The awaited moment!
An empty beach but for the desire of marrying nature with nature,
unrestricted, unconfined, sure.

Cold water screams, laughter abounds,
the thrill encapsulated by such sounds.
Nature on nature, no separating thing,
Like love on love that has taken wing.

JLC

I knew a boy
once in a dream,
shy and lanky
was all that he seemed.

But what from afar
was known as appeared,
When he approached
All lines disappeared.

For eyes were not the needed tool
as the lines blurred to the words he said.
To know this boy was to listen and feel -
his heart was the chisel to the thoughts in his head!

And the secret that
once in a dream
was learned,
I kept hidden til needed
when then
'twas confirmed.

JLC

Who would have known
The love it was to be,
That apple picked from the first tree.
So tempting it was
But not for yet.
The fruit will ripen as sun will set
Upon our love
Our love will rise
A brand new day,
The fruit will ripen
Our hearts today.

JLC

In that moment on a hill
Your nature was revealed,
For unlike no other
You dared to bother,
To listen, to share
To inquire, to care.

A lonely girl, her emotions bared,
You approached and were not scared
To stand out from the crowd
From the common herd,
To shine your smile and give a kind word.

You who acted and would take a stand
Possesses that quality that defines a man.
For to empathize is no ordinary task
As is to give of yourself without being asked.

Mediocre and ordinary, you cannot say,
About you who would jump into the fray
For a simple gesture or to take up a sword,
With the knowledge that gratitude would be your only reward.

JLC

In the storm of life, my dear,
we are thrown about.
Many times we pass too near
and so we doubt
what is secure,
to hold for life
we pass, unsure.

Suddenly, we find ourselves adrift, alone,
the ship now gone.
Struggling to reach the shore,
familiar ground,
to fear no more.

The storm is long, the night is cold,
And then, a warm hand grabs hold.
And though too near, we had passed it by,
Its sturdy bow with oars held high,
It was with us all along you see,
For our life boat is your love for me.

JLC

I feel you calling me to cross the sea,
As my heart splashes upon the bow with torrential motion,
Tacking back and forth from port to starboard.

After leaving safe harbor and being drawn across the ocean,
It is clear my heart will never be returned to me.

PG

You are the colors of a desert sunset,
You are the constellations in the Montana sky,
You are the turquoise colored waves on the Philippine Sea,
You are the warmth of a jacuzzi on a cold Siberian night.

You are more intelligent than an 18th century Oxford scholar,
You are more sensual than a ravishing centerfold,
You are more refreshing than a cool breeze on a hot summer night,
You are more tantalizing than the most delicious entree on a Roman emperor's menu.

And of course, you are the love of my life...

PG