THE EARTH AND SKY

 

The earth and sky are

Separate and opposite

Complimenting each other

And are nature in balance

They are two adequate halves

Making one perfect whole

But the most perfect part

Is where they touch on the horizon

But the zenith of their union

Is the perfection of the sunset

Which is where it began for us

I am the earth, you are the sky

We were separate and opposite

And complement each other

And are nature in balance

We are two adequate halves

Making one perfect whole

And we enjoy the sunset embrace

Where the earth touches the sky

LOOKING DEEPLY INTO

 Looking deeply into

Your betrayer’s eyes

Is like gazing at a wall

The love you feel

Is a wasted love

And is absorbed

Instead of being

Reflected back to you

So what you give

Is unrequited

And all that you receive

Is disappointment

FOR A SOULMATE

Looking deeply into

Your soulmates eyes

Is like gazing in a mirror

The love you see

Is the love you get

Because what you feel

Is reflected back to you

So what you give

Is what you will receive

CHURCH BELLS PEEL OUT

 

Church bells peel out

Loud and proud

A blissful summer call

To the celebratory crowd

As bride and groom emerge

Into a confetti cloud

After standing at the altar

And solemnly avowed

I SPIED HER AT THE FESTIVAL

 

I spied her at the local festival

Dancing geekily with friends

But I detected no “special friend”

So I drifted slowly in her direction

She was a year or two older than I

I was still a teen, only just a teen

But a teenager still nonetheless

So our footsteps danced together

Toe to toe only seeing each other

Our bodies whispered wanton desire

So we took a walk to quench the fire

It was a geeky girl that I first saw

Dancing in the festival sunlight

But it was a women I walked home

That night in the moonlight

FATIGUE ENGULFS HER IN A PRELUDE SLEEP

 

Fatigue engulfs her in a prelude to sleep

She resists but finally must accept defeat

The moment she surrenders she finds

The familiar dreams invading her mind

Hands gently caress her every curve

Arousing sensation tingles every nerve

Every sinuous fibre of her sensuous being

Is aroused by the images she is seeing           

As the erotic pleasure mounts she succumbs

And in the solitude of her bed she comes

LOOSENING THE MOORINGS

 

Loosening the moorings

Our souls took flight

As we drifted on the streams

In a dream of moonlight

SHE HAD A GAUNT HAUNTED FACE STARK IN ITS PALENESS

 

She had a gaunt haunted face, stark in its paleness

Her mouth was thin and the lips were colourless

The countenance was sad, her dark eyes hollow

And the frail being trembled in keenly felt sorrow

The reason for her broken world weary carriage

Was being locked in a cold loveless marriage

And the limits of her entrapment were narrow

Which she keenly felt deep in bone and marrow

She was a pitiful sight with eyes cast down

Skinny, bent and stooped and shoulders round

She was a poor creature, broken in mind and soul

But I was captivated and pledged to make her whole

So with a matter of weeks I broke the binding tether

And we made our escape, forever bound together

IT WAS A CLUMSY COMING TOGETHER

It was a clumsy coming together,

Not a very auspicious start

But no harm done, except to dignity,

As they prized themselves apart

And when they first looked

At their dishevelled counterpart

They liked what they saw

And had left a smile on the others heart

THE BROKEN-HEARTED LONELY GIRL

 

“There’s a perfect mate for me

Somewhere in the world” she’d say

Having been let down by love

And she was a lonely girl

In between bouts of desperate love

That left her in a whirl

Until she is all consumed and is again

The broken-hearted lonely girl

THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL WAS OURS

 

The greatest love of all was ours

I felt I could reach up and touch the stars

As my love was return by my sweetheart

And I knew we would never be apart

PERFECT IMPERFECT LOVE

 

It was a perfect love,

But a secret love,

And it was also tainted,

By deceit and betrayal

Sneaking away for

Illicit rendezvous

In the dead of night

To lay with their lover

Til the break of day,

But neither were free

So that was not perfect

And they knew it was wrong

But they couldn’t stop

For that perfect love

Made them feel so alive

They had found their life’s love

And though they knew

Their love was doomed

And tears would be cried

And hearts broken

They held on to their

Perfect imperfect love

Until the bitter end

IT HAD HAPPENED ONE SUMMER NIGHT.

 

We met at the beach party

On the wide ocean shore

And we danced by moonlight,

As the sea breeze caressed us

It was a magical night

The rapture of the music,

Feeling enraptured by you.

But as special as it was

Dancing with you

On that moonlit beach

It paled to insignificance

Compared to walking

Hand in hand with you

The next day in the sun

FALLING IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE

 

Falling in love with someone

Can be a blessing and a curse

But when love is reciprocated

It is a prize beyond worth

I MET A LADY THAT LIT MY FIRE

 

I met a lady that lit my fire

Dressed in beautiful attire

Who I did instantly admire,

And whose heart I did desire,

But knew I would ever acquire

ON THE HILL TOP SHE CHOSE TO HIDE

 

On the hill top she chose to hide

In the home where her parents reside,

Whereas I live down the hillside,

Where my brother and his wife abide.

But though the gulf between us was wide

I still planned to make her my bride