We stood face to face staring
at each others tears of joy
because it has been so long
apart wondering what we
have been doing and why
we ever parted. . .

And I said with trembling lips
why did you have to leave me
and you could not feel my pain
and staying together you had
nothing to gain. . .

My mind flashed pictures of
our past together. . .so fast
that I almost forgot. . .you
were standing there as if
someone had made you a dare

And suddenly you were gone
as fast as you came, acting as if
you didn't care, as if you were
still playing your sick little game.
                                          Jon York 2017

It   was   you,
      it   was   me,
  it was the silence
underneath the stars
   that understood
     my heartbeat
     and its racing.
You told me nothing,
I believed everything,
   in that moment
      I found life
    in that moment
     I found you.
        I promise.
      if you keep
      searching
   for everything
       beautiful
      in the world,

        you will
       eventually
       become it.
      

                                                     ­                               Jon York   2019

I wondered what you were seeking
when you told me once I was always
the lingering tune draped among
your memories.

Maybe  your  love was tired  from all
of your  toys and  had  come to  rest
on  smoother  ground but  it seems  I
was  not  your soft  landing,  but  just
another  hook to hang your  hat, just
a past memory.

But I'm not too sure I was remembered
at all because of all the stories told
by you, as if you were talking about
you and I, were stories of which I had
no memory of at all, so it had to be
someone else and never really me,
as you claim it was.

I brace myself in place waiting for you
to remember how long you've wanted
me.

Every breeze carries to my mind the
truth and I am captive in your eyes
even as they wander.
                                                                                          Jon York  2020

The most
              beautiful part
        to  loving  you  is  that
                I knew that
           when  you  let  me
              in  your space,
        it  was  never  because
             you needed me.

                      You
                  stopped
             needing  people
       a long time ago. It was
                because you
          wanted me, and that
                       is the
               purest love of all.
  
                           You
                    walk with the
                 fearlessness of a
                          wolf, the
                    bravery of a lion,
                            and the
                      fierceness of
                                a
                          dragon.

                              and
                           you  are
                             mine.
                                                                                        Jon York   2019

Every  girl is a  freak,
it just takes the right
guy  to  bring  it  out.
                                                                                             Jon York   2019

Everything
     you want  is
     on   the  other
      side of fear.
                                                                                              Jon York   2019

No one sees what you see,
   even if they see it too.
        She embraced
           the chaos
    as it painted her life
       with purpose
      knowing that the
   heart will  sometimes
                 break,
    to make a better shape
        and she said to me,
          "no one's soul
               is pure,
      we are not here to
            stay clean."
                                                                         Jon York   2019

The sun
                       sees her
                         body,
                     the moon
                       sees her
                          soul.

                         She  is
                       devoted
                          to the
                           moon,
                  in its darkness
                       she finds
                       comfort
                          and
                     in its light
                           she
                     finds hope.

                     She loves
                     moonlight
                          and
             rainstorms and many
                other things that
                       have soul
            and  like the moon,
                     part of  her is
                        always
                         hidden.
                                                         ­                                  Jon York   2019

That sparkle in your eyes that I know
is just for me and.the warmth of your
skin and your breath on my neck that
quivers within is where we begin.

The touch of your hand and the smell
of your hair and the strength in your
stare from your blue eyes so fair tells
me to do with you what I may dare.

The kiss of your lips from a body so
fair and the stroke of your touch from
the one I love so much arouses me
enough to take you there remembering
that a kiss seals two souls for a moment
in time.

The sound of your laughter is like that
of a child but the compassion in your
embrace is nothing but wild and the
beating of your heart against my chest
puts my mind to rest when thinking
about tomorrow knowing  that you
will bring  me happiness not sorrow.
                                                         ­                  Jon York  2018

It's  a  hard time  to  be  human.
We know too much and too little.

Exaggerate  your flaws until  they
turn  into  virtues.

I wouldn't be surprised if poetry
-- poetry  in  the  broadest  sense,
in the sense  of a world filled with
metaphor, rhyme,  and recurring
patterns,  shapes, and designs -- is
how the world works,. The world
isn't  logical,  it's  a  song.

