THE WONDERFUL GIRL I SEE

 

Why do I love you?

Well, it could be

Because you’re beautiful

Or that you’re funny

 

It could perhaps be

That you laugh at my jokes

Or that you chose me

When there are better blokes

 

It might be because

You’re caring and sharing

Or of modest disposition

Though cautiously daring

 

Why do I love you?

It could quite easily be

Your wisdom and intelligence

Or that you’re pretty and witty

 

But it doesn’t matter

What superlatives I apply

Or how long the list of traits

And attributes that I supply

You wouldn’t recognize them

The wonderful girl I see

Would be a stranger to you

Such is your modesty

WHEN WINTER COMES

 

When winter comes

And the first snowflakes fall

Who is the first one in my thoughts?

Who is the first person I call

 

When winter comes

And there is a fresh fall of snow

Who makes snow angels with you?

Is it that you’re the best angel maker I know?

 

When winter comes

And there’s fresh snow on the ground

Who builds the snowman with you?

Is it that you make the best snowmen around?

 

When winter comes

And we spend all of our time together

Have you ever wondered why?

Do you think that I just like the snowy weather?

 

When winter comes

There is a reason why every winter I call you

It’s the same reason I’ve had since we were seven

I’ve wanted to tell you but have been too scared to

 

When winter comes

The reason I pull off your wet gloves?

And the reason I gently warm your cold hands?

Is that you’re the one I love

THERE IS A GHOST IN MY HOUSE

There is a ghost in my house

That haunts my every waking moment

And infiltrates my dreams

A ghost that taunts and torments

The ghost in my house is you

I am haunted by the memory of you

It is the ghost of our lost love

And I am tormented because I let you go

LOVE IS A ROLLER COASTER

 

Being in love with you

Was like a roller coaster ride

Exhilarating and stomach churning

But not in a good way

Not in that happy waving your arms in the air

Screaming with delight kind of way

 

No not your roller coaster

Oh there was exhilaration

You took me to dizzy heights

When you really took my breath away

When I thought life didn’t get any better than that

Like walking through fields of flowers in the sunshine

Or hand in hand along an empty beach

Declarations of love and promises for the future

Making me feel I was the most special person in the world

 

Then without warning came the stomach churning

That headlong rush into darkness

Cast down into a trough of despair and bitterness

Jealousy and accusations

Venomous verbal tirades and volleys of flying fists

Churning my stomach and breaking my bones

 

Being in love with you

Was like the roller coaster ride from hell

So I got off and walked away

And I will never ride with you again

Your declarations of love and promises for the future

Are just empty words

Drowned out by your venomous tirades

Thinking of you may still churn my stomach

But you will break my bones no more

I got off your roller coaster broken and battered

But with my spirit in tact

BLIND SIDED

 

Love confuses the senses

It tricks us into seeing what’s not there

We see what we want to see

Someone you love, who loves you back

In equal measure

Someone as happy, content, faithful

As you are

But love blinds us

It blinds us to the truth

It fails to register

All the tell tale signs

Of sadness, discontent and infidelity

Until it’s too late

IF I HAD NOT LET YOU GO

 

If I had not let you go

What would we be now?

The perfect couple?

Mr and Mrs Right?

Or sad reflections of ourselves

 

If I had not seen

That we were not right together

We would now be

Bitter and resentful

Fighting like old dogs

Scratching at each others wounds

 

Love made us blind

Your love for me was deeper

And so you were blinder

So it hurt you more

When I let you go

 

I was right to let you go

I didn’t want to hurt you

Though I know I did

But I would have hurt you more

And I would not have regretted it

If I had stayed

 

If I had not let you go

I would have broken you

Broken your spirit

As well as your heart

You would not now know

Loves true face

So I can tolerate your hate

To know you are truly happy

SCENT OF A WOMAN

 

An exotic fragrance filled the air

A heady perfume so divine

A scent that made me giddy

Like being intoxicated on wine

It was the girl with the dazzling smile

And almost luminous eyes

When she spoke each sentence

Was like a string of sultry sighs

Each sweet honey coated word

Delivered from her luscious lips

What import may have been

The honey sound did eclipse

I was mesmerised by her

For how long I could not say

But it is to my satisfaction

That she chose not go away