~

*If teardrops are your jewelry
A frown drawn on your face
And sadness seems a way of life
With dark outlines to trace

When clouded days of sorrowed gray
Now cover up your sky
And questions fill your weary mind
Always asking why

Just know that as the walls cave in
Distorting every view
No matter how alone you feel
I'm always here for you

~

A falling leaf
casts a much
darker shadow
than the
shade tree
from which
*it fell

Days apart
These tendered times
Of lonely spans
In endless rhymes
Were poets weep
With pen in hand
To send a dream
On written strand
That days will come
From far and near
And in my life
You'll soon be here
When this our love
Again does start
So I won't fear
These days apart

~

I chased the sun
until it set

I watched the rain
while getting wet

I went to sleep
so I could dream

I danced beneath
a soft moon beam

I sang a song
way out of tune

I pictured waves
out past the dune

I climbed a hill
covered with snow

I planted seeds
to watch them grow

I waved at cars
just passing by

I pondered clouds
upon the sky

I counted stars
high up above

I wrote a poem
filled with love

But…

The greatest thing
that I could do

I fell in love
with only you

~

Here under a sprawling maple,
feeling the chill of autumn’s first kiss
as it flows ‘cross emerald fields
gently swaying neath azure skies
on a pristine sunny day
illuminating a colorful tapestry
of gaily painted leaves . . .

we sit watching this wondrous
afternoon meander lazily by
as a blue jay sings a victory song
in the branches high overhead
and you smile at his melodic tune,
as I smile at the perfect beauty I see . . .

sitting right next to me

~

~

*I whispered a phrase as the sun it did rise
Reflecting the beauty I find in your eyes
Just three little words that I happily say
“I love you” now echoes this October day

I walk down a path beneath colorful trees
Like rainbows now floating on autumn’s cool breeze
Such wonder I see as I gaze everywhere
Though none like your smile I am longing to share

I stare and I point and I sing out a tune
In hopes you will sing with me under the moon
With harmonies sent from the stars up above
Providing the lyrics of our special love

It seems that each day is the same as I go
Come morning or evening, I want you to know
No matter the time or the moment I view
I find myself forever thinking of you