She is

blackballed

to her

old lovers

even

though she

might slither

back to

them now

and then.


I know for

a fact

because I

am a member

of the club.


We still

meet on Tuesdays

nights down at

the Elks.


the sloppy

stories we

tell and the

sighs that

can still be heard.


we sing them

to one another

like a choir

in chorus

in tune.


and none of

us will be

donating blood

Anytime soon,


doctors say

that we can't .


thanks, Mary Jane.

whoever

thought jumping into bed

with me

would 30 years later

become a felony.


loving her was

as real as it gets,

we all say that.


that little

thing she

did with her

tongue..

over 99 percent

of our bodies.


she was good at

that she was

good at everything.


Especially making us

believe that

loving her

was whatever

we wanted

it to be..


today she is

remembered by us

as a *****.


every Tuesday night

you can hear

us say it in

chapter and verse.


but she is

our *****.


and God bless

her for that.

Lying

in the
dark.

have all
of your
rose petal
promises
fallen
at your
angel
feet?

is time
just
a silhouette
of tired
dreams,

lost
through
the open
windows
of your
eyes.

as your
touch
lies

unanswered.

a treasure

for true
love
to find.

waiting in
your sleep

running
when you
are
awake

to the
place,

where
the souls
of missing
people

lie.

In this

corner

now

where

I have

put myself

away

from you.



I peel

away the

old tried

skins

of my

melancholy

words,



that

once

gave me

tenderness

and daily

salvation.



it seems that

it has been

this way

for so

long it

is almost

all that

I can

remember.



it was

the revealing

of my

soul

to your

light.



that now

suddenly

all of

the shadows

of not

knowing

you

are now

all  hidden

away.



only to

leave me

to you

in plain

sight



naked

and trembling

before your

angel

eyes,



and though

different

places

in life

we are now.



I still

wish for

you this.



the journey of

a love

of a

lifetime.



the depth

and emotion

of deep

kisses

that never

end.



the letting

go to

someone

else

without

hesitation.



the answering

to stars.



in a

midnights

summer's

sweat...



"I love you.



and for

you to

embrace

the words

from your

lips..



yes "I

love you

too.

Tonight.

I wish
I could
take
back,

all the
moves
in your
life that
ever
caused
you
pain.

and then
melt
all of
your
dreams

that have

never come

true
into a
single
thought.

of you
and I.

no guilt.

only
innocence.

and the
smile
of a
morning
dawn
upon
your angel
face.

with time
and
obligation
held at
bay.

a king
a queen.

protecting
each other
at all
costs.

till the
day that
there
are no
moves
left.

till the
moment
we fall
down.

exhausted,

into
each other's
arms

in peace..

in grace.

in hope.

under a

hot corona

sun of

white.

Roller coaster

lovers

spent...


you lie

weary in

my arms.

a Chelsea cat

smile

upon your

face.


both of us

inhale and

exhale in

tune like

fine victorian

instruments

at play...


and as

I watch

you sleep,


you hold

my dreams.

and as I

lie my

head upon

your *******

we love...

without equal...


at 2:00 a.m.

on a Monday

morning.

we are love.

Up through

our veins

and tender

places,


nurtured

by our

breathing

hearts,


we remember

paths

of feelings

long ago

traveled,


given

once

never

turned

back

upon.

the reaching

of hands

the giving

of light.


illuminating

dark shadows.


the coming

of age

and the

reclaiming

of all

that was

given

before.


the awakening

of desires

the mending

of touch.


naked bodies

celebrating

love,


the bending

and molding

of our

bodies

to one

another.


your hair

in my

hand,


the wet

taste

of your

deep

kisses

upon my

lips,


the moist

tender

skin of

your

your thighs

as your

passion.

rises to

meet me.


and all

that was

once


will be

again.


when all

that you

are is

mine.

it is

a wishful

thing

every time

I kiss you.


a falling star

come true.


a copper

penny

found heads

upon

the street.


to hold all

of you in

my arms,


is the sea

embracing

shore,


the roots

of a tree

Mother Earth.


a horizon line

the edge of

darkness.


but you

are my

light,


and warmth

and holiness

our first kiss

tonight.


and I

am but

the pilgrim

who seeks

you.


the lover

who can

love nothing else.


the man

who sees

no one

but you

in my

eyes.

lie angel
down
and be

the bridge
from you
to me..

slow down
and rest
your
harvest
moon
eyes.

kick off
your shoes.

feel the
sun's
morning
bliss,

and then
lick
strawberry
syrup
from my
lips.

so today
stay
in thought
of me.

let me
hold your
hand

and you
be everything
in love.

that you
ever
wanted
to be.

and I
will celebrate
as a
child,

every
moment
that is
you.

as you
lie next
to me,

when you
first awake.

and I
look
into
your eyes.

and the
morning
becomes
you.

like a

miracle.