I  go  where  my  words  take  me.
I  write  for  my  own  amusement
but my ink comes from  the  heart
and sometimes a dark mind.

I wouldn't say I'm an inexperienced
poet, but  staying  in  the  lines  has
never been one of my strong points.
                                                                                              Jon York  2022

Life is too short to
spend it at war with
        yourself.
                                                                                Jon York   2019

Our eyes made love
to each other
beforehand...
You were something
that felt so new
yet so familiar to me,
like a place
I have never been
but somehow never left.
I think I have known
you my whole life,
and loved you awhile
longer.
I looked into those blue  
eyes  and there  I  stood.
Helpless,
watching you happen to
me...  never caring
if I came out alive as  I
became lost  in the most
intoxicating
aromatherapy.....ever,
your scent mixed with
my fragrance.
                                                      ­                      Jon York   2019

Kiss her
slowly, take  your  time, like there's  no  place
you'd rather be. Not like your waiting for something
else, like your hands touching her thighs, or undoing
her  bra   straps, nothing  like  that.
                              Kiss her
like   you've   forgotten   any  other  mouth  that  your
mouth  has  ever  touched.   Kiss  her  with  a  curious
delight.  Inhale  her  sighs.   Kiss  her  till  she  moans.
Kiss her with her face  in your  hands.  Let  her  know
how  bad  you  really  want  to  just  kiss  her.
                               Kiss her
like  you  want  to  take  her  dancing.   Like you want
to spin her into an open arena and watch  her  look  at  
you  like  you're  the brightest  thing  she's  ever seen.
Like  she's   the   brightest  thing   you've   ever   seen.
                                Kiss her
like   the   first  and  only   piece   of   chocolate  you're  
ever  going   to  get.  Until  she  forgets  how   to   love.  
Kiss  her  stupid.  Kiss  her  silent.

We   think  we  want  ***,  but   it's  not   always  about
***. It's  intimacy we  want. To be touched. Looked at,
admired.  Smiled  at. Laugh with someone.  Feel  safe.
Someone's  really  got  you.   That's  what  you   crave.
A  serious  girl,  when  she finds someone  who  calms
her spirit and quiets her busy thoughts, will  love  you
so fiercely it will defy even her own logic and reasoning.
                                                                                             Jon York   2020

You
are
my
one
  in
  six
billion.
                                                                                              Jon York   2019

The  two  most  powerful
warriors are patience and time.

Be careful who  you  make
memories   with  --  those
things  can last  a lifetime.

Don't   judge   others   just
because  they sin  differently than you.

Sometimes life is about risking
everything for a dream no one
can see but you.

Sometimes   wisdom   means
staying  quiet  while  others
loudly express their ignorance.

The key to keeping your balance
is knowing when you've lost it.

Our relationship should be a safe
heaven,  not a   battlefield.  The
world  is hard  enough  already.

Life is a journey to be experienced,
not a problem to be solved.

You could be my "come and stay"  
in a world of "people come and go."

The only thing I'm committed
to right now    is bettering myself.                                  Jon York   2019

Not everyday is a good day, live
                           anyway.
                           Not all those you love will love you back,
                           love anyway.
                           Not everyone will tell you the truth,
                           be honest anyway.
                           Not all deals are fair, play fair
                           anyway.
                           Not all lovers will be trustworthy and true
                           to you, be true to them
                           anyway.

It is always important to know when something has reached
its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn't matter what we call it;  what matters is to leave in the
past those moments in life that are over and a simple truth?
realize we'll never have today again.

In this life a steady love and a place to call home are more
precious than all earthly possessions and wealth in the world
and we have to realize a happy soul is the best shield for a
cruel world while never loving  Nostalgia more than you
love today.

Never apologize for having a heart as big as the ocean to the
people who would rather stay puddles and accept the fact
that some people didn't intend to let you down. Their best is
just less than you expected while knowing that far too many
people are just looking for the right person, instead of trying
to be the right person.
                                                         ­                            Jon York  2018

Believe
  you deserve it
        and the
      universe
     will serve it.

