One

Sifting through the grains of time
Defined by just myself
Delving in and out of quicksand
As I try to live with someone else

The hourglass is turned about
While doubt and hope suspend
Again just lukewarm feelings
Steaming for the fire within

I long for connections
For affections I try to disguise
However the feelings and emotions
Are flowing like the ocean in my eyes

Your waves often overwhelm me
And I begin to drown in your spirit
I fear it overcoming me
The passion, so endearing

Your realness and other qualities
I desire to the roots
However, I’m forced to sacrifice my standards
And lay haggard in the soot

The ashes burning branches
My jaded uncertainty
Of everlasting bonfires
Renouncing soliloquy

I picture us in bliss
Amiss by our concrete, bond
It sounds like…no it is a fairytale
All of the memories will be forever fond

I heard your voice last week
So pure, so true, so honest, and so real
Is the genre of relationship
I have always longed to feel