we are everything
that we have experienced
in life so far

all our experiences
have made us
what we are at this moment

but something
has brought us together
maybe something in our past

maybe a common event
that only we share
that can make us complete

maybe it's that same event
that sometimes attracts
sometimes repels

maybe the closer we get
to the truth
the more we repel

but we desire
the truth
so we attract
as well

I've always heard them say
you should always end your day
with a beautiful thought or two

I hope that it's okay
my dreams I hope to sway
with beautiful thoughts of you

I know you'll have your fun
I know you'll have your laughs
so I'll keep this short and sweet
confined to a few paragraphs

I'll be thinking of you, of course
I'll be wishing you were here
I'll be thinking of our bagels
Black Russians with a schmear

I know you'll be okay
I know that so will I
but still my day is always better
when I catch you in my eye

Love is not the words I say
Love is not the poems I write 
Love is what I do day after day

No matter how many "I love you's" I say
Words without actions are just words 
Love is what I do day after day

Love is not how much I spend
Love is not the gifts I give
Love can’t be bought or given away
Love is what I do day after day

It's the little things, 
the stuff not noticed,
things done just because,
That’s how my love is manifested 
Day after day

Whether you feel a warmth
or you got the chills
That's me thinking of you
with different degrees of thrills

In five minutes
or maybe ten
I get to see
my baby again

seems like ages
although it wasn't
time moves on
just seems like it doesn't

can hardly wait
to be in that place
where I gaze upon
her beautiful face

I dream of always
being in her presence
and being embraced
by her divinely essence

Night is here
dark and peaceful
A comfy bed
warm and cozy
as I drift off
I await your arrival
I wait for you
to invade
my dreams

your love is not more inferior
in spite of your rough exterior
never leaving yourself exposed
always in control and composed
but on occasion sometimes I detect
my love for you does have an effect

My love has no expiration date
It'll be just as good in 2028
My love for you will never expire
it'll be there when you and I retire
My love will never go bad or get old
in fact it multiplies a hundredfold 
My love you can't measure with any gauge
because my love, like you, gets better with age

I worked in a kitchen
a long time ago
I started with the dishes
worked up to kneading dough

nothing was ever labeled
and everything was in bulk
had to  get out product
no time to stand and sulk

the chef was always yelling
and putting everyone down
he'd say if you can't keep up
Why do I need you around

the recipe called for a cup
we had no measuring tools
if you don't know how much you need
go back to the dishes and fools

a cup is the size of your fist
I don't know why you got hired
so I made a fist and pondered
and now you know why I got fired

This morning in an early hour
I took a long hot steaming shower
until I was all wrinkled and soggy
the room was humid and really foggy
could not even find the doorknob
the mirror couldn't do its day job
it was no reflection on me
I looked but my face I couldn't see
so with my finger I wrote your name
and drew a heart to make a nice frame
I thought of taking a picture to be gifted
by then the mirror had cleared and the fog had lifted

There are gifts that can't be bought
love and patience and lessons taught
and our true friendship that goes beyond
it is forever and ever, an unbreakable bond

Of all the gifts that I could want
to always be your confidant
and of course it works both ways
we help each other through rough days

The best gifts can't be bought at the mall
but when it comes to you, I want it all
Of all the gifts that life could send
the best is is experiencing you, my friend

I hate this virus 
with a passion
Everything I enjoyed
has gone out of fashion

I hate it that I can't see your face
can't stand that social distancing space
you know I miss your warm embrace
we're being cautious, just in case

We must be cautious for our own sake
careless risks we cannot take
we all know what is at stake
but come on Covid give us a break

Here I sit
trying to write
a different way
to say good night

The page is bare
as is my mind
no sweet words
for me to find

here I sit
I wish I knew
a powerful way
to say I love you

but anyway
sleep well my dear
and maybe for once
in your dreams I'll appear

Love gives me strength
but also makes me weak
Love gives me hope
though our future seems bleak