       Attract
     powerful,
      positive,
& healthy people
    in your life.

          And
   things will fall
    perfectly into
      place - with
           more
     opportunity,
    success and joy
       than ever
          before.

         Believe.
                       ­                                                                 ­    Jon York   2019

You thought I would never
      understand. But I think you are
   the  one  that  doesn't  understand.
          My hunger for you is far
       greater  than  you  ever  knew.

            And there was  back  when
      we  both  ached  for  each  other,
          craving each other's hands.
       lips, and a simple touch touch in
                         any form.

            You just wanted to feel me
      feeling you. You are the end of
  my road after a lifetime of missed exits
    and wrong turns,  you are my home
              and one journey ends and
        another finally begins after so many
                             years.

            I wanted to tell you all my
      secrets. But you became one of them.
   It's  hard  to  pretend  to  be  friends with
        someone special. When every time
you look at that person all you see is everything
                       you want to have.
                                                           ­                           Jon York   2020

You   keep    me  safe.

I'll    keep    you  wild.

You   might   be   built

for  seduction, but you

are  made for my love.

I did  fall  in  love  with

you for a reason. There

is   no   one    like   you.

                                                                                      Jon York   2019

Love is a
             commitment
              to protecting
                  another
             person's heart
             with  the  same
               passion you
                    used to
                 guard your
                       own.

                       I will
                  choose you,
                   even when
                  you're mad.
                    My love
                 for  you  won't
                  simply fade
           because we are angry.
                    I  know  we
                     will fight,
          we will be frustrated,
                     we will be
               human. Still, I will
                 go into battle
               for you. Still I will
                   choose you
             I will  choose you
                         and
            keep choosing you
                        every
                     single day.
                                                            ­                                  

                             ­                                                           Jon York   2019

A   dream  is  a  wish
your    heart   makes.
                                                                                           Jon York   2019

Never make                     In the end we            Better days are coming
someone                           regret chances            you've been through
a priority                             we didn't                   a lot. Now it's time
when all you                          take.                          for you to shine.
are to them
is an option.                                                      
                                        Sometimes life is           She is delightfully
   Have                              about risking              chaotic; a beautiful
a nice life.                        everything for            mess. Loving her is a
I'm done                         a dream no one          splendid adventure.
trying to be                     can see but you.
   in it.                                                              ­                   Just because
                                                         ­                                     someone
The older I get                      Sadly. the only way         deserves you,
the more I realize that       some people ever learn       it does not
the ultimate luxury              to appreciate you is         mean that they
      is time.                                 by losing you.                   that they
                                                            ­                                   value you.
If they do it often               LAW OF ATTRACTION
it isn't a mistake. It's           When you truly want
just their behavior.            something and go after          There comes
                                            it without limiting yourself      a point in
                                             with disbelief, the universe      your life
                                                will make it happen.             when you
Give her the respect                                                          ­      realize          
       she deserves                              Before                     ­  who matters,
but make her knees weak            something               who never did,
at the thought of your touch.         great              who won't anymore,
      be a gentleman.                        happens,        and who always will.
                                                         everything       And in the end you
                                                            f­alls                   learn who is fake,
                                                           ­ apart.                   who is true and
                                                             ­                          who would risk it
                                                              ­                                 all for you.
                                             Jon York   2018

TASTE HER
     when she
     pleads with you,
     "tie me up and
     tease me until
     I beg you
     to release me."
     slow,
     long,
     with focus,
     deeply,
     unhurried,
     playfully,
     passionately,
     lovingly,
     delicately,

     TASTE  HER
     when she
     whispers to you
    ,"you own my
      heart and my
      ***."

      Love is nothing
      without action, trust is nothing
      without proof,
      and "sorry" is
      nothing without change.
                                                                                         Jon York   2019

"Kama muta" is Sanskrit term that refers
to an emotion  that might also  be  called
"moved by love."

It  is an under-recognized emotion that  has
evolved to bind us to others and strengthen
our relationships. It motivates us to embrace
and care for other people.

