September 29, 2013

  • Carolina

    fresh from a dream
    I've never been a princess
    I've just been wandering around down this rabbit hole
    and one day you took my hand
    and I found my way between this and that
    my eyes opened to the bursting beauty of the world
    even if we're just building a house of cards
    we're in this together
    hearts intertwined by fate or just happenstance
    your green eyes more vivid than a meadow
    dew dropped with the morning light
    I fall into you and wish I never had to go
    I run my fingers through your hair
    and know I never have to change who I am
    and neither do you; which is a foreign land alone
    In her letters Zelda asked him to wear her like a button
    proudly on Fitzgerald's winter coat
    I never knew I wanted to be loved that way again
    Proudly display us for all to see
    no matter how windy the days may get, our castle is reaching the sun
    my fear is of becoming Icarus; your love like the rays of light
    that just might melt these fragile wings
    but then we are together, tangled up in thoughts
    and words and tongues
    Like the deeply rooted water oaks of Louisiana
    as if we have been growing together for a hundred years
    all at once this is scary and comforting
    I haven't slept this well in a decade
    fresh from a dream I know its true
    I can let go of the hurt, the pain from the past
    to see the light you cast on my dark world
    the corners bright again
    the future filled with hope
    like a jar of lightning bugs on a summer night
    perhaps the rolling hills of Carolina were waiting for me.