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

You are every
                  breath  that  I  take
                         and you
                  are  every  beat  of  
            my  heart  and  I  knew  it
                      from the start.

                          As you lay
                 there with your head
                         on my chest
               and your  arm  around
                my shoulder, while
       running your fingers through
               my beard I couldn't
        help  but wonder  how  did
                    I win your love.

                Cupping your *******
                      in my hands
      I  taste  your body  while swaying
              to the music of your
         moans,  I realize  that you are  
                    all  I ever needed.

                  None of that matters
            now   because we found each
                     other and any  
                time   remaining  will  
                   be spent together.
                                                                Jon York   2019

Life's biggest
tragedy  is  that  we  get
old too soon and wise
             too late.
                                                                                     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

Do ordinary things with
   extraordinary love.
                                                                                         Jon York   2019

I may have
a bad mouth
but I can do
great things
          with it.
                                                                                              Jon York  2019

If ever
you run away,
let it be
with me,
                                                                                          Jon York   2019

Let go,
run wild with me.
                                                                                            Jon York   2019

I am so sick of
writing about her
but does my heart hold
hurt and shame from
playing her game?

Are my eyes filled
with tears from what
they have seen
and from so many lies
that they have heard?

I should have never
kissed those lips
or opened my mouth saying
" you are the one,"
and "we will never
come undone."

I should have never
wasted my breath
because together any longer
could have meant
someone's death.

But I can't seem
to get her off my mind
even though the two years
with her were so miserable
and unkind filled
with lies upon lies but in
the final moments I realized
that she was only a detour
and not a dead end
and certainly not a friend
because all that she
could ever do
was pretend.

Failure is a teacher
and maybe just a slight delay
and not a defeat
and it gave me new direction
and next time I won't bring
so much heat
and be a little more discreet
with who I pick
and keep a sharper eye
out for those
low life tricks.

Do my words make me transparent
revealing to readers
what is inside of my head
and what makes me tick...
and failure should teach us
and not be our undertaker
but without the hurt
and without the love
I expierenced there would
be no words
and no poetry.

I am done
being walked all over
and I have picked myself up
and got back on my feet
because that is what I do
better than anything
and why I survive
so don't judge me
as there is so much more to me
than meets your disdaining eye
especially after discovering
that you were just
one big lie.                                  Jon York        2012

Communication to
a relationship is like
    oxygen to life.
Without it....it dies.
                                                                              Jon York   2019

There are four very
important words in life:
Love,   Honesty,   Truth,
             Respect.
Without those in your life,
    you   have   nothing.
                                                                                   Jon York   2019

A good
relationship
is  about  two
things:   first
appreciating
the similarities,
   and  second,
   respecting
the differences.
The best kiss
is   the   one
that has been
exchanged
a   thousand
times between
the eyes before
  it   reaches
    the lips
.The best portion
of your life will
   be the small
nameless moments
you spend smiling
with someone
who matters to
        you.                                                                             Jon York   2019

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

I want  to  kiss you
in   all   the  places
your   pulse   beats
beneath  your skin.
I want my fingertips
to  trace  your  neck
as  I  slowly breathe
you in.
I  want   your  kisses
on  every inch of me
so  that   your   lips
leave me with stains.
I'll press   my  body
against   yours  and
feel  the  blood  rush
through  your  veins.
You found parts of me
I didn't know existed
and  in  you  I  found
a  love   I  no  longer
believed   was   real.
Love is a commitment
to  protecting  another
person's   heart  with
the same  passion you
use to  guard your own.                                                                          
                                                                                     Jon York   2019

Long enough
is never enough,
  with you.
                                                                                  Jon York   2019

I'm much more me when I'm with you.
                                                                                  Jon York   2019

You're the one I stay up
all night thinking about,
coming up with **** things
I am going to do with you,
  next time we're together.
                                                                                              Jon York   2019

Every little thing
feels so much softer,
so much sweeter,
with you.
                                                                                                Jon York   2019

You wanted
to love me
like I have
never been
   loved
   before...
with your
hands, you
unwrapped
my heart
and with
your eyes
you undressed
    my soul
      and
   I found
    myself
the moment
you found me
again and I
was petrified
      that if
    you stop
seeing different
   and loving
    in me then
I'll stop seeing it
       too.
                                                            ­                        Jon York   2019

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

Torture  me
    playfully
       with
your teasing.
                                                                  Jon York   2019

Ever since our first kiss the only sweetness I crave
is the one that comes from your lips and when I
sleep, I dream of you. And when I wake I long to
hold you in my arms. If anything, you  make  me
more  certain that I want to spend  my nights  by
your side and my days with your heart.

