The Autobiography

Can I take your picture?

Frame you in my designated shot

Can I write my name beside yours?

On the kappa ‘autograph me’ spot?

In a cursive or a bold script

Large italics or the Roman norm

On a parchment or a printed page

Dressed in darkened greys and faded yellows

Write my name right next to your name

Fully capped or not at all

With a felt tip of a fountain pen

Either one will do the job.

By: Tarin Glenn-Brown

(14/4/2009)

Picture Perfect

Bathed in gold and dark auburn hues

The gilded edge of heaven’s new dawn

Embraces the birth of light and sound

The silent sweep of sun-kissed earth

Emerges from the dark of the fading night

Exploding with rich, exotic scents

Of earth’s first breath and dawns first kiss

The day has barely just begun

And already my thoughts are filled with you.

By: Tarin Glenn-Brown

(14/4/2009)

'If You Asked Me...'

If you asked me what I liked about you the list would be innumerable:
You spark the light that contains my laughter
and lift my spirit with impeccable ease
You tease my senses beyond their inhibitions
and engage my mind in pursuit of happiness
You speak your mind as clearly as my own
echoing the inner voices of my internal sanctuary
You speak of dreams destined for reality
yet paint reality as if it were a dream
Your mind is like a continuous flow of light and sound and energy
bounding through the corridors of my battle-scarred heart
Each day you pave the way for the sunshine in my life
to glow brighter and brighter...and brighter...still brighter
You see through all the shadows and mists of my soul
left hurting...left waiting...waiting to be healed
And gently so gently you brushed away tears from its dampened cheek

If you asked me how I felt about you, words would cease to exist:
I want to spend my life with you,
Explore the possibilities of a life with you
Reach out for the reality of my life with you
I want to see your smile, hear your laugh
and know that I'm the cause
I want to feel your arms enfold me, holding me, anchoring me
secure in the knowledge that they are there for me
I want to see your mind at work; to help fit the pieces of the puzzles together
To explore the intricate networks and gateways and paradigms
that constitute your mind and know that this exploration would be welcomed
I want to build a life with you, grow old while shamelessly teasing you
Content to know that true love and happiness are not a myth but a reality that does exist
I want to love you completely, whole heartedly, unconditionally
knowing you felt the exact same way.
I want to wake up at earth's first dawn and fall asleep at life's first dusk forever always in your arms

If you asked me what I wanted at this very moment
my answer would be a smile, slow in coming but bright with intensity

If you asked me what I wanted at this very second
my answer would be the slight increase in the beating of my heart

If you asked me what I wanted...right here....right now
my answer...my only answer....would be

Only You"

By Tarin Glenn-Brown (7/4/2009)

'Shattered'

I see my future as if it were my past
Remembered fondly yet wished for expectantly
I've searched to find that special someone
Not knowing that I searched at all
Blind-sided...distracted...led astray...betrayed
Each time like the hopeful
Each time like the fallen
I've searched for happiness not realising I searched
Gave my heart to the slaughter
Never blindly...yet burnt
Bits and pieces of a battered soul struggle against the tide
of hopeless despair
While darkened shadows bathe my eyes with indistinct murmurs
flooding my mind
If only true love was a single breath away
I'd inhale it slowly...afraid to exhale."

by Tarin Glenn-Brown (7/4/2009)

For a Moment

Its only for a moment; this joy I feel inside.
It comes and it goes like drifting snow falling from the heavens
The only peace you know is the one He sends to you
Sometimes you think it hasn't come...
but its there deep down inside.
You feel you can't go on; you feel there is no hope
But don't give up...the day is near; the time is now.
Grab it and hold it close.
It's there when you need it most.

Sometimes Love

Sometimes love can be the first tiny drops
of heaven's morning dew,
Refreshing the heart and touching the soul.

Sometimes love can be the glowing lights
of earth's Northern sky,
Chasing away shadows that darken the mind.

Sometimes love can be a soft whisper
from a quiet summer breeze,
Gently wiping tears within its loving arms.

Sometimes love can be the pain of having
to let go in haste,
Dreams and hopes from a once youthful age.

Sometimes love can be the opening
of the windows to the soul.


by: Tarin Glenn-Brown (10/5/1999)

The Way You Do...

I love the way your lips sing the melody of love so sweet
Caressing my mind with the rhythm of your soul

I love the way your heart leaps into my arms inviting my warmth,
Encouraging my rhyme

I love the way you move me with emotions so deftly applied to seamless
Cracks in the dark recesses of my soul…healing me…embracing me…
Loving me

I love the way your body hums in time with the music of forever…
Forever yours…forever mine…forever…

I love the kiss of your smile, the scent of your soul, the warmth of your mind
I love the promise of your touch, the skill of your desire, the thrust of your truth

I love the way you love me the way I love you the way we love
I love the inner you, the outer you, the whole you

I love the way you sear my soul with the softest brush of your endearing heart
I love the way you move me, embrace me…encourage me…love me

I love the way you do…me…mind…soul….body…me

By: Tarin Glenn-Brown