The bleeding

to white

and all

that may

come.


the unfeeling

of everything

I have

come to

hold dearly

in my

heart.


somehow

I know

in that

darken

place.


you will

still

find me

there.


and you

will calm

my spirit,


and paint

my sky,


and fall

like a

mid-winters

night

dream

over me


and I slumber

I will  catch

your sorrow,

and shelter

your pain,


and not

let a

broken

heart

take one

moment

from you.


true in

spirit

you

and I.


and the

falling

of clouds

will surround

us,


and the

crying of

seasons

lost will

echo in

our bones.


but only

truth will

be seen

in our

eyes


and only

love

will color

our sky...

the rolling

of your

tongue

deep

in the back

of my

mouth,



it is

like a

carnival

of the

senses.



the teasing

of your

kisses on

my neck,



the nibbles

of your

teeth

on the

back of

my ear.



innocence

at play.



and your

breathing

I would know

anywhere.



for now

it is

the same

as mine.



and I can't

wait to

kiss you

again.

With great
purpose
and joy.

draw
your
bucket
deep

into your
well.

bring me
your
depths

and heart
break
dreams

to light.

so that
you
may
lie
before
me.

without
innocence.

let me
dive

into
you.

beyond
your
bottomless
self.

without
defining
or judging

or casting
doubt

to all
that is
you.

close
your eyes
and

draw your
bucket
deep.

so I

may

drink
my
fill

of

you.

Perhaps in
your eyes
is there
a color
just for
me..

a blessing
never given
before

unconditionally.

a hue
of love
and laughter
and life,

a bridge
between
us that
no one
else
can travel?

when you
cry let
my arms
fall around
you,

stay within
my breath
and body's
warmth.

when you
suffer let
your soul
open
and come
to confession,

to take
me in
without
judgment
or hesitation.

let the
moments
we share
be every
thing,

be the
trademark

in every
moment
that
you live.

and at
night
lie with
me there
still..

in heaven's slumber.

not confused
or obligated
by love's
awkward
physical
desires..

be only
giving
and accepting
and embracing
in our
bodies
open
pleasure,

in every
moment
that
our bodies
touch.

be my
vessel
to fill
and drink,

to hold
and be
drunk in
the magic of
your open
eyes..

that look
into this
world
and the
next.

and see
my seed
buried
deep
inside
you.

to the
place
where
prayers are
answered

to the
bed where
you will
never be
alone

to cry.

Sometimes

at night

I wake

with a

mad man's

torn and

bitter

soul.



and a

mad man's

hard and

tempered

heart.



it is here

that the

years

have carried

me,



to all these

unanswered

questions

of life's

struggles.



all of

the people

around me

who have

been stained

by their

tears of love

as they

come and

go.



as they

come and

go.



but not

you,



the spark

is in

your eyes.



you have

settled

here.



and there

is a

calm

wake upon

the water

that is

all around

you



and you

move in

rhythm

with him

in your

heart and

mind,



and God as

your witness



on your

wedding day,



love will

make

you an

angel of

innocence

again,



and you

will fall

like

natures

******

snow upon

a Colorado

field.



to cover

your love



from life's

cold winters

night



to arise

in spring



renewed.



with your

lover's

first kiss

of morning

upon your

lips,



and

his smile

inside your



eyes that

anyone

can see.



that anyone

can see....



you have

found your



heart again.

