I have promises to keep
and many miles to go
before I can sleep and I take pride
in how far I have come
without coming totally undone
from events and people
that no human should ever
have to face but I am finally free
of those poor choices
and bad places and know
that I am not yet done
and that I have found
the sun.

We lead such fragile lives
and I have to remind myself
that nothing is too good to be true
and my hopes can be realized
and my most wonderful dreams
can and will come true
and that there really is
no more need to be blue
because she knows
just what to do.

There is still so much to see
and so much to do
before I am done but our time
runs short and I know
that I have been blessed
beyond belief and she
comes to me with great relief
causing me to realize that
I am not yet done
and that together we will
see that sun.
and along the way
have some fun.                Jon York                  2012

Living in seclusion and
trapped in the worlds
illusion of what is right
and what is wrong as I
continue to search for
things I can't seem to find
because I am trapped inside.

All seems a grand illusion
and there seems no escape
from all of the confusion
but I am happy alone
because my mind can roam.

Don't judge others and others
won't judge you and don't be
so ******* others and others
won't be so ******* you.

Forgive them and they will
forgive you and you will
harvest what you plant,
whether good or bad.

We don't stop loving because
we grow old, we grow old if
we stop loving and life is
beautiful so let us admire it.

Life is sometimes a dream
so let us realize it and let us
dare it and let love be our
guiding light so we may
know that all of the hurt
and pain will eventually
fade away.

People and things quickly
become the past so enjoy them
while they are here because you
look up and they are gone and
you didn't even get to say
so long.

Know that it is better to have
given too much then not enough
and that in the end all you can
do is lose or make a friend,
needing no longer to pretend.
                                                      Jon York        2015

That pause

between

each stroke

of your tongue    

when   you

kissed   me

drove    me

mad.   The

more I tasted

of   you,  the

more I wanted.

That  feeling in

that  moment,

that's poetry and

no  words  can

do you justice.
                                                                                       Jon York   2019

In my life you once came,
then like the wind you were gone
and my heart ached, my body hurt.
Where did you go?

Not a word, not a clue,
but you were always on my mind.

Love came but it never felt the same.
I tried to let you go,
but in my mind you stayed,
in my heart you laid.

Where you were I never knew,
and now many years later into my life
you came, which reignited such a flame,
a lot of lust and passion we both feel.

Should I put my whole heart in it
or should I let it go?
For in my mind I have to wonder,
will you stay or will you go?


May the flowers  remind  us
why  the  rain was necessary.                                         Jon York   2021

We will
       cross  paths  with
           many that
   don't understand us,
           that's  part  
              of  life.
        Don't worry
  about  what  others
    think about you.

          Focus  On
    yourself, on what
makes  you  happy,  on
         your soul.
You  are  your  biggest
       commitment,  
  so  start  loving  your  
flaws, your awkwardness,
       your weirdness,  
    your  intensity,  and
      your vulnerability.

          Life becomes
   more  fulfilling  when  
we are just simply our selves.
       The world keeps
spinning  whether  people
         understand us
or not. so make the next trip
        around  the  sun
            about you.
                                                            ­                           Jon York   2019

We are not
             young-
                 70,
       and I know  to
 some  that  is  very old,
      but our minds stay
    stay young and our
remaining time here I know
         will be so good
               because
        making you *****
          and making you
          smile are my two
            favorite things.
               I  need   to
              be  touched
                 by  you.
                My  body
                wants you
                   badly.

                YOU. ME.
              I  Love  that
                   feeling.
               your hands
            all over my body.
            
      And I know that what we
              have left will be
      so special because  there is
so  much  love  between  us  now
       and there has been for
                   54 years.

                                                         ­                         Jon York   2019

You can discover more about a

           person in an hour of play,
          than a year of conversation.

