Sacred Place That sacred place remains for us, where touch and taste absorb our hearts And leave us sensate in its wake, the doors will open wider The animal is stripped from me, the angelbreath upon me A barrier against the winds Of lankiness That haunts me Every tingle on my spine is curative, superlative, cumulative In that it grows in me A measure on a pot that's full of beauty, awe and reverence That calls us to that higher love Eternal taste of oneness In Awe Bluer than blue like the waves of the ocean Truer than true in undying devotion Redder than red is the passion of heart Deeper than deep from the moment we start White upon white like flotillas of ice Closer than close, nicer than nice Higher than high without stimulants, free To offer yourself as I offer me Deep Within Us To capture that rapture of quieter times, to live in simplicity Is difficult now as the noises creep in, we pray to the stars to come true Somewhere in the heavens the joyous reside, not angels but just me and you The answers remote but not from above, live deep within us and our love A Love to Keep us Warm We creep in darkness 'fore the sun, moonshade holds the power Clumps of fog to hide our fears which loom in this witching hour Between the dawn of morning light and inky blackness of the night A shard of hope shines pink within The love that keeps us warm Walking in Love The mist released its nighttime grip and settled to the ground The fairies playtime at an end as the sunlight grew around With one last gasp it snared our dreams and held us in its hand No ropes to hold us in this place Like hands thru water, not a trace Is left of long forgotten fears We walk and live in love Snuggled Snuggled beneath the covers of love, we shake and we moan And we tremble Yet the morning creeps in, the sun and the din As we lay there in awe and remember Porridge to warm us with brown sugar and milk Our lunch bags are brimming with glee Our clothes smell of starch and are kissed by true love With our schoolbags and friends we are free Sometimes Sometimes it feels unearthly, my earth glows red within Sometimes it feels uneasy, as our lovedance does begin Sometimes it feels unearned, unfair To have my heart float up, disappear Into the ether far above The creaminess of love Sometimes the clock rings rarely, slow, as I wait unbreathed For you to show Sometimes the time flies by like light As the morning shakes me hard and bright Sometimes I want that one inch more that separates your derm from me One single layer, yet untouched that lays next to your heart Japanese Sun The Japanese sun glowed red in the sky to welcome the morning light Shards of pink shone thru our dreams as day became the night The brilliance of autumn is in the air Mid southerly winds to blow thru your hair Magnificent sunrise reflecting love From the spirit in your eyes Even before their eyes can see, they rustle thru the night As nature creeps on the forest floor awaiting mornings light The very first sound that they hear as they wake Is the crack of the lightning that makes them shake Until they see their brothers lie Redder pools than the daybreak sky Their keening drowned by shouts of glee Only the hollow echo remains We pass thru the fire barely unscathed, its breath upon our backs Walk thru coals of fiery red until our spirit lacks The faith that obstacles will be removed, our paths so safe secure The waters part to let us pass, our journey to the truth Where led by love our hearts are pure Forever to be true Reborn Where once there was darkness in my dreams now lays a bounty of stars Where once my gray mornings held cloudbanks of doom, now the pinkness returns Where once my hawk soared high above unable to land or to light There now grows a solid green garden and whispers of hope Thru the night Reborn from the darkness of journeys, my wounds are beginning to heal Numbness forgiven, in the river of life, by its grace I am once more to feel Sometimes tears do appear to release inner pain, sometimes fears reappear time and again But with your hand in mine I am free from the past No longer a prison to hold me My faith in my heart is forever to last As your love and your teardrops console me Alive Again My life is no longer drab and gray, no mist before my eyes I feel alive, invigorate, my horizon is the skies In shades of orange, red and green A seamless web, sometimes unseen To hold me in the morning Awakened from the death of sleep, beyond the lives of man The spiritual world exists in me, the power in my hand To heal the sick, erase the blame In truth all beings are the same To hold on to each other Alive I shout my ecstasy, unafraid of what I'm "sposed to be Or what may come I find the joy, in every feeling, wanting more I long to climb the alpine peaks, and be there when the prophet speaks In pearls of wisdom dripping down I find the heart that holds the crown To hold onto this everlove And live in love forever Flickering Sun I see you in the flickering sun before it goes to sleep, I feel you in the clouds that float above me in my dreams, I taste you in the morning dew, the frost upon my cheeks, I hold you your love up to the light, in splendor let it grow. Moon in the morning, sun at night, our basket of love an unearthly delight Paradise lost and yet regained, progress not perfection, growth only comes thru the power of pain Cool dry fall mornings, our breath in the air Rainbows of colours to shine in your hair Moonshadow Moonshadow dances thru the clouds deep at night, slide beneath dreams and run from the light Peek from the blankets to feel the chill air, toes touch together to know we are there Startled awake by the whistling wind, blow thru the chimney, submerge and rescind Rattle the roof as the chestnuts fall free, grateful to be you And I can be me Safe in the Warm Tender Touch One warming embrace from the late season's sun, the reverie shattered by hunter and gun Run to the valley and gather the herd, round up the wee ones, say not a word But deep in the forest our lair lies in wait, for two lonely travelers who stumble in late But safe in the warm tender touch and embrace, the snow it will cover their sleep with a grace Path to Higher Glory We have wandered thru the windswept plains, drank waters from the flood Paid our dues in many ways, in tears and sweat and blood Now we've climbed that gentle peak, the rising grassy knoll Our spirits high, our love secure, the joy has found our soul You have followed me thru Hades gates, beyond the call of man Stepped with me behind the glass where only shadows can Held my hand thru nights of pain, as despair spun me round again Then with your healing heart revealed The path to higher glory Today we stand erect and proud, our love a beacon to the earth Their flailing hands we grasp to hold, to reassure and then console For true as blue or ever was, the sun will rise in glorious morn And by this love that barely once a flicker was Has now through fire been reborn Tomorrow's Empty Glass The skies have closed their tired eyes, rainbows replace the tears Pools of mist have blown away as hope transforms our fears Silent whispers in the night as darker days fade into past The orange glow reflected in