I got Jewel's book, "a night without armor," for christmas and a lot of the poetry really moved me. Some even hit a little too close to home. I'll just add a few random ones that I really liked.
I
Keep Expecting You To
I keep expecting you to fade
to wake up one morning and not care so I keep myself
one carefully measured step away in anticipation of your
love's decline
so when your cheek turns and your attention
wanders elsewhere my heart will not be left all
awkward hanging from an elastic thread you forgot to pull off
your old pair of socks
for it's in your nature to
lose interest suddenly we are both artists who suck the marrow out
of each lovely bone
It just happens to be my lovely bones
this time
How Bare
This poem perfectly describes how I feel about my special guy *s* <3
Someone to Know Me
At first it seemed shocking but now the idea tickles my tongue.
and intrigues my curiosity beyond the ability to rationalize or resist:
I want to live with you!
I want to wake each morning
in your arms
comforted by your oddness
seduced by your knowledge
of my ways.
I want to care for you
brush your hair put lotion on your scars
and pet you at bedtime, watching your eyes close slow
like a child's heavy with the thousand things that filled your day.
So Just Kiss Me
So just kiss me and let my hair
messy itself in your fingers
tell me nothing needs to be done--
no clocks need winding
There is no bell without a voice
needing to borrow my own
instead, let me steady myself
in the arms
of a man who won't ask me to be what he needs, but lets me exist
as I am
a blonde flame a hurricane
wrapped up
in a tiny body
that will come to his arms like the safest harbor
for mending
Saved from Myself
How often I've cried out
in silent tongue to be saved from myself
in the middle of the night too afraid to move
horrified the answer may be beyond the capability of my
own two hands