        Won't it  be nice when I take
                     you like you
           have  never  been  taken,
                    to leave you
                 unable  to  think,
                       only feel
         and be lost in the moment,
                   to loose yourself
                     and to reach
                 heights like never
                     before while
                  gripping me tight,
          my lips showing no mercy,
                         your body
         betraying you as you tremble
                     with each kiss

            Your hands
                            on my body.

            That's my
                                addiction.
                     ­                                                   Jon York   2019

Time passes as the years go by
bringing many mental and many
physical changes to each and every
one of us and we look in the mirror
we discover our face and body are
not the same anymore.

Nothing is fixed as everything is
always permanently changing because
change is part of our existence and
its foundation.

One day life is serious and the next day
it is meaningless and one day we are
in so much pain and the next day we
are measuring and broadcasting to
the world our gain.

One day we are crying and the next
day we are wondering why as we
laugh about it and wonder why we
believed such ridiculous ****.

Realize that we are who we are and
the past never returns and know that
we will be someone different in the future
and know that resisting change is like
trying to hold water in your hand.

Change is life and life is change and
the meaning of it all is that there is
no meaning and as the wheels keep
turning the Sun will keep shining just
as the stars will keep falling and the
moon will keep shining in this world
where we are really nothing more than
a microscopic speck of nothingness in
a giant universe.
                                                  Jon York      2015

A love I have known for
         so many years
        that it feels like home.

A love that speaks so many
         things my words
          can never say.

A love that turns night into day
        and gives me confidence
   when no one is around and
         mine is gone.

A love that came back to
      me after being gone
         for so long.

A love so rare that to let  it
     slip away from me
        I don't dare.

And so my words about her fall like raindrops so she can dance in the rain knowing that my love is a love so rare.
                                                                          Jon York  2017

Sometimes
I wonder
if love is
worth
fighting
for, but
then I
remember
your face
and I am
ready
for war.

I cannot
tell you
how many
times a
day   I
wonder
where you
are, what
you're
doing,
and   if
you're
happy.

It's agonizing -- to love someone this much and be unable to express to them... to hold so much love inside that it's eating
you alive and to be completely helpless to do anything about it.
                                                             ­                               Jon York  2019

Distance yourself from
     the people who:
     1. Lie to you
     2. Disrespect  you
    3. Use you
    4. Put you down
                                                                    Jon York   2019

MOANDAY - a good day to moan a lot and a lot more.
                                
                TONGUEDAY - the tongue goes to work all over our
                                                                ­                                        bodies.

                ­  WETDAY- do things to her all day that make her get wet.


                 THIRSTDAY - I get  very thirsty for those juices, lickum up


                  FREAKDAY - anything goes today, use your imagination.


                  SEXDAY - breakfast, lunch, dinner, spontaneous ***.


                   SUCKDAY -**** on each other all day, a **** feast.
                                                          ­                
                                                ­                                               Jon York   2019

At midnight in the month of
June she and I stood beneath
the mystic moon with our hearts
full of what I thought was my
last and final love that came out
of nowhere as if from above.

Now the Sun on this brief
September day rises briskly over
my feelings of gray because I
really had nothing to say to her
except, "why did you do me
that way?"

Love will dream and faith will
trust that somehow somewhere
meet we must to discover if it
was love or just ***** lust because
we both watched it crumble to
dust so fast when we were sure
that it would last.

All I can say is wash what is *****,
water what is dry, heal what is
wounded, sooth what is hurt,
dry tears that are shed, warm
what is cold, guide what goes
off the road and love those who
are least lovable because they
need it the most.
                                                  Jon York      2015

Kissing starting from
the mouth and
trailing all the way
down in between
her legs.
                                                           ­                                     Jon York  2019

The fear from combat in a war
doesn't just go away, you just
have to learn how to use it
and I choose to write because
it is my escape and it gives me
such a needed break from all
of those ugly thoughts.

