"Let Me" by 123

Let me have my moment to mourn for the past

Before I step into the future

Let me cry and weep for the things I have left behind

Before I make this decision

Let me picture you in my thoughts and dreams

Before I allow another in

Let me consider the consequences

Before you put on the pressure

Let me breathe

Before I speak

Let me sit

Before I stand up against what I fear

Let me know you are standing behind me

Before I stare ahead

Let me know you believe in me

Before I take this step

"Star Light, Star Bright" by Anonymous

why
do i 
search the sky
for the first firefly
or star that i spy?
no matter how hard i try
somehow love keeps on passing me by.
i still don't know why everything went awry...
my feelings for you seemed too strong to deny. 
maybe my next wish should be for the right guy,
but right now i'm just hoping to keep my eyes dry.

Battle of the Fates - By 123

I guess I just didn’t really realize it before.

I mean, I knew in some deep recess of my brain that is was possible, but the fact that it is coming up through the surface is scary.

I don’t think I’m ready.

I know I’m not ready.

What do you do when you aren’t ready for something but you want it so bad?

What?

Why do I think this?

Well.

I know you infiltrate my life and my dreams.

Everything I do is part of a plan to be with you.

If I hear even one negative thing about you, I seethe.

Don’t worry...it is an inside seething, not outside. I can control it.

I imagine you sleeping next to me, I imagine our future family. I see our dogs playing together. Does he like her? Will she attack him?

I smell you sometimes...randomly...I don’t know if it is a perfume or a lotion, but it is intoxicating.  My day stops and my life depends on that scent.

My soul screams out for you at inopportune times.

I will be doing something mundane, like making coffee, for instance. I can literally hear my soul screaming for you.

I pause...

I let it set in...

Then I tell my conscious self that you aren’t here.

My unconscious doesn’t know that and it doesn’t understand...it just aches for you. It is a body shattering scream. At times I have fallen to my knees.  My soul knows where it needs to be...my body is hesitant. It is a battle of fates.

"Normal" - by 123

Someone is being born tonight

Someone is getting married and someone is dying

Me?

I am sitting on my ass on the couch.

I don’t have the courage to go out and don’t have the fortune of having a significant other

I have no confidence besides the liquid kind

Lump on the couch...all I am and all I am worth

Yes

I feel like that now

Tomorrow I may be energized to be more. I forever live in this conundrum.

I breathe deep, hoping for a better day tomorrow

"Glass Slippers Don't Come in Size 11" - Anonymous

once upon a time...
the phrase ingrained into the childhood
of every little girl
who dreams of the day
that her prince will come
and sweep her off her feet.
but why does everyone always talk about finding the love of your life,
as if merely meeting the man will be the crowning achievement?
why doesn't anyone ever warn the wide-eyed little girl
that when you find your prince, he might not love you back?
or that it might not be a prince at all?
no longer hoping for happily ever after...
now i settle for a smile every once in a while.

"Every Time" by 123

Every time I see you, I fall deeper into the abyss of love
It starts slowly, but I always feel it happening.
The weakness, the shortness of breath...it happens in an instant.
It's only you that I see
I stand tall and try to hide it, but I know you know.
I see the smirk...I study your thick lips
They are like pillows for my own.
I see the concentration in your eyes
They are like pools of eternal life.
I see your hips move towards mine
They are moved by something we cannot control.

"Look" - By 123

I see your photo and I salivate.
I hear your voice and I can't concentrate.
I taste your skin and I accumulate
Memories that make my heart allocate
You to a special place.
Then I concentrate...
Focus and cultivate
Ideas that will make you mine.