Insomnia

In the darkness of the night
Again I toss and turn
A million thoughts race through my mind
Insomnia plagues my life

To sleep would be a luxury
One I live without
No rest for the wicked
I guess that is my plight

Tired of the problems
Complexities and strife
Longing just to close my eyes
For just one night of rest

So I write to sooth my conscious
Late into the night
Putting thoughts on paper
Helps relax my mind

When all my thoughts are written
Maybe then it will come
How many poems will it take?
To sleep, to dream, to rest

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lover's wine

last night I dreamed a thousand lies 

floating on moonbeams not surmised 

a faceless lover I recognize 

dreams once dreamed that won't survive

only coming forth at night 

breezes lilting. deep green pine 

our bodies flattening a design 

on dense, sweet grass and forest vine 

love heats quickly as we entwine

and you taste a lover's wine 

sunlight hits my opened eyes

revealing all of the night lies 

of a dearly beloved and I 

blazing truth in heart not mind

this broken heart split open wide

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I dream

a sky of blue
a sea of green
this sandy beach
on which I dream

the tide ebbs
and then it neaps
under starlit skies
my promises keep

cast them out
upon a wave
and what comes back
will always remain

those that float
away from me
were not the ones
for me to keep

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last call

here where your west was all but won 

you didn't ask anything, nothing at all 

on top of a mountain where you see for miles 

down to my valley where it was last call

I played it all out, a map marked for you 

from the middle of the beginning with all new false starts 

the trail had some bends that didn't get plotted

it rends just like fabric and it all falls apart

I got lost for awhile in the chambers of my heart 

couldn't find my way back into your open arms 

secure in my mind with an ego that bends 

and snaps like a twig under footsteps that harm

blind is the trail where roses are strewn 

words never whispered from love songs not heard 

insight doesn't enter, the skies remain blue

each line that was written lays North undisturbed 

here where your west was once all but won 

you didn't ask anything, I heard in my head 

on the top of a mountain top where you see for miles 

last rites are said as I bury my dead 

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I dreamed you were here

I dreamed you were here 

we sat on my terrace 

sipping wine under the stars 

the full moon bathing us in lunar light

I dreamed you were here 

singing me a love song 

as we danced, locked together, 

barely moving to the song you sang 

I dreamed you were here 

holding me close under Egyptian sheets 

your whispered words 

surrounding me with love 

morning dawns, the dream fades

as I stretch and turn 

reaching out for you 

finding you weren't there

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vignette

I dreamed of you 

again last night 

a short vignette 

which I forget

but I know you were there 

inside fantasies

touching me in

louvered moonlight

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a sweet dream

finally, a sweet dream comes 

of sandy beaches and warm sun 

of moonlight walks, hand in hand 

two sets of footprints

in the sand 

I wake refreshed, 

yawn, and stretch

 this time a dream, 

I don't forget

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contrast

once again I dream 

vivid visions that vary 

contrasts dark to light

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dreams

finally, I dream
dreams of you
dreams of the beach
sweet, prophetic dreams

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tell me

a bedtime story
a story about your love
so my dreams are sweet

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for keeps

what you have given me
something I can hold on to
a dream I can keep
a love I can look back on
it belonged to you
for a short while
now moving away
as life gets in the way
savoring in my heart
what could have been

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stardust

in a darkened sky
my angel sees me sleep
'neath galaxies of stars
watching ever over me

sprinkling sweet stardust
to bless me as I dream
of you, of tides, of beaches
of memories that I keep

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dreams

as you sleep 

I slip into your dreams 

your heart quickening 

as I vacillate through your veins

assaulting every sense 

reaching every corner 

of your being

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confession

in the still of the night
when coyotes howl
when stars shine and
the moon rises high
that is when you come
your shadow on my mind
your touch on my dream
in which I belong to you

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perfect

I tired to bottle time
to hold it close to me
but it keeps slipping through
like sand in the hour glass

perfect little moments
perfect was that time
maybe gone forever
except in fantasy

it all came together
dreams sometimes do come true
memory locked inside a heart
dreams kissed by the moon

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call me up baby

call me up please baby
you're the voice
I want to hear
mellifluous lyrics
bringing my dreams near
wish me a sweet goodnight
tuck me in via the phone
call me up please baby
I hate to sleep alone

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dream

the soft hum of the
ceiling fan
lulls me to sleep...

I dream of you
and the beach
moist sand and tides
a star filled sky
moonlight flooding
my night

I wake with a smile

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forsaking dreams

yesterday's love underneath my pillow...
at night before I go to sleep...
hoping that dreams of you are sweet...
yearning to be in that far off place...
where we explored possibilities...
hot kisses given in candlelight...
a brush with passion, whispered sighs...
I float, weightless, over deserted beach...
past boardwalks and haunted seascapes...
through shuttered, cobwebbed, vacant rooms...
candlewax remnants on a dusty floor...
searching high and low for what evades...
the sun rises high seeping through my blinds...
the pillowcase wet from forsaking dreams...

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senses

late at night I can touch it
how real it does all seem
there you are beside me
an apparition in my dreams

in fantasy I can taste it
savoring the ambrosia taste
a flavor I got used to
from our much earlier days

on clothing, I still smell you
your shirt that I sleep in
an aroma that was Heaven
a musk from your tan skin

on my MP3 I hear you
the love songs, lyric complete
in every single lyric and line
you are here with me

in daylight I can't see it
not hear, touch, taste or smell
with the dawn it's all erased
dreams the only place it dwells

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Dreams

Falling into deep, deep sleep
A dream with only me
A dream of greener pastures
Dreams of prophecy?

Standing in a meadow
Flowers all around
Flowers of every color
Around me do surround

Lifting up my tired arms
I smile and close my eyes
Turn my face into the sun
Releasing all old ties

And now I’m being lifted
And soar into the air
Soaring over meadows
Leaving all life’s cares

Weightless and enchanted
The dream goes on till light
Waking serene and happy
From a tranquil, peaceful flight