I wrestle with the demons of
doubt, with my past failures,
with my injuries, with that
unrelenting voice that tells me
to stop life and to give up living,
but I was once a Marine, one of
the chosen few, and from
the Corps I  knew one thing
and that is I will be
victorious.

I sometimes have to walk
backwards so that I can see
the road I just walked and
can connect with my inner self
and as a writer I can look at
my canvas from a different
perspective turning bad events
into beautiful words.

Life provides the contours and
as poets we provide the shading
and the color knowing that the
wheels will keep turning, the Sun
will keep shining, just as the stars
will keep falling and the moon
will keep shining.                         Jon York         2014

Somewhere in the world is a treasure
that has no value to anyone but you,
and a secret that is meaningless to
everyone except you, and a frontier
that possesses a revelation that only
you know how to exploit.

Search for those things.

Somewhere in the world is a  person
who could ask you that precise question
that you need to hear in order to catalyze
the next phase of your evolution.

Do what's necessary to come face to face
with that person and listen to what they
have to say.

Feel empowered if you use your power
to empower others.

There's a reason why the rear view mirror
is so small and the windshield is so big.

It is because where you're headed is much
more important than what you've left
behind and it allows you to search for those
things.                                                         ­                          Jon York 2022

My search is over and I did not even
need a four leaf clover because love
has found me and my love found her
and to say it in a different way and
that is a dream has found me as I sat
aching, silent, and wondering why
since I have been patient and faithful
knowing that I would find her along
with eternal peace and my wandering
would final cease.

She was a heart ready and willing but
having been unfortunately denied but
still loving and committing as she
waited for me to show up at her front
door and as we met today I opened
up in her direction just like a flower
opens to the sun.

As our lips met I could feel her heart
pounding against my chest and knew
she was ready for love again as I was
ready to love again as well.

In just one day she lifted the sadness
from my weary heart and we both talked
of making a new start and how we
would never be apart and how both of
us had been lost but now were found
and how the chemistry did abound
with this beautiful lady that I connected
with..                                        Jon York   2016

I have blisters
on my
feet
from dancing
with your
soul.
                                                                                            Jon York   2019

As  a child  
I colored with reckless abandon  outside  the  lines
                         all over the place
             and   wherever  I  felt, as I defined
                       the word abstract

             Blue  elephants,   purple   trees,  
   red   fish, blue and white bears, green oceans,
            pink moons.   -- it  was  all   good.

                     As I grew older everyone
       was  trying  to make me  color inside  the lines,  
                color everything just like
                          I saw  it.

        So  I  ended  up  painting  by numbers.
          --- Whether you actually paint,
                         or you write poetry,
                or dance, act or direct,  create
                              what you feel ,
                         create outside the lines
.
                    I want to watch green oceans
                                 and red bears,
              an orange sun and a pink moon.
                            I like to listen to
                      purple   trees   as  the blue
              elephants make their way through
                                          them.    

           ­        What color is your  love  
                                 now?
                     What color was your love
                              as a child?                                           Jon York   2019

Don't be quick to see the
faults of others but instead
see your own faults with
a desire to correct those faults
and see your troubles as
opportunities in disguise.

See beyond those painful
times seeing the needs of
others while responding with
an open heart knowing that
peace comes with forgiveness.

Fill your voice with kindness,
your ears with compassion
along with using your hands
for charity and your mind
for truth and your heart
for love.

Remember to tell someone
that they are appreciated and
that you are grateful for their
friendship and love as you
bury and forget all of those
bitter and unkind thoughts.