tomorrow's empty glass Into My Bed at Night I watch you race towards the moon, to turn away one moment soon And fall like grace or shooting stars Into my bed at night Today is all we Have Pumpkin frost invades our gardens as daylight lingers in our hearts to harden Deep flannel sheets to face the chill As acrobats we bend our will If not to powers, higher greater Than something in the air Arrows point the way ahead as you and I are gently led By thoughts outside our feeble heads, that slice towards the marrow To sleep the gentle dreams of youth, we sometimes taste the bitter fruit That grows too eager, just beyond our clasp A simple truth, too hard to grasp Is that today is all we have No matter what the difference Where you and I are lovers I saw you trail into the sky, a plume of white upon your tail Soaring for the heights of heaven Not afraid to die But reaching for the very last morsel, savouring every tasty bite Never wanting day to end Waiting for the night Where dreams replace the orange glow, an aura where the rivers flow Complete, submerged beneath its depths You hold your mind as breath by breath You rise again, reflect the sun beneath the green gray blueish dim That peeks within the inner world Where you and I are lovers Morning Delight My breath shone white in the morning delight while the sliver of blue moon danced cold The stars sparkled clean in the spaces between where the nighttime will never grow old The hoar frost took hold of all we behold as the sun rose in orangey red As we lay half asleep beneath the blankets so deep with visions of love in our head Where Does Love Go? Where does love go when it's frightened away, does it hide like a mouse beneath bundles of hay, where does love go when its' buried in snow, does it lie there and shiver and shake, where does love go when it's banished forever, forever and ever a day, does it fly to the sky, seek it's refuge on high, or does it just wither and die On Wings Forever Love springs from deep within our reservoir, a mighty gushing force Its course it is unstoppable by child or man or horse But surely as a river flows it gathers steam as strong it grows Until it reached waterfalls To spread its wings forever Love holds our hearts throughout the storm, to stop its trembled beating It deeps us safe through longest nights, in the morning is our greeting Like the sun it warms our hands and like the moon it guides us To safer planes where you and I Can spread our wings forever The blind can see perfectly well in the shadows of the night The deaf can hear in the roaring falls, the mute can speak in the light That oversees us from afar, like dewdrops from a falling star Our love can feel it thru the pain Til softly, gently we land again Keep us Safe til Spring Fleeing from forgotten fears, the past will chase us down Wearing like a truckers tire, smiles become a frown Yet sometimes in the still of night, we hear it creeping into sight And stand to face its awesome power It slinks back into darkness Alive awake, before the break of streaming sunshine in our morn Before the pink light dawns our day, our spirit is reborn Stoked by faith our fire glows Sealed by love our hope still grows Of flowers in the winters snow To keep us safe til spring A Growing Love The stars shone thru the thickest fog to brighten up my day Southern winds blew softer breezes to help to show the way Deep in valleys locked embrace The mists will rise to bring us grace And safe inside our neat cocoon We drink the cup of love Fiery sparks to heat the evening cooling from the sun Warming glows from happiness to help us feel as one Lost within this passions flame Our spirits rise to join again Our lips still taste the higher love That grows within our hearts Secret Sorrow Your eyes whisper softer, tender love that beckons me thru fog and rain Releases floods of memories, wash the scars of soot and pain Til I stand in robes of white, my heart it's purest after night Where shadows roam the empty hours Seeking faith in sorrow I long to feel that cleansing shower, that falls in sunshine any hour The days slip into gray betweens where we can stare yet not be seen Our mask immune to thoughts and motion But facing South at once we knew The secrets to our sorrow Paradise Not Lost The clouds whispered love thru the winds of dreams as my heart floated south for the heat My spirit exulted my feet on the ground as the slowboat to Eden departed My soul is released from the current of time that entraps frozen passages lost As I gaze in your eyes to the galaxy waiting I realize paradises' not lost. Frosty Dawn I awake to the frost that envelopes the morning and hear single shots that resound without warning The earth is complete with its shimmering sheet As the darkness gives way to the dawning My prayers to the heavens are granted by love as I lie in the gaze of your eyes Each day new beginnings with mockingbird singings Each morning a brilliant surprise If I Could If I had the means and money I would rent an air plane to trail I love you behind me Etch it into the nighttime sky Let it burn like acid on the face of the moon If I had the time and money I would sweep you off your feet and carry you to the beaches of Cuba Let my love soak into you like coconut oil Feel the sun glisten on our naked bodies Sleep the gentle peace of the ocean If I had a platinum American Express Card, if I won ten million dollars in the lottery, if I struck oil in my backyard, if..... If I had all of these things I would give you the world Carry you on my back like a small child, holding you tightly as we touched the stars I have none of these illusions, but I have love That I freely offer from the well that has no depths, no bottom It is as infinite as our imagination As wide as the seven seas It will never fade, never tarnish, never grow old or die It is eternal and forever For it is me Hold on for one More Day We travelled thru the fairies land before the break of day Past horses riding in the dark Saw three deer eating in the park Watched yellow leaves with trembling treads Hold on for one more day We sat inside the frigid frost that held the world outside Felt warmth of love re-enter us and held that heat inside Scraped away that flimsy film and blinded by the light Gave praise to all that guided us And kept us safe at night We slowly traced the rivers path and tightly wound each curve Distractions fell like raindrops, our sanctum undisturbed Til one by one the headlights lamps brought dawning to our morn As we gazed upon our blessings By this love we are reborn Love is Everywhere The world grows smaller at my feet, the mountains shrink before me The skies grow closer to my touch, the wind blows thru my hair The clouds creep down to raise me up, for a second time stands still I savour every blessing granted as I feel love everywhere No barriers to shield my path, no roadblocks yet remain Ideas like the waters flow, as my brain becomes more sane Free from longings of the past I reach out for your hand to grasp To hold you in the fading sun To love you thru the night The grayness of the morning mist cannot dampen my search for bliss I find in the yellow hues that bless my days make dreams come