When you find someone
who makes  you feel  the
same  way  music  does,
that's  when  you  found
     someone special.
                                                                                          Jon York  2019

A New Year  = three hundred
sixty five  opportunities   to :
                    create,
                    evolve,
       ­             thrive,
               and above all,
                     love.

          use them or lose them.
                                                           ­                             Jon York   2019

Whether  love  blooms  gradually,
or hits like a tidal wave, it changes
everything.

Being  one  of  the  most  powerful
energies in the world; love drives us
forward; gives us purpose; and adds
meaning where it sometimes seemed
none existed.

In its extremes it is either a fountain
of the most soaring euphoria and ecstasy:
or, where it is lost, blocked, or turned
away, a bottomless well of despair, pain
and profound despondency.

In between the extremes are the smaller
moments,  laughter  shared,  tears  shed
and wiped away, fears soothed.

It is no wonder that painters and writers
such  as  myself and those  through time
have looked to this all-pervading emotion
for the motivation and object of our art.

The refusal by faithful lovers to allow distance,
disapproval, or even death to affect their feelings
can sometimes seem like fanaticism or obsession,
but in the very stubbornness of the declarations
of undying love there is consolation, satisfaction,
and immense beauty.
                                                         ­                                     Jon York  2021

You have no idea
how good it feels to wake
        up every morning
          knowing that

        you are mine and                                              Love
           ­ I am yours.                                                        +
 ­                                                                 ­                   Trust
           "I love you"                                                         +
  that means I'm not just                                         Loyalty
      here for the pretty                                                   +
                 and                                                           Great ***
         the tasty parts,                                                      =
   ­                                                                 ­           Unbreakable
               I'm here                                                   Relationship
             no matter
               what.                                                            ­                            
                                    ­                                                 We              ­                                                                 ­                               we kiss,
         Fall in love with                                        we hug, we text,
   someone who sees the                                  we talk, we argue,
       wars within you                                        we laugh, we smile,
and  not only chooses to stay,                              we love.....
       but chooses to stand                                        that's us.
by your side and help you
              fight them.

                      I could go for one of your kisses right now.
                                                            ­                                 Jon York   2-19

Stop waiting for the right time.
Time isn't waiting for you.

NOTE TO SELF: You got this.
Know your limits and crush
them. Rid your mind  of can't.

When you see something beautiful
in someone, tell them. It may only
take a second to say, but for them it
could last a lifetime.

They will love you or hate you, Either
way, you're gonna shine!

You decide who you want to become.
Don't listen to other peoples opinions.
It's just noise. Learn not to give a ****,
You'll be happier.

One day you'll wake up and there
won't be anymore time to do the
things you always wanted.

Do it now.
                                                                                             Jon York   2024

Being
                in  love  is  a  very
                 strange thing.
             Your  thoughts  are
                         always
                drifting towards
                     this  person,
                       no matter
               what you're doing.
                       She calms
                  your mind and
                             sets
                    your heart on
                             fire.
              She is that beautiful
                     combination
                          of both.
                   Some people will
                             touch
                         your body.
                    Some people will
                              touch
                           your soul.
                                 She
                           does both
                           whenever
                                    it
                           pleases her.
                               Because
                                    she
                              knows she
                                    can.
                       ­                                                                 ­Jon York   2019

Life is a series of thousands of tiny miracles.
NOTICE THEM. You  are  the greatest  project  
you  will  ever  work  on.

You  do  NOT  decide  your  FUTURE.  You
decide  your  HABITS  and  your  HABITS
decide your FUTURE.  

LIVE, DON'T JUST SURVIVE.

Strength comes NOT  from  what you  can  do,
but overcoming what you couldn't.  The grind
doesn't stop. You only fail when you stop trying.

Your  future  depends  on  your  FOCUS.  You get
what you work for. not what you wish for. The
storms will make you a  skilled sailor.  You will
either evolve or dissolve.

You were born to be real, not perfect.                                
                                                                                            Jon York  2023

Everyone                  
    wants
     to be
      the
      sun
to lighten
       up
  someone's
      life.

