I’ve been dreaming 
that you wouldn’t drift so far away.
Can you see me hoping for the subtle dawn to wake?

Allow the star to shine,
let clouds convey the harmony.
Tangerine brushes off the light,
above the stellar canopy will drape a silky night.

I’m talking about the way 
you make me feel.
You make me feel, 
you make me feel alright.
Oh, tender words 
you say to me
define the way 
I feel about you too.

It’s all about the way 
you make me feel,
travel through the atmosphere,
get lost around the moon.
It’s all about the way 
you set me free to another galaxy, far beyond the sun.

I’ve been dreaming
of the kiss I slightly 
got to taste.
Consumed by the mere thought of you,
your essence 
and your poetic face.

Let’s meet aside 
the ocean’s arms,
where waves recite their symphony.
The sheet of sand, 
the roof of stars;
cabernet upon the shore will take you away.

I’m talking about the way 
you make me feel.
You make me feel, 
you make me feel alright.
Oh, tender words 
you say to me
define the way 
I feel about you too.

It’s all about the way 
you make me feel,
travel through the atmosphere,
get lost around the moon.
It’s all about the way 
you set me free to another galaxy, far beyond the sun.

© R.A. Vandal 

I’m talking about the way 
you make me feel.
You make me feel, 
you make me feel alright.
Oh, tender words you 
say to me
define the way 
I feel about you too.

It’s all about the way 
you make me feel,
travel through the atmosphere,
get lost around the moon.
It’s all about the way 
you set me free, interstellar odyssey, far beyond the sun.

Atmosphere (You Make Me Feel)

Would you believe it?
After our wear of downs
she vows to never frown when high.

Can you concede it?
The blight heaps everywhere,
you're right at hiding 
where you are. 

Do you perceive it?
My heart is stainless-cold
and I'm ascending slow, oh no.

Could you relieve it,
the knack of floating round
and flying upside down again.

© R.A. Vandal

From V To IX

I found it hard to believe
all that I had, saw,
unlatched with a key.
Did not await to receive, 
stood unaware of my God given deeds.

It was a silent release.
I couldn’t play, mumble notes, or deceive.
Nothing more than a thorn and disease;
the noir thread from
the canvas you weave.

Here I am once again,
I’m found alone 
among the rain.
No one around 
to call my friend,
and no girl to love or mend.

But, I find a reason to revive,
gamble death 
and roll the dice,
then ponder by 
the edge of the hole,
withering between the poles,
Paramnesia 
splitting my soul
as I’m scraped 
in the undertow.

You’ll claim the debt is unfair
but you were about 
when the ashes befell.
I grew to love 
bitter taste of despair--
the fruit I bear 
to gain hope in my hell.

Here I am once again,
I’m found alone 
among the rain.
No one around 
to call my friend,
and no girl to love or mend.

Yet I get the feeling I’m alive
with drapes of shadow 
by my side;
they suckle in and out 
of the walls.
Together we shall withdraw;
take heed, convene 
through the stall,
and behold 
the evening’s free fall.

© R.A. Vandal

The Noir Thread

Deep in valley,
head in a shroud.
Inversion hidden from sight,
antipathy bends through the light.

Lost in awareness,
many miles away.
I burrowed neath the unknown
to embody a heart of stone.

Dreams in the narrow
of limitless love.
You took me by surprise 
as my spirit arose to the sky,
the day your beauty
rattled my mind.

And, I don’t have word to say.
Never quite felt 
this way before
And, I won’t begin to delay
what I feel deep inside.

Patiently tender;
fierce like a blade.
You gently took me apart
and carved through my 
stone-plated heart.

Trapped in the fog light;
tunnel vision for two.
Oh babe my empathy grows,
when I hold you dear it glows.
You take a man 
to the crest of the clouds.

Now nothing will ever change
who I am or who I’ve been
as my mind intends to embrace 
what I feel in my heart.

No, I never did 
find the words to say.
Don’t think I ever felt this way.
And, I won’t begin to dismay 
when I feel deep inside.

© R.A. Vandal

Words To Say

Latent, ebb and flow ingrained.
I stood aground, 
aside the pecten 
that you drowned.

Now you scape 
to trenches in your head. 
So far astray;
abated well to start pretending.

The past is on your mind, 
tomorrow’s left behind.
You live today you’ll find
a present worth your time.

Floating through 
your idle-placid-self, 
within the void 
you’ll never know 
all that is lone.

Seeking light 
through shades of black or grey,
polluted ways that 
may emerge a graceful ending.

Head above the sound, 
as feet disperse the clouds; 
careening upward bound;
you’re nowhere to be found.

© R.A. Vandal

Beneath The Surface

Entwined we are, fine interweave.
Knot at the start, nor in between.
Another wave, 
few patterns changed, 
despite my heart
I can’t sustain 
my deepest part.
As we remain 
the sweetness gains
and we’re feeling fine.

Sent from above, enchanting scene.
The knight of Love 
craves a dulcet queen.
I won’t proclaim should I attain 
a vacant mark.
Unbind the reins, 
release the spark.
Please don’t refrain, 
oh I’ve gone insane 
but I’m feeling fine.

Forever love endures through time.
Never believe we’d cease to rhyme.
We could brew a luscious wine
if you were to rectify my love.
If you were to justify my love.

© R.A. Vandal

Marshmallow Test

Glow In The Dark 
EP

1.Marshmallow Test
2.Beneath The Surface
3.Words To Say
4.The Noir Thread
5.From V To IX
6.Atmosphere (You Make Me Feel)

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*All song and lyrics written and composed by 
Remy Alexander Velasquez