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