When  a  man  loves a  woman  she  becomes  his
weakness. When  a woman truly loves  a man  he
becomes her strength. This is called the exchange
of power and if  a man expects a  woman to be an
Angel in his  life, he  must first create  heaven for
her.

You  truly came  alive when  my touch  ignited a  
fire   on  your skin,  the  heat  engulfed  you and
purged all your conscious thoughts.   Tormented
by   my  tongue,  playing  with  the  edges,    you
squirmed  and  grabbed   my  head,  begging  me
in a hoarse voice:   please. . .
                                            make. . .
                                            me. . .
                                           AHHH    

I  am who I  am  because  of you.   You  are  every
reason,  every  hope, and every  dream  I've ever
had, and  no  matter  what happens  to  us  in the
future,  every  day we  are together is the greatest
day  of  my  life and  you know  ****  well we'd
go crazy without each other.....

After all this time. .

                            Always.
                                                                                         Jon York  2018

And in the end,
we are all just
humans,
drunk on the idea
that love,
can heal
our brokeness.

What
comes
easy,
won't
last,
What
lasts
won't
come easy.
                                                                                              Jon York   2019

How we
all want so
badly to
divorce ourselves
from reality,
but that
***** just
won't sign the
papers.
                                                                              Jon York  2019

I'm
       drowning
            and
   you're standing
     three feet away
       screaming,
"learn how to swim,"

           It took
        letting go to
     realize that I was
         holding on
               to
           nothing.

          If I sit in
      the rain maybe
         I drown in
something other than
            my own
     thoughts of you.

         You told me
    you love the rain and
          now I never
     sleep during storms.
    not because I'm afraid,
             but because
       they remind me of
                 you.

             It's still you,
             It's still you.

In a house where the world is
dark, love always finds a way
         to create windows.
                                                        ­                 Jon York   2019

I may be old and gray
but my words
still have much
to say.

words can hurt you
if you let them
but they can also
be your friend
if you need them to be
and oh how they can bend
if you bade
them to.

My words
have carried love
hate and anger
and they have showed
regret if they have been used
to hurt someone.

sometimes
ones words can be mightier
than the sword
and can cut
even deeper.

No matter how
many times my head
has been bowed and bloodied
by hurtful words
I now chose only
to speak words of love
and hope because
my love and I are currently
apart for a short time
and our words are all have
and our love will
just grow stronger
if we choose the
right ones.

Our love is so new
and at the same time
so strong we must choose
our words very carefully
and use the right ones.

because we are
temporaraly apart words
are our lifeline
and we cannot let our pasts
influence how we hear those words
or let our words get in the way
of our feelings for each other
as there is no good or bad
but only time and circunstance
if we are going to finish
this dance.

We must speak only words
that are our friends and make us happy
and words that give us hope
and do not speak
of yesterday or tomorrow
but speak only
of today
and that is no joke.                     Jon York                  2012

They can
crush
a heart or
heal it.

They can                                                                 If you
shame                                                                    can touch
a soul or                                                                 her heart
liberate it.                                                               without
                                                                                 touching
They can                                                                 her, then
shatter                                                                      you can
dreams or                                                                melt her
energize them                                                        heart just
                                                                                     by
                                                                                   saying
They can                                                                 her name.      
obstruct
connection or
invite it.                                                                         Jon York  2018

They can
create
defenses or
melt them

                               We have to choose our words wisely

I like to think
that I am nothing special,
a common man with
common thoughts that has
lived a common life.

I am just a man
with a desire to be read
by someone before
I am dead.

I am a common poet
who likes to put words together
that take one on a journey
of the senses that get people
get off of their fences.