       But
    why not
        be
       the
      moon
  to brighten
      in the
     darkest
       hour?

      And if
    you are to
love, love like
     the moon
        loves.
     It doesn't
   steal the light.
   It only unveils
            the
beauty of the dark.                                                         Jon York   2019

Goddess of light
Giver of wisdom
You are the North star
         of my soul.

I've searched the worlds
of beauty and chaos
          for you.

From life time to life time,
star to star,world to world,
through torrential storms,  
great wildernesses and
primitive civilizations.

I've passed through them
all in search of you and
at times you were just a
memory - a previous
fragrance embraced -
and that was enough
          for me.

Onward I went into countless
unknowns always in search
          of you.

I fashioned a piece of visual
poetry that held my most
essential memory of you
and I cast it into the inner
and outer universes as a
beacon...a homing beacon.

If only you would see it,
I prayed, it would let you
know that I am here for
          you.

You saw my poem and
you quickly pulled me
          to you.

Lost in love I've returned
to my beloved sweet
          embrace.

The trails were long and
storms were great, the
missions were meaningful,
but nothing compares to
           you.

Again we have found one another across the vast illusion of
          separation
                                           ­                                   Jon York    2018

Some people
         aren't  loyal  to  you...
                  They are
          loyal  to  their  need
               of you... once
         their  needs  change,
                   so does
               their  loyalty.

                  A dream
       doesn't become reality
             through magic,
                   it takes
                    sweat,
              determination
                     and
                hard work.

                   You can't
            change  a  person
               who doesn't
                    see an
             issue  in  their
                  actions.

                  Be loyal
           to  your  future,
                     not
               your past.

            It's  time  to  be
             happy again.  
                                                                                      Jon York   2019

Only you
           could  do  it.
                 Only
        you could steal
                words
             from  my
              tongue,
       heartbeats from
            my chest,
   my colorful landscapes
               from
             my eyes.
       Only you could
               touch
          hidden places,
                  fill
       the empty spaces,
                 and
             only you
               could
             whisper
        love rhapsodies
                into
            my soul.
          Only  you.
                                                                                            Jon York   2019

The best way to  predict  the future
is  to  create it,  as you  are  listening
to the universe.

You are  a universe inside a universe.
Galaxies  are born  within you.  Don't
be limited by the perception of people
who barely understand the moon.

You become what you read.
You become what you listen to.
You become what you watch.
You become what you think.
Choose wisely.

The grass is greener where you
water it.

"Imaginary evil is always romantic
and varied; real evil is gloomy,
monotonous, barren, boring.  

Imaginary good is boring; real good
is always new, marvelous, and
intoxicating."
                                         Simone Weil
                                                            ­                                  Jon York  2023

Resonating  invisibly  in  
              my  heart it was,
                    but  still
   able to hear the call was my
                 brightest star,
       having  been  designed
              by the universe
                to enable us
          to find one another.  

           As whole lifetimes  
       passed,  lost in  sorrow  
          without  the  unity
             of you and I,
        I  never  lost you  as
         I was feeling you
             all along in
       the  depths  of  my
resonating  heart  knowing.

That  when  the  time  came
                  you and I
  would merge as one and we  
         would shine for
       the  universe  to   see,
           yes  you and me
     feeling  the frequency of
                love eternal
      as I merge with you, my
              brightest star.
                                                           ­            Jon York   2019

Pretend to be crazy so you can get away  
with  doing  what's  right.

Remove yourself from situations where
you have trouble being and feeling your
true self.

Decrease your connection with anything
that tends to demean  your spirit, shrink
your lust  for life , limit  your  freedom,
ignore  your  soul,  compromise  your
integrity,  inhibit your self-expressiveness.

Love  your enemies in case  your  friends
turn out to be jerks.

Whoever  you're  longing  for has  been
changed by your pursuit of them. They are
different from what they were when  you
felt the first pangs of desire.

To make them yours, then, you'll have to
modify  your  ideas  about  them.

Be careful what you wish for because if your
wish does materialize, it will require you to
change in ways you didn't foresee.

