IT WAS A GOLDEN DAY

 

It was a golden day,

When in matrimonial show

You set upon the path,

In partnership for Life

A fifty-year sojourn

Via hill and vale

From glorious summer

Through to autumns glow

SHE BLESSED MY LIFE

 

She blessed my life

When she came to stay

And I love her more

Each and every day

It would break my heart

If she went away

THE THREAD OF LOVE

 

The thread of love

Our hearts entwine

I have all her love

And she has mine

 

Bound together by

Loves eternal vine

I have all her love

And she has mine

I’VE LOST MY HEART TO ANOTHER

 

I’ve lost my heart to another

She is fairer than a rose

The gentlest girl I’ve known

Who is purer than the snow’s

And all the time I’m with her

My love for her just grows

BENEATH THE MOONLIT SKY

 

Beneath the moonlit sky

The romantic feeling grows

And on that star filled night

Love blossomed like a rose

SHE WAS PETITE

 

She was petite

And beautiful

A gentle glowing face,

Open and friendly

With intelligent eyes,

Like sparkling sapphires

A smile played about

Her honey sweet lips,

So soft and pink

Her hair the shade

Of ripened corn

Blew in the breeze

She was petite

And beautiful

And totally out of reach

YOU HAVE MADE AN ERROR

 

You have made an error

If you have to run

Barefoot on hot coals

Hotter than the burning sun

Just to prove to them

That you are their only one

FLEET YOUNG FOOTSTEPS

 

Fleet young footsteps

In a headlong rush

Running towards romance

Barefoot in the meadow grass

Love-struck on a woodland path

Sprinting along the beach

Splashing through the water’s edge

And into the arms of love

BENEATH THE STAR FILLED SKY

 

Beneath the star filled sky

Moonlight bathed the sand

As we danced barefoot

Around the campfire

With sand between our toes

And romance in our hearts

IT WAS MORE THAN THAT

It wasn’t the sugar sweet

Words of love

From your mouth

That made me love you

It was more than that

 

It wasn’t the honey coated

Sensual kisses

From your sultry lips

That kept me loving you

It was more than that

 

It wasn’t the wonderful

Toe curling joy of sex

That cemented

My endless love for you

It was more than that

 

It was then and is now

The essence that is you

Shining from within

That won my heart 

YOU TOOK ME BY STORM

 

You took me by storm

Broke my resistance

Conquered my heart

Quite mercilessly

But on the way

To capturing my heart

You tainted me

MY LONELY HEART

 

My Lonely heart

My silent companion

You empathize

And feel compassion

Even in an age when

It’s out of fashion

Yet still I am alone

With my unspent passion

MIRROR IMAGE

 

I thought that you

Really loved me

But I was wrong

And in reality

It was just my love

Reflecting back on me

RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET

The Platter’s were crooning

“Red Sails in the sunset”

So I asked her to dance

And the moment our eyes met

My heart sailed away

And it hasn’t returned yet

AS WE LAY UNDER THE STARS

 

As we lay under the stars

I had the perfect trinity

Music in my soul

Love in my heart

And you in my arms

SILENCE IN THE MEADOW

 

Silence in the meadow

As we lay amidst the flowers

Young lovers entwined

In the moonlit hours

When love is keenly felt

We succumb to cupids powers

But as night gives way to day

The love we feel is ours

LOVES FIRST STING

 

In my autumn days

I fondly remember

Loves first sting

And how my heart sang

Loves perfect melody

In loves sweet spring

DRINK TO THE GLORY OF LOVE

 

Drink to the glory of love

From the loving cup

Before it spills

And evaporates away

PRESSED BLOOMS

 

Pressed blooms

Long since dried

Lovingly preserved

Betwixt printed pages

Mementos of love

From a time long ago

Flowers picked fresh

In the meadow

Where love bloomed

And a kiss was stolen

THE RED LION

 

I met her at the Red Lion

Almost forty years ago

It was in the lounge bar

Beside the fires cozy glow

 

As soon as our eyes met

I was lost and I knew

My heart was hers forever

And cupids aim was true

OVER THE SPAN OF YEARS

 

Over the span of years,

Along the way

My heart has been broken

Time after time

But how can it not break,

When you lose someone

Or when a loved one passes,

Or your child is in pain

Or is unhappy

We don’t live in a bubble

Life is not lived in isolation

And broken hearts do mend

And each repair gives us strength

For the next time

Because a heart never broken,

Is cold and sterile,

And has never known the joy

Of loving another human being 

IT WAS MY GOOD FORTUNE

 

It was my good fortune

That you came my way

For like a broom you swept

My loneliness away

I FIRST SAW YOU

 

I first saw you

As you were advancing

I smiled at you

As your eyes were glancing

And all at once

My heart was dancing

And in a moment

We were both romancing

I NEVER MEANT TO DO IT

 

I never meant to do it

But I did it with ease

In fact it was so simple

It was actually a breeze

So now can you fall?