I've been to
so many places and felt
so many different emotions
but with the emotion of love
the words just come
and come until you begin
to feel numb.

The only one emotion for me
that is really worth
writing about
is love.

When you have loved another
with all of your heart and soul
there is nothing else
that you ever need
to know and nothing will
ever compare.

This kind of love
just takes your senses on a ride
and makes you
feel funny inside.

You feel as if you had wings
and you start doing crazy things
that are beyond
your control.

Things that feel so good
and for me this has always been
enough because once you have lived
and loved in that way nothing
can ever compare.

Losing that kind of love
is a whole different story though
and of this I know
and this is a terrible place
that you don't want
to go.

Life becomes so slow
and all of a sudden you have
nowhere to hide so you just slide
into words and write poetry
hoping to ease the pain
from losing what you spent
an eternity trying to gain...                 Jon York     2012

"I believe in you." Words that water flowers
                                                         ­                          Jon York   2019

Make sure you always
keep   your   love   life,
your bank  account and
your next move private
realizing that a hungry
stomach,   an   empty
pocket,   and a   broken
heart can teach the best
lessons  in  life and    if
something is wrong, fix
it.   But  train  yourself
not  to   worry.  Worry
                fixes nothing.  
                                                                                             Jon York   2019

I  could  have
          avoided  you,
          but somehow
          I  knew  you
               were a
             collision
         worth having.
                                                                                       Jon York   2019

Love    isn't   supposed
to be easy. It's suppose
      to be worth it.
                                                                               Jon York   2019

A good
relationship
   is worth
   the wait.
                                                                                       Jon York   2019

Finding  someone

worth  waking  up  to

is better than finding

someone to sleep with.
                                                                                        Jon York   2019

Would it matter,
if I told you,
         I still love you,
         I still need you,

I still look for you -----
         even as the shadows
                    climb the hills
and the new moon
                    hears the howls
                    of distant dogs
somewhere down this
             lonely Kansas road,
where the wind blows songs
        through the green pine
and the memories of you
                    still haven't left
                                my mind.

No, it would't matter one
               bit ,not in the least.

That's just the way it is.
                                                             ­                 Jon York   2021

I always write poetry
        and, read it.
     You know how
    sharks  have  to
     keep swimming
   or  they  die?   I'm
   like that.  If  I  stop
   writing poetry and
      reading, I think
              I'd die.
                                                                               Jon York  2019

Shared laughter in sheets
says  more  of   ****
than   a   thousand
sensuous   sighs
stirring  across  the
softest  satin.

Let us make
quiet   love,
soft   sighed
ans slow stirred;
glancing grazes
and beautiful
gasps.

Swallow
your loudest screams
and yell instead
with squeezing
    hands.

Do you think it possible
that some people
are born to give
more love
then they will ever
get   back
in   return?
                                                         ­                     Jon York   2019

Yesterday is a
cancelled check;
tomorrow is a
promissory note;
today is the only
cash you have
- so spend it
wisely and take
the time to look
around you and
see the beauty
and love that is
out there and
realize that people
do care even
though your life
may have been
unfair.    
                                  Jon York   2016

You   have
my  whole
heart,  you
always did.
                                                                                        Jon York   2019

The entire sum of existence is the magic

of being

needed by

just one person.

Help me to find

you when I search

for you.

I come to you

searching for courage

and comfort

to carry me through this day.

Thank you for being

near me when I reach

out to you for comfort.

And when I fall apart

you always put me back together again.                     Jon York   2019

You are
         my heaven
           on earth.

             You are
            my  sun,
           my moon,
              and all
           of my stars.

              You are
             the most
             beautiful
               thing I
               keep in
              my heart.  

          Some people
             are worth
            melting for.

              The best
           thing about
            memories
            is making
                them.

              Always
              kiss me
            goodnight.

               You are
         the best thing
            that's ever
                been
               mine.                                                          Jon York   2019

You
  are my
favorite
   *****
thought.
                                                                                    Jon York   2019

You are. . . .
kisses so sweet and the love that you lay at my feet
my sun and my moon as we make love until noon
the ache in my heart when we are apart
the endless longing as I count each day.

