As I am?

Can you take me as I am?

flawed?
perfect?

A woman with worn down shoes?

Slept in clothes?

Mussed hair?

Known by many close friends?

Can you take me as I am?

If you can't, just walk out the door.

blocked
my mind
grasps at words
but they
slip
away

out there in the ether..a song on the beach

out there
in the ether
just out of reach
there's a man
that I am looking for
I've lessons
to teach

there's faith
and forgiveness
there's love
and there's hope

these lessons
I've learned
have opened
my heart

out there
in the ether
walking out
on the shore
there's a man
that I'm hoping
that I'll see once more

we've so much
to talk about
so much we can share
though the pain
we once caused
may be too much to bear

there's loss
and there's sorrow
lies and betrayal

these sins
I've committed
have put me
on trial

out there in the ether
just out of reach
there's a man
that I love
Who I'm longing to see

perhaps
one day soon
he will want to see me.

yes
perhaps
one day soon
he will want to see me.

like trees

for years I had a lover
with green grass eyes
and I watched
as he grew away from me.

then I took a lover
whose eyes were ocean blue
and I watched
as he swam away from me.

then I fell for another
sky blue eyes, cloud colored skin
sunshine in his hair
and I blew up such a storm
that he drifted away from me.

now each night I pray
that I find a love
whose brown eyes
reflect mine own
that we may be rooted together
like trees

like trees we will grow
together
like trees we will look
out upon the sea
like trees we will reach
to the sky
our branches intwined
for eternity.

Moral Crimes

In Kabul,
they'd put me in prison
for my crimes.

But here I am free.

locked out
my prison has no walls
but the ones around
your heart.

I shall write you

I shall write you
when I get my ring,
the one that once signified
that I belonged to another.

I shall write you
to say that my life is full
with dances, friends, and parties.

I shall write you
when my ring returns
engraved with new meaning.

I shall write you
with hope, love, and longing
but knowing
that truly,
this flower can bloom
without your sun.