I SHOULD HAVE TRIED MUCH HARDER

 

I should have tried much harder

Looking back upon that day

I should have fought for you

I should have tried every way

You were the very best of me

Around you my heart lightend

In your presence I walked on air

Around you my spirits brightened

I lost myself in my own conceit

I was consumed by self obsession

I stopped seeing you as precious

And treated you like my possession

 

I should have tried much harder

On that day so very long ago

I should have fought for you

Instead I ran away and let you go

MY LOVE IS FOREVER

 

My love is forever

For even if we part

You will never

Completely leave my heart

I WALK ON EGGS

 

I walk on eggs

To protect the fragile peace

I try to be invisible

As I dread your displeasure so

But even in the midst

Of such an uneasy peace

I fear your rejection

For being invisible is still better

Than not being there at all

A BOOK ON THE SHELF

 

A book on the shelf

Passed by, passed over

Rejected by browsers

Ignored by casual trade

Over looked by readers of discernment

Often handled but never understood

A book on the shelf

Unwanted and unappreciated

Unloved and forlorn waits patiently

For that one special wordsmith

Who will see the small tome

Among the vast bibliotheca

And admire the cover,

The quality of the fabric

Its exquisite binding

He will handle the book

Feel its weight and worth in one carress

And will appreciate its quality.

When he turns the pages

He will engage with the contents

Understanding its language

Each perfect word on each pristine page

This will be a story of such worth

When the wordsmith finds

This book on the shelf

UNITY

 

Being together

Without words,

Thoughts trancend

The empty silence

To find balance

In perfect union,

A comfortable congress

A LIVING DREAM

 

A living dream

Changes the moments

Of my everyday existance

Into a time of bliss.

WHEN YOU SIT NEXT TO ME

 

When you sit next to me

The skies seem to brighten

I feel sunlight on my skin

And all my senses heighten

Just being in such close proximity

Makes my old heart lighten

Just imagine if you only knew me

Then I’d be as invincible as a titan