Hesitation

This longing

Each moment passing like a blade
Slowly carving the outlines of your face
Tattooing this void with your eyes
You kiss my soul with your lips
Each moment that you speak
I struggle to hold onto your words
With this animalistic longing
To kiss you, to touch your face
And feel your skin
I scream for you to shut your mouth
My longing, unheard
And my hesitation, absurd

ⓒ 2000 Shawn Michael Quinn

On Her Soft Eyes

This is our last goodbye

I hate to feel the love between us die

But it's over, just hear this and then I'll go

You gave me more to live for, more than you'll ever know

This is our last embrace, must I dream and always see your face?

Why can't we overcome this wall?

Baby, maybe its just because I didn't know you at all

Kiss me, please kiss me, but kiss me out of desire

Babe, not consolation, oh, you know it makes me so angry

'Cause I know that in time, I'll only make you cry

This is our last goodbye

Did you say, "No, this can't happen to me"

Did you rush to the phone to call?

Was there a voice unkind in the back of your mind

Saying maybe, you didn't know him at all

You didn't know him at all, oh oh, ya didn't know

Well the bells out in the church tower chime

Burning clues into this heart of mine

Thinking so hard, on her soft eyes

And the memories, offer signs

That it's over