Random Northshore Writings of a Night

I: I am Here

I am here -

A shadow among bright lights

I creep along to find a place

Slow and steady like the tides of the northshore

I am real

Of all things considered

That waits for tomorrow

I rise and wait behind clouded skies

I am burning

With desire to make my print

An asterisk in the tale of humanity

I shed my leaves and am born again each season

I am here

A life of unlikely measure

Fallen from the fairytale

I carry you in my winds of memory. 

I am here.

I am here.

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II: My love

I cannot say I love you

But I cannot live without you

A tangle weed without a root

A sheltering cave without a nook

How many nights did I hold you

Always close to my heart, it’s true.

A cold stone on the lake shore

You could swallow me as you did before

I cannot take you with me

But where you are is where I’ll be

Far in space but close in time
I am yours as you are mine. 
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III: My Lover

I suppose I love you in my way

As the sun quietly loves the earth

Meekly rising to see her lover – sleeping still

Gentle touches and soft golden kisses

At times her temper may be harsh

Inconsiderate and unmindful of

The measures it takes to take it in

Because all things beautiful connect within

I love you whole and with my all

I love you only as I know how

Like the sun that radiates all year long

To see Earth’s beauty fully sprung.