For into the battle we ride
Screaming at the top of our lungs
Each matching the other’s stride
As the enemy fires their guns
For honor
For pride
We wage our crusade
For hope
For love
We are not afraid
The ice in your eyes
Stops our enemy cold
To stand against you, unwise
For no prisoners you hold
The fire burns in my soul
Leaping forth across the field
Blazing without control
Our enemy forced to yield
Together we outclass them
They cower and shake
We thrive in the mayhem
They struggle not to break
Do mercy we show our foes
Or fierce coldness to display
It may come again to blows
Until then our blades we stay
To each other we look
Our eyes soften for the gander
Like a story out of a book
Especially for a bystander
This battle was not easy
Nor will it be the last
So I reach to kiss you sweetly
Before the calm can pass

I’ll fight from the saddle
I’ll brave the streets
For life is a battle
With variable beats
There’s one with a roar
And two for a tug
There’s three filled with gore
And four for a hug
There’s beats with vitality
And beats that push and shove
Some drum deeply about mortality
Others of beauty and love
For on these beats I fight
Every single day
Some make me feel like a knight
Others, only a forgotten stray
Then there’s you standing there
With a beat all your own
You like to kiss and swear
Inspired by the history of Joan
Your beat stands out above the rest
Like a heart in an empty mine
This battle surely is the biggest test
But from what I see, you’re doing fine
Though you tend to hold back
You’ve fought with each beat
Like a wolf leading the pack
You know not of retreat
I long to fight beside you
To help strengthen your beat
For surely with two
We would sound like a drumbeat
Ready for battle
The two of us will be
Our horses all saddled
And our beat full of glee

“Begin each day as if it were on purpose.”
When I first said hello
It was seriously nervous
I didn’t know what to do
No idea what to say
I pressed the button on my phone
And set up my hands to pray
I text you every morning
What could possibly go wrong?
Even with your written word
You make my heart sing a song
I begin each day with you
And I no longer feel worthless
You make everything bright and new
With your words you caress
I feel that you care
And I wish I was there
The distance doesn’t care
That we’d make the perfect pair
So we’ll just have to push through
Keep going against the grain
People might think it taboo
But without you there’s only pain
I’ll see you someday
I’ll reach out and touch you
We’ll tell stories of this stray
And the two who liked blue

My darling you inspire
Throughout the day you spark desire
I wish to see you here
Next to me
You conquer my every fear
While filling me with a certain glee
I never wish to feel alone again
And with you by my side, how could I be?

The cold is no match
For the fire I have inside
For you it will burn
Only for you will it subside
For a heart of stone I have
Inside burning with flames
Only you can tame them
Only you can eliminate the pains
You being cold as ice
Will shatter the stone of my heart
Creating something new
Giving both a new start
For when I thaw your cold veins
And blood comes rushing through
Together we will be there
Together, just two
Fire and ice
Together to challenge
Whoever walks our way
With the fire in my eyes
And the ice in yours
Together, making quite the display
An angel of winter on one side
The other a fiery stray
I’ll keep you warm
You’ll keep me calm
Together, in this world of gray

Here’s a short little poem
To give a start to your day
I hope it’s a good omen
To wake up to a stray
Who’s words will bound
Right up off the screen
For you, to astound
My angel, my queen

Dear God,
Send me an angel
One made by you
With a smile that shines
And eyes of blue
Please send me and angel
I feel so alone
Let her comfort me with her wings
And guard from dangers unknown
Lord, any angel
You send my way
I know she’ll be perfect
I’ll want her to stay.
Amen.


Dear God,
You sent me an angel
She’s absolutely perfect
She is smart and kind
And makes my heart beat unchecked
I think I’ve fallen in love
With an angel of your creation
Her eyes have taken ahold
They mimic a blue carnation
Her smile is like the sun
It shines life into me
She makes my head feel spun
And sends my heart on a spree
Thank you God
For this angel you have blessed me with
None other could I have asked for
None other would I even
You have given me a new hope
A new reason to live this life
Without her I couldn’t cope
And thanks to you she’s brought in light
Amen.

