If you’re breathing not but smoke
I’ll suck it out
And between us we’ll still have
Two good lungs.
Vagabond Prophet
Tag: love quotes
Disarmed
You were armed to the teeth
With something underneath
Disarmed by my smile
That goofy grin not yet yellow,
You ran away for miles
Losing your shoes in the mire.
Years later it was your turn
I was disarmed by your beauty,
But I ran to you not away
For yours is a beauty that beckoned me
Closer and closer still
Until nothing between us but time,
Time to let our love perfect,
Sweetening and intoxicating as
Years go by.
– Vagabond Prophet
If you are the songbird
Can I be the air?
Coursing through your lungs
To make verses so fair.
Vagabond Prophet
Night Sky Conservatory
Do you remember the night sky conservatory?
The time we picked the lock at the gate
Snuck in after dark?
So innocent we felt like criminals.
Little did we know we were stealing
Each other’s hearts.
Do you remember the blanket I spread out
Beneath the stars that slowly revealed themselves
One constellation at a time?
Learning that darkness and light
Can really coexist quite beautifully,
Each gaining significance from the other.
Do you remember the bats
Scattering their silhouettes
Across our unhindered gaze?
Do you remember the creature
Moving not far away?
Do you wonder as I do,
If it was our budding affection manifest
To warn us we were falling?
Do you remember when you said,
“That was my first kiss”
And your very words
Altered my body chemistry?
Do you remember from all the years gone by
Amidst the tangled breaths and foggy windows,
All the vapours of pleasure
Turning into solid child?
How could I not believe in magic
When what I’ve known with you
Is the opposite of tragic?
– Vagabond Prophet
Hive Mind
I’ll love you not like the spring loves flowers
Or how children love mothers.
I’ll love you not how sun loves the moon,
Ever evasive but still reflecting brilliance.
I’ll love you like a bee sting
Sacrificing life to leave my mark on you,
I’ll let you have my honey sweet
That I’ve toiled long to possess.
It’ll never go bad,
But to go unmet
By lips as sweet as yours
Is a fate far worse.
– Vagabond Prophet
Though your words are lovely
Your voice is more so,
Written on the air
With most elegant of quills.
Vagabond Prophet
Disarmed
You were armed to the teeth
With something underneath
Disarmed by my smile
That goofy grin not yet yellow,
You ran away for miles
Losing your shoes in the mire.
Years later it was your turn
I was disarmed by your beauty,
But I ran to you not away
For yours is a beauty that beckoned me
Closer and closer still
Until nothing between us but time,
Time to let our love perfect,
Sweetening and intoxicating as
Years go by.
– Vagabond Prophet
Floorboard
I’ll be your groaning floorboard
Known by grunts of pleasure
To be near your footfall.
I’ll be your squeaky door
Always lamenting
To see you go.
I’ll be your lumpy mattress
Flawed but supportive,
Shaped over time
To the curve of your spine
And always rattled by our love.
– Vagabond Prophet
Soul Mates
I used to believe
In true love and soulmates,
Now I know it false.
It’s true she’s my mate
And that she has my soul
But I chose her
And she chose me.
No accident no ‘falling in’
Like slipping in mud
Or slowly going mad.
Providence played a part
To be sure
But our choices are
What define us.
No smoky bar
Or mystic circumstance
Just she and me
Opposite sides of a dirty couch.
A choice we still
Make every day
When life is lovely
When life is ghastly.
Our couch is still stained
A reminder of our promises.
– Vagabond Prophet
I thought witches were all bad,
Until you cast your spell on me.
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