A List of Love

"Have you ever made a list of all the things you love?"

I love you, that is my first thought as I inventory all the things around me that my heart loves. I love things like surprise messages from friendsand forehead kisses accompanied by bear hugs, warm laundry, wet puppy noses and...

Restless and reeling, shaken and stirred,My heart it is bleeding, my tears undeterred. So silly, so flighty, irresponsible too.Yet so real, and so valid, so wrapped up in you. Who does this I wonder? Who falls in two weeks,For your whisper, your...

Unchained

"Release me from your hold over me!"

Silence is all I hear since you've been gone. No one to hold my hand, to wrap me up in their arms, That warm embrace of comfort, everlasting friendship. No one to catch those teardrops that fall from these watery...

I remember every wordOf our first conversation Giggles and blushing Accompanied by a swarmOf the first of many butterflies You would make me feel Eventually the first fluttersBecame the first "I love you"Saying goodnight impossible Leading to the first acheAs...

I undressed you with my eyes And we made love above the Rue Cremieux Your lips tasting of wine and cheese Fingertips trailing down your arm Feet never touching the ground Your hand capturing mine Before I was lost on...

They meet by happy chance, as life confers,And promptly comprehend deep certainty. Fate's singular congruency occurs, And both are gladdened by sweet destiny.Time passes as they open up their hearts,Send interlocking dreams and hopes to share.It matters not how separate their parts,All...

The Valley Note Revisited

"A continuation of a recent one"

Someone asked me to tellthe rest of this story,I can only give away the segments that remain.Some were scribbled overtoo many times with bleeding ink,some may have been burnedwithout me one autumn evening.I know that some of them flew offinto...

The Fury Under My Skin

"The chasm in her heart"

A river of wretchednesswill eternally chokethe haunting chasmyou chiselled in my heart. You wore me down then,tore me downto the thinnestlayer of my flesh. The fury under my skincan never be unleashedby anyone but you. You made it. You earned it. Why...

So I hid my love away Like mail that arrives in far flung lands No return address....Neither lost not found I felt more love for you than was ever shown And you held on with hope, waiting, Only one day...