Like a
holiday
parade,

carry
me with
you in

celebration.


in your
busiest
of times.

as a
thought
a smile,

as a
gentle
laugh
to the
wind.

as a midday
wish.

kick off
your
heels

and sit
down
on open
spring time
grass.

and day
dream
a thought
for me

of us

and at
that
moment,

I will
be with
you

and in
that
moment,

our breaths
will be
deep and
full.

and caring
and with
true
purpose
and feeling.

and no
greater
moment
could ever
be lived.

and no
greater
moment
could

ever be
given.

than that

one moment

with you.

It  is

the child in

your eyes

that makes

everything

new again.


the capture

of your smile

that I

can never

forget.


the turn

of your face

to kiss me,


the caressing

of my hands

behind your

head as

I press your

lips hard

to mine.


and even

time stops

to watch us.


and love

comes

to bathe

in our

hearts.


and anyone

who sees

us would

surely know.


I have

found

you at

my rainbows

end.

And the
birth of the
morning in
your eyes,

and the
still of
our heart
beats
timing into
one.

love has
left
you,
to find
you again.

it is
no longer
then
it is only
now.

like broken
sheets
of snow
upon a
river,

remembering not
the harshness
of the
frozen cold

or stagnant

winter,

or the
falling
of gentle
rain
upon your
face that
remembers
not the
death of
broken
dreams

everything
is new.

and the
love you
give is
his universe
and the
pillow
you rest
your head
upon will
be his
dreams,

and you
will wear
one another
like pieces
of God's
tailored
clothing.

and to
anyone
else it
would not
fit.

it would
not give
warmth.

but only
the fleeting
glimpse of
what love

was meant
to be.

this morning.

I am
deep
in puddles
of thought
of you.

held under
by something
in the
way you
are.

and in
your smile
there
is a rhythm
to my
heart
beating.

and I ask
not what
this is.

I embrace
it. trust
our lips
to tell
me
truth.

and with
fates blind
fold
to cover
our eyes.

we see.

and simply
say yes

a kiss

is nothing
to be
stumbled
about.

it is
the blossom
of a
souls
full passion
seed.

a fine
wine
drunk
to
our
lover's
fill.

till blind
folds
lift.

and give
meaning
to this

water
color
night.

with you.

our first

kiss consumed

by it all.



the yearning

the revealing

of our

naked

flesh to

one another.



the taste of

our wet

bodies

opening and

receiving

one another.



the giving

of seeds

in deep

passion.



ice cream

splashes

still one

your lips

from the

night before

I gratefully

lick

them from

your face.



rainbow sherbet

here

praline and

pecan there,



nothing has

ever tasted

sweeter.



in this

moment

when no one else

can enter

where only

love can

find us.



when everyone else

is just

a bad

memory

in your

eyes.

that in

time

will soon

be forgotten.

The sound
of his breathing
rolls
over you,

like a
angel's
wings
to a
breeze,

the smell
of his body
fills you,

like fresh
baked
chocolate
chip
cookies
on a Sunday
morning,

and your
feet
lie bare foot
upon the
earth,

as you
walk
hand and
hand to
nowhere
in particular.

and the
mornings
first
kiss is like
no other
kiss that
you have
ever known..

but now
to you
it is
becoming
everything
in your life,

that is
so familiar

the cut
of his
face,

and depth
of his eyes.

the still.

when nothing
needs to
be said.

when the
two become
one,

and the
one becomes

everything.

,


.

it is

coming on

a lazy

fire ember

dawn,



I have

not slept

a moment

all night

by your side.



our breathing

in tune

to a finely

aged moment

born

at the

beginning

of time .



and now

I have

your face

to put

to this

moment

too.



and I

I am exactly

where I

was meant

to be.



and then

you turn

to kiss

me.



and I realize

you never

opened

your eyes.



you were

just so

sure that

I would

always be

here.



and in

the morning

light I

give your

kiss back

to you.



and we

smile.

and beautiful
lies within
you,

there
inside
your eyes.

and a
million
thoughts
and dreams
come true.

held still
inside
your
heart.

and romance

is your
touch,

and passion

the tear
that bleeds,

down
across
your
rose
pedal
lips.

at midnight

when lovers
love.

and destiny
becomes
fate.

and time
leaves

us here

together.

