The poor letter "f" is used so lewdly
Next time it wants to trip off your tongue so rudely
Challenge yourself to choose more crudely

Try Oh, fantastic; Oh, fabulous,  or maybe
Frolic you   or Finesse me
What of fudge, fruitjuice or flapjacks

There is a fanfare of flavor
There is a flutter to savor
There is a flame from a lover

There's felicity , freedom and fortune
Not to mention: faith , family and fun
All doled out in flawless portion

So the next time you feel the urge
To throw out an "F" bomb ; please purge
Don't forget to be flamboyant
Find a flair and be radiant

You will feel more friendly faces
Forever in your familiar spaces
Waiting for your fragrant graces

You need nothing but your smile
no cares, no worries, no style

As we venture out on an escapade
to ensure that our dreams never fade

Walk, talk, laugh and love
nothing else but heaven above

We roll in the clover,
one under, one over

We dare to caper away together
we don't even stop to notice the weather

When it starts to rain, we don't care
we giggle and find some cover to share

Oh, and when the night comes rolling in
that's when we know what this day has been

If but once in a while, we can take a chance
going off to explore in our lover's dance

Then we can suffer the days apart
knowing there's no end to what we let start

If we could mend a soul
with a quick and easy fix
If we could just jump into
the chaotic spinning mix

Then life wouldn't really be
worth the gold
Which we find buried within
every persons' story told

We must find time to
listen, love and learn
This in and of itself is the
only way to catch your
worldly turn

After following
his every movement;
his very motion
commanding
me to comply

After fulfilling
every need
and impulse;
happily we lie
in our familiarity

Our skin moist and hot
in each other's sweat,
our breathing calming,
our heartbeats quieting

Our hands never
part from each other,
our words mingle,
our eyes connect

Our comfort in
the knowledge of
one another;
makes us feel
complete and at ease

What if love was free
What if the sky were the sea
Would that be better for you or me

What if there was no doubt
What if we understood what life was about
Would we all laugh and shout

What if the sun never set
What if rain wasn't wet
Could we be better off yet

What if every cheek had a dimple
What if every move was habitual
Could life really be that simple

What if there was no war
What if nobody kept score
Should that lead us to adore more

What if love were perfect
What if we cherished every aspect
What if fiction were fact
Should we then be more able to connect

A poem can touch your heart
Turning a river into blood
Imagining a word can stop a flood

A poem can surround your soul
Turn a second into love
Phrases fit like hand in glove

A poem can intoxicate your mind
Turning rhythm into a high
The sounds, the sway will bring a  sigh

A poem can raise your spirit
Turning language into ART
Making speech the foremost part

A poem can express using words
Feelings and thoughts of a moment
Pulling from us our every sentiment

Short and sweet
Tall and ****
Do I make you blush?
Slow and sleek
Fast and flush
Quick and quiet
Can you feel the rush?
Open and offered
Closed and cush
Locked and loyal
I'll beg you to hush!
Cold and clear
Hot and harsh
Humid and hazy
Wait for the push!
There's the final crush
So full and so plush
Now I give you leave to blush!

Please remind me why
The rain doesn't wash this off
I still see the stain
From kneeling on the green patch
Trying to reach thyme

Everything in me says "no"
But I still have to stay for the show

I'm not the type to leave slow
I rather cling round the shadows

I can always make you glow
When you follow from down below

I'm not the type to come and go
I seem to flow around like an echo

I can often cause a fiasco
Then turn about and become the hero

I'm not the type to not know
I undergo all to become a pro

When everything in me says "no"
I take a deep breath and ...blow

A sweet treat
A smooth heat
A bitter bite
A mellow delight
A delicate taste
So pleasantly placed
Perfect pleasure
To be had at your leisure
Flavored with a hint
Of refreshing peppermint
An essence of orange
A joy on the tongue
Melt in the mouth sensation
Rewarding any occasion
Chocolate's so dark and glossy
Mood soothing mystery
Try some and you'll see

I sit at my rear window looking
over the rooftop of the opposite building

There's a woman who frequents there
she's tall and lean with ebony hair

I smile to myself as I wait
she ha mesmerized me, as of late

There she is now, right on time
she steps out in all her exquisite prime

I sigh, Ahh, she has such a carefree way
it's enchanting to see her joyous and gay

