EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD (11)

I’ve sailed around the Cape of Good Hope

Where the two great oceans meet

I’ve sailed from the stormy southern isles

In the winter through the rain and sleet

I did all this and more for a reason,

The moment when we would meet 

A SECOND KISS

 

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

I WISH I’D KNOWN

 

I wish I’d known,

As the door slammed shut

Behind you

 

That it would be the last time

 

As I would have said

I love you

Just to remind you

 

I wish I’d known

We would never have

Another day

 

That it would be the last time

 

So when you tried to kiss me

I wouldn’t have looked

The other way

 

I wish I’d known,

As I watched you sleep

Peacefully beside me

 

That it would be the last time

 

So I could have told you

Of the life

Growing inside me

EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD (10)

 

I’ve seen the distant far pavilions

And the land of the rising sun

I’ve seen Tierra del Fuego

And where all life was begun

I’ve seen the Pyramids of Giza

But now my travels are done

I’ve found what I’ve sought

And you my love are the one

SHE KNOWS NO OTHER COMPANY

 

She knows no other company

Than her own,

Her only friends

Are heroes and heroines

Of the classic tales

Or message boards

And chat rooms

She never sleeps

And spends her time

Dancing to the old tunes

And weeping over lost love

ON THE HUMID EVENING

 

On the humid evening

The heady cloying perfume

Of red camellias

Filled the air

Confusing the senses

And amidst the scent of desire

I found in the moonlight

I was falling in love with her

EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD (9)

 

From the stormy southern isles

To the exotic land of smiles

I will carry with me a constant love

Over the distant countless miles