LOVE
LOVES RETURN
Where goes my love, for as she wanders
Minutes, seconds, hours she squanders
Yet this goddess carved in flesh
Must soon be caught within my mesh
As echoed footsteps, brisk and fast
Cast mottled shadows on the glass
Flitting figures of mere mortals
Fleeting shadows on my portals
Would that she could grace my door
As to her touch my soul would soar
To mould again this beauty fair
To sense the sacred vision there
Yet now my heart grows cold with fear
Without her healing presence here
This hunger she has carved so deep
Dares not grant my spirit sleep
For this fire that slowly burns
Must consume lest she returns
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PROGENY
This day in your life you created another
From this day on, they will know you as mother
In years to come there will always be one
To tell the world that you bore a son
He’ll tell them all that you gave him birth
By him will they know, you too lived on earth
And when you have gone you’ll leave something behind
For you still will live on in somebody’s mind
They will survive you, all won’t be in vain
They’ll be there at your grave, in sunshine or rain
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INFATUATION
Infatuation, when it ripens, unrequited love
Is like the lily, in the valley, washed away with rain
But blossoms fair fall again, in those hills above
As sweet flowers wane, to grow again, as the dream of love
Ripens roots, buried deep, where buds of life still grow
In gentle sleep, but pain will wane, for carried from above
Streams of hope will surely grow, from this dream of love
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LET ME PAINT
A sky with your smile
A world with your wonder
My heart with your hope
And my life with your love
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FOR THE LOVE OF DOG
How noble is this humble dog
As he sleeps here, like the log
Beside the fire, beside the grate
Devoid of guilt, devoid of hate
He earns respect and not neglect
But as he sleeps at my feet, curled
I sense the anger of a world
Where wretches there
Who’d hurt and harm
A single hair upon his head
Need lead a life of prayer and charm
Else they should wish that they be dead
For I’d not rest, put to the test
But now, he hovers in his sleep
Perfection, in his breathing deep
His little chest seems so at rest
But could it be, he may not wake
Why then, my very soul would quake
And I should drown in misery
So surely now, asleep he be
And yet I know that day will come
So slowly, like the setting sun
But now he stirs, to lick my face
And condescends to join the race
As to my talk of winter walk
Decides to join the merry throng
As bounding round he sings his song
But in this life I never knew
Such trust and love could be so true
Such lust of life that must consume
Like innocence within the womb
TO LITTLE BRUCE
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IN DREAMS
That silken gaze within your eyes
Doth lure me deep, in soft surprise
As silken lips give voice so tender
Silence cries for loves surrender
To sink into your golden tresses
And whisper slowly soft caresses
To this song of lullabies
My spirit soars in loving sighs
Let hearts enfold and souls entwine
In precious dreams I’ll make you mine
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FIRST BORN
Not in the wildest dreams above
Could I dream such mystic love
As this love I shed for you
A love of pride, and pity too
For not until you were created
Could I feel at all elated
No, not till you were given birth
Could I love you on this earth
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AS ONE
Could you cast your net above me
Would you let its love enfold me
Could it bring me, oh so gently
All the charms sweet nature lent thee
Would we in soul and spirit too
Then as one share love so true
Where single loves we lived as two
As one my love would live in you
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TO HIM WHO WAITS
Shadows of the past, while whispering recall
The way he always sought escape, from people one and all
But the silence of his stillness stirs the freshness in her tears
As she wanders, waiting wonders, sounder of saviours, no one hears
So solace seeking, softly searching, she wanders by the mill
To hear its song of sadness, while it slowly turned
Calling her to join him, where love is never spurned
So to the spinning of the wheel, she whispers as it turns
If only she could see and feel, this love for which she yearns
She struggles not, she feels no fear, she knows her fate is cast
When his voice, so clear and calm, cries out she’s his at last
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FORGOTTEN LOVE
Some loving voice within me cries
As to my soul a song it sighs
My thoughts revolve around romancing
In my mind a maiden fair
The rustic leaves of autumn dancing
Weave the beauty in her hair
This mystic love can touch the skies
For aloft on wings it flies
As my spirit soars like silken dove
Bearing thoughts of sacred love
But now I grieve, for in my mind
Dark sorrow chokes me, love is blind
Yet in death is there life
And in blindness a light
As my soul bears a love that burning bright
Sheds tears of joy to the stars of night
Some children laugh, an old man cries
A baby sleeps and a young boy dies
But my spirit warms with memories dear
As I find again her presence is near
For I sense that day when love has gone
In the mists of time that linger on
Our very souls will search out love
When our candles burn in the wind above