I thought I would never find anyone
Life was meant to be lived alone
No one could possibly come for me
But then you did
A message I sent, waiting
Grasping at a ghost of a hope
She probably won’t even reply
Then you did
I sent an apology
I’ve done something wrong
I’ll never get her to come back
But then you did
A spaceman with a lasso joke
Finals kicking time under a mat
Surely you’d never give me your number
Then you did
Talking for hours
Conversations never ending
I thought no one would go for a dork like me
But then you did
Wasn’t long before the calls weren’t enough
We needed to see faces
I wondered if you would really Skype me
Then you did
The very first thing I noticed were your eyes
They struck me like lightning
I never wanted you to look away
But then you did
You hid your face to smile
You hid your face to laugh
But your happiness sang to my soul
I wanted us to Skype again
Then we did
Every time I saw you
I could never find a flaw
Your perfection was astounding
Surely you had nothing to hide
But you said you did
What you didn’t know in your confession
Is you had given me a life’s mission
To make you see the perfection I saw
So I can say
“Then you did”
Because from the first time I met you
And every moment thereafter
I didn’t think you could get any more perfect
Then you did

Smile for me, angel
Show me the glow of your joy
Don’t hide your cheer behind your hands
Don’t hide from the things you enjoy
Your voice dances with your interests
Your eyes sparkle with delight
At the things that make you happiest
So smile for me bright
Don’t let this world drag you down
Don’t try to cover up your grin
Let yourself jump all around
And let your joy spin
Smile for me, darling
Let loose any insecurity
Your smile is genuinely charming
And shines through any obscurity
Lift your head up high
Don’t let your eyes be downcast
Do not your laugh deny
No matter what lay in your past
When you smile for me, love
The fire in my heart you ignite
So smile for me, beautiful
Let that gleam in your eye shine bright

Good morning, Beautiful
As I place a kiss on your cheek
Good morning, I say
One look at you and I’m weak
Good morning, Angel
You roll over to see
Good morning, I say
Right beside you, just me
Good morning, Sweet Girl
I wrap my arms around you
Good morning, I say
You wrap your arms around me
Good, morning Darling
Don’t you go back to sleep
Good morning, I say
You make my heart leap
Good morning, my Beautiful Angel
My Girl
My Darling
My Love
Good morning, I say
I hold you close
Here to stay

I wake up in the morning and see the sun saying hello
I go downstairs and am stopped by an odd fellow
He wore a green hat and carried a cello
He certainly was an odd little fellow
He stopped me and said “Do you want to follow your dreams?”
A little shy I squeaked “uh well, Sure please”
He led me down the hallway and right out the door
Looked back at me with a display and asked “what are you waiting for?”
I shrugged my shoulders with dismay and followed closely behind
He kept right on running I followed suit in kind
He led me to a castle that stood up straight and bold
He looked at me and pointed at it while demanding “Don’t you now fold;
The answers to all your dreams is up there waiting inside
The place is falling at the seams, no time to swallow pride”
So with a leap and a bound I found myself in the castle
Searching far and wide certainly was a hassle
I walked up to a fireplace and saw a burning stew
I turned around to look and who I saw, was you
You stared at me with a challenge, blue eyes boring holes
I stared right back unable to move from those striking blues
You asked what I had come for
I honestly said, “No clue,
Though if I’d take a guess, I’d say I came for you”
That quip made your eyes lose their stony glare
And if I had the confidence I’d swear I saw a sparkle there
You invited me to sit, and we talked for a long while
I impressed you with my wit and even got a smile
It came time for me to leave, so I made to bid adieu
You reached out and grabbed my arm, “life is far better with two”
I was a little taken aback, had I been too far forward?
This woman knew my inner thoughts, perhaps clear-sighted?
I wanted to agree with you, but I lived far from here
It seemed you knew again and said, “Will you take me there?”
My shock must have shown for you shrunk back like I hurt you
“Did I assume too much?” you asked with hesitation
“That all depends” I said with sly smile “do you like blue?”
You smiled again, glowing with confidence, as you leaned forward and said “of course I do”
This time I smiled back, and linked your arm with mine
We walked out of the castle and passed the fellow, now drinking wine
He looked up with a glance and then jumped back with a dance
Shouting for joy at the sight
He grabbed his cello
Before he could mellow
And sang with all of his might
“oh happy days you found your dream
It has all come true to be
For you found her and she found thee
So happy
So happy to be!”
We danced with the fellow
While playing his cello
And moved about all through the night
My hand in your hand
And your eyes on mine
Nothing has ever felt more right
Like the fellow had sung
So happy to be
Right then and there
Just you and me

