August 2024 – Leanna

A Note

Life is better with you by my side a journey. Adventure. A wandering ride. I’m thankful you’re here holding my hand. The seconds they fall like shimmering sand. I’ll cherish the time. I’ll remember your eyes. I’ll remember this walk we walked under warm summer skies.

Birthday Trip

The day has been warm But the time just as sweet As the rose wine I sip Slips past my teeth And the hands that I hold Squeeze so tightly When at night—the winds aren’t cold But the smoke moves lightly. The water bathes our souls The lights cast on our feet The color firesContinue reading “Birthday Trip”

I’ve been DJing D&B Lately

I feel the heat wave rise upon me I feel the wind as it falls on skin I press on my eyes so I can see I smoke and breathe it in I pull hard so I can feel Then I let go Time sure can steal So I let go And I slam theContinue reading “I’ve been DJing D&B Lately”

Live With A Sense of Urgency

There’s this coldness that’s dancing just below skin You’re radiating love; I’m radiating sin Come take my hand to begin Drink gin and breathe it in Exhale the smoke that built up inside Your love leaves me floating within Your love has me on an ongoing ride Battling love and not choosing suicide I don’tContinue reading “Live With A Sense of Urgency”

Sometimes

Between us I feel things are strong And then I smoke and think and question Sometimes you’re where I belong And other times, I sink in self obsession. My thoughts wander off in space They wander down a rabbit hole I wonder if you wear another face I wonder if my heart was stolen

Until You

Until you, I was close to eternity and forever I was close to death. But you bring forth meaning and that’s ever Since we both met.

The Drive

And the window’s open The air flows through The city is sleeping Yet the cars are stuck like glue Time is creeping onward We’ll get home by twelve And my head keeps pounding Wish it didn’t rebel On the nights when it’s warm still Up to 92 I reach my hand out I reach outContinue reading “The Drive”