3/14

J:

On sweet music, such as was made last night,

Fires my passions and gives love to ignite.

Your supple beautiful form in my arms,

Banishes the greys and keeps us from harms.

Your impassioned lips upon my mine,

move softly and speak volumes in mime.

Your words are like a gentle breeze.

carrying cool wind through hot trees.

With your supportive hand in my hand,

we set out together across this land.

On an adventure without any end,

let us to old wounds amend.

 

 

M:

I walked around dry as a bone

Till you called and started the rain,

I’m now drowning in my love for you

Yet beautifully sustained.

Thank you, my love.

 

3/12

3-12

M:

We’re stopped in time as the world goes its pace,

Standing in the center of it all; embraced.

The world disappears into hazel eternity,

All ceases to exist; except your gaze on me.

Despite all the stress and pain in the world,

The knots in my shoulders are unfurled,

Knowing that no one can do me harm,

There’s no safer place than here in your arms.

J:

Moment to moment past is gone,

Eternal now holds all the world.

Gazes deep and tender swathe.

Shelter us in each other’s grace.

3-7 I Want to be the One:: Honeyed Words

3-7

M:

Soft music playing in the background,

Lovely scents all around,

I want to be the one you come to,

When you need to rest and renew.

Rock music setting the beat,

To the adventures that we seek,

I want to be the one you are next to,

When you experience something new.

Music playing  in sets around us,

The look in your eye makes me blush,

I want to be the one you lead,

When we go out and you dance with me.

Mesmerized by the rhythm of the shore,

Romance dripping from your pores,

I want to be the one you pull close,

When we vacation to the coast.

Pandora plays to the daily grind,

Waking up task-inclined,

I want to be the one to smile,

And hold you each day for a while.

J:

Honeyed Words

 

You are so entirely wonderful,

I wonder at my amazing luck.

Attentions lavished bountiful,

pulls me out of deep blue funk.

Contentment finds me now,

with you lying in my embrace.

yin to yang of duality and tao,

sense of you sweet to taste.

 

Thoughts drift not beyond the moment

The world at my fingertips.

Thankful for what I've been sent,

as the honey so sweetly drips.

Weather

I know the dark clouds are there,
Threatening to pelt us with rain,
Competing with the sunshine,
Threatening to ruin our parade,

Your face lights up at my smile
The sunrays spill to the ground,
I see the reflection in your eyes.
With such fantastic beauty.

The world lights up with your kiss
You take me into your arms,
Sweet shelter in one another,
The clouds disappear from sight.
       

Doubts

The tick-tick-tick signals we are going up

Oh excited anticipation makes the heart jump

Screaming in joy and exhilaration at the speed

We fly, yanked and turned, nature exceeded,

Twisted, down, up, through, upside down,

And finally, the ride again comes around.

It slows to a stop and then it is done.

Why do I allow my heart on these rides?

Is the roller-coaster stopping in the middle?

Will I be left upside down? Will it start again?

Or will I have to pick my heart off the ground??

No, I am going to ride this out to the end.

Oasis

Trudging through the dessert- so parched

Looking for the oasis of your arms.

Clear, cool water, wash all over me,

Nourishing kisses, sweet as honey.

Ah my love, where did you go?

You’ve trudged a dessert of your own.

Somehow somewhere around high noon,

We connected on a vast sandy dune.

Just in time, we found each other,

We’ll be an Oasis for one another

Come on now, let’s get out of the sun,

Hand in hand, we've just begun.

-MM 2/29/12

J:

omg M,

 

is it unmanly of me to melt?

words touching deep inside of me,

leaving me more than a little tingly.

Remembering things I haven't felt.

 You touch upon my soul!

Awaken the me long buried,

this heart has been so harried.

You wipe away the costly toll.

Dance

The shadow of a familiar song

Plays at the corner of my memory.

A soundtrack of  moments together

I can almost hear it-

Dance with me, to the rhythm Love-

Sear me with your eyes again

I don’t even want to resist,

Delve into my spirit-

Twirl my heart as we cut a new path

Picking up what could have been,

Dancing toward what may be,

The fire once again lit-

Never No More

You cast your spell on me once more

I am like a moth to a flame.

Fear wells up inside my Self

But still I willingly came.

