THE DAY I SAID GOODBYE TO HER

 

The day I said goodbye to her,

Replays constantly in my mind

And it’s a familiar memory

Of the most destressing kind

I have tried to move on but I left

The love of my life behind

LOVE TIPS THE SCALE

 

Life is a question of balance

And love tips the scales

Some give a false accounting

But a steady love never fails

SHE BROUGHT GLORIOUS SUNLIGHT

 

She brought glorious sunlight

To the darkness of my soul

And the coldness of my heart

For living alone had taken its toll

But just spending time with her,

Has shown me again how to live

And revealed just how much love

One special person can give

AS ADMIRATION DWELLS

 

As admiration dwells

In following eyes

Such attraction can lead

To unwelcome advances

But equally it could be

The perfect stranger

So she takes her chances

In search of “The one”

FALLING IN LOVE FOR THE FIRST TIME

 

Falling in love for the first time

Is like a fledgling leaning to fly

But will new love crash and burn?

Or will it blaze across the sky?

LOVE WASHED OVER ME

 

Love washed over me

Arriving at my feet,

Like the lapping of waves

On a lonely beach

But it drifted away

On the ebb tide

GIGOLO AND GIGOLETTE

 

Right from the start

He lost his heart

When the gigolo met

His lovely gigolette

And philandered no more

Now he had his paramour

SHOULD I RUN?

I ask myself

Should I run to you?

And keep our secret tryst

For that sweet joy

Of being kissed

 

I ask myself

Should I run from you?

And protect my heart

But endure the pain

Of being apart

 

So I must ask myself

What joy exists

In sterile safety

Compared to being kissed

So I run to you

To the love and chemistry

And drown myself

In your sweet serenity 

I FOUND MY ONE TRUE LOVE

I found my one true love

My soulmate and when

I first laid eyes on her

My eyes saw only beauty

And at once I heard music

Where there was clearly none

But I heard it nonetheless

I could tell she heard it too

And she smiled at its significance

So I returned the smile

To my heart’s desire

And then we were caught-up

In an all embracing kiss

And our love is still singing

THE LOVE IN US

The love in me

Touches your heart and soul

And I feel a love divine

The love in you

Touches my heart and soul

And we share a love divine

The love in us

Binds us body and soul

And we bask in a love divine

WHY IS IT THAT LOVES TEMPERATE FLAME

 

Why is it that

Loves temperate flame

Cools the bearer over time 

Why is it so sweet

And yet so fleeting

And why does love

Fill a heart with joy

Yet age the lovers

Like a wilting flower

OUR FIRST MEETING WAS BENEATH

 

Our first meeting was beneath

A sky of perfect blue

When a shaft of summer sun

Set your copper hair ablaze

Unspoken smiles were exchanged

Followed by silent acknowledgement

And love bloomed like a desert flower

After fall of summer rain

NEVER BE SORROWED

 

Never be sorrowed

By love’s compromise

Don’t settle for second best,

You deserve better

So search for the one

Look into their heart

And when they look back

You will know it’s safe

To fall into their loving arms

I HAVE HELD MY LOVE IN CHECK

 

I have held my love in check

While watching and waiting,

Cautious from the very start

Withholding romantic feelings,

And playing it safe, until the day

I find a worthy receptive heart

GOLDEN LOVE

 

 

It was fifty years ago when I first saw her
When I fell for her beauty and her charm
And now in the autumn of our years
I’m still proud to have her on my arm

 

How long ago it was when we were young
When every minute we were parted
Was full of angst, agonies and torment
And time alone left us broken hearted

 

Now I could compose symphonies
And write lofty ballads to her name
I could write the sweetest love songs
And never express what are love became

 

I would have crossed the wildest seas
And walked on coals to be at her side
I would have slain the fiercest dragon
And fought duals to win her as my bride

 

I proclaimed my love to her as everlasting
And told her we would always be together
Through thick and thin, good times and bad
Through the calm and stormy weather

 

My heart soared as the church bells rang
When at the alter she stood and said I do
Now after fifty summers and winters
The love I proclaimed still holds true

THAT RAINY SUNDAY

 

It’s a rainy Sunday
And I’m feeling blue
Remembering the past
And thinking of you

 

Do you happily look back?
Across the years
Or do you view them
Through bitter tears

