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LAST NIGHT I THINK A VOICE DID WAKE
ME
More a man I am
today
I was at
twenty two
The credit for this wondrous feat
Belongs, my
love, to you
Energy I have to spare
Each day for
loving true
Born of freedom in my soul
With which
you did imbue
I am complete I have it all
One of the
fortunate few
The secret of my bold rebirth
Lies in the
number two
Lovers two
Me and you
Entwined we are,
Near or far
We have passion, we have play
Love and
laughter lead the way
Deep within the heart of me
Yearning
finds no words to be
Feelings struggle to be free
Expression
from inside can’t flee
Verse of love I want to say
Draw unto me
others, play
Speak my soul brand new way
Find with
you a place to stay
Turmoil, storm, expression naught
Fear to
say, what I ought
I am here if me you’ve sought
Free this
prisoner of self that’s caught
She leads me oh so lovingly
Up that
mountain road
Sweet torture is in store for me
Till my
passion can unload
To stand upon the cliff of joy
My ecstasy
in the offing
A view beyond belief to feel
A decision
not for scoffing
To stay,… enjoy the view from here
Or jump,
enjoy the rush
Neither is the better choice
After both
there is a hush
A quiet afterglow that stays
Long within
my ken
And leaves anticipation of
The next
trip for me, when?
Abundant Joy, friendship rare,
For these
in youth, I surely dared
To dream in age they would be there
But life
did twist and turn and scare
Convince me dreams, not life, are fair
Years did pass and youth did go
The joys I
knew did ebb and flow
But none sustained my aching soul
They left
me cold as unlit coal
Then, an accident of fate
Combined us
two who could relate
Forced me to my views restate
Allowed my
being to elate
To this soul I chose to cling
Whose
presence brought desire to sing
And ultimately bells to ring
And our two
hearts in flight to wing
With laughter and with joy each day
We make of
living, fun and play
Enjoy the miracle of loves warm way
For which
in youth, I oft did pray
I bask in dreams that have come true
A heaven
built of me and you
Brought back to, the me I knew
When just a
youth, I dreamt of you.
Playing at the edges of
Passion up
and coming
A trembling in the depths portends
Pamploma’s
bulls a running
Softly filling up the room
Deceptive
ease and calm
Wrapped in warmth and joy benign
We’re cradled
in a psalm
Whose chorus rises ever higher
Fills us
with delight
As heavenward our souls are flying
With
abandon in their flight
As if in dream, awareness dawns
Of
destination coming
View obscured of road we traveled
The rush,
our senses numbing
Free we are of gravity
The
rocket’s fuel is spent
In peace we float above it all
Enjoy, what
love has lent.
I look across your shoulder
From the
pillow where I lay
To a Gently swelling curve
Where
lovingly I did play.
The other is invisible
Behind a
neck so warm
But it calls to be remembered
For
equality is the norm.
The memories of ecstasy
Still swirl within my brain
The afterglow of loving soothes
Like a quiet summer rain.
The rise and fall of breath keeps
My eyes riveted there
Magnificent in shape I
Still taste that place so fair.
More than I can stand
I reach out
to touch again
I never get enough of you
My love, my
life, my ten.
Tousled covers, disarray
Pillows all
askew
Lovers wound together, sated
Warmth, in
passion’s lieu
Smiles living on their lips
Peace
pervades the scene
Boundaries dissipate as they
Into each
other lean
Floating ever softly on
A cloud of
their own making
Securing for themselves the joys
Life has
for just the taking
THE BEGINNING
Where was the place it all began?
The product
of a pasta man
Owned by Paul, a restaurant
Of which I am pontificant
A place that crowds fill eagerly
And some
return quite frequently
For me it was a re-acquaintance
Enjoyed for
alimentary maintenance
For here began adventure long
The midst
of which is going strong
Though I have traveled far from then
My life
began, I think back when
Quite perchance she came to eat
Unable
timely find a seat
Availed herself my table offered
And from
her wine, quite red was proffered
Talk we did from that day on
Oft times
until the day was gone
Discussing subjects A to Z
And merging two of us, to we
How do you know
Things I’ve yet to tell you?
How do you sense
What’s not
yet in your view?
How do you feel
What I’m
not able to describe?
How do you make
Me feel I
have imbibed?
How do you know
More than
I, of me?
Is it a product of
The two of
us as we?
How do you know
Just the
things I need?
Without the benefit,
Of giving
you my lead
That which you know
Is surely
from beyond
Using unknown senses,
You’re
channeling our bond
How shall I choose a gift to say
The
importance of the role you play
For each attempt at choice I make
Proves at
end to be mistake
No candy could initiate
A taste as
sweet your lips relate
No gem could shine as bright your eyes
Nor flowers
scent your equal rise
No wine could quicken my heart’s beat
Or bring to
me your passion’s heat
No garment could contest your looks
You teach
me more than all my books
Though I have written many words
In praise
of you without reserve
My poems seem inadequate
This day my
feelings to acquit
In the end it seems to me
The gift of
simple truth will be
The best of me to give to thee
I love you,
words said honestly
I’ve been here many times before
The scenery is the same
What makes today so lovely?
