WHY IS IT THAT LOVES TEMPERATE FLAME

 

Why is it that

Loves temperate flame

Cools the bearer over time 

Why is it so sweet

And yet so fleeting

And why does love

Fill a heart with joy

Yet age the lovers

Like a wilting flower

OUR FIRST MEETING WAS BENEATH

 

Our first meeting was beneath

A sky of perfect blue

When a shaft of summer sun

Set your copper hair ablaze

Unspoken smiles were exchanged

Followed by silent acknowledgement

And love bloomed like a desert flower

After fall of summer rain

NEVER BE SORROWED

 

Never be sorrowed

By love’s compromise

Don’t settle for second best,

You deserve better

So search for the one

Look into their heart

And when they look back

You will know it’s safe

To fall into their loving arms

I HAVE HELD MY LOVE IN CHECK

 

I have held my love in check

While watching and waiting,

Cautious from the very start

Withholding romantic feelings,

And playing it safe, until the day

I find a worthy receptive heart

GOLDEN LOVE

 

 

It was fifty years ago when I first saw her
When I fell for her beauty and her charm
And now in the autumn of our years
I’m still proud to have her on my arm

 

How long ago it was when we were young
When every minute we were parted
Was full of angst, agonies and torment
And time alone left us broken hearted

 

Now I could compose symphonies
And write lofty ballads to her name
I could write the sweetest love songs
And never express what are love became

 

I would have crossed the wildest seas
And walked on coals to be at her side
I would have slain the fiercest dragon
And fought duals to win her as my bride

 

I proclaimed my love to her as everlasting
And told her we would always be together
Through thick and thin, good times and bad
Through the calm and stormy weather

 

My heart soared as the church bells rang
When at the alter she stood and said I do
Now after fifty summers and winters
The love I proclaimed still holds true

THAT RAINY SUNDAY

 

It’s a rainy Sunday
And I’m feeling blue
Remembering the past
And thinking of you

 

Do you happily look back?
Across the years
Or do you view them
Through bitter tears

 

Do you ever think of me?
Just once in a while
With a furrowed brow
Or rueful smile

 

You thought our love
Would last an eternity
But I was quite happy
Just to wait and see

 

I just wanted us
To enjoy the laughter
But what you wanted
Was happy ever after

 

I loved you so much more
Than I would ever say
When we broke up
On that rainy Sunday

 

When you asked me
I should have said
“I really do love you”
I just shrugged instead

 

I wish I could go back
To that rainy Sunday
I would get on my knees
And beg you to stay

A SEA BREEZE BLEW THROUGH OUR HAIR

 

A sea breeze blew through our hair

As we walked along the shore line

The waves lapped at the sand

And sunlight glinted on the water

It must have been a beautiful scene

But as we walked hand in hand

I confess I had eyes only for you

As we strolled along the beach

While waves lapped at the sand