Give yourself another chance, pretend your
wounds are exotic tatoos.                                              Jon York   2022

No matter
         how many
           people
        believe or
     don't believe
       in you, you
        must be the
          ultimate
        believer in
          yourself
             first.
          Pain is
       temporary.
             But
         quitting
            lasts
          forever.
        Learn to
           trust
      the journey,           Good things come to those who believe,
      even when                                      better things
      you do not                        come to those who are patient,
     understand                                    the best things
             it.                             come to those who don't give up.            
           Be                                                        
     ungrateful                                    
     for nothing                  
          and                       Good things never come from comfort zones.
      thankful                                     If we want success,              
         for                                    we must get comfortable with being
    everything.                                uncomfortabl­e.                
                                                                ­                                     York  2019

Without
communication,
there is no
relationship;

Without respect,
there is no
love;

Without trust,
there is no
reason to
continue.
                     Jon York   2017

Live by choice, not by chance,

Be motivated, not manipulated,

Be useful, not used,

Make changes, not excuses,

Excel, not compete,

Choose self- esteem, not self- pity

Choose to listen to your inner voice,  
not the random opinion of others
                    (especially those on FB )
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I don't pay attention to the
world ending.
It has ended for me
many times,
and began again in the morning.

One of the most difficult tasks
in  life  is removing  someone
from  your  heart, but  sometimes
you just have to turn the page
on  certain people, but  if  you
loved, that was  a reward in itself.

You know, I don't think it's what
we say that keeps us up at night.
I think it's what we don't say.

Tangled thoughts, twisted words,
mixed up feelings, loving hurts,
you don't just miss the person,
you miss the feeling.
                                                        ­                          Jon York    2019

Whatever  else  we  might  think
of this world -- it  is  astonishing.

You  may be surprised to find out
how much more there is to learn
about  what  really  moves  you.

Turning to  face my  fears, I  meet
the warrior  who lives  within me.  

Each condition I flee from pursues
me, each condition that I welcome
transforms  me  and becomes itself  
transformed  into  the  blessing  it
always was.

Sip  the  tears of someone you love.

"The man who has no imagination
has  no  wings."   Muhammad Ali

                                                            ­                                  Jon York  2022

Time has flown by, the years a seeming torrent in my view, and what remains of youth is hardened by the truth and etched by lies without end and marred by the faithful wounds of faithless friends.

Time has gone by as  sorry's  echo amid the unsaid, long since drowned echoing without a sound, tip of the tongue not quite remembering.

Chance has swept away and I often wonder if I really ever had anything to say or  if I  had the chance  would I stay and what
would I say?

Time has lost us on its cusp as all things have their end, you, me, us...everything turns to dust in the passing days that once knew our trust.

Time' has flown by with so many years gone and forgotten yet I am anchored in the past what is sunrise and sunset until I learn to forget faded memories that somehow still breathe among fallen stars and wishes I believed, and I still bleed.

                                                         ­                                     Jon York  2022

The way she feels,
       her smell,
    touch  , taste,
        and how
   she  sounds  are
     all ingredients
               for
       the fix to my
          addiction.                                                                     Jon York   2019

BE

       loyal to your FUTURE
          not your PAST,
                  and
            remember
        planning­ is silly.
                 either
                  ACT
                    or
             ­  FORGET.
   DANCE  before  the  music
       is  over, LIVE  before
                your  life
                     is
                    over.
             Always HOPE
                    but
             never EXPECT.

                  
                                     ­                                              Jon York    2019

We ignored truths
for temporary happiness.
                                                                  Jon York   2019

Respect the Dreamer                                     It's Deep Wisdom
  and the dreams.                                           to know yourself.


------------------------------                       ­        ------------------------------

         We Are All                                                 Trust The Magic
    made of Stardust.                                        of New Beginnings

--------------------------------                     ­        --------------------------------

       Accept Yourself                                            Be A Warrior
  As You Were Designed                                    Not A Worrier

----------------------------------                      ­       ------------------------------

            Be Free                                                      Trust That Things
           Be  True                                                      wil­l Work Out.
             Be You.                                                             ­                       
------------------------------------                          --­-----------------------------

        When it Rains                                                When it"s Dark
    Look for Rainbows                                             Look For Stars

------------------------------------                      ­       -----------------------------

         Trust And Learn                                          God Will Always
                                                                                                                             
               To Let Go.                                                    Make A Way.

