WE WALKED ALONG THE SHORE

 

We walked along the shore

As the sunset was at its death

As the breeze caressed your hair

And I was jealous of its breath

ACROSS THE LONELY VOID

Hands reach out

Across the lonely void

Groping in the darkness

Reaching for love,

Blindly searching

For a kindred spirit

A lottery of chance

Without an angel’s

Tender guidance

JEZEBEL STRUCK

 

Jezebel struck

At the heart of their love

With eagles talons

To tear at their bond

But such was their love

Her intrusion failed

As his breast was

Armoured like a knight

And she slinked away

SHE GAVE ME A PRECIOUS THING

 

She gave me her heart

A precious thing

She said belonged to me

It was beyond priceless

I should have treasured it

Guarded it with my life

But I was a complacent fool

And she took it back

It will never again be mine

And I have shed

A thousand lonely tears

As for her heart I pine

HE MADE SUCH A HANDSOME OFFICER

 

She was so proud of him

When she saw him in his uniform

He made such a handsome officer

Like everyone she was caught up

In the patriotic fervour

She wasn’t concerned about the war

“It’ll be over by Christmas” everyone said

He would soon be home again

So she revelled in the beauty 

Of her gallant hero

And she waved him off to war

She was so in love

With her officer beau

and that moment lived long

In her memory

It was her last memory of him

For the war wasn’t over by Christmas

And he wasn’t home again

THE SMILE THAT GRACED

 

The smile that graced

Her sweet face

Was aimed at me,

And her eyes

Gazed deeply into mine,

With seemingly boundless love

Feelings which I requited

And yet as our hands

Reached out

To hold on to our love

It slipped like quicksilver

Through our needy fingers

And we were torn in two

THE SEEDS OF LOVE

 

The Seeds of love move

Wind-blown in the breeze

And settle on fertile ground

To germinate in willing hearts