The witch lived in the woods under a bridge by a busy highway.

I hitched a ride from a truck driver, and thank him graciously

The door creaked and meowed upon entering her home

Amber, indigo, green lights illuminated the rooms

Bottles of tinctures and extracts

Naked lady candles

Mortar and pestles

And the smell of sandalwood and pathchouli pervaded the air

I was marveled at all the little nick nacks that seemed to haunt the place with its magical mysterious charm

Gems in velvet satchets, daggers carved from the barks of thick oak trees

Books on how to cure heart ache, and erase someone from your memory

There seemed to be a remedy for everything

And then out hobbled a little fat lady

With short scraggly grey hair and eyes so silver like moonlight

I could see myself shining in them

She knew I was coming, never said a word

Handed me a long slender purple bottle and shooed me out of the door

I hitched another ride from a driver passing by and demanded he took me to the falls

Again, thanking him graciously

Rocks I stumbled over, scraping my hands and knees

Until I approached a drizzling spring, accompanied by the birds and the bees

I sealed my mouth over the lip of the bottle

And gurgled out "I LOVE YOU!"

There were more rocks to climb, with my heart in glass

The mountain I perched myself upon had legs of water, a place to drop my bottle and contaminate it with my love in all of its purple magical splendor

Drop!

Falling, falling, falling

Splash......

The spell was unleashed, at last

I will not be sleeping alone anymore.

I wanna scream 

I love you

from the top of my lungs,

But I'm afraid that

someone else

will hear me...

and think it was meant

for them.

I wanna scream,

 "I love you"

   from the top of my lungs,

   but I'm afraid

   someone else will hear me.

I wanna shout about how

  you complete me,

  you fulfill me,

  you satisfy me.

I wanna yell that

  I'll be yours forever,

  for infinity,

  for beyond infinity.

I want to take a megaphone

   and let the world know.

But no. These are things to be whispered

  in the night.

Lovingly in your ear.

As you enter my temple

  and define your love.

I wanna scream I love you,

   but some things are too precious.

   Such is my love for you.

I might love you too much,

I might repel your touch.

I might push you away,

By loving you this way.

It's too much love for you,

But it's all I can do.

I try to hold it back,

But love cuts me no slack.

I wanna scream "I love you" from the top of my lungs, but I'm afraid someone else will hear me.

I'm afraid, if I love you too much, you will withdraw into your darkness, and that someone else, your dark passenger, will intercept my lovery.

Another secret

Another silent regret

I'm just not sure yet

And I think I love you

Or maybe I hate you

Doesn't matter, it's the

Same thing

And I'm oh so broken

But I'll take your baggage

And you can take mine

Keep your heart as a token

But I don't want anyone

Else to see me with you

So swallow your pride

And your words

Hide your face

Behind a mask of disgrace

i wanna scream

i love you

from the top of my lungs

but i'm afraid that 

someone else will hear me

they will laugh at 

all i am and wish for

and my attempts at love

they will kick me

when i am down

and scoff in my face

I wanna scream

I love you 

from the top of my lungs

but i'm afraid

I wanna scream

I love you

from the top of my lungs

but i'm afraid

of what you will scream back.

My sweat confuses my olfactory system

When it mixes with your sweet, perfect scent.

Need to concentrate,

Need to ignore.

Gazing on the diamonds,

Both of us.

Mine of dust,

Yours of included refractions.

"Go! Go!" Your cheers I hear but only in my mind.

They're not for me.

Who's on first? 

Who cares.

I wanna scream "I love you" from the top of my lungs,

But I'm afraid that someone else will hear me.

Even though

She's not here.

Don't tell the stars I bid you

I shine for you the whole day long

You glow with my love the length of the night

But the clusters around

Gathered about

Want in on gossip and hearsay

They know not, 'what's in a rose'

They know not, the romance of our prose.

They will shoot across the skies weaving slander and spreading scandals

Wishes of lust, made to walk in love's sandals.

Let us just meet

When the whole world sleeps and just before they wake up

Not a word shall we utter

As always

And the stars shall shine on

Basking in the glow of our love

From lightyears past.

Don't tell the stars I bid you

And they will keep

flickering with curiousity

About what it is

Between us two.

You know, and I know you know.

Let's keep our joy

Between you and I; as always.

I wanna scream "I 

Love you" from the top

Of my lungs, but I'm

Afraid someone else

Will hear me so I

Swallow cum instead

I see

The scattered remains

Glinting

The broken glass

Of relationships past

Feet bloody

Immune to the shards

I care not 

About sparkling glitter

I see

Clear fields of calm pastures

Surrounding

The you

Imperfect but pure

Diamond hands

Streaked with red

I care not

About suffering alone