true I find it deep within my heart And when I gaze at you The gentle ride along the river winding fast into my day Makes me pause and feel the grace of every moment we've been granted In the warmth of touching fingers, clasping deeper yet our love I feel the power of Creation Falls like rain on earth, above Brown Orange Autumn The brown orange autumn will soon fade away As the leaves slip away to the winter The greenness of time will sleep for a while As the grayness invades with a vigour Blue skies will remain after rainbows of rain Have washed away traces of bitter The stars will still smile and the moon rule the tides As eons of time ever after The wholeness of love will shine high above Long after springtime romance has blossomed To grow in our hearts with their roots in the sky In the sweet fertile pleasures of love First Love by Starlight Bluer than blue on a cold winters day, the sky expands my horizon Whiter than white is an angels delight, as I reach thru the clouds just to find you Elusive at first like my bottomless thirst as I wait for the passion to grow First love by starlight is most blessed in sight like the wish in the morning is granted. Reflections My love reflects like sun on glass, gleaming in appeal Mirrors back the heat inside, realize my dream Hold on fast thru murky waters, waiting for the dawn A moment wasted, a moment lost, it's here and then it's gone My love soars high in the sky, speeding on hot air Lose its tether to the ground, tightrope without a care One foot past its partner, motion to the good Dream awake of memories of what may be, or could Find the spark within our spirit, fan the coals to make them roar Light in darkness, desert waters, leave the sense of wanting more Grateful to the morning sun that replays in your eyes Feel the love become my saviour, truth will always best the lies Things I Love About You I love the little girl gleam in your eyes, curled on the couch like a ten year old Nibbling at your snack like it was the bestest ever. I love the sheen from your body as it emerges from your sunrise bath Hair flying in all directions as you scramble into the morning One last look of emerald green love before you run Dashing back at the last second to seal it with kiss I love seeing you sway ahead of me to get to breakfast rendezvous A swirl of black merriment as your hair dances in the wind I love seeing you come towards me from three blocks away One arm dangling from the burden of the turtle shell you grip tightly Your gentle wave of acknowledgement and your smile Warms me completely I love the feeling of flesh on flesh as you sneak into the bed beside me Sweet lingering scents of cream and lavender lotion Pressed tightly into my body, my mold becomes yours That first kiss, always as sweet as a mezzaluna To slide me into my dreams Goodnight Goodnight precious one May the angels hold your hand thru the long night May the clouds drift you to the banks of paradise Where I will be waiting In love By the Fire I sit by the fire to flame my desire while the wind whistles close to my dreams For comfort I am led to a feathery bed as the howling outside calms serene Safe in your arms I release all my fears to be carried to their frozen domain While your love keeps me warm in the gathering storm and in peace I will always remain I Will Stand by You Feel me in your darkest night for I will hold a candle bright See me when you're all alone, for I will show you the way home Sense me when you're most afraid For I will stand by you. Heartbeat on my Pillow Your heartbeat on my pillow, your love upon my chest Our minds, our thoughts connected By the morning we are blessed Your hand in mine to guide me even when we are apart A comfort and security To hold me in the dark We dream together often as the nightclouds race the moon The stars are our companions As the morning comes too soon Waking with You Slivers of blue sneak thru the clouds as the wind blows in cold from the west Harshly alarming the radio blares disturbing our blanket of rest The cool morning chillness sends shivers through air As we snuggle, our warmness to share The heat from your heart intrudes through my chest as together we wake from the night Still dark in our dreams like lasers it seems, the morning sun shows its first light One last loving embrace, as we move from love's place To walk through the day til next night Magnet Smiling as we separate in the partings of the morning Our paths entwine yet verve apart, change lanes without a warning Yet through the distance we seek and find the common star that binds us Holds us close tho miles away By love's great magnet we are drawn To sleep at night, as one Everlove Shocked awake by bitter winds that rock me to my core Slicing through the layers deep, still I long for more Time to spend within your arms to feel your love embrace I turn my face to winters cold and pray for times of grace Lying quiet in the storm that rages all around In the eye the safety lies as hurricanes abound Safe within my web of love my tiny fingers grasp the straws Of hope that springs forever more The secret world inside that grows With every moment spent within Our bed of everlove Safe in Love The world transformed from black to white Even as the days lose light I hold the spark within myself That burns in ever love The virgin snow lays on the ground Angels breath grows all around And in my heart the everlove That burns inside of me Serenity's my blanket warm To hold me safe within the storm Tho winds may howl and threaten My love is safe with you Melting Hearts of Stone Hearts of stone are melted faster than the snow in sun Racing waters stilled to calm Light returns before the dawn Frozen in the web of time I sit in love and peace Whispers Whispers from the northern wind blow thru the palace of our dreams Whose towers spike the icy hearts That face the morning sun Everpeace Time in frozen capture waits the spark that sets her free Yearning for the better days where love will ever be The rock to build the future on Her world revolving in a song That sung by angels while I wait In love and everpeace Four years pass into the void like leaves into the river Moments spent in ecstasy, atingling and aquiver Sometimes progress forward can be measured but in inches Other times the world expands And in our laps a fortune lands Of riches wild abandon Four years of love so pure and true, without the preconditions That cause our spirits to withdraw into the safe traditions But ceilings raised as high as sky No words to answer questions why Instead we reach our hands to join The pinnacle of love Come Meld With Me Come meld with me into the deep and let my love slide into your sleep A blanket for those lonely nights When frost creeps thru the stillness Come meld with me into the dawn and let me linger hard and long To quench the ache that never stops Until first light of day Come meld with me within the snow and watch as Christmas orchids grow Their petals open to the sun How moist the velvet touch Come meld with me my Guinevere, and like your trusted Arthur dear I wait, aready, sword in hand To take that fateful plunge Come meld with me in softest light where silhouettes reveal