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
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
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 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
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
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
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?
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
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
Love,
Is just a word
Such a small word
Often misused
A throw away word
Used as a panacea
To paper over the cracks
Tell someone “I love you”
And everything is expected
To be forgiven
But love
Is too small a word
For what I feel
Far too small
For what I want to express
As the love I feel
Is immeasurable, infinite
In its depth, its quality
It’s all encompassing nature
It colours everything
All I say, all I do
Yet to express my feelings
All I can say is
“I love you”
It’s just so inadequate.
For what I want to express
My need for you
Of never being parted
from you
To be joined forever
In every way
But I don’t have the word
To articulate it
I don’t have the vocabulary
I just have
Love
We were once inseparable
Soul mates incarnate
Held by an eternal bond
As strong as tungsten
Yet soft as pure silk
I thought our union
Would last for ever
Even to the end of eternity
But the bonds that held us
Have disappeared
Like tears in the rain
We had it all, in our grasp
We could see it, feel it, touch it
Something steadfast and solid
Reassuring and comforting
A constant, a given
Something infinite and immeasurable
We had it all in our hands
A living breathing thing
That we gave life
Our own creation, our new entity
But we let it escape from our grasp
Slowly slipping through our fingers
Though we tried to recapture it
It was illusive, like trying to net smoke
It evaded our efforts
So now it's gone, and nothing remains,
Of that entity that was us
Nothing tangible, nothing physical
Only memories remain
We were once inseparable
Tied with the bonds of love
But when the day came
When bonds become restraints
Love melted into the ether
And the ties that bound
Turned inexorably to dust
The years are passing me by
And another relationship has failed
What is wrong with me?
Why has this love affair derailed?
Why can I not hold onto love?
What kind of signal do I transmit?
What makes me so difficult to love?
Why can I not put my finger on it
So, I must move onto pastures new
Looking for the most elusive pray
Wishing for better luck this time
And that I will strike gold one day
Surely it is not too much to ask
That my love be returned in kind
But I won’t give up the search
I’ll keep looking and see what I find
I just have to keep believing
Keep the faith and I will soon see
The next one that I can love
And hope that they will love me
Where did it go?
That sense of one
The feeling of togetherness
Of mutuality, symbiosis
Thinking each other’s thoughts
A consciousness shared
Breathing in unison
A single beating heart
Speaking in a single voice
When did it happen?
At what point?
Did we separate?
When were we torn asunder
Split like an atom
Dissected like conjoined twins
To breath alone
To stop sharing one heart
And speak for ourselves
How could it be?
When I looked at her with love
A stranger looked back
Independent and solo
Individual and free
Thinking on a different plain
Breathing different air
Heart pulsing with a different beat
Speaking a foreign tongue
Sibilant whisperings
Greeted me
For it was I
Who stole their glee
The gathering
Looked upon me
As the architect
Of their misery
They could barely
Keep their hate inside
At this wedding
Without a bride
It was all my doing
With my petty jealousy
And with it in me
I had made her flee
You had me loving you from day one
I had you loving me when it begun
But somewhere along the way
Your cheating heart decided to stray
You had me loving you totally
And I thought I had you loving me
But now your heart resides elsewhere
And you have left me in utter despair
You are still the one that I adore
But you don’t love me anymore
You still have me loving you totally
But I no longer have you loving me
You slipped through my fingers
All those yesterday’s ago,
And how the regret still lingers
For the way I let you go
