TREASURE BEYOND PRICE

 

If you find love

Treasure it

Don’t be a fool

And waste it

Bottle it and keep it safe

Make it last forever

When you find love

Never let it go

LIKE THE WINTER TREES

 

Like the winter trees

Left stripped bare

By the autumn gales

Such is our marriage

Our love was once that leafy canopy

Which sheltered and nurtured

But it slowly changes in hue

Then it dried up and blew away

On the winds of change

Until our love was no more

OUR LOVE WAS GONE

 

Like the cherry blossom

That once adorned the trees

Our love bloomed

But that was before the spring rain fell

And the winds blew in

Scattering what once was beauty

And with each petal torn from the bough

A bitter tear was shed

As each piece was carried on the wind

A word of accusation followed

And when the last petal was set free

Then our love was gone

WOUNDED HEART

 

It was love at first sight

It’s crazy but it’s true

You are the one

So, I set my cap at you

 

But for a reason I couldn’t tell

You withdrew inside your shell

 

Getting close to you

Is like stalking a deer

You run away

If I get too near

 

Who has hurt you so much?

That you flinch at my touch

 

I try to get closer

I see a chink of light

Then you slam the door

And take flight

 

Who has caused you such harm?

That you draw back in alarm

 

Let me unlock your heart

With my loving key

I will protect you

Let me close and you will see

 

I am not the man who harmed you

The love I feel for you is true

 

When I get too close

You turn away

You run for your life

But I’ll try another day

 

Please don’t lock yourself away

I will keep the hurt at bay

 

Don’t let him win

Don’t be beaten by the fear

Don’t run away to safety

Like a startled deer

 

Let me help you to love again

Let me show you love without pain

I will be patient in my love

I will wait if that’s alright

And give you time to heal

Then bring you out into the light

OUR LOVE IS

 

Like the last leaves of autumn

Scattered to the four winds

Our love is drifting away

 

Like a desert river

Long run dry

Our love is desiccated

 

Like the winter landscape

Stark and bare

Our love is Barron

I HAVE LOST MY HEART

 

I have lost my heart

And you are now its keeper

With each moment that passes

My love for you grows deeper

 

Will you treasure my heart?

Are you worthy of its keeping?

Or will this infatuation

End with my heart weeping

BRIDAL DESIRE

 

Do you want your future bride?

To be chaste and never caught

Should she be pure in thought and deed?

With never a single immoral thought

 

Abstaining from sex on moral grounds

And any kind of lustful devilment?

Not a very realistic expectation

Unless she’s been living in a convent

 

It’s not what I would look for in a bride

I would want my wife to be sexually faithful

When the vows were said, I wouldn’t want

Her to indulge in anything extra marital

 

But on the day, I would like her to appear angelic

With the look of innocence upon her face

As she stands at the alter dressed in virgin white

While encased beneath in black silk and lace

LOVE AMONGST THE STARS

 

When you give your heart to another

You bathe in the warmth of the sun

You walk tall upon the earth

Tall enough to touch the stars

You make love beneath the moon

And Venus guides your path

As you navigate the Milky Way

But when you are cast aside

You crash back down to earth

And inhabit planet Solitude

I RESOLVED TO GROW OLD WITH YOU

 

On the first day we met

I gave to you my heart

I gave to you my soul

I gave to you my love

And I resolved to grow old with you

 

You have been my beacon

My guiding light

You have been my friend

The love of my life

And I resolved to grow old with you

 

Now is the saddest time

Now my heart breaks

Now my soul cries

Now my love hurts

I so wanted to grow old with you

 

Now after we have parted

Your heart beats in another chest

Your soul abides above

Your love is eternal

And I must grow old alone

WHEN WILL THE LIGHTNING STRIKE?

 

When will the lightning strike?

When will the thunder roar?

When will that moment come?

When love knocks at my door

 

When will the drum beat out?

When will love’s music play?

When will that moment come?

When love finally looks my way

IN AN INSTANT

 

One brief moment changed my life

When the love that emanated from you

Captured my heart in that instant

And in the clarity of that moment, I knew

My destiny had been forever shaped

And my life would ever after be with you

INTERNMENT

Your beauty caught my eye

And captured my attention

Your personality won my heart

And placed it in detention 

ISABEL

 

A vision of pulchritude

My sweet little Isabel

Coquettish in the extreme

A beautiful southern belle

Lithe limbed and gracile

She is hopelessly vivacious

With her sylph like elegance

She tends to the outrageous

But for all her dalliances

And her overt vivacity

Her revelling in the attention

She is still in love with me

MY BEACON

 

Your beauty is like a beacon

That shines through the universe

Brighter than the hottest star

In this galaxy and those beyond

I bask in its illumination

Orbiting like a faithful moon

Content to be your satellite

Ever in your perfect light

NATURAL BEAUTY

 

I look at you doing ordinary things

Bewitched by your beauty

I watch you take off your make-up

And puzzle at its redundancy

 

Why do you even put it on

It adds nothing to your beauty

For you cannot enhance perfection

It is an exercise in futility

FAIRER THAN A ROSE

 

Fairer than a rose

That in Eden grows

Brighter than a star

Shining from afar

Purer than a rose

That in heaven grows

I bless the day

She came my way

For until that sunlit morn

I was yet unborn

IS A KIND WORD ENOUGH?

 

How do you tell the woman that you love?

The woman that always fitted you like a glove

Your lover, your friend and your confident

How do you tell her of your discontent?

 

How do you tell the woman for whom you care?

That you are no longer in love with her

The woman you love but no longer desire

Kind and caring but unable to light your fire

 

How do you tell the woman that you love?

The woman that always fitted you like a glove

Where do you begin? Where do you start?

How do you tell her and not break her heart?

LOVE IS MORE

 

Love is more

Than aesthetics

Beauty is only skin deep

It may be what you first notice

Or what first gets you noticed

But it’s not enough

Love is more than the flashy cover on a book

 

Love is

What can’t be seen at first glance

It’s what’s beneath the surface

It’s the detail on every page of the book

That has to be studied

It’s what remains when beauty fades

It is the constant

 

Love is more

Than physical attraction

Or physical expression of that attraction

Even when it’s fantastic

It’s not enough

 

Love is

What you do in between the sex

Not just kisses that delight

It’s in the conversation

And the understanding

It’s holding hands and not caring who sees

Its walks in the country

It’s dancing cheek to cheek to cheesy love-songs

It’s caring and sharing

Love is being diminished by its loss

YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO ASK

 

You don’t even have to ask

I am at your beck and call

If you have the urge

You can have me up against a wall

You don’t even have to ask

You don’t need to say please

Just snap your fingers

And I’ll be on my knees

 

You don’t even have to ask

Just unzip your trouser fly

Then I will do the rest

I’m always here to satisfy

 

You don’t even have to ask

We don’t even need to kiss

Just use me as a vessel

I will never ever resist

 

You don’t even have to ask

I am at your beck and call

But today like every day

You don’t notice me at all

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

 

Are you looking for someone perchance?

To partner in physical love’s erotic dance

It doesn’t matter to any of us though

If you just want to go at it with gusto

Maybe you have a penchant for a tart?

One of easy virtue but one with a heart

Or do you hanker more for a nympho

A raver to satisfy your burning libido

Does your bent lean towards a temptress?

Or someone you can use as a mattress

No, I think you look for more from your life

You are looking for a girl to be your wife