::: Because :::

I love you because
you take your tea the same way as me
because you love strawberries
and make me eat them, too
because you hate the way I play solitaire
but won't play, yourself
I love the way you watch me sleep
kissing my shoulders and neck
am I some goddess now
to have earned such adulation?

and yet
though I love your icy eyes and ivory brow
though I adore your clever tongue
and that deeply brooding heart
because you fight your battles
without quavering
because you are proud
and strong and honest and true
I will never make a claim
but leave you free

I love you because
you constantly question my choices
because your blue-gray eyes are so serious
and quiet
though your smile is near as hard to earn
as mine is
because you're wise
and willing, dark and lovely, solid
I will let you go
when you ask to leave

::: Oceanside :::

trapped in a land of indecision
a reflection
searching through the sands of place and time
on a mission of home
powdered noses make way for watered eyes

like a viking on the sea
should I follow the glittering stars?
I do like the sparkle
and I feel they'll shape me well
but

how can all this be my finale?
this sparkling wide divide
distance so blue and deep and thick
an impression
you can't see through

::: Cocooner :::

is it an accusation?
or a promise?

if I were a field
I'd be barley
no precious flowers
for you to love

call me
make me real

I'm tired of existing
only in my own mind
so please
validate my being

the world's empty today
where have we all gone?

a raven flies above
this is canola now
golden flowers
like the heart of the sky

there are no heroes
only people who are less wrong

this constant change
afraid to leave the cocoon
it's my safety
please don't release me

awareness

As seen here and in my aim chat box via Kari:

"MTV and Radiohead have teamed to address the exploitation and slavery of children around the world; turns out their against that stuff. But seriously, as part of the teen soap opera channel's EXIT (End eXploitation and Trafficking) campaign, an effort to combat the horrendous practices of selling children into the sex or enforced labor industries, a Radiohead video will, well-- according to the Hollywood Reporter-- premiere on MTV on Thursday. And yet, it was on their web site, and now it's posted down there."