After the pain

This dreadful shower
Will tear away the dead skin
The flesh, the fat and the muscles you gave me
And leave me alone with my brittle bones

With you gone I will work with whatever marrow remains

Haven't thought of me since

There's a reason, just one
Why you never told me what you two shared
That night, when the calls stopped
And you pretended to move on, to me

But you never did, and I was never going to be him

Soma

She said come with me
Into the depth of night
Where we all go to hide
From the day and all his tasks

Because dreams not had are never broken

From the beginning

A mother's love
So deep within
Knowing who I was
Before I tried my hand

At becoming the man she hoped I'd be

Back to hiding

There's no use
Fighting this misery
Tearing up my insides
Just to expose how much it hurts

Wheb the virus is done feeding it will pass

And so, onwards

When a child is born his parents are to give him
A canvas painted of all life's merriments
When an adult is borne life presents him an empty canvas
For him to paint a better masterpiece to pass on

That is son might dream brighter still, and so on

Dear followers

In my efforts
To raise us to new plateaus
I have failed us
And served us new platitudes

When my heart is free I will serve us the good wine

Finding Dawn

I bet you think
The sun shines on us all the same
But I'll tell you a secret
The light that finds you in your darkest caves

Was made brighter by your plea for sunlight

Just try

When you remember us fondly, bask
Let those memories seep up into your lip corners
But know that true happiness does not await us
Happiness eludes the idler and comforts the adventurer

Chase! And you will find yourself, fondly

Goodbye lullaby

All of this will mean nothing
When I no longer try to touch your heart
But rather hearts that seek an embrace
Borrow my words and do way with them

But I will light up the night sky with my torch all the same  

Superficial

A closed pot
Always boils over
If it is filled with substance
But you never open the lid

Only unpleasant surprises will surface

New Status

The two of us
Trading strength, to and fro
On this teeter totter
That we both know is love

We trade strength to catapult each other to new heights

Peas in a pod

It's gonna be hard
Not seeing you everyday
After we break free from this shell
Only to be consumed by a higher consciousness

All I can hope for is that we meet our fates swiftly

Residual

Run forward, dance your hardest
Sweat until you have none left
Only at the end of yourself
Will you find your borders

Only there does my smile reside

Where are you Babu?

Babu?

You have written for fame
You have written for sorrow
You have written for yourself
And even written for me

But what words do you have for us

...

Day One

Finally someone
Who is gorgeous without trying
Who I can talk to for days without trying
Who seems to like me without trying

And all she had to do was glance

...

Too Fast

I said I liked her
Before I even met her
She said she loved me
Before she even knew me

But the highway home is never traveled too fast

...

Family Matters

She is waiting too darn long
To show me where she's from
I didn't waste any time
Showing her my family and life story

I hope she knows it is for the same reason

...

Untouched

She has not been touched
By the harsh hands of a lover's possession
And these paws of mine
Are callused, bloody and dull to the touch

But if she so gestures I will touch her inside and out

...
Festival

I want to broaden my horizons
But first to broaden ours
Won't you join me for a few days
Dumping our heads into larger wishing wells

Because our lives are about more than spare change

...
Thirty Outside

All the king's family
And all the king's friends
Have never seen him this happy
And may never again

Today he blew out candles to say thanks to last year's wish come true

...

Amour dans le rue

That moment right there

When you weren't trying to prove 

You were just your corny self

And I could see clear as day in the dead of night 

Why you loved you, and why I did too

...

Amor en la playa

There isn't a single soul standing

Between us and the moon

She lights the wild ocean on this windy night

While you wipe the sweat from my brow

And being alone with you here is all I've wanted

...

Barfi

I want them to like me 

As much as mine like you

So if what you say is true

And they don't yet have a pallet for my kind

Let them at least know my sweet side

...
A home

A home is not a mortgage
Not a missing couch or an extra sink
Nor a scavenger hunt for the lowest rate
But a place where memories are yet to be made

So pass me the screwdriver so we can get to building

...
A Picture

A picture can be a captured memory
Or a reminder of how the light captured us
But this picture shows everyone
That you've captured me

This picture is a flag, marking captured territory

...
All I want

All I want is for you to be here
Because ever since you came
What used to be joy is now painful
If I'm not sharing it with you live

I've spent the better half of this party texting you

...
Yuletide

You fit right in with this dinner
Your friends are always welcome
All we have is merriment between us
This is the meaning of the holiday season

These winters aren't so cold with you

...
Adversity

This is the darkest hour
Nothing will be the same now
And she is handling this as best as she can
But part of her has just died inside

I hope I can be her shining light

...
Absolutely Yes

Yes I will love her

Yes I will watch over her

Yes I know she is your only girl

Yes I know this is your only chance

And I say to you sir, yes, absolutely yes.

...

Childhood

You look so good in that shirt shorty

Supporting my roots and where I came from

You and I are rooted in the same pot

Shining under the same light

Everyone can see we've been on the same team since childhood

...

Futebol Brasilero

When I'm happiest with myself

Immersed in my childhood fantasies

Futebol all around me, and a gorgeous girl on my shoulder

I demise to admit to a certain sadness

That that phase of my life has but a few remaining fumes

...

Green With Purple

While I mash together words

And paint in the same manner

With vigorous, envious, unsatisfying strokes

Your heart is so clean that the canvas begs

To have you complete him with your royal optimism

...
Thirty Inside

She has had to do so much these days

She shouldn't have to do a thing today

Except know that everyone is routing for her

Even if she doesn't expect it, because she deserves it

If this is the only day of bliss I can give her so be it

..

Noise complaints

They should hear us

Each and everyone of them

Ought to know that love is real

And when she visits our world

Our walls will tremble, our earth will quake and rivers flow

...
Sickness and Health
We have been there through sickness
But that is now the only language we speak
Screaming of how much it hurts the whole night long
And mulling through the mornings

Tucked away from the sun's light, we forgot to be there in health

...

New Year

Let us start over again
Try to remember old countdowns
When we sat in basements alone
Because although this is more anxious than fun

We're both happier to finally be in the basement together

...
Better Than This

We're both better than this
This fighting, lashing and lying
So let us fight our fears, lash at our obstacles
And lie about being happy

Until we are both at a place better than this

...
Southernmost Point

They call this arbitrary point southernmost
As though the whole world ends after this
But you and I have fallen further south than this
Into dismal heat and wilderness, anger and confusion

But even there we found joy, and rose together back north

...

Through Spring

Winter was bitter
And spring will be much work
Planting new seeds, clearing fallen branches
But we will have to have patience

Until the end of the season to see what may bloom

...
Mayflower

April showers have watered us too much
And what once felt like the stuff of life
Now leaves us submerged unable to breathe in this pot
We cannot drain inside our home, but out there alone under the sun

After that, what flowers may grow, may they grow above this fence