I was Sitting here
Waiting
Waiting for the world to inspire
Inspire me to write
To laugh
To do
Waiting for the world to tell me
How
How to motivate
How to do
What needs to be done
How to create a world to be won
Nothing
I waited
For nothing
I waited to be acted upon
I had no reason to be here
Then one day the motivation struck
Just for 10 minutes
10 minutes
Is all you needed
You appeared in my life
Like a vision in a dream
I had only planned strife
You put a stop to that scheme
You said I was worth it
In your eyes a gleam
You gave me a motivation
I’ve had never before seen
Never mattered location
You opened for me a new door
This life the old me envies
My heart no longer poor
Happiness no longer on a distant shore
Ten minutes and all this was spun into motion
Inside my head you started a commotion
A storm now rages inside
Emotions that burst forth
From a long ago place
You inspired me to write
To dream
To laugh
To do
To live
No longer am I waiting to put effort into action
You’ve given me the how
How to do what needs to be done
You’ve started creating
A world to be won
The world we needed
And this world is better than I could have imagined.
And all it took was ten minutes unimpeded

Happiness is the flow of the world
The pursuit of it
The attempts to catch it
Having it within our reaches
Ever hopeful to grasp it
The happiness in our lives
Is a mountainous terrain
It drops into valleys
Stretching into a beautiful plain
And climbs to plateaus
Keeping away the pain
The plateaus are the high points
Valley’s the low
Both give a viewpoint
That helps us learn and grow
I am on this journey
This journey with you
Grabbing my hand
Through the high and the low
Traversing this mountainous terrain
With forever to go

Waves crash over
Like a tumbling emotion
Washing up the shore
With a touch of sweet affection
The wind’s whisper of amour
As the waves that are yearning
Get dragged back for more
These are the waves in my mind
Throwing me into titubation
At the thought of leaving you behind
Leading me to a prodigious revelation
…
My life is the sea
And you are the moon
You wax and I rise
With a rushing intensity
You wane and I recede
Pushing me back because of the tensity
How far is too far?
And where is too close?
I know not the answer
I only know it’s you that I chose

The rain had stopped
Hours ago,
Class had been cropped
Only miles to go,
The cars drive by
Splashing and dragging water,
Not another sound to be heard
Just the swirling patter,
As the water is thrown off the wheels
And onto the pavement,
It’s a sound that appeals
To a certain extent,
Vehicles drive by fast
Their sounds soon swallowed by the damp air,
As my mind is recast
And I pull back my hair,
A new rain starts falling
Giving new thoughts that draw in
I wonder if this rain
Had been with you,
Barely a week ago
When you thought I should know
That the rain was falling down
Outside where your are,
I reach my car
I seem stuck in place,
You are so far,
I wish to hold you in my embrace
The weather is perfect for that
I think to myself
I wonder where you’re at
As I’m wishing to see your face
I shake my head and get into the car
One last glance
At the rain water dance
We’ll get our chance
Until then we romance.