    --------------------------------                       ­      -------------------------------

           Happy People                                              Just Enjoy
            Plan Actions,                                          Where You Are
             Not Results.                                                    Now.
­
-------------------------------------                          -­--------------------------------
                                ­                  Jon York   2019

May  you  be
embraced by
         the
qualities  that
   will  make
    your life
            a
   happier one --
      -- love,
      kindness,
      caring,
      integrity,
      honesty ,
      and trust.

     But know I
           still
       search for
  your purpose for
         me and
   I need so badly
       for you to
     help me to see
       and accept
      that purpose
     and  give  me
         the  will  to
          pursue it.
                                                                               Jon York   2019

I was different
               from other men. In my
        words  she  found  desires that
                    she didn't know
                          she had.

                    When  I  looked
                             at her,
               she felt as though I could
                             hear her
                       very  thoughts.
                 When  I  touched  her,
                      she knew she
              would give me anything.
                        She would
                 give me everything.

                        She lay alone
           in her bed and her desire
                           for me was
                   a burden on her soul.
                            She could
                  feel  it  like  a  weight on
                             her chest,
                    and  restlessness  in
                      ­      her limbs.
                  She  wanted  to  feel  me
                       deep inside her.
                               She was
                          desperate  for
                       ­      my touch.
                                                          ­                                 Jon York    2019

It  is  ever  so   beautiful 
         to  be strange. To do
           things differently
                than others.
   To see things in rare light.
        To me, that is such
              a gold to carry.

              I like people
       who have  a sense of
              individuality.
          I  love  expression
                    and
     anything awkward and
         imperfect, because  
  that's  natural and that's real.

                I like messy
          people,  people  who
    don't fit  in  a  box  or  stay
               between the
      lines, but whose integrity
             is greater than
            any rule book and
      whose   loyalty  is  stronger
                 than blood.

              Kindness is the
       simplest way to tell another
     soul  that  there  is  love  to  be
            found in this world.
                                                          ­                     Jon York   2019

I love the build up... when
touching  turns   into
grabbing. Soft lips into
passionate   tongues.
Your heart beating faster &
faster...with me longing for
you, your pleasured sighs.

"Push me up against your
mind and rip naked my soul
and I  will willingly concede
the rest to you" she whispered
in my ear and then she looked
at me and said, "the very thought
of you sir, makes me squirm."

You ******* lips as you straddle
me ready to be mine and slowly
you slide down on me taking in
every inch you can, closing your
eyes, you throw back your head
knowing  that soon  I  will  be all
inside  you.

That   wasn't  ***,   it  was  naked
poetry I told her, me being a poet
and  all,  "and if  you  just  wanted
to   talk  you  would   have  wore
underwear" I said, and then she
whispered in my ear, "I want you
inside my mind."
                                                          ­                     Jon York   2019

I curl my
           frame around  her,  
                all  arms and
           legs  and  I  can  feel
                   her heart
               fluttering  as  a
                  little bird's,
              frightened and
                      brave.

                     I kiss her
          and she  tastes  like  
                     oranges,
             fresh strawberries
                  and courage.

                      I smile at
               the   sun   in   her
                     baby  blue
                           eyes,
             lick  salt  from  her
                  tanned skin,
         for  the shore our bed,
              lapping waves our
                     spectators,
            soaking  us  until  she
                   curves her
              back  in  roaring
                         bliss!

                         I carry
                   her  over  the
                          moon
                   into the sun.
                                                            ­                       Jon York   2019

When we are young we are
fearless but when we are old it
is a challenge just to stay alive.

Age is not a particularly
interesting subject because
anyone can get old, all you
have to do is live long enough.

Life is an amazing journey and
you alone are responsible for
the quality of it so guard well
that treasure kindness and know
how to give it without hesitation,
how to use it without regret, how
to acquire it without meanness.

