The Anneslee Poems: Use with Caution

To you,
they are sounds
you make
with your mouth.

They mean nothing.

To me,
they are pieces
of your soul
dripping
from your lips
with every breath.

They mean everything.

Is it no wonder,
then,
you shattered
my heart
with one sentence?

The Anneslee Poems: TKO

You say

"I love you"

with your fists

like a boxer

in a prize fight.

 

You leave

colorful reminders

behind

so I never forget

how much

you care.

 

This is my life

behind closed doors.

 

This is how much

you care.

 

I raise the white flag,

throw in the towel,

surrender my life,

give up.

 

My body can't handle

your kind

of love.

The Anneslee Poems: Thunder and Lightning

Wherever you are,

there I am.

We cannot be

anything less

or more

than what we are

together.

 

You are the charge

in the spark

of my fire.

I am the light

in the sky

of your morning.

 

We burn

down the world

like stars falling.

You are my thunder,

I am your lightning.

 

Always.