We sit
beneath the
moons
creamy white
caramel
belly,

we let
it's silver
shine
melt
over us.

the horizon
lies
a little
down in
the corner
of your
sleepy angel
eyes.

and you
wonder of
ifs and
maybes that
circle around
you like
bees
invading
a holiday
picnic in
june..

let your
doubts
fall to
the floor,

and let
your love
sweep
them away.

you will
not need
need them
anymore.

and this  
love you
have found
let it
nurture
you,

like a
young
baby
suckling  
from it's
mothers
breast,

the milk
is pure
it is rich
and so
will your
love be,

and so
will it
help
you grow.

and never
abandon
you,

or leave
you cold.

your engagement
is a
celebration,

the first
steps
through
eternity's
door.

and I
smile
wide,

and we
laugh
deeply

and with God
my witness

I sing
to only

you.

It is

sharing your

whispers

late at

night ,


and then you

turning softly

to kiss and

lick my

neck,


that in my

day  I day dream

the best.


the taste  of

you on

my lips,


as I journey

through my

day,


it is what

I can't let

go of,

even for

a moments

breath.


and when

I look up

at the

sky,


I always set

my bearing

to where

you are.

and then

I am never

truly lost.

I am

but a

moment

from your

kiss again.

and I

am home.

and beautiful
lies within
you,

there
inside
your eyes.

and a
million
thoughts
and dreams
of mine
come true.

held still
inside
your
heart.

and romance

is your
touch,

and passion

the tear
that bleeds,

down
across
your
rose
pedal
lips.

at midnight

when lovers
love.

and destiny
becomes
fate.

and time
leaves

us here

together.

where are
shadows are
one,

and God
cries in joy
to know
that in
this life
that we
are  finally
here.

i have
broken
my cocoon
for you,

I sit wet
and new
before
your touch.

and in
a day's
life let
me float
before your
gypsy
eyes,

and catch
your breath
beneath
my wings,

so I
might feel
love in
everything
that is
you,

hold me
upon your
wrist and
wonder
of God's
beauty of
creation,

and whisper
a prayer
to open
my monarch
wings to
sky,

and I will
rise to
your spirit,

and one
day I
will reach
forever
in your
smile.

and at
that
moment
I will be
exactly
where I
want to
be,

and death
will not
find me
wanting
here.

in this
moment
with
you,

for it is
far more
than
I ever
could of
dreamed,

that a
single
day could

ever be...

Lay your

sighs

down in

a bed of

kisses

ever after.



the travels of

sorrow and woo

are over.



and there

is a warmth

between us

that the sun

does not

define.



it is the

beating of

our hearts

always trying

to be close,



undisturbed

with one

another.



the runaway of

distant stars

seeking

that one

tangent

of us.



right there

between our

eyes



God's grace.



here to

eternity

and back



again.

What has
become of
this moment,


the falling
of hearts
to now
surrender
to uncertain
dreams,

the tremble
of your lower
lip when
you sit
quietly
and contemplate
this fate.

of unconditional
giving and
eternity's
bond.

but it is
fate that
has brought
you here,

and the
open heart
feelings
that you have
searched
for since
you were
a child.

and now
a new
seed
has settled
in your
eyes,

nurtured
in your
soul.

I can see it

every time
you smile
when you
talk
and laugh
about
your new
life to
come.

like that
child
unable
to wait
for Christmas
morning.

the awkward
moment
of a
teenager's
first kiss.

and through

it all I will
celebrate
you..

and the
life
that is
yet to

come.

Under
Chippewa
rains I
will walk
with you.

held close
by the
loves that
we have
given and
lost.

common
bonds
to bind
us.

remembering
in silence
how they
swore that
it never
would end,

and I
will
whisper and
pray my
names
to you,

and you
will tremble
and whisper
your names
to me.

and then
bury them
deep in
each other's
eyes.

and in
that
we will
become
in part
keepers of
the pieces of
each other's
souls,

that only
come out
to get
cleansed by
our tears

and these

hollow

moments

with you.


.. ..