Hang in there with patience
and perseverance while making
the rest of your life the best of
your life and remember that
in the end it is with you  
you have to live.
                                               Jon York    2016

A bright red
     Cardinal had a confrontation
         with  a  picture  window
                 for 45 minutes
                         as it
           hammered  its  beak
                 against the
        glass and I determined
               that the bird
        had probably mistaken
                    its own
           reflection for that of
    a  rival  that  it  was  trying
                      to attack.
          This suggests that if
                you feel the
          urge to fight others,
     you're probably  mad about
                something in
      yourself, and you need to
                   realize that
                      it's best
            not to hurt yourself
                     or drive
              yourself crazy in
                      an effort
             to chase away an
                      illusion
             that  is  a  distorted
               representation
                         of a
                    real thing.                                                                                      
                                                                                          Jon York   2019

She can be sweet as candy,
                    mean as an alligator,
cold as winter in Kansas,
hot and **** as a dancer on her
                                    stripper pole,
and loyal like a soldier but it
                        all depends on you.

There's a fire burning in her.......
                    and if loved correctly,
she will warm your entire home,
if abused, she will burn it down,
       so spoil her with loyalty, she
                       can finance herself.

She never finds the need to
     explain herself to anyone and
she doesn't need anyone's
approval as she lives her life and
       does what makes her happy.

She is wise and wary of flames but
still she knows she will survive the
fire life scorches sometimes as she
has been a phoenix before and
every time she burns to ashes she
knows exactly how to rise again.

All she wants is someone that sees
    the fire in her eyes and wants to
play with it and she is not looking
  for a knight, she is looking for a
                                                sword.
Strong women scare weak men but a strong man can make a strong woman go weak in the knees and it is not how we make mistakes but how we correct them that defines us and we know that a great relationship doesn't happen because of the love we had in the beginning, but how well we continue building love until the end, and I love her I promise.
                                                        ­                                 Jon York   2018

In this new year. . .
comes another
twelve months
of unspoiled pages
in your book of life
so practice what
you learned about
life from the past
twelve months and
know that all that
you seek is hidden
in the upcoming
twelve months that
wait ahead for you
so search it out
with determination.

In this new year. . .
there will be a
bridge upon which
you will stand and
you must know that
only you are in
command and what
you do in these next
twelve months rests
only on you.  

Have the courage to
embrace your dreams,
the strength to sacrifice
for them and the
determination to
fulfill them.

In this new year. . .
choose love and
goodness and mercy
and compassion as well
as strength and courage
along with the deepest
wisdom and the highest
truth.

In this new year. . .
do not worry about
whether the sun will rise
again, just be prepared
to enjoy it.
                                         Jon York       2015

Success is not final just
as failure is not fatal but
it is the courage to continue
that counts so know that it
ain't easy as the days are
long and the years are short
and today you are the oldest
you have ever been and the
youngest you will ever be
again and as we get older the
less we listen to what people
say and the more we look at
what they do and we learn
that it is not the words of our
enemies we will remember
but the silence of our friends.

Your life is a story so write
well and edit often knowing
difficult roads often lead to
beautiful destinations and
life is short, so live it and
love is rare, so grab it, and
fear is awful, so face it, and
memories are sweet so
cherish them.

Know that one of the hardest
things to do in life is letting
go of what you thought was
real and remembering those
two words of six letters that
are easy to say, hard to
explain and harder to do,
"move on".           Jon York      2016

Love works if you work at it, but only
time itself will decide, so stand on your
head and get a different view of things
and see that something beautiful is
forever a joy.

My world has been full of love, laughter,
and full of tears, of well remembered
places and faces, of fleeting moments
of the hearts, unbridled joy of shared
silences, and lonely longings where the
deepest feelings are born, and live on
in memory.

I have known minutes of pleasure that
were worth millenniums of pain, but I
have always come away with more than
I gave, even when I was sure I' d given
a lot, but I do not try relentlessly  to
understand, knowing joy will come
when it is time and there is no good
or bad, malice or virtue, only time and
circumstance,

I have loved never asking if I should,
I have trusted not caring if I could or
couldn't and every time I closed the
door on reality, it came in through the
window, but what I do, I do with love
because there isn't any other way.
                                                  Jon York     2016

You are
the peace
I crave
in this
chaotic world.

