A Note To Self

"If only we could prepare our younger selves."

If I could write a long letter For my younger self to read, So many things I would saySo many warnings to heed.Don't even try the wasabi peasFor the taste you cannot stand,And learn to pick fresh blackberries Without staining...

I Know Who You Are

"He is my world"

I know who you are. You are the truest And most honest person I have ever known. I know who you are. You are the person who Knocked the breath right out of me  And lifted my feet off the...

A glance

"A lover pines for his girl to talk to him, or even look at him"

A glance, even a reluctant one Cast my way,  How long has that been? Seconds slide inexorably along Like hours and days. Many look at me and  Their eyes pierce holes in me, Burning and scalding. Can't they ignore me?...

Disappearing flowers Where do they go Why do they go What was it all aboutReaching out And finding new promise In their blooming before you Blooming for you Blossoms of friendship Bouquets of bliss Scented by the breezes Blowing from their lips To bear your heart up and up Until it falls And...

Death’s stealthy arrow

"Bullets, blades, disaster and disease become nought beside the great deceiver's subtle weapon"

I cling to speeding, spinning cones of lead That pierce the air and armour, skin and bone; Once deep inside, I ditch my deathly ride, Spread dark destruction, quell life's fragile wick. * I cleave to sharpened shards of stainless...

My heart Was like a rose, Wilting In the cold winter's night. Its icy petals, Fragile and cracked... Waiting to shatter. Your warm embrace Was like the midnight sun That warmed And thawed Me out, From within. Your voice Was...

Petal of Roses, candles, silk sheet Touching, words, the sensuality wanders underneath Your softness invades my whole being My strokes make you more exciting Every time you redraw my whole body And make me desire you marvelously This night was...

Singers sing, and poets dreamOf love's many splendor thingsBut love is a journey of highs and lowsSometimes it works, sometimes it's not soWhen love is neglected, it withers on the vineFor it will not survive the test of timeHearts will...

Name The Wind

"My love is as the wind. I cannot change her nor do I wish to."

Mysterious, powerful, relaxing; all words that describe the wind It’s everywhere and nowhere. So perplexing!  It’s will, no man dare rescind. She refreshes more than sun or seas When she chooses to wear her outer breeze  Just as quickly she...