In love with me please

SINCE WE’VE BEEN APART

 

Since we’ve been apart

My wounded heart

Still bleeds for you

And I pray you’d love me too

I AM NOT SPECIAL

 

I am not special

I have no fortune

I am average

I have no high station

I am ordinary

I am not an Adonis

But for some reason

I have won your heart

YOU ARE MY ANGEL

 

You are my Angel

In the moonlight

Draped in lunar white

Where upon I steal

A midnight kiss

And I am in heaven

SHE SAID SHE FELT SO HELPLESSLY ALONE

 

She said she felt so helplessly alone

Like a lonely candle flickering in the dark

Then on the day when I came into her life

She said there was a discernable spark

And as if by a kind of magic, hey presto 

We were instantly two candles in the dark

YOU CAN WEATHER ANY STORM

 

You can weather any storm

When you know without exception

That love is the answer

To each and every question

PLEASE BRING ME A LOVE

 

Please bring me a love

Of almost any hue

Let it change forever

My monochrome view

Let it be any colour

As long as it’s not blue

I THINK TO MYSELF NOW THAT IT IS OVER

 

I think to myself now that it is over

As I pick myself up off the floor,

How could I have been so blind?

To lose my heart and so adore

The creature who can barely disguise

The blackness at her heartless core

A WEDDING SONG (PROTHALAMIUM)

 

I stand alone

Yet among friends

I stand alone

In the sight of family

 

Hear the music?

Come ahead

Make me turn my head

Come join me

 

Stand beside me

Stand to my left

Become me

Let me become you

 

Hear the words?

Go ahead

Make me turn my head

Come join me

 

We stand together

Before our friends

We stand together

In the sight of family

 

Hear the music?

Hear the song?

Let’s sing along

Come join me

 

We stand together

Alone no more

Joined as one

Before our God

THE WONDROUS BEAUTY

 

The wondrous beauty

Of your pale white skin,

That seductive landscape

Pure as exotic silk

Fresh as winter snow

And as cold as your heart

LONG TIME FRIEND

 

For so long you have been my friend

But you've grown nearer to my heart,

And now I want our friendship to end

And the longed for love affair to start

DESCENT FROM CLOUD NINE

 

You were joyful, everything was fine

You were content, sitting on cloud nine

Then things sharply turned

And you ended up getting burned

You took your eye off the ball

And took your devastating fall

You thought as life was good for you

That everything was for me too

I know that for you it was for life

But I’m not content to be your wife

I need more

SEE A RAINBOW?

 

The door to my heart

Is always open to loves light

My essence is a rainbow

A spectrum of bright hues

But if you can only see

In shades of monochrome

The door to my heart

Remains closed to you

ONCE INSIDE MY HEART

 

Once inside my heart

You’ll find it bleak and stark

For love has been defeated

And sits lonely in the dark

No colours exist here

Only shades of grey

But if you can endure

You could show me the way

And lead me from the dark

And back into the day

ETERNAL LOVE?

 

Eternal love?

Love that lasts

Forever more

Not this side

Of heavens door

That was my opinion

Well heretofore

Then I met you

And now I’m not so sure

CONDITIONAL LOVE

 

You must be devoted,

Kind and true

Willing to give of yourself

If all this you can do

Then without reservation

I will love you

ACCEPT ME PLEASE

 

Accept me please

Accept all of me

Every flaw and blemish

Every quirk and foible

For if love is as you say

Truly unconditional

You should accept me as I am

MY LIFE RUNS FAST AWAY

 

My life runs fast away

Like sand in an hourglass,

And with each grain of sand

Goes a moment in of my lifetime

Each moment is an empty one

Not spent with you

The moments are fast running out

As the grains of sand move on

And still I wait to meet you

LOVE THRILLS

 

Hedonistic thrill seekers

Adrenalin junkies

One and all

Cannot surpass the thrill

You get from love

When you completely fall

 

And for pure danger

Nothing is more injurious

More painful to befit

Than when you’ve succumbed

And you are in love

And you then fall out of it

MY HEART IS SO FULL OF LOVE

 

My heart is so full of love

Yet my words alone can't say,

They simply fail to express

What I wish to convey

 

I am just like an infant

Mumbling the snips and bytes

Of unformed language

To incoherently recite

 

I am like a foreign visitor

Trying to translate into English

Trying to formulate phrases

Instead translating into gibberish

 

My heart is so full of love

So why can I not just say

That I love you darling

Why is it so hard to convey

FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE

 

For everything that you are

And for everything that you do

For all of this and so much more

With all my heart I thank you

FOR EVERY LITTLE THING ABOUT YOU

 

For every little thing about you

Every way you’ve showed you cared

For all the happy laughter

And all the happy times we’ve shared

 

For always being there

And being the essential part of my life

For just being with me

And for agreeing to become my wife

ARE YOU THE ONE?

 

I'd like to give you the special key

That unlocks my forbidding heart

But I must be sure you are the one

I must know that before we start

Or the secret of the golden key

I would be unable to impart

BENIGN SPIRIT

 

Let me surround you

Like a benign spirit

Comforting and protecting

Let me envelope you like a cloak of love

Wrapping you in a goose down quilt

To warm your soul from winters grip

Let me nourish and nurture

And blow gently on the embers of love

In your sad and lonely heart

THE LIGHT OF LOVE

 

I want to stir the slumber

Of your lonesome heart

And shine a loving light

Into the corners of the dark

AUBURN HEADED MAIDEN FAIR

 

All I can do is stand and stare

At the Auburn headed maiden fair

The girl with the shinning brown hair

Oh beautiful maiden standing there

With tresses of reddish-brown hair

Please be the answer to my prayer