Beguiled

Crazy as it may seem, I like you,
Many things cross my mind
Many I’d rather not talk about
Before I come out, maybe I should wait
Though my mind is racing fast, thoughts of you
Tonight it’s different, somehow
There’s something about the night sky
Igniting my attraction to you
We talk of the moon and the stars
Our inner selves reaching out
A looming feeling rather ignored

Our pasts haven’t been kind to us
A silent listener you are, a comfort
Many times we talk light heartedly
The laughter and giggles,
a welcomed fresh breath of air
And this rather seems a good thing
Silence at times creeps in between us
A moment I get to think of you, miss you

A new promise, beautiful times call out
Because you are, now I hear the sound of the ocean
I feel the caressing morning breeze
I sing to the sweet music all around me
I’m even convinced the stars shine for me
When it all seemed like it didn’t matter
Now nothing else matters much

I long to hear your voice over my end
Feel the smile you hide behind the phone
I imagine all these pleasant things about you
I see that need in your eyes, I have it too
I feel your kind nature, your sincerity in our converse
But all this is just me; this is how I conceive it

If anything ever changes, for better or worse
Know this as my humble reflection
A desire to acknowledge the feelings you provoke in me
Every time I hear, see or think of you
There’s a flame that is lighting up more and more inside of me..
If need be, that before it’s an inferno, allow me to kill it down…
For now it won’t burn as bad, it won’t hurt as much


“…to appreciate the full beauty of a flower,
we have to be there when it’s forming from a bud…
For then when it’s withering out,
its beauty is still forever etched in our minds…”
_paul mogaka


[let it be known i said this]