Love makes me see
but also makes me blind
the closeness that I seek
is really hard to find

I strive to love in the present
Love only for Love's sake
because in reality
ALL love ends in heartbreak

Oh these days
I want them to last forever
to make that happen
I'm willing to do whatever
My heart is happy
my soul is at peace
it's almost as if my life 
has been given a new lease
I won't worry about the future
it'll all work out somehow
I really enjoy our time together
in the present, here and now

Love isn't always easy
it isn't cut and dried
there's nothing you can plan
there's no how to do it guide

I am not a poet
and don't i know it
I only try to give a hint
of my hearts blueprint
words I try to fashion
into a flash of passion
and if I have the time
I try to make them rhyme

Maybe if I could speak
as well as I write
I wouldn't have to quickly
get out of your sight

If I could turn the thoughts
that I have in my head
and string them into
some sort of viable vocal thread

I know what I want to say
but the thoughts go through a shredder
and come out of my mouth
like some sort of garbage spreader

so I keep my words short
when I'm talking to you
and hope that my love
will always shine through

If I was blind
I would have fallen in love with your voice
I would have fallen in love with your laughter

If I was deaf
I would have fallen in love with your beauty
I would have fallen in love with your graceful movements

... but I am neither and I have fallen in love with it all and more.

I'm sure I knew you
in another life
somehow connected
maybe my wife
maybe we were together
in another time
travelers of the world
maybe partners in crime
I have this strong feeling
running through my head
maybe we were lovers
sharing the same bed
or maybe I'm clairvoyant
and I can see what is our fate
whether here or in our next life
give me patience, I'll have to wait

I would die for your forgiveness
I would die for a smile
I would die for a kind word
I would die for your touch
I would die for your time
I would die for a reply
Yet... it's what I live for

I went to see a guru
life seemed to be too much
he asked what the matter was
I told him such and such
told him about the woman I love
already he seemed to know
told him what I expected
and he said, "Let it go!"

Let it go? I asked
but I want things to go my way
doesn't matter what you want
you'll just chase her away

but I want...
Let it go
but I need....
let it go
but she don't...
let it go
but I'd love....
let it go

He kept on interrupting
before I could even finish
like the values of my desires
he was trying to diminish
Let me tell you something, he said
I hope it's not too deep
The more that you let go
the more you get to keep

unrequited love isn't like a cancer
there is no remission at all
there is no chemotherapy
or any pills large or small
there's always alcohol therapy
to relieve some of the pain
but when the sessions over
here comes the hurt again

I get lost in your beauty
I get lost in your eyes
you're as real as it gets
you wear no disguise

on a scale of one to ten
you must be a twelve
for the more I get lost
the more I find myself

I told her I had lost my mind
she said it won't be hard to find
Show me the place where you last been
and hopefully they will let us in

Follow me, I said in kind
she led the way I walked behind
'How will this work if I'm in front'
'I have no clue', me being blunt

I see it there right in front of me
I don't understand why you can't see
this place that has grabbed my soul
and laid it's claim with a large flagpole

She turned around and looked at me
it's then she realized what I could see
losing my mind is not so bad
I feel more complete than I ever had

Love at first sight
is easy to understand
You see someone attractive
and you want to hold her hand.

But love that's deep and true
is when you see inside
and all their inner beauty
is in your view and amplified.

sitting and eating lunch alone
taking bites, staring at the phone
today is the day that she will call
the phone is ready, but nothing at all
I have no idea why I get nervous
where I’m sitting there is no service

Not everything is meant to be
that's just the way it's meant to be

The morning bird
a tune it sings
from my heart 
a joy it brings

but the words
lost in my soul
deep in my chest
they fill a hole

still this tune
I sing as well
my love for her
on that I dwell

I'm up before the sun
up before everyone
I sit in the stillness
the morning's chillness
then I quiet my mind

like an energetic child
my mind is running wild
I bring it back to center
a calmness state to enter
and inner peace to find