    10 word story
                                                                                         Jon York   2019

What  new  influences
and opportunities will
be headed your way in
2024 ?

In  2024  set  aside  all
expectations about what
the past implies and what
the future may bring .

Instead cultivate a desire
to recognize and respond
to the raw truth of each
moment  of  every  day
in 2024.
                                                                ­                                Jon York    2024

Making a big life change is pretty scary. . .
But you know what is even scarier?  regret.
In the end, we only regret the chances we
didn't take, relationships we were afraid to
have, and the decisions we waited too long
to make.

Everything in your life is a reflection of a
choice you have made. If you want a different
result, make a different choice.

Growth is painful, change is painful. But nothing
is  as  painful as  staying stuck  somewhere  
you don't belong.

Getting  your  ****  together requires  a  level  of
honesty you can't even imagine.

There is  nothing  easy about  realizing  you're
the one that's been holding you back the
whole time.

The fact that you aren't where you want to be
should be enough motivation,                                        Jon York   2021

One
     of the best
   lessons I  have
           ever
       received
          in life
           is to
          master
          how to
          remain
            calm.
                                              ­                       Jon York   2019

ATTRACT  what  you EXPECT,  REFLECT  what   you  
     DESIRE,  BECOME what you  RESPECT  and MIRROR  
     what  you  ADMIRE  and  
     DECIDE,  COMMIT, SUCCEED and may your  heart be  
     BRAVE,  your   mind  FIERCE  and  your  spirit   FREE.

    Be   STRONG   but  not   RUDE  and  be  KIND  but  not  
    WEAK  and  be  HUMBLE  but   not TIMID and PROUD
    but not ARROGANT and  be  so  BUSY  LOVING  LIFE  
    that  you  have  no  time  ­for   HATE, REGRET,  WORRY
    or  FRET and FEAR.  

    ALL  YOUR  LIFE you  will  be  faced  with a  CHOICE-
     --  you  can  choose  LOVE  or  HATE.  I  choose LOVE,
     which  comes  as  quite  a surprise to those who  know  
     me  because  of  what   I  had   to  go  through  in  the
     Vietnam  war  and  after  returning   home   to  a  HATE  
     Vietnam  Veteran's  public.

    I choose not to be the person who needs someone, I choose
    to  be  the  person  someone  needs.  In  one  lifetime you  
    will  love  many times, but one love will  remain  in  your
    soul forever.   A  comfort  zone  is  a  beautiful  place, but
    nothing grows there.  I've  been  taught  to enjoy  my own
    company instead of expecting someone else to make you
    happy.

     EXPLAIN  your  ANGER, don't EXPRESS  it and you will
     immediately open  the  door  to  SOLUTIONS  instead of
     ARGUMENTS  and  surround  yourself  with people who
     will  make  you   HUNGRY  for  LIFE,  touch  your  heart,
    and NOURISH  your SOUL.                                            Jon York  2020

All of the
hope  I  have,
       begins
         and
        ends
  with  you.

       I find
you  in  sad  
      songs,
  the sounds
      of rain,
      sunsets,
     Sundays,
      smiles,
  and all of the
         little
       things
    in my life.

      Always
    remember,
         my
   heart holds  
          you
        when
       my arms
       cannot.                                                          ­               Jon York   2019

I  write songs without a  tune,
I'm a story teller, stories based
on my life's strange and weird
happenings and events that I
can't forget. I write of odd and
out of place interactions with
seemingly unreal people.

I write about the news, sometimes
about my feelings, my various
loves and lovers,and sometimes I
just write, not knowing where
my  words are coming from,
almost as if someone was using
me as a tool, writing through me.

Be  a  fighter, get  up and  dust
yourself off for life isn't a fairy tale,
there is no knight in shining armor
who will ride in and save the day.

Be  your own  hero, learn  to walk
alone because all the so-called knights
are busy polishing their own armor.                             Jon York  2022

If someone makes you happy,
                  make them happier.
                                                                                           Jon York   2019

A  relationship  means
that you come together
to make each other better.