The apple that grows high,
Red
The sunset marking the end,
Orange
The flower that brightens the home,
Yellow
The tractor that pulls the fields,
Green
The ball in Fido’s maw,
Blue
The fish that swims in cold waters,
Indigo
The galaxy shining high overhead,
Violet
These are the colors of our world
They shine and glow
Vibrant and joyful
They give life to the dull
Their meaning together
Is one of love
And passion
As they shine above
In an order they encourage compassion
These colors don’t define us
They don’t give us a label
Their meaning is pure
Any argument contrarily, unstable
A rainbow dances
It shines and gives joy
There is no group
That should use it as a ploy
It’s symbol is a promise
One made out to us long ago
Let me use this symbol now
To really let you know
I promise not to hurt you
I promise to never let you go
I promise now to push through
Any trials we’ll have in tow
I promise to not give up
Even when the going gets tougher
I’m promising you here
That though the road will get rougher
And won’t always be sunshine and rainbows
I will stick it through with you
I promise, from my head down to my toes

Dancing
Dancing
In my mind’s eye we are dancing
Twirling about
Hand in hand
My hand on your hip as we sway
Feet moving
Eyes staring
At the laugh on your lips as we move this way
Going in circles
Moving in eights
Getting dizzy spinning with this stray
We stretch out far
We lean in close
Whirling smoothly like ballet
I grab your hands as the music comes to a close
The song is done
Your smile like the sun
Your blush as beautiful as a rose
We should say goodbye
But I cannot lie
My feelings are hard to compose
I hold onto you tight
With all my might
I lean in a whisper to your ear
Stay

I’ll be your girl anytime
From now until the end
You’ve stolen this young heart of mine
You’ve become more than just a friend
I’ll hold you
And help you
Through the toughest times indeed
Renouncing never these feelings of mine
Passion for you I bleed
There never was another angel
Who could have stolen my heart from this distance
You have managed to break in anyway
And to you I give no resistance

Phone rings
We talk
We laugh
I yammer
You listen
You reason
I accept
Time runs out
We say our goodbyes
I don’t want to
We each hang up in hurry
Eager to go?
Knowing it’s now or never
Hang on once
Hang on forever
Every word you say
As it drops from your lips
Fills up my soul
Blocks out the bad
Like an ellipse
I’d grab your hand
Too far away
What is distance,
Compared to time talking this way?
The distance will close
And I will run to you
There will be no time to waste
Until then
Me here and you there
Phone rings

I listen to your voice
I hear it in my dreams
It’s my sound of choice
When I feel torn apart at the seams
You put me back together
Stitch by gentle stitch
Slowly healing what has been torn in me
And never flinching at what you find
The good, the bad, and the ugly
Taking each in cautious stride
I don’t know how I found you
But I thank God that I have
He has given me an angel
One to walk right by my side

You make my heart skip a beat
Every time I hear my phone
Typing out your words so sweet
Training my ears to hear the tone
Your image in my mind is incomplete
Your voice an imagined tone
I await the day we are sure to meet
Until then I listen for the phone.

My angel
My angel
Please fly down from your heaven
And bless me with your beautiful glow
With your wings unclipped
Your hair in a fit
And your dress complete with a bow
May you bless me with your presence
And fill me with delight
Let me breathe in your essence
And wrap my arms around you, tight
Pulling you close into me
Between us, no longer space
Savoring this sweet embrace
Face to face we will finally be
My arms wrapped around you
Yours wrap around me
And together, though close
We are finally free

Your smile
Beautiful
An endless joy to my day
A text from an angel
One who’s so far away
Filled with feelings
And thoughts that you give this stray
I don’t know what to do
And really don’t know what to say
This stray grows fonder of you
In every single way
Perhaps it’s too much too fast
I think to myself
Until you concur
And the tension releases
The nervousness dies down
The elation increases
And no one’s around
It’s just you and me
Alone in this moment
You and me
A single component

Morning comes as the sun says it's hello
I open my eyes to an airbrushed yellow
My first thought is of you
My second is too
And how your day will go
And what you may do
So here's a bright start to your day
May it carry you far
Take a wish from this stray
May you shine like a star

Good morning to the girl who makes me feel like this world is really worth ditching my bed for.
To get up in the cold for
To travel across the country for
I don’t know how you did it
You’re so far away
But you have stolen my heart
You have picked up a stray
A stray who will be loyal
A stray who will love
A stray who will never, never give up
To be with you is my only thought
I’ll travel the world to achieve it
I really, really like you girl
And you best believe it ;)