And by

our words

the knowing

starts,


like onions

we begin

to peel

one another,


and let

our stories

fall to

our faith's

threshing

floor.


but I tell

you this

instead,

fall

to me

without

hesitation

without

doubts or

questions

with impossible

answers.


be simple,


everything

to now

has made

you ,


and everything

to now has

brought

me here..


and we

nourish

each other

in ways

that break

us free

from all

that was

before.


there is

no time

here

no proper

order

of things.


there is

only a

great

birth,


where

we leave

our bodies

to become

totally

something else.


where sleep

does not

matter

and food

is a old

ritual

of the

flesh.


you have

marked

me.


and for

all time

I will

be in

you ,


and you  

in me.


in this

journey

of great

things.


you were

never meant

to be only

one.


you are

the sunrise

I am

your sky..

and soon

there

will be


no difference...

What has
become of
this moment
the falling
of hearts
to now
surrender
to uncertain
dreams,

the tremble
of your lower
lip when
you sit
quietly
and contemplate
this fate.

of unconditional
giving and
eternity's
bond.

but it is
fate that
has brought
you here,

and the
open heart
feelings
that you have
searched
for since
you were
a child.

and now
a new
seed
has settled
in your
eyes,

nurtured
in your
soul.

I can see it

every time
you smile
when you
talk
and laugh
about
your new
life to
come.

like that
child
unable
to wait
for Christmas
morning.

the awkward
moment
of a
teenager's
first kiss.

I celebrate
you..

and the
life
that is
yet to

come.

The tender

sigh upon

your breath,


the whisper

of something

misplaced

in your

life before.


I hold

near to

my heart ,

and with

all the
pieces

of your
life that
are
you.


I find

peace and

love,

and a
warm

and gentle

place to

place my

soul.

and in

your arms

that embrace

me I am

whole and

you are

whole,

and we

are complete

in love
with
one
another..


we are

one in this

passion
night.

.
where our

sighs
do not

wander
unanswered

and our

dreams

fill the
sky.

and you

open to

receive

me ,

with

trust and

hope in

your sighs.

and I give

you deep,

I give you

full.

and

your pleasure

is a
blessing

to my

eyes.

Breathe

naked

into me

and I into

you.

let me

swallow

your juicy

kisses and

bury my

tongue thick

and gentle

into your

open mouth.


let the words

between us

be honest

and kind,


and the love

inside

us full

and ripe.


let me

be in

all of

you.


like summer

in sky.


let my hands

and lips

find no

place

unwilling or

unfamiliar.


and when

I enter

inside you

hold my

eyes close

to yours,


and let us

dream

of all that

should

be and

all we

have become.


and be

thankful

for the

morning

light,


and most

gracious to

this moment of

you lying

beside me.

all hope
lost
I witness

my face
in my morning
mirror,

like a flame of
heart as
it boiled
in open sky.


tears melt
to a glass reflection
thunderbolts
in my eyes.

cold white
wave linen
sheets
that can't
hide the
pain anymore,

they just
keep my
head submerged
and I
can't catch
my breath.

can't swim
any longer
against
their tide.

loves lost
to the
mistrust
of shadows

and lies

and distant
silhouettes
standing at
old cellar
doors.

don't
answer it.

don't
look back.


cause tonight
love doesn't
remember
me anymore.

The tender

sigh upon

your breath,


the whisper

of something

misplaced

in your

life before.



I hold

near to

my heart ,


and with

all the
pieces

of your
life that
are
you.


I find

peace and

love,


and a
warm

and gentle

place to

place my

soul.


and in

your arms

that embrace

me I am

whole and

you are

whole,


and we

are complete

in love
with
one
another..


we are

one in this

passion
night.

.

where our

sighs
do not

wander
unanswered


and our

dreams

fill the
sky.


and you

open to

receive

me ,

with

trust and

hope in

your sighs.


and I give

you deep

I give you

full.

and

your pleasure

is a
blessing

to my

eyes.

there  is
a quiver
in your
lips,

where a
moment
ago
my lips
used
to be.

a gentle
nod of
your eyes
where my
dreams
fell
asleep
from the
night
before.

and your
tangled
angel hair,

lies across
my arms
in perfection
like the
bloom of
a thousand
flowers.

and my
body
aches
at the
sight
of you,

and my
flesh
runs
deep
to your
tender
embrace,

much like
stars to
night.

that know
exactly
where
they were
meant
to be.

I reach

for you.

Find my

words in

your breath,

when a moment

takes your

breath away.