Some days are just bad days,
that's all, so know that you have
to experience sadness to know
happiness.

I hope everyone reading my words
is having a really good day, and if
you aren't, just know that in every
new minute that passes you have
the opportunity to change that
and if you have enemies, it means
you have stood up for something
sometime in your life and the
gift is yours.
                                  Jon York     2016

You will
             never have to force
           anything   that's   truly
                  meant for you.
                       Be with
              someone who treats
                     you  like  a
                   DESTINATION,
                     NOT A STOP
               ALONG THE WAY.
                      And realize
                 that sometimes life
                       doesn't give
                              you
                     what you want,
                       not because
                 you don't deserve it,
                       but because
   YOU DESERVE SO MUCH MORE
                  and know that it
                 might  take  a  day,
                it  might  take  a  year,
                          but what's
                    meant to be will
                            always
                        find its way.
                                                                                       Jon York   2019

Meet me

where the end begins,

in echoes,

where your world is me,

and my world is you.

Love is always greater

than the cost.

What you gain is always,

more than you lost.

                  I

think we were meant

         to be, but

         we did it

           wrong.

        I think souls

       have a way of

  of connecting without

      our knowledge.
                                                                           Jon York   2019

Allow   yourself
a   day  without
worry.   A   day
  with   simple
   trust  in   the
universe and an
inner   knowing
  of  the   truth
  that   it's   all
going to be okay.

    Become   so
  confident    in    
who    you    are,
  that   no   one's
        opinion,
      rejection,   or
   behavior  can
  rock   your  world.

     Carry   a   heart  
  that   never    hates.
Carry a  smile  that
     never   fades.
   Carry  a   touch
that   never   hurts.

No beauty shines brighter than that of a good heart.
So carry a good heart.
                                                          ­                             Jon York   2019

Would've,                                                        ­ Nothing

      Could've,                                        ­                  Kills  you

      Should've,                   ­                                      like your

didn't, didn't, didn't.                                               mind.
-----------------------------                              ­   -----------------------------

     You almost                                                      Peopl­e come
                                                                ­            
     convinced                                                        ­     and go,
                                                                    ­      
   me I mattered.                                                      th­at's life.
------------------------------                             ­    ------------------------------

   Nothing matters,                                            You deserved

               but                                                            ha­ppiness,

   somehow you did.                                                so I left.
--------------------------------                           ­    -------------------------------

       Our "almost"                                                  We were and

         will always                                                          t­hen

            **** me.                                                          we weren't.
---------------------------------                       ­        -------------------------------

     Your fingerprints                                               I miss how

           I have not                                                            yo­u

          washed off.                                                     wanted me.
                                                Jon York    2019

"I'm fine." I lied.

It  seems  crazy  sometimes,
just  trying  to  stay  positive
or ­ maybe  I  have  reached  my
limit of pretending to be normal.

Eating cereal with a fork since
the late 70's, a ragged collection
of wild ghosts that offend Heaven
with wanton paganism.

Looking for a peaceful place to
scream in terror at the realization
so many years are gone, going so
fast and I can't get them back.

I am old and gray and bald, and
walk with a cane. blinking my eyes
again and I am a great grandfather.

And I recall so many loves that
didn't last, that came and went
like a hummingbird feeding and
gone, some of them with insatiable
depths  that  needed  to  be  fed.

Some with hungers for the wailing
of tortured flesh,roaring whispers of
the men they'd swallowed.

But I know she is still out there
waiting for me to appear.                                         Jon York    2021

I don't know how else
to say it,
so I just say she
makes
me
MORE.
more alive,
more aware,
more sensitive.
more loving,
more passionate,
more sexually aroused,
more creative,
more understanding,
more caring,
And perhaps the best thing
we can do for those we love
is to make them more.
Always so much more than
they ever thought possible.

I need nearly nothing,
       so very nearly.
I need to be loved,
       and I need to give all the
       love that I have,
            away.

                                        ­                                          Jon York  2018

There is much to learn by
listening so be sensitive to
the needs and the pain of
those around you and see
the good in those whose
lives have touched yours.