She strolls from corner to corner, then back
her happiness shows in each step of her tracks

I giggle as she skips and twirls
her head a mass of bouncing curls

She possesses my attention for this little while
she's my allusion of the Queen of The Nile

Simple things complete our day
Breakfast of bread with cheese
Starts us on our way
Also tea, with milk, please

Morning walk up the lane
Birds and bees flitting around
A gentle shower of rain
Gives pleasure to the ground

Quiet hours spent in reading
Spirit comes alight with joy
Another hour garden needs weeding
A day spent without annoy

Sunset in all it's glory
Gives credit to today's story

Go follow storms hold
   from hot to cold
On soft sorrows sold

For floods shock
  from wool to stock
Of old mans' clock

Lost to strong flow
  from door to roots low
No blooms bold do show

So sooth scorns ghost
  from good grown host
Common honor bonds most

We made plans to meet yearly
We put our trust in each other
No matter what lifes' little bothers
One week together, with no harry

The first year we chose Toronto
Crisp, clear air to walk through
Sharing the time as we choose to do
We decide to lead as we follow

We met the next year in Rome
At the height of summertime
Love flowing like a verse in rhyme
We left with passions still abloom

We met one year in Paris
When spring was in the air
Our love in full bursting flair
Out time ended to quickly, alas

One year we met in Sydney
The weather was truly fabulous
Sometimes we agree this is dangerous
Perhaps time has come to live honestly

The last year we met was in Rio
We talked of all this time spent lingering
We know we have to stop the deluding
So we ended the affair with no sorrow

Eventually
it will be over

Eventually
it will end

Eventually
it will be gone

Eventually
I will lose

Eventually
I will hurt

Eventually
I will be without

Eventually
I will suffer

Eventually
Eventually

A flower is born beautiful
sweet in its unconsciousness
serene with its tenderness

A flower will freely
surrender to the winds
with endless twists and bends

A flower stands helpless
speaking although silent
with a voice so fragrant

A flower expresses love
is given to glory the dead
The majesty of a flowers' bed

A flower is an object of Art
their sight causes pure pleasure
an exquisite gift from nature

I once gave up something spectacular
Figuring it would never work through

Worrying about the future --
more than the present
Is it really such a wrong thing to do

Anticipating the next stage to come
When it didn't, I remember just feeling numb
How long should one wait
Is there some magical, time capsule fate

So I gave up on the hopes
I decided to focus on me
Moved away and saw things
through a different scope--
Found peace, love and glee

I then ran into the once spectacular
It had been decades of blue skies
Just one look into those steel grey eyes
And I wondered where my
Expectation now lies

Call him up on the phone
Remind him to bring along the bone
That they will use to beat the drum
Letting all know it's time to come

Placing the crown upon the head
Of the fool elected to play dead
The cage is filled with eleven doves
Passed around are as many gloves

All stand in line and face the west
No time to waste, not time for rest
They begin to sing their fraternity song
Hoping this evening nothing goes wrong

Which pledge will be the chosen one
Whom all will worship with the rising sun
Another will pass the test of the wood
He will then have everything given him good

Who I am
Can only be
Because of who I was
Who I are
Can only come
From who I were
Who I is
Will always be
Who I am
Because it's me!
I am
I are
I is
I be
I was
I were
A living free
A giving me!

Read this fast
Pure as a song
Read this quick
You can't go wrong
For there's  a sign
That you belong
Among the brave
Amongst the strong

There is an utter in my mind
Sometimes is shouts and is unkind
At times it sings a carefree tune
As if it's a sunny day at noon

Oh, but it can be careless
Screaming at me with it's furiousness

In the morn when I awake
I wait,  I listen,  for my own sake
There is a voice that is so dim
It's hidden and arrives on a whim

But if you're careful and direct
You may hear the spoken secret
The faint hiss may escape my mind
Then it's no longer private
Then I can leave it behind

let us steal the night
yet return our innocence
let us dream of peace
but fight to release the light
we contradict our own thoughts

The connection
to him is
broader than
I can fathom.
The connection
with him
can't be broken.
It's the
perfection of
two lost souls
looking for
each others fix.
Looking for
happiness.
Searching for
acceptance.
Our differences
secure the bond.
Our need of
one another
ties the knot.

