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