.

Shhhh,
silence prevails
as attention deals
***** hands
when it becomes
a full house…

shuffled and cut

She has endured too much pain
that the words that trembled
out of her mouth
became poetry

.

I want you to know
I will always love you
When you are happy
When you are blue

When you are sleeping
When you are not
When it is winter
When it is hot

Out on a picnic
Sitting inside
Swinging on swings
Sliding on slides

If it is raining
If you are wet
I will always love you
That you can bet

If in a sailboat
Or in a car
For a short distance
For very far

Up in an airplane
The miles you flew
Where ever you are
I will always love you

If you are singing
Just care to talk
When you are running
Out for a walk

If you are busy
A project that’s new
Or just relaxing
I will always love you

If you are eating
Preparing to cook
Taking a nap
Reading a book

Watching a movie
Out at the store
Up in the mountains
Down at the shore

When you are dancing
If you are done
If you are tired
Of all this fun

And if you don’t
Or if you do
Forever and ever
I will always love you

-

I put out the fire,
the last of the flame
Swept up the ashes
and called out your name

Felt the first rain drop
that splashed on the ground
Listened for echoes,
there wasn’t a sound

Looked under trees,
behind every stone
I couldn’t find you,
I was all alone

Now I was worried,
a tear I did cry
Still I kept looking,
I just had to try

Walked to the sunrise
that waited for me
Came round a corner
and then I could see

There picking flowers,
you turned with a start
I saw your smile,
it ran through my heart

“These are for you,
they’re a morning bouquet
So you will think of me
throughout the day”

And then she kissed me,
took hold of my hand
Whispered “I love you”
said I was her man

I held her close
as we breathed in the air
A beautiful morning
again we did share

We watched the sun
as it rose up above
Another day dawns
we are so much in love