more than friends

curl up next to me
i'll keep you warm
i love you

i want to see you
i'll fly there
if you let me know
where you are

the couch isn't as comfortable
as you'd like it to be

your oldest is still
confused
and happy
and sad

it's not easy to wake up at
six in the morning
talk to you at nine

you look beautiful
your face looks beautiful

i hope i see you tonight

quick!

keep quiet
or they will stay

i want them to come out and play

then you must sit and wait
the time will come
when the game of life and death begins

i improvised these lyrics in a song i wrote today

he's not the man you thought he'd be
he only wants to be what you want to see
and though he tries his best to please
the look you give him never puts him at ease

what do you want from me
i'll try to be what you want me to be
i can do whatever you want me to do

brief

a time
i wish
could be longer
but feels like
forever
and forever ago

shuttered

let the world see
that i am a good person

where is the window
i want to open
so the world can see me
and i can get back to you

cat moves

new places
no faces
but the one i know

he keeps me because
i love him

there's a crawl space under the bed

she's hiding again

come out and let me
hug you
kiss you
pet you
feel you
see you
smell you
hear you
feed you

need you

don't forget the past the present is only here for a moment

it's nice to know
we won't be forgotten
no matter
how high we go

we make our mark
we see ourselves now
and then

everyone sees us now
but everyone sees
a certain you

i like that you are weird
i like
you

get on the bed cat

she refuses to
but she should

i have nothing but love for her

ramblings before a man gets fired

i thought you knew
about the show

oh dear

your son doesn't want to participate
his teacher thinks he won't

the heat's on
but the thermostat's turned to thursday

ramblings before a boy becomes a man

dripping down the side
of my life
into a dream
of heat and sparsity

the children cry here! here!
and i weep
not only for the frozen winters
but for the melting summers
and the tranquil springs
and the lucid memories
that keep me
on my toes

i purr
because i am comfortable
but i'd like to shoot that arrow
towards the moon
and bring it down for you

i want to give you the moon and the stars
and i need clarence to help me

i've passed many
for you
so give me a chance

alphabet city

i feel weak
because i lack
what makes me complete

she's west
of me
and i wait
for that reach
to the east

or should i
try again
to find those hands
that i held so tight
for never long enough

I'D DO ANYTHING
to hear from her
once
again

wanders on a tuesday afternoon

driving with frank in the car
and wondering what
it would be like to
have heard him singing
the song he said no to

probably wonderful

http://philxmilstein.com/probe/tracks/PaulMcCartney-Suicide1.mp3

keep it cool

vanity

everything i see
is me
my poem
my life

your poem
my life

i bailed

starting over again
isn't always easy
in fact it's very hard to
deal with the pain
even though i'm not the one
in that position

i can relax
i feel no pressure
but he does
he has one week

more or less
i know he'll find something

i really wanted to do this a week ago
it's amazing how one night's sleep
one day's journey
can really change a person
and his mind

fill in the blank

i have lots to do
come february

but i look forward most
to traveling

on the 17th, i head to las vegas
for a wedding
a momentous occassion
for two people

and hundreds shall be watching
two people present their love
in the most traditional of manners.

i'm supposed to head home afterwards
but maybe i'll change my plans

i'd like to find a traditional love
or see some friends

ain't that traditional?

so where should i go?
will i see you?

i got it, i'll go to ___________________.

let's fall in love all over again

leave

nathan
mom called
she says she needs you home
right

away

you've been gone too long
she's worried

don't you know how much she's done for you?
you never asked. she was just there

"NO

i was just there
i didn't ask for this
but i didn't have the chance to say no

i'm grateful
but it's time for me to do what i want"

this was the beginning of the end of nathan part 1
and the beginning of the start of nathan part 2

they say that sequels are never as good as the original

it doesn't hold true here. part 2 is much more exciting. we'll truly
be able to delve into the character, and maybe we'll all be able to
relate to him even better now.

a tribute to maxwell cosmo cramer

egg

pontificate

and then i must stop myself
from making this
about myself

i can change the subject
as quickly as you don't want me to

he gets it she gets it

am i really that much more clever than him?

i mean how could he say that
and think that he'd outwit me?

and then i get swallowed up

by myself
THAT is my downfall