On a beautiful day with the clouds and the wind
The bridge in the distance, we just just fit in
I am there with my baby
We sneak more than one kiss
We are entwined
We cannot miss

She loves me in spite of my faults
My best friend above all else
Our love makes us free
She floats our boat
Otherwise I’d be in the water
Woe would be me

With those doe eyes
She captures me
Her voice so soothing
Gives me hope
Our love makes us free
She believes in us, in me

From innocence to deliverance
What happened to me
I was born the day I met her
We are so very happy

The Princess needed to get away
A humdrum life she led
Movies have been made about this predicament
But this one is real, at a head
She wanted, needed, a holiday
So one day she slipped out of the palace, no one could see
She was off to have fun on her own, for the first time sightsee
Our young man had a day off, did not keep track of royalty
He spotted our lass at the patisserie
Invited her for pastry and coffee
Conversation ensued
It went so well, it imbued in their thoughts
That it was right that they should be enthused
At the prospects, the sheer happenstance
Both so alive, both so entranced
He worked as a doctor, healing the poor
She was coy about her life to her new suitor
Eventually she relented, told him who she was
She was trapped in royalty, that big because
You’ll be pleased to know they found a way
To kiss in bliss before the end of that day
And many thereafter, so many more
They now have two kids, one more in store
She’ll be queen one day, her love life secure

I was going through some boxes today that brought back old memories
Reminding me of when I gave all, how much in you, in us, I believed
It cost me everything, set me back years
If only you had told the truth, there would have been no tears
Anger and sorrow are all that’s left of us
Life has surely gone on
But sometimes love is left in the ditch
I surely know you are gone
What could’ve been and will never be
It’s such a bitter end
You didn’t love me, you just needed me to help you out
While you dallied with your new and now permanent friend
So it is us I remember as I went through that box
What I did for you and your family ... and what I lost
And how much different my life would’ve been
Had I not been double-crossed

When two souls become one
It’s the foundation
The golden ticket
For the journey that is love
Steady and surely
With warmth and purity
The answer to why we live
The cure for all ills
Love in all its permutations
Provides salvation
With the combination of two in love
That’s what happens when two souls become one
It happens every minute, every day
Throughout the world
When two souls become one
It’s a lifetime of affection
A lifetime of connection

I can be better
I know I can
Choo, choo, choo
So I am
Trying and trying
One day at a time
I’ve got to be good
If all will be fine
We fight ourselves
Every day
We struggle
We succeed
If we’re doing our best
Bad thoughts and deeds
Don’t get in the way
No, go away!
I am getting better
As I choo choo all day

A weekend in the country
Just what we need
The fresh outdoors
Even more
Smell the flowers
Nature is secure
As are we in our cozy abode
I’m making spaghetti
She makes herself at home
We’ve got friends and neighbors coming over
Who will visit and imbibe
We’ll tell funny stories
How we survive
The tribulations
That with modern life arrive
Our weekend in the country
Just an hour drive

Jim never got over Sue
Nor she him
The big mistake occurred so long ago
But that’s the way it is
Lovers with an abiding spirit
They still share today
But they can’t be together
Such a shame, no way
I’ll avoid the specifics
But fate and circumstance play the leads
Conspiring to prevent their consummation
Only memories now struggle to meet their needs
They can only do so much
They’re no salve
There is no solution
Not for this love