Kama muta enhances  our  commitment  to
our relationships and encourages  us to  act
with greater compassion and kindness.

We usually experience  it in some of the most
important events in our lives - and it is commonly
exploited by writers to enhance  the  emotional
impact of their stories.

You are  another  me.  If  I do  harm to  you,
I  harm  myself.  If  I  love  and respect  you,
I  love  and  respect  myself.
                                                                                           Jon York   2024

Sometimes the best memories
sneak out of my eyes disguised
as tears.

I am remembering some of the
most beautiful moments of my
younger  life that  weren't  just
with you  but  because  of  you.

No matter how broken we think
we are, we will always be a piece
in someone else's puzzle of life.

We'll fill all of their cracks with
love and fragments of our own
heart.

Our lives may not have fit together
but ohhh...did our souls know how
to dance....

I fell in love with the way you
touched me without using your
hands.

I hunger for your kiss, the feel
of  your  soul  touching  mine.
                                                      ­                                       Jon York   2024

Your  eyes  
       hold   everything  
       my  soul   thirsts
       for  and   I  only
       sleep  to  dream
       of  forever  with
                  you.

        Into  you, I melt
             all of me.
                                                                                          Jon York   2019

She   put  her  hands  on  either
side of  my  face,  and the  little
room falls away.  I  have  never  
gotten  so  lost in  a kiss before,
and then the space between us
explodes.

My heart  keeps missing  beats
and my  hands  bring her  close  
to   me  and    I  taste  her  and
realize  I  have been  starving
for a  very  long  time.

I have kissed before, but feel
like I am lucky this one didn't
burn me alive.  Maybe it  lasts
a minute and maybe an hour.

All   I  know  is  that  kiss and
how  soft  her skin  is  against  
mine, and  that even if I didn't
know it  until now,  I've  been  
waiting  for  this person forever.

And sometimes the best thing
you can do  is  not  think, not
wonder,  not  imagine,  not
obsess.

Just  breathe,  and  have  faith
that everything will work out
for the best.
                                                                              Jon York   2019

When we touch,
                      it as if a
            whole  new  world
                  of galaxies
       opens up and the universe
           conspires, the stars
       approve and the moon stops
              hiding long enough
                 to peer at us
       from above, and for the first
        time,  finally,  something
             feels right and now
       when I look at you I see my
                   whole world
           and  my  favorite  place
                 isn't  four  walls,
                    my favorite
               place  is  the feeling
       I  get  when  I'm  with  you
               and I don't know
        where  I'm  going  to  be
             five years from now,
               but I pray that it's
       somewhere with a beautiful
                     view and
                  next  to  you.
                                                                           Jon York   2019

It's a new day and time for love
It's romantic and very clear
and as each moment passes
I long for you to be near.

The early morning clouds
Some are white, and some blue
I look at them in a daze
And dream of being with you.

I picture places in my mind
All  the places that we could be,
Like the ocean, the sand, or mountains
And just having you near me.

We could go to your island
That would be far, far away
with beautiful trees and sand
And we'd stay for more than a day.

We'd spend each of the nights
Holding each other so strong
Each morning together still
And no one to say it is wrong.

All day we'd play and smile
Because we finally got away
It was us forever and ever
It was us for more than a day
                                                 Jon York      2017

Finding  someone

worth  waking  up  to

is better than finding

someone to sleep with.
                                                                                        Jon York   2019

Just around the corner
is my first love in her
great city that has no
end; the days go by,
the weeks rush on,
and before I know it
a year is gone, and I
never get to see her
face or touch her skin
again, for life is a swift
and terrible race.

She knows that I still
love her and I know
that she still loves me
just as well as in the
days when I rang her
bell and she rang mine,
but we were so much
younger then and the
time has gone by so
fast that is almost a
sin.

And now I am a busy,
tired old man and
tomorrow comes--
and tomorrow goes
and the distance
between us grows
but she is still just
around the corner--
yet miles away but
maybe I will get to
see her, touch her and
hold her once  again
someday.
                          Jon York    2018

Repeat after me:

'My current situation is

not my final destination.
                                                    ­                                  Jon York   2019.

