dreaming in color

I'm learning to dream in color again
I rest in sleep 'til the dawn creeps in
no closed doors or fencing surrounds
wide open views that do abound

the mountains purple with skies of blue
sweeping to the valley with wondrous hues
the breeze sings a song with a new tune
I know the reason--it's because of you

the unanswered knocks on those old doors
millions of questions without answers for
like a child's game I tallied the score
I couldn't win but went back for more

but now I dream in color again
I rest in sleep 'til the dawn creeps in
paid the piper for all past sins
removing the loss is the best revenge

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let's

let's share all that this love allows 

the minutes and hours, the here and the now 

without any secrets or crossed-fingered vows 

let's share all that this love allows 

let's stay here longer, right in this spot 

let yesterday's problems, now be forgot

the petals fall...loves me, loves me not 

let's stay here longer, right in this spot

let's not let the blue skies turn into storms 

keeping each other safe, loved and warm

from the darkness of night into each new dawn 

let's not let the blue skies turn into storms 

let's share all that this love allows 

the minutes and hours, the here and the now 

without any secrets or crossed-fingered vows

let's share all that this love allows

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thirst

the sun beats down on this hot desert day
I'm thirsting for something
I can't quite taste
an azure sky, no chance of relief
I've figured it out
I know just what I need

I need an oasis
I need to be quenched
I need a monsoon
that will thoroughly drench
I need your passion
an overflowing trench

my heart is pounding, feeling an ache
a mournful sound that resonates
crying out for some respite
rain on me baby, shower my life
but clouds aren't forming
in my desert sky

the water lays buried, deep underground
I keep digging deeper
there is none to be found
some day, this river will run free
and what I'm thirsting for
will assuage my needs

I need an oasis
I need to be quenched
I need a monsoon
that will thoroughly drench
I need your passion
an overflowing trench

let me swim in your passion
as you quench my desire
dive in deep
let the water get higher
rain on me baby
let your river flow free
drench me, immerse me, saturate my needs

let it flow all around, surround and
through me

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remnants

each time I stay over, one night at a time 

I am leaving little things for you to find 

Chanel on your pillow, shampoo in your shower 

remnants of me after passionate hours 

early in the morning, our coffee at dawn 

outside on the patio as we stretch and yawn 

I leave for work and you'll do the same 

after you look at remnants and smile my name

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it was you

my hair tumbles down, falling across your face
that look in your eye, the warm embrace
a honey sweet kiss, passion such as this
silhouettes from the candles that burn
cool air from the fan blades that turn

it wasn't just the stars, that glowed that night
or the moon that was hung, for us in the sky
it wasn't just the music, that only we heard
it was all of this and much, much more
that was the night I fell in love
it was all of this and more,

it was you

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fung shui

I opened up some boxes
in this vast, echoing chamber
had a little white elephant sale
ridding some of the old treasures
rearranged the pieces left
redecorated all fung shui
and discovered there's plenty of room
for what will come my way

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anonymous darkness

we make love
in anonymous darkness
we touch and feel our way
a pioneered path

a trail blazed long ago
a path we both know
a love we both feel

no light needed
except the one ignited
as our love burns

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July

you brought warmth
that melted ice and snow
a long winter shortened
with a different kind of glow

learning the nuisance,

all there was of me

taking my hand, showing what could be
that July

you stayed through the spring
summer and autumn too
a heartfelt poem
not a quick haiku
winter comes again
no longer winter blues
because of that July
when I met you

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hold on

is there anything left to say
that hasn't already been said?
is there anything left to hear
a song that hasn't been sung?
is there anything left to feel
way down inside your soul?
if there is, now is the time
baby, hold on or let me go

are there anymore steps to learn
to this dance we do?
are there any other reasons
that I should hold on to?
are there anymore quarters
to this dark side of the moon?
if there is, now is the time
baby, hold on or let me go

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hero

I'm not looking for a hero
a knight in shining armor
someone to solve my problems
the worries of my world

I'm looking for a hand to hold
when nights are long and cold
a lover that can warm me
as I lay in his arms

someone to sing a love song
only meant for me
I don't need a hero
you are what I need

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ramblings

I wish it was yesterday
I hadn't said what I had to say
I want to take it back
forget what my heart said
sometimes it doesn't think before it speaks

ignore the echoing ramblings
although they bounce off the canyon walls
forget the things you heard
I love you is just words
spewing from a mindless chamber
where it all leaked out between cracks

there is no where to stay
and I feel like I am stuck
between blue sky and pitch dark
nothing to warm me or light my way
I want to take it back
I love you is just words
you never heard

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tiles

if I seem too quiet now
if I show you with actions
don't tell you with words
don't tell you why or how
I love you

I spell it out with tiles
letters with points on a board
double word score
down and across
I love you

when love costs
the price too high
for the heart to bear
worth every last feeling
I love you

take it all
give nothing back
your light dim in my dark
bright it shines in other eyes
and still it rests here inside
I love you

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stillness

love was slowly pounding,
pounding on my heart's door
was I too slow at answering?
I opened it, no one was there
just stillness in the night air
and the fragrance of what could be

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for you

in the gentleness of your touch 

in crystal blue pools of warmth 

in your voice that soothes me 

and your contagious laughter 

in deep kisses and loving moments 

your arm around me as we dream

all of this and much, much more 

is the gift you give to me 

with support and understanding 

your concern for my feelings 

my problems that you can't control 

you listen and hear me 

all the while my heart beating

ponderance and quiet times 

music we've both come to know 

and a dance we have only begun 

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distant dream

the stars will guide you
your love remind you
the journey has begun
you're finally on the run

once a distant dream
a fantasy now beams
leave behind the past
your heart now will hold fast

living for this time
all the rungs you climbed
once cloaked in your shroud
emanating as clouds

opportunities now brought
and all the things you sought
it all falls into place
at last your saving grace

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flick

my mind,
like the flick of a camera shutter
memorizes your face

my heart,
memorizes everything else

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weightless

it weighs like silver there in your hand 

you ask nothing, make no commands 

I look into your eyes and your heart that entices 

your kiss may cost but I'll pay any price 

blessed by the heavens--the blue sky above 

in the fluttering wings of a snow white dove 

there is plenty of room in this chambered coffer 

storing this love and the hope that is offered 

inside the door of what can't be seen 

I wake and remember this sweet, sweet dream 

it lies weightless there, in the palm of your hand 

I'll sacrifice all that your heart demands

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tallowed light

clouds that cover once starry skies
mountain breezes whisper your name
desire that burns a heated reprise
like a blanket that envelops me

a lovers touch, a lovers words
speaking softly in my ear
with moistened lips, passion stirs
in the tallowed light

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lovable

if you can help me over icy patches
the times of doubt or shouting matches
anything to tether and make this last
I can be that lovable

not insecure but in a mind set
baggage free is what you get
if my love you will accept
and not burst this bubble

lay me down and make it so
covered with love that lasts and grows
better or more than I"ve ever known
I am worth the trouble

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wishes

this day starts with wishes
from people that I know
starting this birthday
with a very special glow
friends and family
the ones that I hold
tight in my heart, and
whom I will never let go


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