Wednesday, 6 July 2022

TEARS BEJEWELLED HER CHEEKS

 

Tears bejewelled her cheeks

Like lustrous pearls

And her heartfelt sobs shook

The Ribbons from her curls

Those tears and sobs you only hear

From broken hearted girls

 

I couldn’t ignore the anguished

Sound of her cries

So I lifted up her chin 

And wiped the tears from her eyes

Then I held her in my arms

As her sobs turned to sighs

 

And when I looked at her

Tearstained face I could see

A girl as fragile as a butterfly

A thing of infinite beauty

And when she smiled

It was like a sunset on the sea

PERFECTION

 

Their meeting was

Serendipitous

When cupid’s arrow struck

Nothing planned

Simply a case of luck

She ticked all his boxes

In her perfection

And in her eyes

He was flawless

In all things

They were Simpatico

And Romance blossomed

Perfect moonlight

Bathed them

Perfect stars adorned the sky

And a Perfect kiss

Sealed their fate


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