IT TOOK A MINUTE

 

It took a minute, or less,

To pick you from the crowd

Within an hour, I truly knew

What a special person you were

By the end of that first day

I had fallen in love with you

Now at the end of your last day I know

It will take a lifetime to forget you

STAR-CROSSED WALKERS

 

A star-crossed couple in the park,

Walking hand in hand in the dark

They don’t care about wind and snow

They have a love to keep them aglow

I CHANGED ON THAT DAY

 

I changed on that day

For the whole world to see

When I asked you out

And you didn’t flee

You wernt rude to me

Or laugh hysterically

Instead you smiled

And then said yes to me

And I changed again

For the whole world to see

When I said I love you

And you said you loved me

WE ARE SEPARATE NOW

 

We are separate now,

Irrevocably apart

So why do you refuse

To leave my broken heart

A TRUE LOVE

 

Our love is a true love,

An everlasting for-

ever love, our true love

A PERFECT CIRCLE

 

A perfect circle

Of love has enveloped me

An eternal circle

FINE AS SILKEN THREAD

 

Fine as silken thread

Her hair shone like burnished

Gold, in the bright sunlight

SWEET JOANNE

 

Sweet Joanne

With the perfect tan

Consummate style

And the white toothed smile

 

Joanne so fair

With the brunette hair

Oh hear my plea

Won’t you please go out with me?

YOUR DELICATE HAND

 

Your delicate hand

Is pale, your finger perfect

To fit the golden band

ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET

 

I gave my heart, and put

All my eggs in one basket, but

I have no regrets

I COUNT MY BLESSINGS

 

I count my blessings

I count them twice

I thank the lord

For one so nice

 

I will always love you

Until the very end

You are my lover

My wife and my friend

VISIBLE IN THE CLARITY

 

How gently she smiled, with

Love visible in the clarity

Of her perfect green eyes

THE BEAUTY OF HEAVEN

 

The clouds obscure each star

But the beauty of heavens array

Is just out of sight

LONG AND LONELY NIGHTS

 

Without you at my side

All my nights are long and lonely,

And all my days are empty

THE FLAME OF PASSION

Promise me that you will

Let the flame of passion always

Burn within your heart

ONLY WINDOW DRESSING

 

Lovely as you are,

Beauty is only window dressing,

Beauty lies within

FILL ME UP

 

Without you in my life

My cup is an empty whim

Your love nourishes and fills

Me right up to the brim

PERFECT CLARITY

 

True beauty will only shine

With perfect clarity from

A heart full of kindness

MONOCHROME WORLD

 

Without you today

Everything is grey, your love

Coloured all my world

JUST ONE SIGHT

 

Just one sight is all

It takes and I can't sleep,

For dreaming of you

I’LL KEEP A CANDLE BURNING

 

I’ll keep a candle burning

In the porch window

I’ll keep it burning there

Through wind and rain and snow

I’ll keep it burning brightly

Just to let you know

That I still love you baby

And I don’t want to let you go

WHY DO I LOVE YOU HON? # 3

 

Why do I love you hon?

Because you feel fortunate

That I’m in love with you

WHY DO I LOVE YOU HON? # 2

 

Why do I love you hon?

I love you most because you

Don’t realize why I do

WHY DO I LOVE YOU HON? # 1

 

Why do I love you hon?

Because you don’t know the answer

To your own question

I WHISPERED

 

I whispered those three

Words to you and you replied,

But I love you more

A TANGLED WEB

 

A tangled web of

Lies, woven of jelous spite

Brought you solitude

STUDY BUDDY

 

She was just my study buddy

She wasn’t anything to me

She just agreed to help me out

With physics and chemistry

 

She was just my study buddy

She wasn’t interesting to me

But I’m not sure how it happened

But now were doing biology

CAUGHT IN THE SHADOWS

 

Caught in the shadows, tears,

My only true companion, trapped

In abject despair

IT ONLY TOOK

 

It only took a kiss and a smile

A slow walk down the aisle

And you changed my life

When you became my wife

I WILL ONLY GIVE MY LOVE

 

I will only give my love

To someone deserving, who

Will know its true value

YOU ARE THE BEAUTY

 

You are the beauty,

The reason for my infatuation,

And my existence

FALLING TOO EASILY

 

Falling too easily

Brings you only heartbreak

And bitter tears in the end

EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD (3)

 

From Scotland’s stormy western isles

To the land of the rising sun

I will follow you to the ends of the earth

Because for me you’re the only one

EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD (4)

 

From the Bell Rock Light House

And the North Sea swells

To the Newfoundland grand banks

Were the hardy seamen dwell

I will follow you to the ends of the earth

Because you’re my special mademoiselle

EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD (5)

 

I have stood in view of the Mongolian steppes

I have stood upon the Pacific Ocean shore

I have stood on Virginias Blue Ridge Mountains

I have looked from Cape St Vincent in awe

I have seen many things in my long life

It is my plan to live to see many more

But I know I will never see more beauty

Now I stand beside you of that I’m sure

PLUVIAL SEATTLE

 

I am a sun worshipper by nature

An inclement climate doesn’t suit

But I love you with all my heart

You’re pretty and witty and cute

But now you’re off to Washington

You have decided to totally uproot

And relocate to Seattle of all places

A place of frequent rain by repute

So should I trade the Californian Sun?

For the long wet winter commutes

I worship you more than the sun

You’re pretty and witty and cute

So even Seattle’s pluvial reputation

Will not deter me from pursuit

A THIRD KISS

 

A third kiss

Is eager, yet restrained

Slow, yet purposeful

And when lips meet

Hearts start racing

But each moment,

Is savoured

This kiss, though not life changing

Will be remembered

A SECOND KISS

 

A second kiss

More eagerly awaited

Full of conviction

Yet overconfident

Hearts race unchecked

When over eager lips

Engage, like spaceships docking

And both parties forget to breathe

THE BOUNTY OF OUR UNION

 

The sun set the sky ablaze

In the silent dawn

Before spilling golden light

Through the window

Illuminating the room

Disturbing my slumber.

Through sleep filled eyes

I gaze at the window,

And on the sill

Framed in the sunlight

There sits the bounty of our union

Her golden curls aflame

In the morning sun

Smiling that familiar

Heart melting smile

But that time it was heartbreaking

Because it was a smile

I would never see again

On the face of my daughter

In earthly form

CHILD OF NATURE

 

She was a child of nature

The most special one

With a smile as warm

As the summer sun

Yet fragile and delicate

Like an early bloom in spring

Bright as a shaft of sunlight

Illuminating the gloom

Spectacular and exiting

As the days first dawning

Yet simple and refreshing

As a clear winter morning

Tempestuous and wild, like

An autumn gale blowing

The most special one

She was a child of nature

SHE’S LEAVING

I suppress the sunshine, she says

And bring her nothing but rain

Now I’m begging her not to leave

But I know that it is in vain

And I know that if I let her go,

Although that would ease her pain,

I am full of fear of saying goodbye

In case we will never meet again

A FIRST KISS

 

A first kiss,

Nervous, anxious,

When tentative

And hesitant lips

Lacking confidence

Needing conviction

Miss their mark

And teeth collide

WHEN DID THE LOVE DIE

 

When did the love die?

At what moment did it turn

It was that, once too often,

Hint of ardours odour upon her

The smell of another man

On her clothes, her skin, her hair,

That made him snap

Making him lose control

And strike her down

Snuffing out the life

Of his unfaithful wife

EVERYTHING BUT A POSSESSION TO ME

 

My partner and lover

My significant other

My best friend and gal 

My confidante and pal

The love of my life

Happily, you’re my wife