Ignorance is no longer bliss
It is downright dangerous

Not understanding your fellow man
No more trying to do the best you can
Not learning the lay of the land
No time spent just trying to comprehend

Living life in an unmindful daze
Ignoring the signs of this extraordinary phase
Spending your time in an uninformed haze
Disregarding what is right in front of your gaze

So stop and spend time to discover
Just what hides behind every man's cover
To gather insight you might need to hover
Just stay the course and you'll eventually conquer

Once you stop neglecting the people you meet
Once you stop skipping by them in the street
Then you'll become aware that sharing is a treat
Then you'll go out of your way to make sure you greet

Being informed and mindful, that is bliss
Wanting to be you best and never feeling amiss

The night is so still
in the small midwestern town
Suns slid behind the hill
to finish its day down

To walk the silent street
your lungs fill with ease
To hear the people meet
with the singing of the trees

Fireflies appear here and there
the children smile and hop
Everyone's jumping in the air
trying to capture their prop

The street emptying quickly now
thresholds entered with grateful bow

Swing, swing, swing
follow the flow with my legs
that is what the rhythm begs
So calm and soothing

Creak, creak, creak
while I let my soul drift
as the screws and bolts shift
I find comfort in each squeak

Rock, rock, rock
a habit forming pleasure
my every afternoon treasure
In all weather to here I flock

Watch, watch, watch
as the world goes passing by
a rainy day can get me high
Back and forth, like the game of catch

Sway, sway, sway
as my feet brush the floor
away my anxieties do soar
All my troubles are gone today

As I roam through
the produce section
I'm just too spoiled
with all the selection

I could opt for spinach
a salad could suit
With tomato and mushroom
my days vitamins to boot

Maybe to pick broccoli
would be the perfect choice
Toss it up with pasta
a bowl with a bold voice

It's so hard to decide
Do I elect to stirfry
Something fresh and savory
it's such an easy alibi

Oh, whatever I choose
it will be eaten with pleasure
Then I will return another day
to pick a whole other treasure

In that fragment
of a moment
I felt content

A perfect sunset
day ends pleasant
with pure enjoyment

With a need so urgent
no second to neglect
satisfaction, I respect

Does happiness have a scent
Do we delight in its ornament
anticipating its' precious event

But when bliss is absent
if pleasure be upset
all we feel is regret

Joy to what extent
fills us with sentiment
swaying our every talent


Breathless and bent
full of gladness and
Wonderment

I can see in my mind
a world that is kind
an existence so refined

I can see the design
which is hiding behind
the confused rhythm and rhyme

It can't be too hard to find
if I just follow the sign
and let it lead me to define

I know I can appear blind
and occasionally opine
for past days in the sunshine

I'm sure I can stop
and rewind,
remembering that
LOVE is the bind

It can't be too hard to mend
It takes so much to pretend
I'd rather we all just be friends
Living in a world of no amends

If you peer over the edge
What is it you'll see
There deserted on the ledge
A glimpse of the real me

Balancing the brink of doom
Secluded from the pack
Circling the margin of the room
Preparing my attack

If you survey the empty border
Isolated, there I'll be
Don't approach as a consoler
I'm not looking for pity

I've examined the single rim
Its boundary my constant view
As if upon inspecting the brim
I'm hoping to notice a clue

Feeling the outsider
Regarded as recluse
Behold I'm the caretaker
Astonished and profuse

If you peek over the edge
Will it be me you'll see

What guides us?
Why do we choose left or right
Do we just follow instinct,
or an unknown insight

If the course be north
Quick jump the fence
Gatepost reads "PEACE"
albeit a rocky balance

If the route be south
Bound to be a guarantee
No need to pause with doubt
there's every promise of safety

If the option be east
Slowly approach the sign
The rendezvous with honor
will be everything divine

If the correct way be west
So fast will the search pass
Pointing to perfect faith
no end in the looking glass

Whether to go from top to bottom
Whether to choose back and forth
The hidden nature of our wisdom
will guide us to our worth

One, two, three
what is it you see
when you look at me
Would you like to be the jury

The question, we agree
can lead to discovery
of a lovely mystery,
giving forth high energy
        or.........
a hazy reality,
may appear so softly
the veil uncovered quietly
to reveal my sensibilities

A glance so friendly
smile given so freely
as precious as ivory
Perhaps the needed key

