LOVE

 

Love

It's such a small word

A misused word

A throw away word

Used as a panacea

Tell someone "I love you"

And everything is supposed to be forgiven

But love

Is too small a word

For what I feel

Too small for what I want to express

The love I feel

Is immeasurable, infinite

In its depth

In its quality

In time

In its all-encompassing nature

It colours everything

All I say all I do

Yet to express my feeling all I can say is

"I love you"

It's just so inadequate

For what I want to express

My need for you

My never being parted from you

To be joined forever

In everyway

But I don't have the word to express it

I don't have the vocabulary

I just have love

A NEW HORIZON

 

That first date, the Anticipation

Butterflies in the stomach

Would she come; would she stand me up?

Then the elation when I see her

Excitement tinged with fear

Nervous laughter punctuates nervous silences

Then relaxed conversation

The touch of her hand

Exchanged knowing glances

The end of the evening

A slow walk home, holding hands

At her door, the first kiss

Then goodnight

 

Before our second date

The empty ache of longing

Stomach in knots, head spinning

The doubts and insecurities

Analyzing every second

Of our first meeting

Looking for signs, reassurances

Then the day came, and all was well again

At a family function, her sister’s wedding

Stolen kisses And Knowing looks

 

Then as the day’s past

More doubts, more insecurities

Should I say I love her Is it too soon

Does she feel the same as I?

Am I rushing it Will I scare her off

Then when we meet again

All my fears melt away

And on that first morning

We woke together

The touch of her hand

The warmth of her smile

I thought I would never doubt again

Then came the next day

When we weren’t due to meet up

SHE FILLS MY THOUGHTS

 

She fills my thoughts before I sleep

And she’s there again when I awake

 

I have given my heart without regret

I gave it to her for my heart’s sake

 

We have found an all-embracing love

If I lost her now my heart would break

 

KISS

I meet her gaze I help her stand

I hold my breath and kiss her hand

I see her blush her cheeks red now

I smell her hair and kiss her brow

It brings me joy to hear her speak

I take her hand and kiss her cheek

I feel her skin neath my fingertips

I hold her face and kiss her lips

Our loves true passions now begin

I caress her form and kiss her skin

Our passions flow like summer rain

Our loves fulfilled as we kiss again

In the afterglow in fond embrace

We speak of love and I kiss her face

NO MORE MONOCHROME

 

Color lives where once was only monochrome

A symphony resounding instead of monotone

Tranquility resides where once the tempest raged

A life both rich and warm like a fine wine aged

A light illuminating what was darkly shrouded

Blue skies prevail when once they were clouded

A world with no more madness as I return to sanity

A life with no more uncertainty only simple clarity

Abiding warmth replacing the chill winters cold

Dormant senses come alive when your hand I hold

Happiness has banished anguish pain and sorrow

Happiness with you yesterday today and tomorrow

ANNE

 

Anne stood on a still riverbank at peace

A silent and untroubled location

She knew well that then was the very last time

She would stand in that special place alone

A joining of hearts in the days to come

Meant her life would be forever altered

Remembrances filled her young head

Of when her own counsel was all she had

No more, since he entered her life

A soul mate and kindred spirit, lover

A friend and yet so much more besides

The other half of her found at long last

And with this new stranger reunited

They will share the love that is requited

A STRANGER THAT I KNOW

 

I approached a stranger, a woman

Though not a stranger, somehow familiar

In some way, in her pale eyes I saw what?

Recognition? There was something but what

We held each other’s gaze and then she stood

We faced each other in silence, watching

She offered her hand to me smiling

I took it and smiled back, in silence

Her hand soft and gentle lay on my own

Then her fine delicate fingers fitted

Between mine like pieces of a puzzle

Placed to fit perfectly, completing

A picture of lost moments found once more

She spoke and opened an eternal door