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The hurt washes over like the ocean. Calm sails capture the wind With their chests puffed out, Rulers of the great blue seas Until a storm arrives Of doubt and regret The spray stings my cloudy eyes. It seemed fun at the time Becoming Co-captain of my own...
And When The Morning Comes
When you reached out and touchedDo we know, can we see, will we feelwhat we've known, what we've seen, what we've felt. At the moments we knew, simply seeing, and feeling,that instant,most precious, the most treasured point in our lives.For so quickly it seemed,all our times were as one...
All That Matters
It's really all that matters, don't you know"I adore you" The words were spokenheard and acceptedwith gratitude and delight Not always offered aloud in the pasteven when understood within the trust of a heart in need The adoration of a chorus of friends and lovers from lifethat passed sincerely rev...
She Waves At Trains
What's not to loveMy lady is so naiveshe still waves at trainswhenever they pass byjust hoping that the engineers might seeand someday, perhaps, to make her daythey'll pull the whistleloudlyjust for her. Just for her.So shy is she in normal waysbut those fellows are quite...
Walking Away
When we both pass beyond regrets will all be goneAll of our regrets will be goneas soon as we have passed beyond. Beyond the aches, the sorrows,all will pass away. But the love will live,it simply will not die.Is this understood my precious, darling, friends and lovers?Is it understood, please, and than...
More Grandly Than We Knew
Darkling ere the dawnThis is true if all else fails,we traveled much we two,within our hearts,between our minds,remembering more, much more,teaching you and reaching memore grandly than we knew.So much has been together,so much has been renewed,smell the moisture, wetness,hea...
We Shall Have No Fear
There is no reason to be afraid of loveYou welcomed me,allowed me inso unafraid of love. You simply realizedonce morehow right it is to love.To garner love and share itas often as you may. To say it, often, now and thenbefore you lose your way.To never be ashamed of it,ashamed to say you've lo...
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Remembrance of Things to Come
Traveling into the future; creating new memoriesMemoriesOf the pastThe presentThe future Walking out into a winter landscapeThe freedomThe crispnessSo freshIce between tiny toes will chill And a little ballerina paw liftsPick up the pupHold him closeProtectivelyCompletely sure he is safeWithin your lov...
If I Knew You When
Back when love was youngIf I knew you whenback thenwhen love was young Back when the drinks flowed freelyto fill the favored need Back when the touches floweredgrew so abundantlyBack when the blossomssoared wafting the billowed scents The needswe could have sharedback when I was...
Seductive Weaponry
See her, know her, fall for herSitting in city squaresin a time of springlike airfilled with fragrant alluring pastimesour worlds mellowedconjoined in friendship so melodic One saw the seductive weaponrythat she had acquired in lifesaw the unobtrusive crossing of lithesome legstentativ...
The Revolutions Began
The true warp of timeAs time passed It could be truly dull and grating tediousness It was the same The same over and over again The world lived and was Life lived and died It passed in deliberate inertia As did this simple race called human Until The warping of time truly be...
His Eyes Grew Wide
A man uses this poem to tell us what makes a friend's eyes grow wide.His eyes grew wide when he saw her walking by.
Windows tend to rattle When the frigid winds of winter arrive.Sycamores waving limbsWhile seasonal change is stirring the air. Glistening whiteness drifts As fallen snow spreads over the rooftops. Bright sunlight gleams brieflyPeeking through the gray clo...
It seemed so simple to me And I thought it would be for you.But here we areApart. Complications whereTrust isImplicitMakes little sense,But there it is my friend. My friend,Never again. It seems this is the end. Lives are not that easy to read,Lives are n...