the sight Of curves sublime and tautness still The oneness of serene Blessings Precious are the moments spent, in quiet comfort and content To simply lay before the fire, watch the flames of love grow higher Hold our love within our hearts Until the morning comes Dear too dear are hours lived beneath the shadow of the moon Cradled in our love's expanse, other voices come too soon To break our sacred reverie of touch and taste beyond compare in love supreme, sublime Always I will treasure fast, the very first, a kiss to last Under the mezzaluna's glow, I held your trembling head between my hands And now we walk united, one, along the sands of time, grateful For every blessing like the sun Is granted in our love Joy to the World I wake with joy upon my lips and worry now has been eclipsed And banished to the netherworld Where it slowly cries to sleep I wake with love within my heart and even as the sun does start To warm me from the inside out I feel your heart beside me I wake with hope upon my soul as I struggle to be whole My life in place like dominoes Falls in row by row I wake with peace upon my earth and never do I feel the dearth Of lovesongs on the my grateful tongue To spread like dew in morning Grateful to the Morning Rain I am grateful to the morning rain that sheets upon the ground Forming puddles for our rubber boots To spray our love around I am grateful to the morning rain that streaks across my window pane My view imbued with life again As springtime nestles closer I am grateful to the morning rain that cleanses me from winter's pain My life renewed in love again Until the rainbow comes My Song of Love My heart flies to the sun but flames of fire grip my tongue My heart flies to the briny deep but in my spirit shadows creep My heart flies to the craggy tor but still my soul cries out for more My heart flies to you and is embraced And thru my blood flows healing grace Light now shines where dark prevailed My song of love returned In Love As One Safe and secure in a love that's so great Happy and joyous our mind can create Visions of beauty and kindness and grace Nevermore sadness to stand in its place Power of love like waves in the ocean Over and over in endless devotion Time brings its blessings as sure as the sun Life is together in love and as one Live Within the Light Small steps made towards the good, leading to the one Gentle rays of goodness peeking from the sun Now our days are filled with love Every moment full of love Cast away are shadows old To live within the light The Scent of You Waking to the scent of you, your love secures me fast Feeling warm beneath your touch, all of sadness past Pain is like one drop of water, deep within the well Life transformed to heaven on earth, far away from hell Sorrows blanket now exposed, remove it from our heart Soon our love will flower full, today's the futures start Refreshed by Love The morning fog cannot conceal the happiness and joy I feel To hold your hand in morning sun and feel its healing rays The past is but forgotten mist, that time before our very first kiss When you and I awakened bright to what the future holds Your touch upon my burning cheek, my open mouth as yet to speak But only held your gentle head so fierce was my desire And we lay in love's repose, our favourite flower crimson rose Dethorned by passion in the night, we wake refreshed by love Grateful for the Day Feeling gray and lonely, alone and apart from the world Is a place where I no longer reside The rain has washed my blues away My melancholy is gone to hide In the nether regions of far recess My spirit soars and I am blessed By living, loving in the light And grateful for the day My sombre mood gone and vanished Bourne on the winds that clear my skies Gone are my petty moans and sighs My eyes awakened to surprise That gloom is lifted by the grace A smile affixed upon my face And you and I we lay in love Grateful for the day Sweet Release The shadows fade into the night, the wind blows me to sleep God whispers in my inner ear that I am his to keep I wrap myself around you like a hand within a glove I hold you close forever in the dreamtime of our love I float on clouds within your arms, my place is safe, secure The closer that I feel your love, the more I long for more White feathers from an eagles nest to line our bed of peace Soft jasmine from an orange grove as we breathe our sweet release Bring you back to Me My spirit's drawn to walk with you, my hand upon your heart My love it flies beside you, even when apart There's something in the wind that blows Something in the swirl of snows Something in the rain that falls That brings you back to me Even in the Hurricane Even in the hurricane our love lives in its eye Even in the ocean our love will keep us dry Even in that bitter pit, the abyss of confusion Our love will hold us safe and warm and lead us to solutions Even in the fiercest winds our love will hold us fast Even as the days grow long our love is sure to last Even in the darkest night when terror turns to dreadful fright Our love will comfort and console until the morning comes Loneliness The silence of our loneliness is oft too much to bear Only broken by the empty sound of solitary tears That wash away the pain inside like waves upon the ocean Removing stains of yesterday in one graceful flowing motion The sadness of the morning song is broken by the feeling That everywhere the rain will end and rainbows arc revealing A deeper, higher, longer love that holds us in the morn Break the shackles of our yesteryears and by our love reborn In Peace in Love Feeling pulled inside myself the darkness does surround Within the deepest well of all the fears inside abound But higher still the light of love In deep despair will shine above Alee from stormy seas of time I lay at peace, in love My destiny unyet fulfilled my power torn between the wills Of straight and narrow to the sun or down to Hades peril My hope a slender strand of time that lurks forever one step behind The fear that binds me to the past, a ladder with its rungs removed No path revealed in dim of night, but yet your joy shines everbright To lead me back to higher love I lay in peace and hope In the Silence of our Dreams I live to spend my days with you, the time together precious I long to live my nights with you with nothing in between us But love as sheets and kisses plenty, touch of you is heaven sent The fragrance of us lingers long Before the dawn does waken I long to walk along the beach, watch sunlight stream upon your face Hold hands in twilights fading light and watch the moon arrive Pick stars as ours through the hours where time stands still and friendly Wash my back as I wash your Glistening eyes reveal my path as oneness overcomes me In the silence of our dreams. Abandon One taut tender embrace and the shadows are gone, vanished swiftly the portals of sorrow As I lay in abandon with my love by my side, in the soft glow of love for hereafter Journeys My life is like a river that flows gently to the sea Navigating rocks and reefs I seek serenity When the water boils to white The safety of the shore's in sight As long as I keep paddling And hold onto our love My life