Believe in each other.
Support each other.

Be their peace, not their
problem.

Reset,
refocus,
readjust,
restart ---
as many times as
you need to.
Just never give up.

Don't fear failure,
fear being in the
exact same place
next year as you are
today.

Push your limits
daily so that your
future self will
thank you.                                                                     Jon York   2021

I may be slightly broken, a little
bruised and even permanently
scarred but I still wake up every
day and look around me at all
of life's beauty and I still have a
will to fight and to keep going on
with the tools I have been given
in this almost surreal life that I
am living and I am not going
to run after people to prove that
I matter.

I have learned that if nobody
else celebrates me that I will
celebrate myself and I have
made up my mind that no matter
what comes my way no matter
how difficult and no matter how
unfair that I will do more than
simply survive,  I will thrive
in spite of it.

Sometimes you just have to take
a day to shut the world out so
you can open up to yourself and
deal with your thoughts and you
don't need to feel guilty or apologize
or try to justify needing space
because you just do what you
need to do to take care of yourself
no explanation needed.
                                               Jon York     2016

She's a throwback
to a time when love
didn't cost a thing,
but was everything.

In  one  lifetime  you
will love many times
but only one love will
burn your soul forever.

I will take her like it's
the first time, and the
last  time, every single
                              time.

What you
love
you must
love
with the entirety
        of your soul.
                                                                                       Jon York   2019

My entire life can
be described in one
sentence: It didn't
go as planned, but
that's ok because I
discovered that a
better life isn't a
destination, it's a
daily process and
I learned that life
is like an ocean,
it can be calm and
still and rough or
rigid, but in the end
it's always beautiful.

I might be having
a bad day, but I am
having a day and in
the end we are all
human and that
should be enough
in the great big
adventure that it is,
so enjoy the little
things in life, for
one day you will
look back and
realize they were
big things.    
                          Jon York       2015

Life is short but full of flavors,
so explore everything and taste
all of the flavors with love and
kindness in your heart.

Stay  humble, work  hard,  be
kind.

The magic's inside. Unlock a
world of wonder every time
you open your eyes.

It's  not about  having  views
everywhere  you  look,   it's
about  selecting  and  framing
the views.

Stay relevant, resilient and
positive admidst life's curve
*****.

Be a dreamer, believe and achieve
and you will become an achiever.
It's all up to you for the magic is
hidden inside.

Don't tell people your dreams,
show them. You can,end of story,                                   Jon York  2022

I hope that you woke up this morning with a big smile on your face and in a new place and I hope that the sun is shining just for you and the birds are singing their very best songs...

I hope your coffee is hot and tastes just right and I hope you still remember when we had morning coffee together and talked about us being forever...

I hope that when you read my poetry that you know the words are for you and about a love we once had that now has left me sad...

I hope that when you think about me your thoughts aren't bad and you are glad that you chose to leave...

I hope everything goes your way since you decided to leave someone who could only give you love, but you needed more so you walked out the door...

I hope that every day will bring you a perfect end to a perfect day and your days are filled with love and I hope the bridges that you burned light the way for you...

I hope you know that to make a difference in your life you have to make a difference in someone else's life and you made that difference in my life and I hope you know I am grateful for that and I thank you...
                                                          ­                                   Jon York     2015

The universe
           reveals  its  secrets to  
              those who dare
           follow  their  hearts
.
                  Eight things
       I was asked by ( the one
             I share my love
        with ),  to  give  up  if  
     I  wanted  to  continue  having
                a relationship
       with  her  and  wanted
               to be happy:
1.doubting myself,   2.negative
        thinking,  3.fear of failure,  
            4.criticising  myself
                    and others,  
          5.negative  self  talk,  
            6.procr­astination  
   7.fear of success , 8. people  
                   pleasing.