Too often we underestimate
the power of a touch, a kind
word, a sincere smile, a
listening ear, an honest
compliment, or even the
smallest act of caring, all
of which have the potential
to turn a life around.

Some words are timeless
and our entire lives will
consist of many fires and
much rain and sunny days
that never seem to end and
after each experience we will
never be the same because
each one is part of our
growing and as a result
we become more knowing.

Commend more and
condemn less and realize
that you would not trade
your life with anyone else
if you could see behind
closed doors.                        Jon York                2014

The  infinite  potential
of a blank canvas. The
life you hope to create.
All you have to do is imagine.

What kind of masterpiece
you arrive at depends on you.

The gifts of the creative mind
must lead the way.

Finding bold solutions to the
problems of our time is the
essence of modern thinking.

Hit the future as hard as your
money and brains will permit.

Otherwise you will be out of
date tomorrow.
                                                                                                   Jon York 2023

Would You ?
If in all the world there were but two
and if all this were good and true
   would you ?
and if you dreamed of PJ's blue and
big strong arms encircling you and
if you woke and found it true
    would you ?
and if you were good and bright
and I stayed with you all night
and I turned out the light
   would you ?
and if we lay there face to face
with nothing between us but silk
and lace and if you knew everything
was safe,
    would you ?
would you kiss me goodnight ?


This wanting, getting, finding out
we don't want it all --
yet if there be sweet birds in spring
there will be leaves that fall.


Here's to the love that lies in
your eyes
         and lies
               and lies
                     and lies.


                Life
It is a pair of dice plugged with lead
a crooked game where death is the
dealers friend and when we cash our
chips in for the red life hands us all
a lemon in the end.

Sooner or later -- you'll forget the
things you are saying --- and yet
It's sweet for the stars to kiss the sea
but not half as sweet as you kissing me
   It doesn't mean a thing I know but
I  love to hear your lines and so ---
the moonlight has a thousand charms
and sooner or later you'll forget but
never mind this bye and by cause
sooner or later, so will I.

Life is like a cigarette -- easily started
--- quickly done, tossed away without
regret as you light up another one.

Two volume novel ---
the suns gone dim,
the moons gone black
for I loved her and
she didn't love back.
                                         Jon York   2017

I  want  your  soul
breathing heavily against my collarbone,
I want your thoughts
nibbling on my ears,
your passions
pressed against my lips,
your hopes
naked on my skin,
your opinions
wet in my hands
and your desires
letting out soft little moans
against my soul.

I want your body
pressed up against my heart,
I want your hands spreading my
thoughts,
lingering over the curves of my
passions,
gripping my
hopes,
stroking my
opinions,
and rubbing my
desires.


I want you to remember
one thing. Wherever you are and
wherever you go
you will always be loved,
until my last breath and beyond,
you will be loved.      
                                                    ­                                         Jon York   2019

The truth is bitter
but you taste so sweet.
I held and soothed you
as I got you deep...slow
kissing into a meek
surrender.

You bring me to my knees
with just the sound of
your voice and in your
presence I melt into your hands,
you feeling the deep rumble
of  my voice as  it  coos
and comforts you.

I  feel you in  my  whole
body  and  every  inch
of my skin.

You melted into me when
I  held  you....so  why  do
your demons hurt me so?
                                                                                Jon York   2021

Don't tell me
                          what   to  do,
    unless       you're    naked
                      and
    If   you    had  a   bad  day,
    don't  take  it   out  on  me,
    unless  we're  both  naked.

    There's  a reason why we
     have     stayed    together,

    We  give  each  other
                 something nobody    
                                    else can.

      Relationships get stronger  
      when  both  are willing  to
                   understand
       mistakes and
                     forgive each other.

      People    may  not   always
      tell    you   how  they   feel
                                   about you,
                          but
      they will always show you.
                       PAY
               ATTENTION
  In  the end affection  is always
             greater than perfection.
                                                                                         Jon York   2019

I introduced her to desires
     she didn't know she had and I told her she
           was beautiful, but I  don't think
    she really believed me, and as  I told her
             she was ****, she couldn't quite
    take  me seriously,  but now   as  she  stands
                before me naked to the world,
      she  could  see  the  look  in  my  eyes and
                   maybe she's thinking that
          I'm  right  and  she  felt  as  though  I
                could hear her very thoughts.

