Crossroad

Standing at a crossroad 

On unfamiliar turf 

Stranded and unaided 

Wanting from my thirst 

Taking all the chances 

Accruing all the risks

Carrying the burden 

Living all the twists 

Needing a strong shoulder 

Needing some respite 

Needing just to close my eyes 

Needing ease of mind 

No mercy from the burning sun 

No haven from drenching rain 

No solitude to sooth my soul 

No shelter from this pain 

If at last I close my eyes 

And try for fitful sleep 

Maybe all the pain will ebb 

And heal these scars so deep

But that would be too easy

For it to dissipate

Knowing that when I wake up

It did not abate

Bliss

Looking at the mountains 

With coverings of snow

Standing on my terrace 

No where I want to go 

Coming from behind me 

Your arms enfold me tight 

Leaning inward to your strength

Everything feels right 

We gaze in quite solitude

Locked in your embrace 

Holding to this moment 

Comfortable in this space 

When at last we do retreat 

And close the outside door 

Loving moments do ensue 

And fortify my core 

Life was made for moments 

Moments such as this 

Moments stretched to hours 

Hours of loving bliss

Slow Dance

We first began this slow dance 

A long, long time ago 

It brought us to this moment 

One which we both know 

Moving very slowly 

Holding each other tight 

Moving to the music 

Until it was daylight 

Promise of a future

Involving just us two 

Swaying with the rhythm

Through challenges anew 

Always moving to the tune 

Always kept in stride 

Always locked in your embrace 

Always followed your guide 

The future holds such promise 

Loving, tender and sure

Slow dance with me throughout this life 

Together we’ll endure

Birth

Meadows laying barren 

Trees without the leaves 

The outside world is solemn 

From cold with no reprieve 

Sometimes days of endless snow 

Sometimes days just cold 

Icy, freezing weather 

Winds that blow to bold 

When will it be springtime 

So leaves and flowers can bloom 

An end to dark and coldness 

A new birth from the womb

Vapor Trail (possible C&W lyrics)

Whoa, I can’t believe it 

How fast you did depart 

You left so fast there’s a vapor trail 

Stretched across my heart 

 Yes there is a vapor trail 

Make it go away 

Yes there is a vapor trail 

Someday it will fade 

You took almost everything 

When you cut and run 

I’ll probably see it on eBay 

And that leaves me undone 

Yes there is a vapor trail 

Make it go away 

Yes there is a vapor trail 

Someday it will fade 

You took all you could carry

 But you left my broken heart 

Thanks for nothin’ princess

You brutal little tart!! 

Yes there is a vapor trail 

Make it go away 

Yes there is a vapor trail 

Someday it will fade 

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Enchanted

In this magic moment 

When hearts become entwined 

A merging of emotions 

A meeting of two souls 

Connecting with each other 

Body, mind and essence 

Spirits flow together 

Like unspoken conversation

Enchanted time together 

A mystery resolved 

Hopeful everlasting 

When we first fall in love

say a prayer

bitter and cold as you step forth
strong wind blowing from the north
pull up the collar, plot your course
a storm is about to come

lightning and thunder around you now
as you make your break, make your vow
nothing this time will disallow
a storm is about to come

light a candle, say a prayer
don't stop now, you're almost there
freedom of spirit floats on sweet air
with the vanishing of the storm

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heart

you can't control it 

the heart wants, what the heart wants 

it thinks on its own 

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dead end

gonna drive this road
until it dead ends
look 'round every corner
see 'round every bend
find a way back
the fences I'll mend
drive this road
until it dead ends

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coffee

coffee tastes better 

blueberry muffins, sweeter 

when you start my day 

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requiem

silver fortress standing tall
golden secrets kept within
arid desert does surround
this perfect imperfection

treachery knocks upon the gate
armed with sweetest offerings
enters forth and loudly sings
a diabolical requiem

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crescent moon

as you come to grips
with what you're worth
rebuild the bridges
burnt by hurts
wishing upon
a millions stars
jotting it down

in your memoirs
across the galaxy

your love is strewn

up and over 

the crescent moon

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honey

you speak my name
honey from your lips
love in your heart
I taste in each kiss

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bleed

invisible lessons
no one can see
scars on the heart
from those we believed
truth is a bandage
that won't stop the flow
you still bleed out
you just bleed slow

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broken string

a pantomime of love
a song that doesn't play
a memory marked in time
a song from yesterday

guitar with a broken string
a chord you couldn't strum
no lyrics anyway
to this song that I now hum

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seaweed

a crimson line
drawn in the sand
a heart washed up
on a desolate strand

the tide flows in
with its endless reach
hope twisted in seaweed 
broken shells on the beach

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vortex

twisted, turning, spinning round
vortex, darkness as I drown
no light left to find my path
no way forward
no way back

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triple haiku

in your back pocket 

you put everything I give 

you sit on my heart

in your chest pocket 

you hold the one that you love 

guarding with your heart 

and still I remain 

like the fool that I am 

blindly goes your heart

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you and me

in the smell of the pine mixed

with fireplace smoke

hot chocolate kisses

and angels of snow

the warm winter sun

that gave us its glow

the laughter of lovers

as we play as we go

the day winds down quickly

to moon and starlight

the fire rekindled

on this cold, cold night

candles are lit and

now they beam bright

all nestled and warm 

but my hair--what a sight

we do not gather with 

family or friends

its just us two 

and we're staying in

maybe next year

the pandemic will end 

I'm fine with just you

for as long as this wends

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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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resolution

it is that time of year
that we pause, take stock
think of new resolutions
and the old we did not keep

this New Year, I resolve
to look deep and measure
to think, not in abstract
to feel, not more than there is
to accept what is given
in the spirit it is given
to really listen
to dream less
to realize more
to not over analyze
to accept and not push

this New Year

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clarity

clarity
like a fine wine
needs to breathe
once uncorked

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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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rogue

thought that I was in control
my mind controlled my heart
now it seems my heart's gone rogue
and struck out on its own

guess it got tired of being held back
being told what it should feel
the fantasies my mind could hide
the dreams I thought concealed

now I'm in a quandary
I don't know which to trust
a mind that constantly rationalizes
or a heart ready to combust

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tango

it was the last slow dance
as the music starts to fade
I watched you on the floor
the steps you tried to fake

sometimes the music isn't right
or there's complicated steps
there may be a better partner
someone more adept

it's true, it takes two to tango
your arm drops from my back
before the dance even started
there was too much slack

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