there is no way to emphasize
no way to look into your eyes
to stress, to curse, to pound the table
to show you that if I were able
YOU would be the ONLY one
I came home to when day was done
choices made so long ago
reflect me not, no they don't show
I gave up hope and settled down
I've always taken the long way 'round
You're in my life, You're in my heart
No way to make a brand-new start
others may judge, they may say it's odd
but I love YOU true, so help me God

never-ending thoughts, that smile, your lips, those eyes
captured in moments whispered with my sighs
it seems too cruel to find this love, crave each as we do
yet barriers stand in the way, this we know is true
what fate to be our destiny?  what future will we share?
you spoke it best when truth you wrote: you're fire, I am air
together we've created flame, this love will take us higher
no mortal bonds will keep us from our consummate desires

we know that heat once generated
does not die or is dissipated
but only exchanged, one form to another
as in the touches between lovers
warmth arises - seizing hold
forever transferred from the cold
ardent flames lick at our skin
consume the need that lies within
melting two souls, passions shared
love feeds longing with energy squared

we fight for expression
thinking
if we fill in the spaces
all will be clear

with you
I am finding
that you understand
so

.......

this upside-down life, so disconcerting
a world of shadows, passions, yearning
time tempo slows as sun takes flight
into yawning shades of the night

when darkness falls, and shadows grow
a world only few would know
away from warmth and heat of day
now others sleep, in stillness lay

my time to wake and start anew
indigo shades, lavendar hues
adorn the palette I work from
memories of you to keep me strong

in time, this too shall come to pass
existence as this isn't meant to last
love draws me back from dark abyss
to feel your love, to taste your kiss

water is my element, in all ways and forms
kissing the sweat from your chest salty and warm
laughingly running with you through the misty rain
wiping the tears from my eyes, missing you again
longing to swim beside you in the vast ocean blue
silky slippery sensual water, caressing me and you

magnetic forces pull two hearts
time, distance matters not
lustful phantoms torn apart
****** desires fill every thought

in the deepest darkest part of night
my ache for you overwhelms
no use to struggle, nor to fight
give in to fantasy's ebony realms

you, of my soul ~ you, of my heart
inside my being forevermore
sweet sultry need, I will not part
seared into me, loves lyrical score