Mississippi by Train

sacred

as i plot
(my way) out
 of here,

i feel

you nudge me,
little

black nose
on the back of my neck

and

the dusty rabbits scatter.
i wrote

it down, about you,
(my vanity),

upending

all the rightness
i have won

to

see how

you send me, less
than confidently,

awkwardly (and tenaciously)

in the direction
of
my dreams...

Name In The Sand by Brenda Xu

holga

i am not afraid.
bells

ring and sun shines, i
walk

down the awkward street
with

cherry blossoms in my hair

and
i see you.

straight into the light
i stare,

eyes small and senses heightened,

lifting up my hopes
on

wings like doves

and
i hoist myself with them

into the air,
taking off.
the

blossoms
look angelic...

Lesson Learned by Ray LaMontagne

shepherd

if nothing else  (i know)
how

to make a / first impression
lifting

solid
hearts and pushing them

through breezy soil,

downtrodden

fabrics / bring us down.
i

come in (low),
swoop down

like / dresses   made of  birds
and
lonely nests in grass

/

i know.
you

will remember me,
even

if

i don't grow...

Another Like You (Piano Version) by Sean Fournier

buzz

a thread floats (through
the air)

and

lands in my eye

(i see you) even

still,
and i float around

you

like an orb,

drifting
through the air.

i
find you.

i float through
the air...

hi.

Please Don't Tell Her by Jason Mraz

hello (go)

without saying
(a word)

i melt

in your hands, i don't
see

but (i) put my
ear / rings   on for you,

(sun) shiny jewel tone people
walking
and

head / bands

in shapes
(resembling you).

i walk down the street
/

away

/
from you,

as i slowly fade.
this dream

(i had), it melts

like liquid gold in
hot chocolate

summer hearts...

Full of Grace by Sarah McLachlan

pink azalea

how many times (i found you)
i

don't know, but
everywhere

i turn / i reach
so

much further
towards

finding you (i find the sun) and
days

like this
come,     they go.
quickly

i turn. / i breach
the

oath (i swore to you) to
stand blithely

beside you
and

now

i grow alone. (how many times
i

found you, left you...)

I Need to Know by Kris Allen

imply

i keep running
duck
             (and cover)

holding on.

in the morning,
birds

swim beside sun-shine (and)
trees wallow

in the willow water, waiting

for their savior
to come.

we drive home

the point. it
is endless, this chase, (this mockery)

of the insane trouble
you

keep around yourself

like
fleece (and feathers),

to insulate your heart

from
the derivations of the flock...