SHE HAD A GAUNT HAUNTED FACE STARK IN ITS PALENESS

 

She had a gaunt haunted face, stark in its paleness

Her mouth was thin and the lips were colourless

The countenance was sad, her dark eyes hollow

And the frail being trembled in keenly felt sorrow

The reason for her broken world weary carriage

Was being locked in a cold loveless marriage

And the limits of her entrapment were narrow

Which she keenly felt deep in bone and marrow

She was a pitiful sight with eyes cast down

Skinny, bent and stooped and shoulders round

She was a poor creature, broken in mind and soul

But I was captivated and pledged to make her whole

So with a matter of weeks I broke the binding tether

And we made our escape, forever bound together

IT WAS A CLUMSY COMING TOGETHER

It was a clumsy coming together,

Not a very auspicious start

But no harm done, except to dignity,

As they prized themselves apart

And when they first looked

At their dishevelled counterpart

They liked what they saw

And had left a smile on the others heart

THE BROKEN-HEARTED LONELY GIRL

 

“There’s a perfect mate for me

Somewhere in the world” she’d say

Having been let down by love

And she was a lonely girl

In between bouts of desperate love

That left her in a whirl

Until she is all consumed and is again

The broken-hearted lonely girl

THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL WAS OURS

 

The greatest love of all was ours

I felt I could reach up and touch the stars

As my love was return by my sweetheart

And I knew we would never be apart

PERFECT IMPERFECT LOVE

 

It was a perfect love,

But a secret love,

And it was also tainted,

By deceit and betrayal

Sneaking away for

Illicit rendezvous

In the dead of night

To lay with their lover

Til the break of day,

But neither were free

So that was not perfect

And they knew it was wrong

But they couldn’t stop

For that perfect love

Made them feel so alive

They had found their life’s love

And though they knew

Their love was doomed

And tears would be cried

And hearts broken

They held on to their

Perfect imperfect love

Until the bitter end

IT HAD HAPPENED ONE SUMMER NIGHT.

 

We met at the beach party

On the wide ocean shore

And we danced by moonlight,

As the sea breeze caressed us

It was a magical night

The rapture of the music,

Feeling enraptured by you.

But as special as it was

Dancing with you

On that moonlit beach

It paled to insignificance

Compared to walking

Hand in hand with you

The next day in the sun

FALLING IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE

 

Falling in love with someone

Can be a blessing and a curse

But when love is reciprocated

It is a prize beyond worth