sink or swim

by R.



I remember
walking your steps
finding your light
sharing a smile

I remember
falling on leaves
playing Greensleaves
doing nothing with you

I used
to dream about you
because you are a dream

be with me forever
float with me downstream



pause with me
my sweetness
try to hold the wind

swim under the moonlight
it's always sink or swim

Does it
have to be like this
running around
killing the bugs
cleaning the rugs?


Don't you
recall jukebox songs
you danced on my feet
meet where we'd meet?

is it
a walk in the park
when we used to love
life in the dark?

I used to dream about you
because you are a dream

be with me forever
float with me downstream

pause with me
my sweetness
try to hold the wind

swim under the moonlight
it's always sink or swim


why do we
share the same thoughts?
know the same poems?
seek the same songs?

when will we
make the world stop?
live at the top
of skylines and more?



it's moments minus moments
I want you all the time


you're the rhythm of the poets
it's your ways
that fix my rhymes

every day's a day off
from sadness
and from pain


you take away
the ashes
and regrets that
know my name.

I know we can go on forever

forever and a day
let's walk into tomorrow
let's walk away from yesterday


heal me with your sweetness
heal me with your pain
let's believe
what could never happen
& do it all again.

© R Becker