 

Do you ever think of me?
Just once in a while
With a furrowed brow
Or rueful smile

 

You thought our love
Would last an eternity
But I was quite happy
Just to wait and see

 

I just wanted us
To enjoy the laughter
But what you wanted
Was happy ever after

 

I loved you so much more
Than I would ever say
When we broke up
On that rainy Sunday

 

When you asked me
I should have said
“I really do love you”
I just shrugged instead

 

I wish I could go back
To that rainy Sunday
I would get on my knees
And beg you to stay

A SEA BREEZE BLEW THROUGH OUR HAIR

 

A sea breeze blew through our hair

As we walked along the shore line

The waves lapped at the sand

And sunlight glinted on the water

It must have been a beautiful scene

But as we walked hand in hand

I confess I had eyes only for you

As we strolled along the beach

While waves lapped at the sand

ABIGAIL’S TALE

 

In the comfort of the coffee shop
Nestled into an oversized sofa
Sits Abigail, homesick and sad
As she reads a letter from home

 

She knows the sadness will pass
And sooner this time than the last
It strikes each time she hears from home
With news from those she left behind

 

Her parents, always loving and kind
Her baby sister, annoyingly lovely
All of her friends of long standing
And of course him, the reason she left

 

She left her home and those she loved,
The only place she had ever lived
After her marriage dismally failed
So she is building a new life for herself

 

Away from the people she loves

And the places and all the familiarity
The things that reminded her daily
Of her failure and her inadequacies

 

So Abigail lives far away in a new town
And she is making new friends
Discovering new places that will be familiar
As she tries to forget past mistakes

 

She has joined a new church in town
A new congregation, where her angels voice
Can sing loudly in praise to heaven
And she is finding peace within herself

 

And one day very soon, Abigail will sit
In the comfort of the coffee shop
Nestled into an oversized sofa
And not be desperately homesick and sad

 

One day very soon Abigail will read
A long rambling letter from home
And smile at it familiar contents
And she will not feel the old pain strike

 

One day very soon in her new home
Abigail will allow herself be happy
One day very soon in her new home town

Abigail will forgive herself 

JUST A SNAPSHOT

 

I held a picture of her

Just a snapshot

Dog eared and faded

Posed for posterity

A picture of a young girl

In a summer dress,

A “hand me down” clearly

The pattern faded

On the much altered garment

With a fraying hem

She was a pretty girl

With a face of innocence

Framed by brown tousled hair

A naïve and unaffected girl

Unsure of her beauty

And all the more beautiful because of it

Such a wonderful snapshot

Of a perfect moment

Captured so long ago

On a perfect day

I fell in love with her that day

As my heart melted

Like the snow in spring

I love her still and I’ve loved her

Every day in between.

Tears welled in my eyes

As I looked at that picture

Of naïve innocent beauty

And they fell unchecked

As I remembered

The woman she became

And the love we shared

But then she was taken from me

So all I have left is the snapshot

And all the memories it invokes

THE WEEPING WILLOW TREE

 

 

Like the star-crossed lovers,
Romeo and Juliet,
They come from feuding kin
And must hide their love

From those closest to them,
So they meet in secret
Beside the quiet lake
At their secret place

To share a clandestine love

Where the only sounds,
Are of the faintest breeze
Disturbing the lofty tree tops
A gentle lapping of water

Against the bank

And ducks squabbling on the lake
But despite the quiet
They are fearful of discovery
As they embrace hidden from view
Beneath a weeping willow tree,
Its leafy pendulous branches
Trail down into the water
Where, stirred by the gentle breeze
They dip in an out of the water
Like the toes of a reluctant bather.
Despite their fear, the lovers

Kiss in the quiet shade
And feel at once renewed
No words are spoken
Their language is of caress and kiss
Such a tender converse
With limitless vocabulary
And languid pronunciation
Every syllable well employed
And when the final paragraph is reached
They end with perfect punctuation
And bask in its afterglow

Until they must once again stir

From their lovers languor
And sadly tread separate paths
To re-join their warring tribes
Adopting adversarial manners
No knowing looks to be exchanged
No casual brushing past
When for an exquisite moment
A hand might touch a hand
They must remain entrenched
With their warring clans

Until they can once again
Embrace beneath the weeping willow tree