Another Chance (At Being In Love)(w/ Beth)

It's beginning,
my dream come true.
Forever in your arms
has never looked brighter.

Sunsets filled with
holding hands and
touching souls.
I'd stay here forever.

Buried in the voices
of the wind breezing through the trees
and the stars giving their places
to constellationed names.
you can hear the angels whispering
in lullabyed voices
of the many ways we complete each other's puzzles
and the words that are sure to fly us upon each other's feathered wings.

Sit here on this cloud with me
and listen to the silence of eternity and tomorrow's sunrise,
because we're looking across rosey meadows
and into the future together,
and I don't wish to break the quiet of your breathing matching mine
with words just yet.

In your embrace
is where I want to be
forever and beyond.
Hold me
while we gaze at
our own special paradise.

Kisses like magic
mixed with
talking and laughing
the easygoing of friendship
mixed with unrestrained love.

Cuddling while
watching favorite movies,
going out for dinner.
I want it all
as long as it's with you.
My heart belongs to you.
For now,
for always.

I thought,
so very long ago,
that I had woken up one morning
to discover,
within that painful sunrise,
that I had lost the key
that opened up myself
to the ones who most deserved to hold me.

Little had I known
that you had snuck within the shadows
of the darkness I had sunk into
just to gingerly tuck the key I clutched
within your palms
until the right time came along
for you to show me
that you held the way into my heart
within the cup of your hand.

I wanted to show you
just how awful I could be
in the hopes of saving you
certain heartbreak.
But you stood by me,
thick and thin.

You wouldn't be pushed away
and this night I realized
that I had long since fallen for you.
Indeed, as time passes
I realize I didn't fall for you.
I tumbled head over heels
just for you.

It's your touch I long to feel,
the warmth of your smile
heating up my chilly existance
in this [once thought] loveless world.

Because you showed me what it's like
to pick the daisies from the ground
just to wear them in a ring around your heart,
and you showed me how it feels
to look up at the midnight canvas
and know that some where beyond what my fingers can touch
lies a star that's pulsing for our names placed side-by-side.

You taught me what it is to breathe
in tones soothing to the burning in my lungs,
you taught me how to pick myself up off the ground
without ever spoiling my smile
or marring my knees with scrapes that tell heartbreaking tales of how I fell,
and you know above all else
that I feel you in every step I take,
watching over me so gently
so you can catch me if I stumble.

You fixed my broken wings
when I had no hope of ever
being able to fly again.
Yet here I stand
ready to soar.

It's hard to keep my heart steady
when you're around me.
There's something about you
I can't resist.
With every blink of an eye
I expect it all to be a dream,
your'e not really mine.
But you are.

I can't help but fall in love with you
more and more every day I spend with you.
From the bottom of my heart I can say
I'm glad you're mine and I love you always.