is like a trip to space without the rockets blast Through Milky Way and galaxies no need to hold on fast For when my world is threatened by meteorites from afar I let the spirit guide me to the safety of a star And in its brilliance rays of light I traverse thru the dead of night The moon may disappear from sight But never will my love Lay With Me Lay me down in fields of clover, let the waters wash me over Every cloud will pass until the nightsounds become very still Wrap me tight in loves cocoon wait until the rising moon Has ceased its hiding thru the night And dreams me fast to sleep Let me stay forever wise and unafraid to call those lies That spill with ease from liars lips and so the earth the sun eclipse Sometimes we just have one more slip Until the fall Is final Lay with me thru winter long and let our love become a song That hibernates within our breasts until we cannot more contest The reasons for this ancient love that holds us fast unto this place And let the light of love be strong and let it last the seasons long Until the sod has turned to green And all around and in between The trumpets flourish with fanfare In honor of the truth Moonsong Whispering winds have welcomed me home, by your love I am never alone Within your arms my spirit soars and cares are left to wither The balm of sun rays is upon my heart and in silence I am never alone The arms of your love protects me still, and my lips hold a tender springsong The aura of moonshadows dance in my dreams as the waters of time bring release From bondage of pain to my ears sweet refrain, while the mists of the morning do linger The Comfort of our Love I feel the warmth of springtime air and soon my mind will wander To dreamy days and peaceful nights and afternoons to ponder Great mysteries of what's to come, do I need more oil for the sun And I can sit, relax, enjoy The comfort of our love In green, green fields the flowers cry for sunshine from the gray, gray sky To held them reach their limbs to love, and in the grace that reigns above Springlike on them as they lay, before the children come to pray And you and I we kneel to pray In the comfort of our love Beneath the Waterfall Our hearts grow green with sunshine seen thru prism's rainbow light Our love will grow in row on row as day transforms the night From sadness veil to Holy Grail our search for peace has ended We lay in love with grace above in serenity, contented The springtime sun has warmed our hearts to greet the grateful morn Like tender shoots our love grows roots and so we are reborn From shallow selves to spriteful elves the magic catches hold And so we lay in love secure until we're gray and old I sit beneath the waterfall at peace within the spray The falling light passes thru the drops of water as they fall Revealing rainbows prism bright in answer to my call Climbing my Everest The days of wringing hands are done, the sleepless nights are lost Serenity awakes my morn and my darkest dreams are tossed Into the waste bin of despair, without a thought they disappear Like fish into the river I soar to greater heights again and like the arc that follows rain My jet plumes white into the blue, a trail that's evident and true A stairway to the heavens high, on wings of love explore the sky And in your arms, I sleep My life is small when you're away, not to have you here to say I love you Joan in every way Not to have your arms around, surround me, your heart my pinnacle To climb my Everest, my peak, to speak into your ears I totally love you Even in the Quietest Moments Even in the quietest moments I can hear your heart Even in the dead of night when we are apart I reach for you to find you gone My spirit restless all alone I feel your love inside my soul And rock myself to sleep Even in the deepest ocean devoid of thought and raw emotion Even in the bluest sky my wings do soar to greatest heights Even at the bottom of a well that holds no hope No ladder hangs to climb my way out, no reasons left to help me cope Even when the outside voices come achor us to denounce me Even when my lifelong friends do gather round, complain renounce me Even as the blackest cloud does shield my sun and I fall quiet Then my heart flies out to you and you return in nights of blue To lay beside me, hold my heart And if I die before the morrow, time will not record my sorrow But lift me high on angel's wings to hear the trumpets joy to bring My love forever as we pass Our days in paradise Thirst for Love No monsoon rains can quell my thirst No cloud break flash can blind me No rivers deep can block my passage To the ocean of my dreams Time nor tide nor moontime currents Hold me fast in mortal climes Nighttime eyes reveal desires In glowing coals I'm unafraid Still the caves of youth do haunt me Lonely in my shallow pool Urchins of the mornings graces Crumbs of bread to feed the soul Swimming once against the current Find the love that heals my heart Closer in the darkest anguish Love will conquer fear at last Wherever Whenever Wherever you may walk or drive or stroll or fly or swim I will always be beside thru through times of thick or thin In rainy days or starry nights In troubled hours or in delight Our path is twinned as go thru life Our partnership secure Whenever storm clouds threaten or thunder roars above You can feel me in the gentle rain of goodness and of love Whenever water swamps your raft and you reach out in distress Consider me your liferaft, as I save you I'll be blessed For the moments that I've known you in this briefest glimpse of time Are the happiest that have come my way in serenity sublime And I promise to you faithfully that wherever you may roam You will find my arms to hold you My love to keep you warm Like a Garden My life is molded like your garden, softer at the edge With brilliant burst of happiness, a songbird at your ledge Safe inside the perimeter no harm can come to me As I watch to see the greenness grow from every leaf and tree In the glory of the morning sun your petals open wide I breathe your sweetest fragrance as I gaily step outside To receive my unearned countenance of the beauty of your love I am grateful to Creation for the grace come from above Without You My world is empty, barren, dry; the birds have fallen from my sky, their morning calls have shrunk to dust, no light of day but always dusk, no warming fire in my hearth, no joy to rise, instead a dearth, Of everything that glitters silver, brings a sparkle to my eyes, so red from tearing pain, I try but stumble back again, into the pit of lone desire, the flicker of my tapers fire, is dim too dim, that one shiver of wind can blow it out. Alone, apart, my journey desolate, as the plains of the Serengeti, before that first drop of water from the thundering monsoon rain, wash away the very pain of being one, not two. That's how I feel without you Ravished Waters of life in my loves great devotion Rolling along like the waves of the ocean Carry me far on the tips of your wings Bring me to paradise, let my heart sing Green is my valley in the springtime of love Petals of sunshine that fall from above Violet and crimson in our bed of desire Soft yellow pansies in a circle of fire Roll