                      Her heart beats faster
                at   the   sound  of  my  voice
           and her ******* crinkled and hardened
                       at the feel of my breath
                             on her shoulder.
               The touch of my hand in that
             secret  place   between   her  legs  
        completed  the ****** sensations she
                               was feeling.

                        Many women have
       a deep inner longing to be dominated
                   by the man who's
            absolutely obsessed with them.
                                                           ­                                Jon York   2019

I   firmly   believe
it's  the   reaching
for things we have
no business reaching
for, that makes the
human experience
so beautiful.

The  reach   for  the
sky   when   we've
no  means to touch
it.    Still  we  reach.

Sometimes life slaps
you in the face with
beauty,    screaming
at you to take notice.

Other times it whispers
in   your  ear  and  just
suggests that you stop,
look  up,  and  take    a
deep breath.
                                                                                        Jon York    2019

You were you
and I was  I,
we were two,
before our time.

I was yours,
before I knew,
and you have always
been mine too.

I love you. I am
always with you.
Be open to the light
and sound you sense.
Listen to your heart,
for that is where I am.

People who are meant
to be together will always
find their way back to each
other.
                                                                ­                        Jon York   2021
They might take detours in
life, but they're never lost.

Relationships are harder now  
because conversations became
texting,  arguments  became
phone  calls, feelings became  
subliminal   messages,  ***  
became  easy, the  word "love"  
is  used  out  of  context,
insecurities  become  a  way­  
of  thinking, getting   jealous
becomes  a   habit,  trust   is
hard to  come  by,   being
hurt  becomes  natural  and
leaving  then  becomes  the
only option.

Sad  but  true,  so  if   you  have
something that's worth it...don't
take it  for granted. Fight  for  it
and  DON'T  LET  IT  GO!  

I want you to strip off all your
outer layers so I can see you just
as  you  are. And  I  don't mean
your clothing....
What I mean is that I want  to
see   your  bare  naked   soul.
And maybe then I can see what
you are really made of.
                                                             ­                  Jon York   2019

"Be gentle with me,"
  she whispered.
" Be sweet and kind,"
"Who am I kidding?"
    " Flip me over"
  "pull my hair,"
          "bite me,"
"Do whatever
          you desire,"
"Whatever floats
          your boat."
                                                                                 Jon York   2019

Not everything
             is  suppose  to  become
                         something  
                beautiful  and  long
                            lasting.

                 Sometimes people
                        come  into  
             your  life  to   show you
                      what is right
         and what  is wrong. To show  
                     you  who  you  
                           can  be,
                 to teach you to love
                          yourself,
                 and to  make you feel
            better  for  a little  while.

                                Not
                    everyone is going
        to  stay  forever  but  you  just
               have to keep on going,
                      thanking them
            for whatever it is that they
                           gave you
                and when  you  finally
          get  tired  of  trying,  just leave.
                         No fight, no
            argument, and sometimes
                        not  even  a
                          goodbye.
                                                                               Jon York   2019

In life, there are three

           shapes  you  should
  
            avoid:  vicious circles,

             love triangles,  and

                  squared minds.
                                                                                 Jon York   2019

In  1964,  60 years ago,  I  was  16
and she was 14. Two souls searching
the universe  and when we met,  the
searching was over.

And I still think about her and those
crazy days together, her young skin
on my fingertips, her young  lips  on
mine.

But the Vietnam war turned my world
upside down and I would never be the
same.  

As I turn 76 today I go into the depths
of night to find my voice - thoughts forming
into feelings, then words on paper.

A poet navigating a tainted world.

When  you cannot  control  what's
happening, challenge yourself to control
the way you respond to what's happening.
That is where your power is.  

I write to capture fleeting moments, to fight
the PTSD in my head from a war, to capture
memories of young love and deep desires.
                                                                                             Jon York   2024