      I'm a very lucky man
           in that she cared
                  enough to
        share those thoughts
                   with me.

              The spiritual
      path  leads  you  back
               to your soul.
There is no path to happiness; happiness is the path.
                                                           ­                              Jon York   2019

Once in awhile, right in the
middle of ordinary life, love
gives us a Fairy Tale because
true love has a habit of coming
back and because true love is
not something you go out and
look for, true love finds you
and when it does, ready or not,
it'll be the best thing to ever
happen to you.

She said to me, "forgive me for
being a dreamer and I took her
hand and replied, "forgive me
for not finding you again sooner
and being there to dream with
you and to help you make those
dreams come true.

Everything comes to you at the
right moment so just be patient
knowing that there is no path to
happiness: happiness is the path
and when it is time for two souls
to meet again, there's nothing on
earth that can prevent them from
meeting, no matter where each
may be located.

Souls that belong to each other
will always find their way back
together and everything will
come to you at the right moment
so there is no reason to rush,
because if something is meant
to be, it will happen at the
right time with the right person
for the right reason and know
that in the end love is composed
of a single soul inhabiting two
bodies.
                                               Jon York   2018

You say to yourself
"I want happiness"
so  you remove the
I which is ego then
remove the want
which is desire and
all you are left with
is happiness and if
you want to be
happy, be.

You will often find
that happiness sneaks
in a door that you did
not think was open.

The gift is yours in
this amazing journey
called life and you
alone are responsible
for the quality of it
so focus on what is
important and capture
and remember the
good times as you
move forward from
the negatives and if
things don't work
out the first time
simply try again
and happiness can
be yours.      
                           Jon York      2015

The storms bring us closer
together on this dark cold
night and the warmth of
our bodies against one
another warm us as we
move to the rhythm of the
wind blowing against the
windows.

The sounds of thunder
and rain are overpowered
by your screams of ecstasy
in the dark of the night.

Pity, for the storms for they
have not the power of your
love.
                            Jon York    2017

I saw magic
in those baby blues.
*****, dark, beautiful
   magic.

We have tried to run
from our love, but
our souls crave this
   magic.

Our lives may not
have fit together,
but Ohhh.. do our souls
know how to dance....

To have someone
understand your mind
is a different kind
   of intimacy.

Your body is away from me
at the present time but
there is a window open
from my heart to yours.

Do what you have to do
to keep your love alive,
just don't confuse it with
what you do to survive.                                                   Jon York   2021

Life has been trying to crush me                    WHAT IF          
but only succeeded in creating
a diamond.                                                         Everything
                                                      ­                 I have been through
 Those who                                                       and I am going
 don't believe in magic                                    through now
will                                                             ­   is preparing me for,
never                                                            ­      what I asked
find                                                             ­                for?
  it.

Because                              ­                               I feel so much
I have known despair                                      that it is hard
I value hope.                                                         for me
                                                              ­                 at times
Because                                                    ­        to feel anything
I have tasted frustration                                        at all.
I value fulfillment.

Because
I have been lonely
I value love.                                                            ­  Jon York   2018

I whisper, "I love you, you are mine..."
You whisper," you are my master, my pleasure,
my torment, my happiness.

        Crying was the music of ecstasy, alone
in the world, together  in a different reality. Wrists
and ankles tied with ropes upon our meeting after
so,so many years as our happy tears mixed.

        It is our special manifestation of love as I am
your savior and your executioner with you being
my salvation and sacrifice.

         I watch as your blue eyes darken with carnal
desire upon my entering the room and starring at
you and your naked body with love and desire as
the  room air  fills with steam and  your  scent, a
culmination of wet heat on our bodies as
the moment lasts for hours.

You anticipate the next blow as pain fills the
air in your sobs of rapture as you wriggle under
the whip, begging for mercy as your mouth whispers,
"I love you."

