Love, you proclaim
Boastful and arrogant
Love, it's not
Imagination, maybe
or could it be
the belief that it's
LOVE?

Love, you hide
Scared and pathetic
Love, it's not
a desire, perhaps
or just the feeling
of guilt, so you pretend
it's LOVE?

Love, you know not
Selfish and greedy
Love, it's not
Feeling proud,
I sense, for you give
nothing in return
for my generosity
That of which is LOVE!!!!!

Be my guidance through this life
Teach me all I need to know
Hold my heart inside your soul
Teach it how to grow.

Please don't let me fall
Help me stand on my own feet
Touch my cheek when I am crying
Hold me softly as I sleep.

Each morning kiss me gently
Whisper in my ear
Hold my hand out in public
Always let me know you're near.

If ever I should stumble
Stand me slowly from my fall
Erase the embarrassment from my face
Like it never happened at all.

Just let me know you love me
A million times a day
Without a word from your mouth
I'll hear it when you say.

Life is but a short time
Too short to waste a day
Let's live it to the fullest
Live it for us come what may....

Down by the lake, in the cottage made of stone
The porch is taken over by all the flowers grown.
The walkway needs weeded, and the chimney needs repairs
There are holes in the wood that we used to build the stairs.
The windows are fogged over from the dust in the air
Underneath the shade tree sits my worn out rocking chair.
Inside is full of cob webs, and smells of filthy must
The kitchen sink is tarnished, and covered in rust.
The bathrooms are molded from the absence of use
The wooden floors are covered with a thin coat of dew.
From the lack of attention and tender loving care
The beauty of the cottage has vanished in thin air.
If the time were taken to show how much we cared
The beauty of the cottage, and the warmth would still be there.
Over time it faded, the need of caring hands
Now down by the lake, the lonely cottage stands.

As I turned to face the ocean
Chills traveled down my spine
Was it you I saw by the shore
For just a brief moment in time

Closing my eyes to clear them
Ne'er had they failed me this way
In disbelief I shut the blinds
Without a single word to say

Flopping down on the edge of my bed
Throwing my chin in my hands
For so long now, you've been gone
So, whom on the shore did stand

Standing back up firmly on my feet
For the view of the ocean so sublime
Forcing myself to glance once more
For just a brief moment in time

The view was more reassuring this time
For it was the ocean I did see
Nothing along the sandy, white shore
Just the waves crashing ever peacefully.

My curiosity still aroused by what I saw
My heart just misses you that much
If only for just a brief moment in time
I would give anything to feel your touch.