Have  eyes  that  see
                           the best,
                a heart that forgives
                        the worst,
                 a  mind  that  forgets
                           the bad,
                 and a soul that never
                        loses faith.

                   Life  is  a  matter
            of  perspective.  There  are
                  many  people  who
                    may know you,
                           but there
                  are  very  few  who
                         understand
                       who  you  are.

                            Some of
                    the best moments
                           are never
                  captured by cameras
                           and are not
                 posted  in  any  social
                    media platform.
            They  are  kept  in  private
                      and cherished
                            together
                   with the best people.
                                                                                        Jon York   2019

I
    love  that
      sound
   you  make
      when  
   my mouth
       finds
  all the places
     on your
       neck
  that properly
         fits
    the shape
          of
      my lips.
                                                           ­                                  Jon York   2019

Tell me if I untied you

                                    and left

                           you blissfully

                 satisfied, your body
                                                            ­               And you stir as if
                         and limbs tired.
                                                          ­              from a  dream, a dream              
            Aching and sore a river                  you had about somewhere
                                                                ­            
         of pleasure flows through                  between now and then...
                                                         ­                 
     you laced  with  an  exquisite                
                                                                ­          Tell me...
sliver  of pain that both controls
                                                                ­          do you have the courage
and  heightens  your  body  and
                                                                ­          and  strength to ask and
mind  both  inside  and out  so
                                                                ­          to  beg  me  for  more or
beautifully, brutally used.
                                                           ­               will you just say " make
The fragrant mix  of juices  fills
                                                   ­                          me  wet.  make  me
the  air,   the  sweet  scent  from
                                         ­                                  woman. make me yours.
the   most   delicious  of   fruits.
                                                                ­                            Jon York  2019

She will  be
        a woman who can
         sit  me  down,
              shut me up
                and tell
         me things I don't
           already know
                     and
          make me laugh.

           I don't care
   what she looks like.
        She just needs
to be able to turn me on.
         She will be
            my baby,
         my headache,
            my love,
            my smile,
            my frown,
            my pain,

  It will  feel  so  good
       when she rubs
her soul up against mine.
       Familiar, safe,
        intoxicating,
           arousing,
            HOME.
                                              ­                              Jon York   2019

My heart is
                   waiting  for   you,
         beating so silently, I  thought  it
                      had met its end.
               When  you  found  me,
     my heart found thunder  once  again.
                            I live, and
            I love again, because of you.
                 True love cannot be
             defined  by  any   means.
           It's  a  cluster  of  adjectives;  
               It's crazy, passionate,
         complicated, painful - but most
                       importantly,
              true  love  is  real. It is
                     that feeling of
        being inexplicably drawn to
                     another person.
          Love  isn't  about  finding
                  someone you can
                       escape with.
        It's about finding someone
   who   makes  reality  worthwhile.
                 I crave all of you,
      even the dark and dusty corners
that   you   keep  safely   hidden  away.
              I love you. And maybe
that is enough, or maybe it never will be.
            But understand that it
   doesn't matter. I love you for what
             you are . Not  for  what
                 you can give back.                                       Jon York   2019

Don't
    expect
        to
       see
        a
    change
     if you
      didn't
      make
        one.
   The secret
         of
     change
        is to
   focus all of
  your  energy,
      NOT on
fighting the old,
        but on
    BUILDING
           the
          new.                                                                        Jon York   2019

The magic in this world
seems to work in whispers
and   small   kindnesses.
                                                     ­                                  Jon York   2019

The best thing
            about  memories  is
                 making  them.
                  Always kiss
                me   goodnight.

                    My heart is
               and  always  will
                     be yours.

             Happiness can be
       found even in the darkest
                of times if one
          only remembers to turn
                    on the light.
           Only  in  darkness  can
               you see the stars.

              You  can't  go  back
                     and change
             the  beginning,  but
      you  can start  where  you  are
             and change  the ending.