        And I kiss your lather and stroke fresh traces
whispering to you softly,"the past is the past, the
future is ours to take, it is so, so good to see you
again."
                                                                                              Jon York  2020

You did not wake up today to be mediocre and
you didn't come this far to only come this far and
you know each circumstance is a gift and in each
experience is hidden a gift and know that your mind
is a powerful thing and when you fill it with positive
thoughts your life will start to change, so choose your
path and never apologize for saying what you feel
because that's like saying you're sorry for being real
and know it's not who you are that holds you back,
but who you think you're not.

Climb mountains not so the world can see you but
so that you can see the world and go where you are
celebrated, not tolerated knowing that the person that
you will spend the most time with in your life is yourself,
so you'd better try to make yourself as interesting as
possible and know that everyone you meet is afraid of
something, loves something, and has lost something.

Never waste your time to explain who you are to people
who are committed to misunderstanding you and realize
that people aren't against you; they are for themselves
and it shouldn't be a fight to feel loved as time decides
who you meet in your life, your heart decides who you
want in your life, and your behavior decides who stays
in your life and a moment of patience in a moment of
anger saves you a hundred moments of regret.

Human behavior comes from three main sources; desire,
emotion, and knowledge and the less you respond to
negative people, the more peaceful your life will become
and don't be ashamed of your story because it will inspire
others and be sure you taste your words before you spit
them out.
Be open to whatever comes next and stay humble, work
hard, be kind and don't be afraid of being different, be
afraid of being the same as everyone else and know that
most people do not listen with the intent to understand,
they listen with the intent to reply and know that weak
people revenge, strong people forgive, and intelligent
people ignore.                                                                 Jon York    2016

I   AM  THANKFUL  FOR....
                                         paw prints on the floor

                    SLOBBERY  KISSES  ON  MY  FACE
                        nose prints on my windows

                             dog hair on my clothes and bed sheets

                      NO  ROOM  IN  MY  BED

                      For there will come a day when
                       these things will be missed.

                     MY  SUNSHINE   DOESN'T COME  FROM  THE  SKIES

                       It comes from the love
                                                that's in my dogs eyes.
                                                                                                Jon York   2019

Waiting is so hard.                   Love is not                Just the thought
  But I'll spend as much                finding                       of being with
time alone as I have to if          someone to                           you
    that means getting to               live with,                    tomorrow is
       spend the rest                       It's finding               enough to get me
          of my life                      someone you can't          through today.
               with                             live without.
               you.                                                             ­       
                                                         ­                                        I will stop
                                              Mornings would                    missing you
           I want to                       be so much                          when I am
       grow old with                    better if                                   with
         you and be                  I woke up next                            you.
           able to                             to you.
         say that I
       have had an                                                               ­     Your voice
   amazing life with               In case you                                 is my
               you.                        ever foolishly                             favorite
                                                forget: I am                                sound.
                        ­                         never not
       It doesn't                         thinking of
          matter                               you.                                   You stole my
    where I am;                                                              ­           heart, but
     I am yours                         My lips                                I guess I'll let
                                                  miss       ­                                     you
                        ­                          yours                                  ­    keep it.
      Every time                                        You give
I see you I'm more                                    me
    convinced we                                  the kind of                 I am so
         belong                                             feeling               ready for our        
       together.                                      people write                  our
                                      ­                            novels                     future
   Cuddling                                              about.     ­               together.
    with you
   would be                                                              J­on York   2018
      perfect
  right now.

Embrace
          uncertainty,
              some of
              the most
              beautiful
       chapters  in our
  lives won't have a title
           until much
    later in our time here
          on this earth .

     Today I want to think
       about all that you
are instead of all that you
                are not.

      Your ability to listen
to  and  take  action  based  on
          your inner voice -
  regardless of how you feel,
          other influences
        or temptations you face -
               is the key to
               self  mastery.

                       The
               impossible
                   is often
                      only
                the untried.
                                                                                 Jon York   2019