What is this magic that binds me so

You handsome Sorcerer of old?

My heart is paralyzed in fear

That you’ll force my heart to go  cold.

In the darkened corner of my mind

I remember the pain of loss-

I have the scars but also hope:

That the Never will not touch us.

Shadow of a Familiar Song

2-27

The shadow of a familiar song

Plays at the corner of my memory.

A soundtrack of  moments together

I can almost hear it-

Dance with me, to the rhythm Love-

Sear me with your eyes again

I don’t even want to resist,

Delve into my spirit-

Twirl my heart as we cut a new path

Picking up what could have been,

Dancing toward what may be,

The fire once again lit-

RIP JWP

He wasn't there; oh not by choice,
I used to dream he'd hear my voice,
Crying for him and missing my right,
To daily have a father bid me goodnight.

He wasn't there, but I was with him,
Every day, his memory never went dim,
He lived in hope for the ring of the phone,
He lived out his days alone; so alone.

He wasn't there, but then we found,
Each other, and some common ground.
He was there, now anew, he was mine,
There was no making up for lost time...

Oh now he's gone, he's no longer there,
I go back to the loss of ribbons in my hair-
The loss to this world is great, oh my heart,
You are dearly missed, Dad, so soon to depart.

RIP JWP.

Turned to Ash

Tears are drowning my poor heart,
My head is full of ash and dust.
My eyes are dry like desert sand,
His remains remained with us.

I took him for a ride with me,
He never would have gone,
I carried the burden on my back-
This chapter is finally done.

Oh my soul, it's over and done.

Tears

Swallowing tears is poisonous to the soul.
Held inside where they aren't supposed to go.

Pressure builds in the body and makes it sick,
It's a pain in the neck and makes tempers quick.

I don't have time to grieve and cry, so I just press on.
I know I won't be able to keep up this facade for long...

I refuse to cry, I'm not gonna cry, until I am alone,
Only then will I allow the dam to break- all on my own.

Dad

When you were a giant, I listened to you breathe,
I tried to match my breath to yours,

When you were mighty, I wondered at your strength
You lifted me in and out of cars,

When we first spoke, I was amazed at your memory
Every detail was set in stone,

I love you Dad, and I'll always be grateful,
For all the years of love you've shown.

Life and time

The tracks of my tears are slowing time down,
The days roll on at half the pace.
Holding it together as my thoughts go 'round,
I have to remember, this is a race.

Time is fooling me - there's not much left,
It's running out; so much to be done.
Depression bangs on my heart till I'm deaf,
This new perspective weighs a ton.

I will stand up and seek out the best choice-
Above time's pace, life moves on.
I will speak with feigned strength in my voice,
And see this through until it's done.

wildcats

Oh look at the Tiger strut through the grass,
Her long eyelashes and pretty striped ass,
The Lioness lingers just a bit jealously,
Because the Tiger, the Tiger is all they see.

She's beautiful and even the Lioness knows,
That she could never wear stripes like those,
Oh the taunting way the Tiger swishes her tail,
And makes the other wildcats next to her pale.

She is Magnificent, in the jungle so admired,
She makes the other wildcats look old and tired...
There go the boys, panting after her, knowing,
They'll never possess her, glorious and glowing.

Elusive love, You went awry again.
I'll wait, and expect to be surprised.

Once injured, so easily re-injured.
Once broken, so easily detected...

I'm not looking for a project,
I won't complete you at all.

I am a goddess- whole within myself,
Looking for my counter-part.

Each of us moving independently;
Ah and even more beautiful together,

We are both complete the way we are,
But together we will be a masterpiece.

Friends

Laughing, affection, crying, eating, enjoying,
time well-spent though rare... I love my friends.

Heartbreak.

Ah the ferry I wish I could catch- sleep!
But the grief in my heart is too deep, too deep.

From me a river of love flowed strong, so strong,
Oh but as usual 6 months proved me wrong, so wrong.

Now my river is all pain and tears, salty tears,
but I'll remember this one for years... for years.

There is a terrible and deep sadness with giving in,
It rings from the core out, shakes from deep within.

No longer holding together, the whole world cracks,
Then tension that was so intense, suddenly slacks-

Deafening silence after the ear-bursting boom,
Time to rest my murdered ideals in a tomb.