Elizabeth
is her name.
This place is called the City of Love
Cause
lovers do abound
Along the Seine we see them stroll
We find
them all around
I see the sights with eyes anew
Eiffel
Tower,… Bateou Mouche
Ride the river in an
August rain
My love
beside me loose.
We walk, we talk, we eat, we see
The present
holding sway
A moment in time is frozen forever
This memory
will last, much more than a day.
That moment in time
That feeling sublime
In crossing the line
Majestic incline
Thundering heart
Shaking apart
Spontaneous start
Passion impart
Strange and surreal
Fear and need feel
Hunger for meal
Devour what I steal
Magic in touch
Almost too much
In ecstasy clutch
Another as crutch
Essence is drained
Sight is regained
Euphoria reigned
All unexplained
Today is the time
I spring the big surprise
Only the ring is unexpected
Our love, The two of us ties…..
I’ve planned this deed for quite a while
Only Sis
and Lisa know
A wedding and betrothal here
On the same
day, …quite a show
This is not a time of nervousness
The
decision is for sure
A partner I have chosen now
A finer
love, …mature.
Perhaps she’s chosen me
Or fate
does take a hand
It really doesn’t matter
This move
my love command.
We dance around the floor
I notice
we’re alone
Lisa’s gone and told the audience
Of the plan
that I have sown
I find the perfect moment
Take the
ring from out my coat
Place it on her waiting finger
Words not
sticking in my throat.
Many hands around are clapping
For the two
of us I hear
But my eyes are fixed on her face
As the joy
brings her a tear.
Moments such as these
Are too precious to let go
I write them down in rhyme
To insure
that others know.
Ink and paper aren’t needed
To remind
me of these times
They are burned into my memory
Love
inspires me to these lines.
Religion is a plan for life
No matter
which it is
And I will take you for my wife
Cause both
of ours, are his
Our motives are the purest, we
In love and
candor live
We care for one another with
All we have
to give
Dedicated both are we
To do the
best we can
Begin a journey, has no end
Eternal joy
we plan
We have found in each a partner
The perfect
complement
What we are lacking for our needs
Between us
we’ll invent
We are complete within ourselves
Go forward
without fears
Ready for his higher plan
Existence
without years
Perception is reality
Creates its
own demise
Listening to your deepest fears
On truth
will put disguise
The gaze between two lovers
Isn’t made
of steel or glass
But faith that holds the souls together
Imparts the
strength it has
As fragile as a beam of light
It is or
isn’t there
Absence is a cataclysm
Leaves room
to nourish fear
In time too small to measure
The thread
of bond pulls thin
Doubts inception spreads its pain
Life takes
a sickening spin
In an instant worlds dissolve
History
matters not
New demeanors to resolve
Understand,
or not
Now is time for strength of love
Go beyond
the view
Deep within, the ties that bind
Must
recreate, renew
Faith remains the only bridge
From
darkness into light
Hold on to the love you know
Use your
heart to give you sight
Last night I think a voice did wake me
To ask if
pages four or three
Were right to have by wire transmitted
Or a blank
one slip in accidentally
Perhaps I dreamt, it’s all so vague
It’s
difficult to remember
I hope her voice I really heard
It seems
like last December
My love and I are to be married
Grandchildren
will be guests
A treat for them unusual
Watch
adults begin a quest
See grown ups playing in their way
While
children must behave
Turn the tables on each other then
No attempt
to logic save
Marriage is a concept that
Is grasped
by little minds
A second marriage has no chance
Understanding
never finds
It frightens them that love can end
That they
alone, can be
I’ve been that route and I can tell
It also
frightens me.
Love is fragile love is strong
Injured by
perception wrong
A simple thought that is not true
Wrecks the
strength, destroys the glue
Faith is what sustains the love
Gives the
courage to rise above
If together we will be
We must
believe what we can’t see
That in our hearts the ties that bind
To all but
lover makes us blind
Gives us knowledge, certainty
The ties
that bind make us free.
How can a word destroy a life
Turn
sunshine into rain
A random thought, an accident
Gives birth
to doubt and pain
What gives the
negative thought its power
To tear
asunder love
Sicken us to the
very core
Like the
punch of a boxer’s glove
Why do we grasp the bad so quickly?
And
question all the good
Self image wrecks what we expect
Assault is
not withstood
The answer lies within our heart
And not
within our mind
We are the one that we must love
Our
confidence not undermined
By any words that come our way
To
penetrate our soul
When worth is known within ourselves
No words
make less the whole.
We cater not to doubt and worry
But revel
in today
Build upon our deep beliefs
A home for
love to stay