I write

to your

youth,


I write

to the woman

you are

and the

woman

you someday

might be.


the daughter

the wife

the mother

the grandmother,

the beauty

of all time

passing.


and though

always I

will just be a far

away witness,


think not less

of me,

for I have

written to

you, the best

that I can.


without need

without hunger

without pretending

to be anything else

that I am.


and love

seems like

such a

little word.


From a

thousand miles

away

I applaud

you.


as long

and as

loud and

as hard as

I possibly

can.

stars bend

at the sight

of you,


just to be

nearer to

where you

are.


just as you have

bended me.


and I

am so much

the better

for it.


I am so

much more

of everything.

And you
have allowed
me to look
deeply

unmeasured,

and now
I have
found you.

your trust
broken,

love
abused,

tossed
aside
like a
broken toy

from a
childhoods
troubled
past.

your
heart beat.
barely
stirring
over in
the corner,


and your
lover
will not
notice,

and your
tired kisses
will not
care.

if I
come
in.

and carry
you
away.

time to
mend.

love to
heal.

time to
dream
new dreams,

and travel
with small
steps
parading,

to a better
place

for you
for me
and a
rainbows

promised
end.

There is
a presence
to you,

in everything
that you
do.

a scent
a celebration

a baptism
in holding
you.

and loving
you under
this pelican

cloud night.

the spooning
of our
bodies
into one.

the melting
of our
flesh
over
each other's
bones.

the martyr
of each other's
souls

to what
we were
before.

and timeless

we lie
naked
in our
trust.

black to
the night.

light to
the coming

dawn.



/

An opal catfish

jumps and

splashes,

hoping

to catch

the  early

bird dinner

of sorts.


a southern

whiskey wind

skips the

lake"s face


with the

care of

a mother

brushing

the hair

of her

young child.


in all

of the

things I

witness

now,


in all

of the

day dreams

I embrace..


there

is only you.


even here.

without

pretending.

and I so

wish for

the day

the spoken

word

leaves us

all together.


and retires

like a

poor step

sister,


who no one

now has

any use

for at all.


in years

of this

physical

place


love is

a beggar


eternity

a *****

at best.


I need

to only

see your

face.


only to

fall into

your eyes.


only to

hold you

till the

life in

this world

runs out.


and then

to die

with a

smile

on my

face.


like this

opal

catfish

with his

titan

leaps..


I truly

understand.



cause I

have leaped

into

your

eyes.

and my

soul knows

now and

forever.

I am so

much


the better

for it.

Not late

a moment

for your

final dance

across the

sky.


not certain

how your

life

has lead

you here,


but alone

is no longer

a veil

across your

eyes.

you are

a picture

of beauty

awaken

and alive.


the dream

is over

let down

your tangled

angel hair.

be for

him everything

that he

needs,


and like

a river

seeking

the sea,


he will

return

to you

again

and again

and again.


and in

the light

of your

changing

life,


he will give

you everything.


and all

of the old

photographs

of his life

will be

exactly that,

because you

are not

in one

of them.


for  your

memories


begin

now.

*******

kisses

unafraid.


weep to
me your
hard kept
secrets,

let me
taste them
upon my
tongue,

fall to
me the
pieces of
you from
this heavenly
night,

and in
your hands
I will
lie the
pieces of
my soul.

unconditionally

open your
heart
and bleed
to me
all your
hopes and
your wants.

and let
your sighs
rise upon
this yellow
pillow in
our lust.

and in
this moment.

all of
you will
be all
of me.

and you
will never
be alone

again.

The daylight
broken.

your heart
lying still
under a
cellophane
skin,

waiting
patiently
for me
to unwrap
it.

from afar.

a picture
in my
head
of someone
that you
might
be.

sundial
wishes
and deep

open
mouth
kisses.

parades
celebrated
without
reason,

rac­ing
across
skies,

just at
the thought
of seeing
you in

a dream

again.

shared
breaths
giving
life
to one
another.

dangling
whispers
heard
deep under

silk covers
in the
night.

only
by those
who
strive
to truly
hear
them.

unafraid
to harvest.

to give
mercy.

to give
tenderness
to this

night.

Leave life's
*****
laundry
sacrificed
upon the
line,

lift it
high
into the
sun
to be
devoured
and burnt
beyond
recognition.

let
the failed
stains of
past watercolor
dreams
melt from
under
your
eyes.

let bleed
any pain
of past
love's
lost from
your bones.

