Her Rock

I'll wait I'll wait I'll wait

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

don't do anything, don't change anything

She'll come back and it'llbe ok...just wait

Sit here, like the Rock of ages

Still and silent but smiling

Still and quiet...still, I'll be still.

For her.

Let the years pass, let the hopes pass, let the dreams pass

she is bigger

let the chances pass, let the offers pass, let the memories pass

she is worth more

I kneel covered in dust and stillness like a samurai in prayer

I will wait

She will come back, I know she will

Everyone changes their mind, right?

She will come back

she will remember that I'm here, she will.

Dust will turn to stone over my eyes

I will wait, she will feel it and come back

The ache in my knees bent for years will surge in her dreams.

The wind with carry messages from my dust to her ear

and tell her how much I miss her...right?

The vibration from my slow heartbeat 

will resound in her hands as she holds the steering wheel

The light will turn on from where she left dark and see me

and she will come back...right?

Altar

Your whirlwind into my life then you disappear

And Just when I'm picking up the pieces off the ground you bring an earthquake and swallow them up.

Just when my tears start to fall you bring a monsoon and drown me.

I look up to ask God why and you scorch the sky with a hurricane.

I seek comfort to regain strength and erupt a volcano and burn my inner piece with lava.

You strip me, you take from me, you leave me bare and broken

I didn't know looking in your eyes was going to be an apocalypse.

There's nothing I relied on still intact, 

Shield and spare lost in the waves...of you.

But it was what you required

It was what you needed

The love you were about to give needed me to walk away from everything before I met you.

You needed me exposed, you needed me vulnerable.

Something so powerful yet fragile at the same time.

But your request was simple...me and nothing else.

I let your whirlwind in, 

I nodded to your earthquake, 

I stepped aside for your monsoon and 

I sacrificed my peace in your fire

What you showed me you were giving me

The price is understood

The price is paid.

I am delivered.

We all feel

The pastor that asked his wife for a threesome
The con artist that finally asked for forgiveness
The bullet that finally got permission
At some point, we all feel

The hard man that finally broke into tears
The high school popular girl that gave away her crown
The rich lady that left her coat for the sleeping homeless man
At some point, we all give

The hunted meal finally clutched
The moment you chose to awaken your soul
The sleepless nights preparing
At some point, we all take

The dreams that never stop
Those moments we get lost in a hope
Sights that pull our groins and drown our tongues
At some point, we all want.

We build a world based on rules and borders
While we dream of being the lion and the eagle
We exchange pleasantries in our suits
When all we want is to sink our teeth in our passions

Living the daily fight between what you want and what you need
Set to carry equal value under free will in a world of rules.
We can define and organize and require.
In the end, we all feel.