me to far lands where mountains of dew Cleanse my from past sins on a path that is true Lay me forever in the soft grass of time Let me be ravished by our love so sublime The Honesty of Today Far away on the distant sky the horizon darkens gloomily But safe inside our feather bed we lay in love serene Sirens call the curious to witness the taste of danger While you and I we offer love to the kindness yet unseen All around the chaos beckons for those who've lost their way Sombre clouds bear testimony to the bearer of bad news You and I in the grip of love care not for storm clouds gathering But hold each other tighter in the honesty of today Inside our Cocoon Cocooned inside our bed of love the rain will pass us by Safe within serenity the clouds fall from the sky Revealing blue within their depths While you and I in fall out of breathe To taste the tip of ecstasy That lies within our love Secure in self and in each other, trying to be sane Insanity prevails without, the source of ever pain All we need is a tent to hold us To see the beauty that enfolds us No harm can seep inside our love Tight against the world The Glory of the Morning Open to the blood of life and peaceful in the face of strife We strive to be our better self that sometimes we leave on the shelf Sweet crumbs that taste of yesterday As children naked to the sun we play In the glory of the morning Between the Moon and Tides Inside the petals of my heart, inside my purple dreams Deeper than the sun can shine Nearer than it seems My wishing well is full of hope, my canoe so smoothly glides Between the ripples left behind Between the moon and tides Until we Rest in Peace The eyes of needles widen to allow my access thru Ant hills open to embrace My ego lessened by the trace Of essences and fragrance sent By love without a promise of repayment But given freely as the Nile My heart is released by your smile And still we row for mile on mile Until we rest in peace Beliefs I believe in the blueness of the sky, the goodness of Creation, that glass will shatter from a fall, and you will answer my cry for help. I believe that we are one thread in the darkness, that light emanates from before, after and the in between. I believe in the sadness of the rain, the deepness of your eyes, and that the blind can see. I believe that the truth can never grow fatigued, that burdens are lessened by love, that hope is more than a place in Arkansas. I believe that the stars hold our dreams and let them fall only when it is safe for us to receive them I believe that man can fly, unaided, unabetted, unafraid, that I can let go of the branch above the ravine. I believe in forever love. I believe in you. The Place of Love I love that place. The one where you just let go of the world. All worries lifted. All cares float into the ether. Your mind and your body are serene, quiet. As one. I love that place. The scent of your freshly washed hair. Your soft, rhythmic breathing. No shield, no walls, only doorways. To paradise I love that place. All the tautness of the day released into the netting of the night. All the sounds evaporate into one heart beating. Acceptance Our lives are shaped like flowerbeds, sculpted from the green Sometimes we only feel at peace in the places in between When the noises and the clamors fade When all we hear is silence And all we see is shade We struggle to define ourselves from earth and vast blue sky We open to explore ourselves unto the question why Then we realize that hoping will not take us to our dreams One step is just beginning To accept life as it seems The Path to Higher Love In the comfort of the quiet night the darkness holds our hearts As we cling to life so precious we can let the magic start To embrace the love we're given as a gift from stars above To hold on tho winds may blow us On the path to higher love One Kiss to Save Me One touch that shakes me to the core One kiss that leaves me wanting more One arm around me in the night One embrace til morning light The Depths of Love Into the depths of love I delve with time as my companion Peeling back the unzipped layers to rove in wild abandon Trembling at the taste of you, your breath becomes my essence Falling so far in love with you, each hour last but seconds To Guide us Back to Love Time is like the light that fades in shades of pink and glory Pass like ships in foglit nights, each moment tells its story Of how we stumbled, how we fell, yet to rise again to tell The majesty of life surrounds us, by its grace the morning crowns us As we wait for yellow sun to guide us back to love Searching I search my heart for inspiration, a thought to start my day Find the love that's deep inside, the kindest words to say To let you know the beauty that your love has given me That helps me on my journey, on the path to serenity I find it in the birds that sing to greet the dawning morning I see it in the flowers that are by the rain reborn I smell it in the new shorn grass, the earthy deepest brown I feel it in my heartsong, in this love I do belong Wandering For many years I wandered, stammered, stumbled even fell In my lonely heart of misery, a place of living hell Til By your hand I faced and met the passion of my fears Released the bonds of loneliness in a river full of tears Today I stand erect and proud, a credit to my race In honesty I hold my self to the mirror of my face Wound tightly round in deep embrace I live in goodness by your grace And I know I've found my place In the grasp of higher love Morning Sun The morning sun reveals the world enshrouded by the fog Walls of mist bedew the earth, awakened to the sound Of fireflies that sleep by day, the moon is in the sky to stay Its fading aura casts a glow that leads us to our love The heat of springtime sun at last soon weaves its way between the grass The greenness spreading far and wide, the warmth of joy seeps deep inside A banquet laid before our eyes, of mead and honey satisfies The craving of our hearts delight, that leads us to our love Agape I am awestruck, agape at your never-ending wonder and beauty If I have tears, they come from the city of joy, the palace of ecstasy My soul Glory A sea of blue in the morning light A blanket of stars to warm us at night A river of green on a well travelled road The deepest of love to lessen our load Their tiny green arms to the heavens do rise Flashes of orange await to surprise Yellows and pinks and blue of the ocean The reddest of roses to show my devotion A downy soft pillow, a rest for our heads A coverlet of love as we lay in our beds An ocean of gratitude flows thru our hearts As the morning awakens the glory to last Umbrella Your love is my umbrella, to shield me from the rain My comfort in the sadness, my cure for aching pain Of lonely feelings in the night You hold me til I feel alright And as I gently fall to sleep I thank you for this love No Matter Where I'm Blown No matter where the river flows, no matter how hard the northwind blows, no matter how deep the far end of the ocean, no matter how tired from perpetual motion, no mountain too high, no vale is too shady, to hide you from my love. Rainbow Green is my love from the rainfall at night Blue is the