Thoughts crowd cleverly
in the busy memory,
then so very suddenly
You recognize security

Letting go of anxiety
does not come easily,
but when you regard honesty
Notions become reality

Looking out at the world of rain
Beating steady on the window pane

See the flowers and bushes bend
Sweet rain, will make every amend

Stepping out from under the tree
Feeling the drops fall all over me

Splash through the puddles
Til I'm a complete muddle

And when the rain is done
Then I wait for the sun

The fresh pure scent in the air
There is nothing that can compare

I go lay myself in the grass
Wait for that moment at last

Don't want to miss a minute of the bliss
As the rainbow appears from my past

In a dream I heard a scream
Although it did seem
To be calling a name

I heard an empty rhyme
In a lovers foolish game
My heart went up in flames

There was a black gloom
Filling up a white room
Giving out a dark doom

A body in the frame
A mind is in a screen
The spirit reigns supreme

For sure there is a scheme
Of which I can redeem
And find hope and esteem

In a dream all was serene
I awoke to a beam
Of the suns bright stream

My body goes numb
it's on the tip of my tongue
My anger and my doubt
should I dare to lash out
Or do I say not a thing
and give in to the sting
My head full of voices,
now's the time to make choices
To stay or to walk away
to get caught up in the verbal parley
Or just give up the fight
does it really matter who's right
The next time I'll be steady
calm, prepared and ready

You close your ears
I'll close my eyes
Maybe we'll make it through
This life filled with lies

No one's to blame
No need for shame
Everyone knows this
Is all just a game

With your habits
With my disposition
Life for us has become
A state of deception

What about an end
With no regrets
We would each walk away
And just forget

No more anger
No longer doubt
We need to accept
That this hasn't worked out

Goodbye to monotony
So long to boredom
Admit it, we both
Deserve our freedom

A quest for devotion
through any storm
Sensation like an ocean
feeling every charm

A search for attachment
believe in that delight
Dare to be innocent
revel in the fright

Look for that guardian
comfort that you seek
Graced with persuasion
hits your highest peak

Keep a tunnel of logic
divide with level calm
Celebrate the magic
the technique is in the palm

Experience adoration
an absolute ideal
Is it real or deception
believe: be free to feel

There are four seasons,
of that we can depend
Each reveals its reasons,
we do attempt amends

With a whisper comes spring,
secret charms to view
The divine beauty it brings,
mornings sprinkled with dew

Summer arrives with such power,
absolute influence of the sun
Tokens of the late showers,
soothing pleasure when day is done

Autumn jumps in with flame and glory,
the boldest colors to behold
Harmony of a perfect story,
you never tire of being told

Hear the scream of winter,
ivory calm at a glance
You can receive an answer,
having solace, if by chance

At the very beginning,
to the very end,
there will be seasons changing
Of that we can depend

That which drips from the poison pen
Making its home on the blank page
Words burning into the eyes of men
Causing sensations of hatred and rage

Doubt once raised from the venom spilt
Gives salacious gossip permission to thrive
Terms so vicious they make a man wilt
Causing havoc like an endangered beehive

Phrases so alarming to sully emotions
Seen in written form; off ones toxic mark
Are there no boundaries or exceptions
Just the shame of the blame in the dark

To insult anonymously is most cruel
He who holds that pen is a coward
Sign the missive and prepare to duel
Show the scorn of which contempt is powered

The wound caused by the tainted pen
Can live deep in the recesses of the mind
Anyone sane will always condemn
Hoping they'll never open one of its kind

There are so many points of view
perhaps believe in one or two
though on the edge of old or new
maybe taboo, maybe taboo

Sometimes life is lived in secret
if the forbidden can be kept
then life can be lived on a bet
never to fret, never to fret

It's of course best to live anew
notice each and every clue
feel awashed by every hue
live to be true, live to be true

Down the haunted hall
halt in the hazy hell
Run til you reach the hill
heed when you hear
   the howl
Hush til you see the hero
    in the hull

Wash away all  my grief
Fill my world with belief
Caress away all  my pain
Show me how to love again
Love, Rain down on me
          Rain, rain down on me
Whisper away all  my doubt
Until I can't live without
Cleanse me, from all my past
You'll be the one til the last
Love, Rain down on me
          Rain, rain down on me
Kiss me, let it never end
You're my very best friend
Hold me throughout all our lives
Let's watch how this love survives
Love, Rain down on me
          Rain, rain down on me

