Silver

I knew I could love himif he would let me inI chased him like a childwho chases the windSometimes he'd wrap around meSometimes he'd get awayLike a child I had to have himand like the wind he'd slip awayI believed that the sun roseto shine light on his faceand for me the sun would setso the moon could do the sameI believed that I would catch himI believed I'd breathe him inI believed just like a childwho chases the wind

Ronnie Lee Mickle, Jr., began writing poetry at thirteen years old and recently crossed over into writing song lyrics after the publication of his first poetry collection. To date, he has written somewhere over two thousand poems and nearly 100 songs.