Forever in Your Eyes

Your glacier blue eyes, golden rimmed and flickering green,
I love to lose myself in them, lost in their waking dream.
And when you look at me, it is as if you can see right through me.
And you smile wryly and say it's because you always knew me.
I smile awkwardly, trying to hide my nervous excitement.
And we talk for hours and hours, finding true contentment.
You listen to every single word I have to say,
And to be near you, I relish every second of every day.
And then there was that night when you sat so close to me,
And leaned against me in such a telling way.
I was afraid you would be another opportunity I'd miss.
So I held onto you and waited for your kiss.
Our hearts pounding in rhythmic beats,
Our eyes reflecting our possibilities.
And then our lips met and everything was changed,
Now eternity together is all that still remains.

I Can't Sleep

I can't sleep.

The blood is running too quickly in my veins,
The world is spinning too slow,
And my mind is a lightning storm.
My skin crackles and pops with electricity,
and every movement is a spinning dynamo.

I can't sleep.

I'm seeing everything and nothing all at once.
The ceiling has nothing to show me,
Still I can't take my eyes off it.
I watch the shadows shift and change,
Soon they will disappear completely.

I can't sleep.

I count sheep, I breathe, I pray,
A million words fill my little head,
They give me no rest,
They have no order or structure.
I foolishly hope that sorting them will bring me peace.

I can't sleep.

There is too much nothing to do,
Too much everything to think of,
Too much I might miss out on.
It is a barrage of never ending thoughts,
That relentlessly attack my reverie.

I can't sleep.

No rest comes my way.
Distractions fail me.
No efforts seem to summon the sandman,
No quiet books, glasses of milk or soft sweet music;
Nothing helps me find my way to the land of nod.

I can't sleep.

The morning sun stings my eyes.
I rise because I must.
And no matter how long I stand under the warmth of the shower,
The beating water cannot replace what I'm missing.
So I hope that tonight, maybe tonight I can sleep.