sky in my garden delight Red is desire that is fuelled by your love Gold are the blessings that fall from above Lavender, pink are the iris of light Silver are stars whose greatness are bright Yellow is sunshine to warm us all over All colors of rainbows are found in this love we discover In the Mirror of my Eyes I have a picture of you that I carry around in my mind It is so vivid, I can reach Touch you Taste you Feel your warmth and energy It is my friend in the cold loneliness of the waves My blanket to cling to in the night Your smile is forever in my thoughts Wide Open Gleaming pearls of whiteness Reflecting the beauty of your heart Into the mirror of my eyes Until I Saw Your Face Days and nights I wandered through the desert of my mind, leaving friends and family in the dustiness behind, through days of fogs and nights of missed, a lonely frog unyet unkissed, but croaking in the weeds of time, until I saw your face. Waters of Love Waters of love rain down my emotions Float me away on the waves of devotion Crossing the dateline in perpetual motion Saved from my past by the love of an ocean Not Be Alone in the Darkness Gliding softly thru the water in my birch canoe Waiting for the clouds to clear up Dreaming thoughts of you One more buzzer in the dawn of light One more touch to last all night One more long embrace, to last my lifetime long Dreamscapes pass like clouds at night and fade before the morn Tattered webs of fragments tossed are in the sun reborn Soon the circle is rejoined as muscle to the bone Darkness is just a place to sleep, not to be alone Birdmother Let me wrap you in the soft whiteness of my eagle feathers Let them enfold you as the birdmother holds their fledging Who has fallen from the nest The littlest one, who craned her neck to see the wonders of the world Stretching so far Until the cold hard earth smashed into her fragile self Let My Love Let my love be your blanket in the coldest of dreams Where you are lost in the maze No way out From the noise of the faraway thunder Let my love be your light in the darkness, one flicker of hope In an ocean of betrayal. Let my heart be your cushion, your pillow in the hardness Of time Let me be your lover Forever Trapped in this web of love I await the spiders bite With ginger anticipation, I relish the feast For a lifetime Journey To lay at night in the arms of love While dreams are chased by the moon above To pin our hopes on the glistening stars As we journey though our love The breath of love has entered me as by this wind my spirit soars To reach the heights of yesteryears, a conch to hear the ocean roars A feather bed on which to lay, on humble knees I bend to pray All thanks are to this greatest love And to Creation below, above For deliverance is surely mine Or yet, one kiss away Fuscia You hold my heart within your hands, my feelings in your power My world is filled with scents of you in every waking hour In pink blushing fuscias, and lavenders sweet you dress up my world in your beauty The reddest rose my hearts desire to lay in love with you Blossoms of Love Winter melts in springtime sun and bleeds into the summer A blanket of green surrounds the serene And blossoms of love are our bounty Deeper in Love Through the Night Fruits of the earth ripening fast as the days grow the longest to peak Pale yellow moon in the fireflies sky as the wordless are prompted to speak Of the beauty and wonder of shadowless love, in the depths of the night comes the ladder of love That leads us to promise of honey and mead As we lay in delight of the rapture Laughing in love while the stars hang above and the river of life ever runs Our blood intermingles with the gentlest of tingles as our minds are relieved of all burdens All of our cares like the mist disappear while the embrace of our love it surrounds And the worries of time are like ruins in rhyme as we fall deeper in love though the night Inside our Nest Wrap your fears around my neck, let your worries go Safe inside our love's cocoon, feel the magic glow Even in the darkest night our love becomes a starlit bright And holds us til the morning comes refreshed by dreams of hope As I walk along the lonely road and pain creeps in my heart Through vales of tears the shadows grow as we lay far apart Our love seeps through the foggy mist and by the moon our lives are kissed And we are safe inside our nest that holds us til tomorrow Quiet Moments I love the quietest moments, just you and I alone Some bread and cheese, do what we please No mail, no fax, no phone I love your smile, your warmth, your breasts Pressed tight in love against my chest Keep me safe til morning light When hope brings me to life To Lay in True Love There once was a void, a hole in my heart That kept out the sun, left me in the dark That hole was so big it swallowed my soul Like Jack and the whale I could never be whole But like in the fairy tale stories of past I found a true love and I knew it would last With love as my partner and you as my guide Help from Creation I wandered inside Took hold of my void and let the wind blow Soon sadness was banished and my heart it just grew Instead of a hole buried deep in my heart I lay in true love and never will part Another Day in Paradise In the silence of the morning hours just as the sun does rise I waken to the moment see the beauty in your eyes High above the silver moon hangs on a thread in blue The birds sing quiet songs to me as I lay in love with you On padded feet I spread the sounds of morning thru my world The sizzle of a steaming bath thru my nostrils coffee swirls The sights and tastes of everlove in my ritual of routine Prayer and meditation to the one as yet unseen Sloshing over breakfast as the papers stain our hands Soft toast, hard eggs good company the world at our command One gentle kiss as love breaks thru the silence of the one Another day in paradise in the spirit of the sun Always More to Find All the world within my cup, my chalice overflowing Love is like an acorn planted, in the earth it's growing Fed by rain in the South of Spain, Cote d'Azur is calling Ripened by the springtime sun, blessings soon are falling Miracles are like the fruit, untended yet are mellow Juicy plums from Mexico, by your heat turned mellow Nothing I have said or done has caused this battle to be won Unworked for harvest from Creation Falls into my basket Happiness Happiness is heaven sent, like a falling star Softly slip between your fingers, find you where you are Seep into your inner core Leave you gasping Wanting more And always more to find Happiness is like the summer sun, warm upon your heart Closer to the finish line, farther from the start Worry fly like bats at night Angels come to bring delight Release from every pain there was Is lying in your arms Happiness is like the morning flower, opened after rain In the darkness soft it sleeps, but to rise again Healing power lasting long Soon the cherubs break to song You and I the whole day long Safe at peace, in love The Perfect Love It's as if I've finally landed, at last I've found my place To live my days serenely, within a world of grace So many blessings have been given, so many sins are now forgiven If my