i can do is teach myself
to finally get that,
i have to,
i ought to

to her, she would never get to read this anyway. . .

i may never know
how or why
i fell as hard
as i did for you

if i close my eyes
and block every thought of you
if i keep my mind
from straying towards you
if i wipe your
sweetness from my lips
erase every memory we ever made
remove every trace
of longing, of wanting
the teasing, the haunting
if i fail to remember
the sound of your laughter
then maybe i'll be fine

for a little while
a fraction of a second
i really thought i was alright
i am okay, i have moved
away from you, i really did

but one look
and i am hooked again
one mention of your name
and i am floored again
i smell your hair
and i'm reeling again
i am floating again,
one smile
and i'm certain. . .

you, once more
have me under your spell. . .

oh well, :)

i would love to make you mine. . .

without doubt,
an ounce of fear
no more questions
no confusions,
no more pretention
if anyone asks
i can freely, gladly
say yes, i am hers

i so want to make you mine. . .

amid the pleading
and endless bleeding
the bargaining
my willingness to commit
your inability to admit
that somewhere along
the muddled lines
you have thought of it too
it would have been flattering
although at times it had been maddening

i would have made you mine. . .

if i knew it was what you wanted
if only you could say
i can be all you ever wanted
if only i could give more
if i can be all what you live for

i would have made you mine. . .
if it were that simple
i could have made you mine

and who do you want instead?

whose arms would you
rather enfold you?
whose lips would you rather
trace with your fingertips?
whose scent would you
want to be breathing in
instead of his?

when he runs his hands
through each silken strand
each touch, each sound,
whose smile would you have
traded everything for?
whose name would you
have rather whispered?

are you more guilty
that you are dreaming
of lying with someone else
or is the bigger crime
your inability to admit
that you have indeed fallen

for someone other than
the person who so
lovingly, trustingly
engulfs you in his embrace

when you close your eyes dear,
tell me, who do you picture?

i know it's not me. . .

you did not have to wish,
never had to dream
i was there,
just there. . .

i guess it's not me

i haven't written anything in almost a month. . .
have i lost my "mojo"?
i don't know, maybe a bit?
the drive to create something that might influence, entertain or maybe even touch someone else, did it fade?
or maybe i just ran out of topics, feelings, emotions to scrutinize?
i'll take the latter,that is a bit more acceptable than the first two reasons, i think (hehehe)
it's not that i have become numb in the last few weeks, it's not that i have been drained of every single thought, it's not that i have grown coward, scared of facing some inescapable truths so to speak.
i probably just did not know where to start. . .

i still dont.

that never stopped me before, why would it stop me now?

so where do i begin?

let's start at the end shall we?

yeah, the inevitable end.

in a few weeks i'll say goodbye to a lot of things, people that i have treasured, kept as close to my heart as i possibly can. i'll bid farewell to what had been a huge part of me, my everyday, my routine, my comfort zone.

i am not good at closing doors, i almost always just run away with the door half ajar because i can never get myself to firmly shut it, properly turn away, put an ending to anything i have ever started, i'm scared of not giving myself atleast a small crack where i can still very discreetly crawl into once the reality of leaving slowly creeps in.

i find solace in the thought that should it be too scary for me to walk on and search for a new adventure i could still go back, resume my old life, it always waits for me to continue where i left off. . .

not this time

this time when i leave there would be no turning back

whoever, whatever i'm turning my back on, i know would start turning away from me as well, the minute i bid farewell. no more indecisiveness, i have to be firm, as they would be as cold hearted as i would have to be. whatever i choose to back away from, would very slowly back away from me too. whomever i let slip from my grasp would slowly let go of my hand as well. and as they fade, become a part of my history, i too would very painfully become just another memory. . .

a trinket, like a photograph that captured a tiny bit of moment

one we all can never go back to, but on really, really, cold nights, i hope they could bring me warmth. i hope i have stored enough of you guys that i might never totally forget

i am so scared to not remember. . .

i noticed.
i'm playing it cool
'cause i don't wanna
get too used to this
never again
the last time scarred me
i don't think i'll ever
trully, fully recover

doesn't mean i don't
miss you or care about you
i do, i'll probably always will
but you know what happens
when you get broken?
you try to piece together
what was shattered but
whatever you do
you will never ever be the same
a part of you will always be
lost, forgotten, never to be
taken back
when you get burned
you try your damnest
to stay away from fire
cover yourself in ice
when the door has been locked,
slammed in front of you
you will not knock again
for fear of another
stinging rejection

i'm glad you still
think about me at times
my thoughts are never
too far away from you
though i've tried to shake
away every memory
i did try, and some days
i do succeed

and no i'm not trying
to be your one regret
that will be an excercise
in futility, i bet
it's okay that i'm not
don't start with me
dont start, period.

and i know that you love me
you have said it,
i have felt it,
but like you told me
sometimes, it just
is not enough
it's sad, i know,
but what can we do?

everything's the same
yet you and i are different
will we ever get past that?
i'm not really sure,
are you?

i wish i wrote these lines. . .
well anyway, thank you maria mena

What could you possibly see in me?
Is it my soul hung out to dry?
I think my dysfunctional family has shaped it throughout my life.

What could you possibly like in me?
Do you like my ability to bend?
I think my fear of intimacy has shaped the time we spend.

No it's not you, it's me
and it's not us, it's them
and it's not her, it's just the way she moves you
and she kisses harder than me, oh she kisses harder than me.

And I've always looked in through your glasses,
but all I could see, is the spectre of me reflected
the empty shell of me, the empty shell of me.

What could you possibly love in me?
Is it the way I wear my smile?
It hangs from the tip of my tongue you see, oh this might take awhile.

No it's not you, it's me
and it's not us, it's them
sure it's not her, it's just the way she moves you
and she kisses harder than me, oh she kisses harder than me.

And I've tried to look in through your glases,
but all I could see, was the spector of me reflected, the empty shell of me, the empty shell of me.