Wednesday 10 March 2021

I THOUGHT THIS TIME

 

I thought this time

That the love was strong

Founded on solid rock

And standing on granite piles

That would weather the ages

Like a great monument

But at the first hint of storm

The granite crumbled away

And the love fell with them

 

I curse my poor judgment

And my lack of prudence

As once again I am alone

And my heart is broken once more

The old adage echoes in my head

“What doesn’t kill you

Makes you stronger”

But the words are as empty as my life

But I will make myself stronger

I will make myself an island

My heart will be as stone

And my resolve will be as granite

Then my heart will never break again

WHY DOES THIS LOVE ENSURE A CONSTANT HEARTACHE?

 

Why does this love

Ensure a constant heartache?

Love should be a salve for your soul

Not a dagger to pierce your heart

Instead of an empathetic companion

With shared values and mutual respect

I get lies, evasion and bitter betrayal

And when my tattered heart

Lies savagely broken

There is no sympathy,

No remorse

Just a shrug and farewell

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

 

Why in every disagreement

From the first to the last

You don’t stay in the present

You rake up the past

I always fight fair

I nail my colours to the mast

Then your name-calling

Leaves me aghast

Tuesday 9 March 2021

SWEET LYRICS OF AFFECTION

 

You whispered words of love

Sweet lyrics of affection

Their sublime sound caressed me

Like a summer breeze

Refreshing sultry skin

Each fresh loving word

Mesmerized me anew

And I knew my heart was lost

And I knew that I was found

IN THE ELASTIC TIME OF DREAMS

 

In the elastic time of dreams

Where exists a cast of thousands

The impossible is possible

Logic ceases to exist

The living walk with the dead

Rivers flow upstream

The sky is green

The grass is blue

So why with all the infinite possibilities

Of my timeless dreams

Do I only dream of you?

SIX MONTHS

 

Its six months today

We've been together now

The months have passed so quickly

Like moments somehow

Six precious months its been

Exactly to this day

And only two months more

Until our wedding day

In the years we have before us

Let us hope and pray

That we are half as happy after

As before our wedding day

JOYOUS SENSUALITY

 

Joyous sensuality

In summers scented garden

Under temperate sky