we were really fighting
against time,
weren’t we?

every passing day
hours closer,
to the line drawn by powers
unseen.

the briefest moment
spent together–
an eternity
in my heart.

~lt

a soft
and quiet river
makes its way
through the mountain
just as effortlessly
as the roaring fire.

~lt

the way you fit
so snugly into my arms;
if anything
was willed by the Gods
it was you
and I.

~lt

i suppose
i am still lost
in the forever i saw
in those eyes.

~lt

it’s quite strange
really.
we haven’t spoken a word
in months
and yet
my heart talks to you
every day.

so full of you
my heart has become
that i cannot even say
it is mine anymore.

~lt

i think that’s all i really want;
an open night sky,
twinkling string lights,
bare feet on a wooden porch,
slow dancing with you
with Tennessee Whiskey
playing out over the lake.
i don’t need money
or power;
just a little corner of the world
that’s mine to share
with you.

~lt

you made the stars
a little brighter,
the sun
a bit warmer,
the booze a bit harder
and these long, lonely nights
a little more long
and lonely.

~lt

to be honest,
you occupy my mind
more than you probably should.
i wish it was something i could help
but
when this world gets cruel
and terrible,
all of me,
heart
soul
and mind
drift back
to when all we could think of
was a future
in which we didn’t have to be apart.

but oh,
this world
can be so cruel
and terrible.

~lt