                         Live for
                  the moments you
                             can't
                    put into words.
              Trust  the  timing  of
                     ­     your life.
                 Always   believe
                    that  something
                   ­  wonderful is
                        about  to
                          ha­ppen.                                          Jon York   2019

Somehow,  
          we  all  forgot  
     that  we  aren't  here
          for very long.  

                We've
   become time - machines,
          never living
     in  the  moment. And
          now we can't
     remember how to love
             what's right
          in  front  of   us.

               Every
         river  leads  to
           the ocean.
    Stars do burn out.
                So yes,
         everything ends.

             But do you
      want to know a secret ?
            Everything
-- and I mean everything
     -- BEGINS AGAIN.
               Maybe
         we're getting it
             all wrong,
       and  it's  the  stars
             who are
       wishing on us.
                                                                                Jon York   2019

Each day passes by and
I silently cry wishing it
weren't so that she is so
far away, and why does
it has to be that way on
this cold winter day I
just don't know, because
she needs and craves
my warmth so.

In the past we were one
and losing her was very
sad but so many years
later I am glad that we
started again because
again I have found the
one who showed me
how real loving is done.

But as each day passes
by I will cry forever until
she and I reunite for then
I have won the fight and
being with her again will
be such delight and such
a stunning sight to see,
walking hand in hand
laughing with smiling
into the night.
                             Jon York   2017

You  are  what  you  do,   not
what  you  say  you'll  do. Don't
talk, act. Don't say, show. Don't
promise,  prove.

When things change inside  you,
things change around you. Your
direction is more important than
your speed.

If you start now, you'll begin seeing
results one day earlier than if you
start tomorrow.

Trust  the  timing of your life. There
is  no "RIGHT TIME",  there  is  just
time & what you choose to do with it.

Be a warrior, not a worrier, never
give up, because great things take
time and don't be afraid to fail,
be afraid not to try and remember,
if you want it, you must work
for it.

And remember where you started.
Sometimes you just have to create
your own sunshine.                                                        ­   Jon York  2021

Grab  her  ***
and    whisper,

   "All mine."
                                                                                            Jon York   2019

Her  hips  moved like  waves  on the ocean,
undulating wildly as I plunged
        deep into her waters.
    She was  sweet,  wet, and refreshing.
        I  gasped for  air as I drowned
             in  her  high  seas.
                                            ­                                             Jon York   2019

No matter
     how much I
    say I love you
    I always love
you more than that.
                                                                                        Jon York  2019

I love the buildup.  When touching, turns into grabbing.

Soft lips, into passionate tongues.

And your heartbeat getting faster and faster.

               Kissing you is nice, the rest of you is paradise.
                                                                                               Jon York   2019

BREAKFAST
Delicious morning ***.




                                            LUNCH
      ­                       Mind blowing midday ***.



                                             DINNER
                              Crazy I can't get enough of you ***.


                                              DESERTS:
   ­                                 Served throughout the day
 Spontaneous kisses, *** grabbing, **** grabbing and Quickies

                                                       ­                                tipping allowed

                                                        ­                                   Jon York   2019

You are my  Sun,  my  Moon, and
all of my Stars.  You are my heart,
my life, my one and only thought.
.
Some  people search  their whole
life  to find  what  I found in  you.

I  am  not  perfect,  but  I love you. . .
I really do.

And I promise to be your best friend,
your partner in crime and your lover.
    
Forever.....      

My memory runs over and over and over
our  yesterday together  knowing the only
way I can ever go back is the way I did,...

into the fading thoughts of  an  old mind.  
  
Sad to me are those thoughts, thoughts of leaving
not knowing if I will ever return alive,
leaving the  faces of love,  the  places  and  friends,
the traces of sadness in their eyes, wondering if
they will ever see me alive again,

leaving for a war children were fighting to win
and leaving a thousand uncorrected wrongs and
a thousand sunsets.
                                                        ­                              Jon York   2020

My eyes
            could fill her
                  with
             desire, my
                   lips
              could set
      fire to her passion,
                and my
           tongue could
                  make
              her  forget
                    her
               own name.
                                                                                               Jon York