On this moonlit
Winter night.
A red gown
lay on top
of the open dumpster.
Catching starlight
on its red sequins.
The only splash of color
in the monochrome
back alley.

The red gown
No longer
Clinging to the curves
Of a beautiful lady.
Dressed for the party.
Or
Catching the cascading lights
From a glitter ball at the dance.
Or
Hanging in a special place
Inside her closet.
Just waiting
for the next time.
The red gown.
Left unwanted
And forgotten.
Frozen upon
the open dumpster

On a cold
snowy winters night.
Turning from red to white.
Absorbing all that once was.
A single snowflake
At a time

Being alone has become a lifetime for me now.
So many years since I lost you my love.
My heart is frozen like the ice of winter.

I think she noticed me first
I am not sure.
But the ice started to melt.
The winter snow had drifted from eternity
Perhaps it had hidden there forever.
But now it sparkled in the snowflakes
with the dancing  light
of old  street lamps.

Perhaps that would have been enough once.
But the dinner at the old hotel
Had candles of red and green
to celebrate the season of goodwil
and to bring  new beginnings to all.

The loss of  a Christmas past can
fall like the snowflakes..
Hardly noticeable at first.
Then a dusting falling onto the face
living as  frozen tears

Put away in the freezer of time.
The ice crystals cannot
live in the warmth of this joyous season
They are left  frozen upon  the
face  of old Christmas past.

Misty memories come alive again
Wounds open and blood flows.
The hurt returns.
They say  time is the healer
It patches the wounds.
But scars live forever.

And yet she is here now.
not to replace you my love.
or take away what was once us.
All she ask, is to take what is
left of me for the future.
And shine its tarnished
glow like old silver.

In the festive restaurant.
Her smile is a cure for my sadness.
Her hand a guiding light to tomorrow.
Her heart is glowing like
the yulelog in the fireplace.

Then from the candlelight,
the final cure of my sadness.
The one I waited for an eternity
The ghost of Christmas future
Was in the candlelight that danced
Inside her beautiful eyes.

I stand in my night garden
Drenched in the need of its moonglow
The cool autumn wind whispers
secrets of the seasons to come.
On a night,
when rustling floral leaves
Move slowly in the air
about my feet.
Like playful spirit's.
The last of the autumn sun
falls below the horizons abyss.
Leaving only darkness
as it steals the last of the light.
An everlasting moon
glows its welcome presence.
Spilling  its milktoast silvered light
In pools upon the pathway.
A chorus of stars awaken in unison.
And the night sings its song of peace
My heart weeps joyful tears
overwhelmed by this
autumnal nightglow.

In the orchard cherry blossoms bloom
As pure as the fallen snow
The fragrant air sings a springtime tune
A melody we both did know.

I sit below our cherry tree
And reach out for your hand
The aching heart no one can free
The sadness I cannot stand.

fragrant breezes touch my face
As softly as you touched my skin.
I feel you so close my heart does race
And another maytime will begin.

I look into her eyes
it's That old feeling that I get
We could have shared a lifetime
Me and my sweet Annette

Were both married to another
Stolen moments is all we get
I hold her close to me
I feel she is mine and yet
She will go back to him in a moment
I will lose my sweet Annette

She sees the tears welling in my eye
The saddened look as she said goodbye
She said Harry are you weeping?
Your eyes are red and wet

I smiled even with my heart aching
And brimming with regret.
No, I'm alright my sweet Annette
It's just the smoke that's rising
From my forgotten cigarette

On the rose, the petals fall
In quietness one by one
The winter snows in silence call
They know that you have gone

In empty rooms the silence roars
In a house, I once called home
Only echoes of a closing door
As I lay sleepless all alone

In my heart, the teardrops fall
In quietness one by one
In my dreams, the memories call
For they know that you have gone

This night the fragrance
of oranges and pomegranates
blooms sweetly in the air.
Kiss me softly my darling
with your petaled lips
Softer and sweeter than
any rose.
Embrace me in your arms.
For you are the fairest my love
With eyes that reach into my heart
Your mouth is the sweet red wine of summer.
The softness of your breast
are as the billowing clouds of a summer's day.

This night is full of timeless passions.
Hold me close to you my  love.
For I am intoxicated by the need of you in this Indigo night.

Let us harvest our passions
And plant the seeds of forever.
To ripen the vine and blossom the cherry trees.

Stay with me,
my love
Stay with me
All through this perfumed night
Until the night gives
birth to the new day.