You run hot, you run cold
This attitude of yours, is getting old
I'm getting tired of being told
That the way I am, is just too bold
I don't need a lecture, no time to scold
I don't want to wait til the bell has tolled
I need someone that I can hold

You figure that you can mold
Me into some token of gold
Then when you're done, I unfold
I am then ready to be sold
My soul has been rolled
Tucked up into the fold
I no longer have to try to uphold
This game of illusions when polled

Revenge is a scary beast
it invades ones soul
leaving not a moment of peace

Feelings have been insulted
one weighs the ways to retaliate
although knowing it will leave one faulted

Senses feel an injustice was done
all thinking is of the retribution to come
however could this have all begun

Emotions are enflamed
grievances carried are heavy
who could sight the offendeds blame

Sentiments may hold vengeance as vulgur
to get satisfaction from avenging another
wouldn't forgiveness be the better gesture

Revenge holds no borders sacred
it is a scary realm to enter into
to want to hear one plead as they bleed
Is that really what your heart and souls needs

I watch from the window
I see the gardener there
As he approaches each shrub
As he caresses every foot of hedge
This I see from my lofty ledge

She comes along then
And takes her seat
Watching him in the summer heat
Seeing him reach and bend
Wishing she could be his friend

He notices her nearness
Sensing her following gaze
He smiles to himself in wonder
Would he  find the right words to say
Could he muster the courage today


Watching them
Watching each other
I realize people often play safe
Not wanting to make a mistake
But wishing to try for loves sake

Before yesterday I was scattered with
so many seeds flowing and
planting thoughts in my mind;
I had to sit down and take time
to define where each one
needed to reside, to exist
amongst its own kind

But, for now, today, I am collected
all my thoughts are gathered up
in their neat, pretty rows
waiting for me to pull one out
and toss it about,
and see what can come
when it's let out to shout

Perhaps, later tomorrow I will find
myself again struggling along,
with doubt, with ideas strewn all about
spreading their fancy roots, so fast,
that there is no time to reap
the rewards of their caste

But, I know, no matter what time
there is for me, close to hand;
I shall persist and I will take a stand;
making sure my days are planned.
So that my contemplations
will have their chance to expand.

I need to be forgiven
I need to know you
accept my apology
That you can
forget my ambiguity

I must be forgiven
I must feel that
nothing has changed
That you can
ignore my demand

I can't go on
unless forgiven
I can't live with
that look in your eyes
That look of
wondering why

Please forgive what
I've just said
Please can't we go
back to like it was
before I lost my head

I love fast
I love strong
I love like a red, hot flame
branding my flesh with your name

I love quick
I love long
I love like a deep oceans' storm
climbing with waves to your form

I love with frenzy
I love with madness
I love like a summer's tempest
leaving in my wake an answered quest

I love without doubt
I love without pause
I love like a flowing field of grain
taking the pleasure and the pain

I love through the day
I love through the night
I love like blue indigo dye
giving off the answers to why

Is it just a dream,
a fantasy that will
never become reality.
A vision I have hoped
into existence, yet
has no chance
of survival.
A wish I have
imagined coming true,
conceived in my heart!
A desire so deep
within my soul--
that it can't be
captured--it must
remain free!

If all you can see is black and white
Then you are missing such wonder and delight

If you only see the snow or the dirt
Then who can help you when you really hurt

If you only think in either ink or chalk
Then you have never taken a proper walk

Blood runs red in every vein
The sea is blue, stop and feel the rain

Grass is  so green, a lemon so yellow
Nature so precious, as is the ordinary fellow

The world, an amazing jungle
Live in awe of its colors
Experience all it has to offer
Be observant, conscious dwellers

What constitutes a mistake
Who's the judge of fault
What jury grades the assault

Be it an error by hand
Something fell awry
Can it be fixed by and by

Be it a blunder of the tongue
Something spoken wrong
Will it be forgiven before long

Be it a thought gone askew
False misunderstanding,
Call it what it is due

Be it a flaw caught by the eye
An incorrect image found
Can it be repaired and bound

What of the slip of the heart
Leaving people torn apart
When feelings go astray
But you still must live that day
Feeling broken and so unsure
Rely on time to be the cure