,and let
them lie
bleached
before love's
eyes and
final judgment.

and bury
deep your
soul
into your
true love's
eyes.

and hold
tight
your evening
entwine
around
him.

give birth
again.

be glorious
in one another.

let
God show
you what
you were
meant to
be together.

let your
personal
desires fall
to your
feet,

let him
love you

as God's
******
church
so pure.

and in
that moment

love will
sigh

your name.

In a
troubled
dawn.

I will
be there.

when you
need me

to breathe
into you
under
ashes
spent.

in hollows
of your
life where
nothing
is left
to grow.

be at
dawn
naked
to my
sight.

in the
beauty
that
God
intended.

blend
in harmony
to the
calypso
wind,

and I
will dance
again
with you

no holding
back.

in skies
of black
and blue.

With your

deepest kiss

breathe
into me,

let me
rise up
to your
eyes,

and let
my naked
body
feel the
nape of
your back

as I move

on you
with reverence
and awe.

lie open
to me
and let
me fall
hard inside
you.

not letting
anything
come
between .us.

no movement
made that
does not
touch the
both of
us.

and such
I will
love you.

in a
million
days and
nights.

open
unafraid
giving of
all that
we are,

as God"s
first
children
upon this

earth.

as sirens

to one another

in this night.


tonight.

(for Patty)

Falling into
your eyes.

the deepest
pool of
autumn
honey
brown.

that I
have
ever tasted.

hard to
catch my
breath.

your heart
running
wild
inside
my chest.

the morning
light reminds
me that
time'
like
love
has it's
own universal
place.

between your
smile
and mine.

and the
rest
of our
lives
together.

nothing can
ever
take
me away
from this
place.

all my
mornings
are promised
to you.

and all
of my
Godly
prayers
begin and
end with
you felt
deep.

in the
places
where no one
else
can go.

where dreams
are the
every
day moments
we live.

(for Patty)


25 years on

but a

moment,


the bonding

and nurturing

of two hearts

as one,


the fitting

and casting

of two

pieces of

clay

in God's

hands,


to form

the perfect

union of

heaven

and earth

in our

souls.


and the

words

"my wife"


I speak in

reverence,

and in

God's ears

I whisper

every night.


"I am not

worthy

to lie by

your side,


or dream

for a

moment

in your

loving eyes..


but I trust

in God's

plan he

will make

me a better

man ..

because one

moment

under the

morning star


he gave

me you.

And now  love

has taken

you this

distance,


and the

shadows

of your

innocence

have left

you with

gypsy

lines of

wisdom

upon your

face.

and faith

has given

you this

patience

to be

this certain

that this

love is

all you

will ever

want,

ever need.


and that

the taste

of his kisses

will never

leave your

lips,

and I

will forever listen

to your story,


and revisit

my prayers

for your

marriage

throughout

the day.

and though

I was never

to be

your forever after,


it has

been just

a simple

trust of

hearts

that you

have shown

myself to me,


and allowed

me to share

in your

joy.


and for

that my

friend


I will always

be most

grateful.

Fingers stretched
by fate
of open hands
lie still upon
the hillside
sloping grass,

hoping
to reach
out to you
and pull
you on
top of me..

my imagination
chasing teddy
bear clouds

running across
the open sky
that I wish
I could
see reflected
back at me
in your eyes.

lost for
a moment
in the
grey shadows
of this day.

I stop and
dream
of you.

and for
a moment
you are here.

and suddenly

it is like no

place I

have ever

known,

it must be

the moment

when everything

before us

dies.

and love

lies naked

in our

eyes.

and eternity
smiles.

Seeing your
eyes
breaking
dawn
as they
first awake,

reaching
to pull
your body
close
to mine,

the peeling
back of
emotion
upon our
lips,

the exhilaration
of my
tongue
dancing
with yours.

never missing
step always
yearning
for more.

losing my
hands deep
in your
angel
hair,

smelling
your scent
on me

like a warm

summer's rain.

love is
an angel
with full
wings
spread

faith
is it's
journey
that takes
our hearts

and destiny.

and love is

the seed
I give
you deep

this morning.