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*I became a poet the day I wrote your name

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Not cupcakes or brownies
or butterscotch drops
Peppermint patties,
nor big lollipops

Caramel ice cream
with sprinkles so nice
Apricot pudding
or pie by the slice

Banana split servings
cinnamon buns
Pink cotton candy
just now freshly spun

Sherbet or popsicles
purple and green
Milkshakes or sodas,
red jelly beans

Oranges, peaches
bananas or plums
Coffee cake, cookies,
their left over crumbs

Chocolate, vanilla
or strawberry too
None are as sweet
as the love found in you

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Stars in patterned sequence
glisten above a slumbering horizon,
rough cut diamonds,
glowing facets of nightscape sparkles,
as I sit silently peering upon
these flickering destinies
neath shadowed trees slow dancing
to a gentle breeze’s melody

I watch as my thoughts escape,
enchanted visions floating
like luminescent butterflies
ascending to each precious star,
carrying my unending love
upon moonlit wings embellishing
an evening sky of wonder in
fluttered phrases expressing...

my infinite universe is you,
a perpetual existence
breathing between silhouettes
of heart shaped heavens
and desires glittering on
comet tail dreams, for each wish
I cast upon this radiant sky
*is that you truly love me

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Desire, affection, beauty, amazing, passion,
alluring, enchanting, mesmerizing, love, perfect

.

Its dark outside
the roads are wet
Within my thoughts
I can’t forget
The love that shines
upon my heart
As this new day
hastens to start

A skyline wakes
of street light glare
In silence that
the dawn does share
For soon the sunrise
I shall see
When your sweet love
*appears to me

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My heart held the pen
as I wrote you a note
Then set it a sail
on a tiny red boat

It sailed cross the sea
then onto a great lake
Followed the tide,
stardust left in its wake

Fueled by the breezes,
the cool evening air
Smooth on the waters
with something to share

Made it a shore
where you sat on this night
To deliver the message
my heart it did write

A small piece of paper
with words just for you
So that when you read it
you'd know what to do

It said that I love you
beneath these moon beams
Sleep well my darling,
have the sweetest of dreams

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I want you to know
I will always love you
When you are happy
When you are blue

When you are sleeping
When you are not
When it is winter
When it is hot

Out on a picnic
Sitting inside
Swinging on swings
Sliding on slides

If it is raining
If you are wet
I will always love you
That you can bet

If in a sailboat
Or in a car
For a short distance
For very far

Up in an airplane
The miles you flew
Where ever you are
I will always love you

If you are singing
Just care to talk
When you are running
Out for a walk

If you are busy
A project that’s new
Or just relaxing
I will always love you

If you are eating
Preparing to cook
Taking a nap
Reading a book

Watching a movie
Out at the store
Up in the mountains
Down at the shore

When you are dancing
If you are done
If you are tired
Of all this fun

And if you don’t
Or if you do
Forever and ever
I will always love you

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I put out the fire,
the last of the flame
Swept up the ashes
and called out your name

Felt the first rain drop
that splashed on the ground
Listened for echoes,
there wasn’t a sound

Looked under trees,
behind every stone
I couldn’t find you,
I was all alone

Now I was worried,
a tear I did cry
Still I kept looking,
I just had to try

Walked to the sunrise
that waited for me
Came round a corner
and then I could see

There picking flowers,
you turned with a start
I saw your smile,
it ran through my heart

“These are for you,
they’re a morning bouquet
So you will think of me
throughout the day”

And then she kissed me,
took hold of my hand
Whispered “I love you”
said I was her man

I held her close
as we breathed in the air
A beautiful morning
again we did share

We watched the sun
as it rose up above
Another day dawns
we are so much in love

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Walking slowly hand in hand
Along a wooded patch of land
Taking in the beauty that we see

Sitting on a lakeside shore
In these moments we adore
All alone together you and me

Kissing under skies of blue
Soft upon the early dew
Here within my arms where you belong

Hearing bluebirds in the trees
Singing sweet their harmonies
Happy is their perfect springtime song

Watching as the squirrels run
Beneath a wondrous morning sun
Smiling is the thing we seem to do

A cool breeze floats within your hair
The scent of flowers everywhere
Still my every heartbeat is for you

Clouds meander, passing slow
Different shapes they come to show
As we gaze these visions up above

Spending days amidst this view
Will always be a dream come true
*When they’re spent with you, the one I love