You are. . . .
the pounding of my heart as I taste your *******
the chills I get when you touch my chest
the thrill in my heart when you say yes
the pride that I take in how far we have come
the faith that I have in how far we can go.

You are. . . .
the poems that I write in the middle of the night
the feelings that I get because I know that it is right
the answer to all of my desires
the sounds I love to hear when we make love
my endless aching need
my gift from above.

You are. . . .
the wind in my sails
the cure for what ails
the love of my life
a heart so very nice
the reason that I can finally smile
the reason that I can finally live my dream.

You are. . . .
my reality and the real truth
my final journey and my last love
the answer to my prayers
someone who really cares.                     Jon  York    2013

You are all things,
and in all things
I find you.

I see you in the ruffled sheets,
still painted
with the silhouette of morning.

I see you in the coffee that stains
the water that fills my cup.

I hear you,
your shuffled laughter as the sound
of each page turning in every book I read.

The sound of my breath,
echoing in my ears before sleep
and it's you
whispering between exhales.

You are all things
and in that,
you are never
alone.

In all things
I find you and in that
we are never
apart.

I cannot put a price, value, or worth on the quiet and calm that
you bring to the constant and deafening noise that always seems
to surround me.
                                                             ­                            Jon York  2019

I'll be your earth,
          you can be my universe.

      I just
    want to
      melt
       into
        you,

       until
          we
       share
         one
          soul.

Your voice makes me smile
         your eyes
         are  my  favorite
                                       color.
The way you touch me
               sets my soul on fire,
and the best thing about
                  you......
                            you are mine.
                                                                                   Jon York   2019

If
    you're
     going
        to
      stay,
      stay
    forever.
        If
      ­your
     going
        to
     leave,
      then
      do it
      today.
         If
       your
       going
    to change,
    change for
    the better.
      And if
      you're
      going
      to talk,
       make
    sure you                   Of all the things I needed to learn
   mean what                                          in this life you are my favorite.
      you say.                                                             ­          Jon York   2019

Of   all    the    things
I    needed   to   learn
        in   this  life,
that I am in right now
you  are   my  favorite,

because   you  are   as
gentle  as  a cloud but
you    love    with   the
     fury of a storm.  

And just like that, one
day  I  gave  up  on all
     of   my  excuses.
                                                   ­                                     Jon York   2019

You  are
                  my today
                      and
                   all of my
                 tomorrows.

                       And
                   you will
                     forever
                      be my
                     always.

                          I
                       have
                      found
                     the one
                     that my
                        soul
                        loves.

                             I
                       put my
                         arms
                       around
                           you
                           and
                      I'm home.

                           You
                         are my
                          happy
                           place.
FORGET: who hurt you yesterday, but don't forget those who love you today and everyday. FORGET: the past that makes you cry and focus on the present that makes you smile. FORGET: the pain, but never the lessons you gained.
                                                                                         Jon York   2019

Where have you been hiding my
love,as each day without you will
never come again as I have sought
you for so long that you surely
must feel the pulsing of my endless
longing and I have sought you
since childhood and I care not whose
you were or even whose you are
because the sound of your voice
and your words tell me that you
are mine and that you are waiting.

Till now my life has been but a fools
mission as they mock the madness
of my searching, my work, my
talents are but ashes,my poetry
only unshed tears that flow like
rivers in my desperate search for
you.

I wait in hope and sorrow thinking
and hoping that you will come to
me some tomorrow and connect our
souls just one more time after what
seems like several lifetimes, or is it
all a dream, but you need to know
that I have bravery to spend on pain,
faith to wall up fear, and courage
to fight danger when it comes, but
there is no defense against loneliness,
but my love shall always be because
when I love, I love with my heart,
I love with everything in me, and
I love deeply and you hold my
heart in your hands,so please handle
it with care.

You are my mortal muse, the one
to inspire my heart, move my soul
and take my mind away to
destinations unknown and you
open my eyes to a reality not seen
and you awaken the creativity that
burns inside of me.
                                        Jon York    2017

If your path
      is more difficult, it's
      because your calling
               is higher.
                                                                                                 Jon York   2019