Some use a mantra phrase
others at a dot they gaze
some invoke a Holy Being
for me it's you I'm seeing
and my world responds in kind

Whenever I am with you
time just seems to fly 
whenever I look at my watch
another hour has gone by

if you were my forever
it is my strong belief
that even an eternity
would still be way too brief

If it was just my eyes
that saw your beauty
and fell in love
I could just shut them

If it was just my ears
that heard you laugh
and warmed my heart
I could wear ear plugs

If it was just my ****
that got aroused
whenever you were near
I could take care of it

But it was my heart
my ******* heart
that sealed the deal
and made my love real
I'll shout it from the mountaintops
'till the day my heart stops

If you really want to meet
the one of whom I write
my muse and my inspiration
the one that sets my heart alight

If you really want to see
the most astounding vision
who breaks mens hearts
with random precision

if you're really that curious
I'll show you, step nearer
and when you get close enough
I'll hand you the mirror

sure you're a beauty
everyone can see
there's more than that
something touches me

I can't put my finger on it
I just can't explain
it's something I can feel
but it's on a different plane

Is it supernatural?
esoteric or mystical?
it pulls my heart
could be metaphysical

it pulls me towards you
something magnetic?
it brings out rhymes,
something poetic

I know we're connected
tell me you're affected
just as I suspected
a sly smile is detected

No words needed
nothing to be said
it's deep in our soul
known in our head

It's still nice to say
what I feel for you
you already know
I deeply, truly love you

like a pendulum
I swing back and forth
between doing my best
to stay healthy
and/or
not giving a ****
and eating everything I enjoy
and washing it down
with a good Bavarian beer
or six
what’s the point?
for a little extra time
is it worth it?
well if you have grandkids
I guess it is
maybe I’ll find a balance
or wait for the pendulum
to stop swinging

Did you enjoy the morning rain
knocking on your window pane
Did you hear the howling winds
blowing away the streets ***** sins
Did your mind wander during the storm
whilst inside your shelter comfy and warm
some people get all panicked and frantic
but you and I know the rain is romantic

I fell in love with you
it wasn't by design 
nothing much I could do
the stars were all aligned
your eyes smiled at my heart
my heart went to pursue it
then I tried to use my charm
and I almost blew it

I had kept a stupid secret,

But never considered it a lie,

But when it was discovered,

We didn't see eye to eye,



I miss hanging out with you

It makes me very sad

I really want to go back to

Whatever it was we had



I'm grieving for our friendship

The way it used to be

I'm hoping time will heal this

I can only wait and see

You are the sunrise in my life
bringing me light
and blue skies
warming up my day

I hope I can be your sunset
bringing you the moonlight
to light your way
when things turn to a dark and dreary gray

In a perfect world
we'll always be each other's blue sky
with long Summer days
and the shortest dark nights
followed by a brilliant sunrise to make everything okay

That was my day
and how was yours?
did you at least
get to go outdoors
this beautiful day
there for you to see
and take in some
of that vitamin D
now this gorgeous
evening has begun
and my day is
almost said and done
there's nothing left
for me to do
but hurry to bed
and dream of you

There's beauty in your aura,
There's beauty in your face,
There's beauty in your presence that's never out of place,

There's beauty in your movements,
There's beauty in your walk,
There's beauty in the things you say whenever we get to talk

There's a beauty in your anger,
There's a beauty in your calm,
There's a beauty in the way you touch me on my arm,

There's beauty in your pain,
There's beauty in your moods,
There's beauty in the way you cook all your delicious foods,

There's beauty in your presence,
There's beauty by your side,
You have so much beauty that you'd never be able to hide,

There's beauty in your silence,
There's beauty when you speak,
There's beauty in the way you make my knees go weak,

You have so much beauty,
I'm grateful that you share,
And it is that same great beauty that laid my soul to bare.