If we don't believe in ourselves,
why should anyone else?

~

As we gaze upon the light
Of shimmering desire
Silhouettes a’ play this night
In shadows they retire

Here upon this hillside dream
We watch the great expanse
Far beneath the midnight moon
Does bloom a found romance

As the silent valley sleeps
Lingering the skies
Reflections of a moonbeam kiss
Now glow upon your eyes

O’ to spend this evening pure
Alone just me and you
Here beneath the midnight moon
*As dreams do all come true

~

Upon a beach of silken sand
Neath nighttime's wondrous skies
Stars aglow of heavens hand
Soft moon beams fill your eyes

With gentle seas awash the shore
The scent of ocean wind
A shooting star our smiles explore
As dreams once more begin

Now glistening on waters blue
A hypnotizing light
Illuminates this love so true
I feel for you this night

In solitude of gentle flow
The touch of fingertips
A canopy of evening glow
My kiss upon your lips

This universe is ours to hold
Amongst the stars we'll play
Of secrets now our hearts have told
Beneath the Milky Way

I asked for your hand,
you gave me the finger

My heart
and
your promise…
why must you break both?

~

I breathe
as if it means nothing,
no thought or planning
A rhythmic thing
that just happens

~in and out…silently~

Little notice is taken
until I find your smile,
your beauty, your love
and then I gasp, for in that instant…
I am breathless

-

The pieces are scattered everywhere,
don't bother picking them up

~

Cotton candy clouds adrift
Upon these twilight azure skies
Silently in colors formed
Of taking breath and casting sighs

Aglow, a moon of muted light
Above these branches, rests in wait
Reaching o’er the final glimpse
Now as this day it does negate

Here I stare in thoughtful dreams
Wondering on scattered winds
Shall this spell of moonlit phase
Bring my love to you again

A’ dance upon your waking heart
Soft of light and chilled caress
Of these miles we stand apart
Filled with hope and lone confess

Captured moments, sorted time
Found entwined of this we see
As a fragile silhouette
Wafting through so endlessly

Hear my voice, it calls your smile
Echoes of a promise true
Far beyond this beaconed vision
*Steadfast is my love for you

~


Capturing Zephyrs

Soft on the wings of a butterfly dreaming
Comforting clouds wrap me tight in their hold

Floating forever on fresh water wishes
Counting the whispers of love that unfold
~
Cascading whims fall in pools to discover
Finding reflections on ripples embark

Drawing a line between each star above us
Tracing your smile as it glows in the dark
~
Sipping the tea of a magnolia blossom
Savoring every moment in time

Reading the words penned in endless devotion
Breathing each phrase filled with magical rhyme
~
Basking in sunlight now sent from the heavens
Capturing zephyrs in frolicking charms

Color me free on the petals of posies
Warm the embrace as I fall in your arms

~

A tedious time at security
An hour waiting to board
A long tiring flight
A middle seat
A tiny bag of peanuts
A luke warm beer
A bumpy landing
An unfamiliar airport
A beautiful face waiting to greet me
And my head is once again in the clouds

~

You, my cloud,
soft and pure,
peacefully lingering
above me watching,
shading my life,
floating in my heaven ~
shielding me
~
As my heart beckons
on silent winds,
following my dreams,
reaching to the sky
to touch you
as you touch me ~
*with love

~


Come float with me on velvet sound
As music floats the evening air
With melodies of hope now found
And timeless days we both shall share

The setting sun of curtains bright
So full of life and amber glow
Does dance the heavens curtained light
Brought forth in this, its daily show

To walk this course, the songs we sing
That lovers feel and hearts do shine
As harmonies of dusk now ring
In rhythms which are set to time

For dreams you see are cast in gold
With linings shimmering the sky
Till twilight lends its somber soul
Of silhouettes to pass us by

Where shadows play a subtle game
To win but only heart's desire
And passions form the poet's flame
In words that you alone require

Of patterns pure on violet skies
Enlightened as the moon beams pass
To see your face before my eyes
And feel your touch does come at last

For it is always what I dream
In lasting sound of lyrics true
To lay before this twilight scene
And sing the song of love to you

~~~~


Wept this dream, my thoughts they fill
Take me from this weary place
Where darkness screams a painful chill
In torment of the mind does trace

I wait here thick of splintered thorn
My tears they fall upon the seed
In hopes the bloom of perfect dawn
Will light the way of what I need

My hands are sore of calloused fear
Scars my skin they carve a line
Neath bramble branch of broken cheer
A breast of this near mortal time

Your hand I long of feathered feel
So soft the touch, my heart does wane
These eyes, a love to then reveal
Within your arms, ignite the flame

Lift me for my body weak
Desires but the breath of you
To breathe within this soul I seek
Allowing dreams to mend the true

Or shall I die alone this eve
Beyond the moon of wicked glow
Lost of every captured dream
And nothing more I need to know
~~~~~
When there, atop, a shadowed form
With torch in hand of flickered fire
Eyes so wide to fend the storm
I reach for her which I desire

Upon my brow a single kiss
Of angel wings in silken twine
“Arise” a voice, melodic bliss
“I’ve come, my love, to make you mine”

The sun appears on eastern shore
As flowers bloom in petal’d faire
Of wishes I do cast once more
My fortune now to find you there

“Come, let’s dream, let’s dream as one”
You sing to me harmonic voice
“And fall in love till time is done”
My heart has only but one choice

We leave this place of fractured doubt
My hand in yours, my life the same
A feeling but the need to shout
Dear heavens, thank you once again

For I was lost, a wilted soul
Alone of this and every breath
Of counted stars to take their toll
Awaiting but my coming death

And now my world has filled the brim
With love I find so deep inside
My dream is you, has always been
No longer do I run and hide

So now we dream, we dream as one
Such beauty does my life exceed
Perfection to my sight has come
Sweet angel, all I’ll ever need

~

  
So precious is this night

Solitude to share

Of simple fountains flowing

And whispers on the air



Pristine so the feeling

A ‘play about my mind

Sensing of the evening

What my heart might find



Connected by a moonbeam

Silver flowing light

Sent to you this evening

Shining ever bright



Darkness is the common

Of distant worlds to be

Though on this silent evening

You are all I see



One million stars a’ shining

Spectacular the view

As each one it does signify

The love I have for you



So on this full moon evening

If you do stare above

Know this joy you’re feeling

Are moonbeams filled with love

~

Come with me a’ walking
on this autumn day
Through this wondrous forest
here amongst the shade

Along a wooded stream
you and I we lie
Contemplated dreams
appear before the eye

Let us find a pathway
silent ‘neath the trees
Leading us to paradise
on the forest breeze

Waiting for the twilight
to flow in from above
On our grand adventure
*as we share our love

~

I'm just curious...
do they make
sugar free sweet dreams?

~

I get the crazy part,
but let it go now

Once a sturdy stone wall,
now a pile of rubble

Dark


I can feel the empty loneliness, the dire sadness in your words
Black on white letters arranged in sorrow’s indelible font
Tear drop tense in flowing cradles of desperation
sad eyes of whys, question mark patterns
on stark gray silk, neatly pressed
offered no one in particular,
a butterfly necklace
weeping on skin
fading slowly
into the
dark
~
“I fell and my eyes could not see,
you were gone and my heart shattered”
~
dark
gloomy
skies drip
memories from
charcoal rain clouds
flooding emotions on the brink
blinding the sight of anything good
dancing on the broken stoop of splintered
dreams and broken hearts clinging barely to breath
screaming to invisible heavens and gagged reasons lost
somewhere beyond the here and there, where she does wait