life would end today I would smile and fall asleep To find the perfect person who loves you warts and all Who fills your days with wonder and by the moon enthrall To sit and rest in plenty, while the world still seeks its crumbs To be alive and living while so many are so numb I am grateful to Creation for the path that I've been led I can see the road so clearly all the curves that lay ahead But as we trudge together on the road to destiny I am grateful to the love you bring, this love that set me free Pure Love Sprinkled by the morning shower, welcomed by the breath of the wind Feeling the earth reawaken itself, the glory of life begin Peeling layers from the night, where you and I in love, slept tight Until revealed by rainbows light, in the pureness of our love A Million Miles A million miles I walked this earth in search of higher love Ten thousand wandering lonely days as I looked below, above Til one day light came to my heart, through green blue silver eyes A prism to release the colours, free me from disease Replace it with a gentle touch, a kind and soft embrace Replace my ache with happiness, my weariness with grace Now my walking days are over, my place to rest has come I live my life serenely with the knowledge that has come From sharing life, the hopes and dreams, the greatest and the small With one whose pureheart parts the clouds, the highest love of all One Smile in the Morning One smile in the morning can erase winters warning One kiss late at night brings summers delight One rainfall in spring lets hope ever bring One leaf in the fall is nothing at all, but the passing in time in this love so sublime can wash all my worries away Only Love Only love can break your heart In two, in tiny slivers Only hope can mend the glass Of broken promise fevers Only two can face the dawn That reaches hard into the morning Only two can ease the chill That comes from winter's early warning Only you and I survive the holocaust of what went wrong Only you and can meet the shimmering light before the dawn Only you and I have hope that springs eternal from our well Of happiness that like a bird Will soar into the heavens My Candle at Night My light in the evening, my candle at night My heat in the winter wind, my earthly delight Climb the ladder to the top Hold me tight and never stop Let the rain be our embrace And by this love we grow in grace The Path of Love Long before the sun has risen Time before the dawn of man Special few are chosen, called To seek the path of love Far beyond the mountains shadow Deeper than the river runs Into expanding hearts of dreams To seek the path of love Past the point that eyes can see Horizon dipping out of view Farther than our universe To seek the path of love At Peace We floated thru the magical mists, our feet above the ground Through walls of fog our souls flew by, silence all around The cool gray wind of wintertime will soon within the seasons rhyme Yet you and I lay safe and warm Between the sheets of love I long to lay to quiet bliss in our bed of sweet surrender Tho storm clouds rage in skies above, our love is no pretender To the throne of evermore, where starlit skies push to the fore And gather us in arms of love To lay at peace as one Let This Feeling Grow Buffeted by the seas of change that crash into our days We hold on to this wave of life that comes to us in rays Whatever storms may threaten or reefs that lurk below We have this love to follow wherever we may go I will hold onto this liferaft, this healing grasp of love Deeper still within my heart, on earth and far above For Creations gift has bound us from this day forever more I will always hold you in the night Let this feeling ever grow Save Me Laying still within my bed, while thoughts of you flow thru my head, I sink neath the waves sublime, to surface gasping every time, I think of you my heart grows large, until it chokes the breath from me, my feeble stabs to break the storm, are washed away before the morn, and yet you lay but fingertips, reach out to save my soul Pledge Time immortal, time forgotten, time will come again Summer shines, while winter snows, and spring will ever rain Seasons change like hearts of man Wouldn't, shouldn't, mustn't, can Hold this love unto the fire Watch the flames leap ever higher Snow nor wind nor rain nor sleet Can even in this world compete With eyes unto the longer glory Love is like an oft told story To this love I pledge my heart As seasons move together Love Reigns Over Me Feeling warm without the sun Feeling alone but not undone Feeling apart but never left home For love reigns over me. In the silence of three quarter moon sky My words trail off to the question why Led by the stars to my aerie home For love reigns over me In the heat and the grime of the compost heap My shoulders sag and my knees grow weak But the strength of my heart is never in doubt For love reigns over me At the speed of light in the whir of sound I crash through the barrier Into the ground, I plant my lilies for the spring And my soul is grateful for the life they bring For love reigns over me Bed of Love Grateful as the moon holds tight into the breaking day Soon tomorrow's cloudy morning slowly slips away But in the moment of its glory Moonrays reach to tell their story Wandering thru the starless night To find its bed of love Face of fullmoon glowing strange its yellow gleam an eerie range Of light in darkness, joy in pain, one more orbit, back again Still the world remains revolving Human species is evolving From cavelike state and catatonic To find its bed of love Your Smile Your smile is like a cuppa tea at night, my soft favourite chair, the New York Times on Sunday, playing soccer, hard and fast, then relaxing on the sidelines, exhausted, but happy. Your smile is my ecstasy, my drug of choice, and man am I addicted! Your smile is my reward for loving you, no more required to satisfy my every need. Your smile tells me you're O.K., you love me, and I go to sleep in that beautiful, bountiful sleep, where all is good in my world. Love is like a Buttercup Love is like a buttercup that gleams below your cheek Timid is not just reserved for mices and the meek Angry voices in the dawn Melt into the mists of morn Soon the feelings pass away Like dreams upon the wind Love is like the tranquil waters floating on the lake Giving out not giving up, the time we can't forsake Love is like the lonely frog Who bleats his message in the fog And crosses lines that slay him dead Like thoughts from long ago I Could Hold You Forever You smelled like fresh, warm bread, the lingering soap scent surrounded your hair like a halo Your teeth gleamed brightly in the morning sun, welcoming me to a new day Your eyes beckoned to me to come and lie with you Hold you forever But alas the bigness of our world pulled us apart, breaking the magnetic lock of our love Calling us to do very unimportant things with very ordinary people Drawing out our goodness instead of letting beauty flow in Through the portals of our trembling hearts But deep inside of me your scent echoes, resides I can conjure it up at will, in the blink of an eye you stand before me Like fresh, warm bread Just out of the oven