where you look

it's never where you search for it 

you find it when not looking

it kind of takes you by surprise 

before you know it you're hooked

there isn't any warnings 

you can't hide from the storm 

looking for that certain place 

that keeps you dry and warm 

to fall asleep in a lover's arms 

is that wondrous feeling close? 

is what I'm seeking far or near? 

will I find what's looked for most?

how much longer do I persevere? 

it's just not where I'm looking

I long to be taken by surprise 

I too just want to be hooked

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dust

as you brushed past 

stirring things in me

feelings buried deep 

I forgot I needed 

what do I do now? 

you said you couldn't stay 

loving me for a moment 

before you were on your way 

now the dust won't settle 

on things you wouldn't say

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blindness

so close you can feel it 

clutched tightly in your grasp

the taste of honey on your lips

as just as quickly it all slips 

dropping all the pieces you held 

endless dreams that floated past

as I escape in the night 

not enough love to hold me 

not enough of you to give

the blindness in your heart 

has finally done us in

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blown away

the wind rages and waves are high

ferociously they pound the shore 

I stand on the portico, wind whipping my hair 

zipping my jacket against the chill 

the moon hides as does the stars 

ocean life swims in deeper fathoms 

but tomorrow the sun will shine 

the sand will be swept clean 

nothing of the storm will remain 

nor will thoughts of you 

that I cast into the wind 

now completely blown away

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I remember

as I sit and ponder 

under the desert stars 

I look up at the moon 

and wonder where you are 

why you went away 

and why it was so far 

I remember the way 

your eyes twinkled at me 

I remember the way 

your smile set my heart free 

I remember the way 

it felt here just to be 

it's not that I am sad 

bout the way that it turned out 

it' not that I lost something 

that I can't live without 

it's not that I am left here 

not contemplating doubts 

I remember the way 

your eyes twinkled at me 

I remember the way 

your smile set my heart free

I remember the way 

it felt here just to be

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waiting for my chance

desperate for changes 

hungry for more truth 

further from where I started 

since I fell in love with you 

just waiting for my chance 

I've let go of it all 

it didn't do much good now

I still can't make you fall 

there's nothing that I'm lacking 

I'm absolutely complete

open your eyes and see me 

I got tired of tryin to compete

I've got nothing to lose 

and everything to win 

if I can spin your heart 

that's where we begin

I'm running out of time 

not sure where I should go 

clinging to these moments 

my lost time with you

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space

my heart was once full 

now it has a hole your size 

a big space to fill

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just a friend

I know what it means and what it doesn't

there isn't anything I haven't read

It's just a friend lending a hand to a friend

getting back on track from where it ended

I know how it started and the ups and downs

I know there isn't more or less to be wanted 

it is just a friend lending a hand to a friend 

supporting a need, that is all that it means

I know that I can depend on you 

even when I call out of the blue 

it is just a friend lending a hand to a friend 

that's where it starts and how it ends 

that is always the way that it turns out 

it is just a friend lending a hand to a friend

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what if

what if...
the only commonality was love
nothing else
would that hold you?
keeping you content
not complacent
day in
day out
only love


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goodnight baby

goodnight baby, wherever you are

dream sweet dreams, safe from harm 

just a few weeks till you feel the warmth 

wrapped in the arms of the one you love

rest sweet baby, lay down your head

let things that plague you fade away

let dreams of the West keep worries at bay

till there with your love you at last remain

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flickers

quickly it flickers
like a candle we just lit
now the flame burns high

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picture

your picture on my desk
your voice is in my ear
calling to say goodnight
I'm wishing you were here

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reading each other

you like all the country songs 

ballads that twang a bit 

I like music from the seventies 

and a few more recent hits 

you like all the deep, deep reads 

I prefer less intense 

ok, maybe some thrillers 

where the heroine always wins 

you like all those space flicks 

and sci-fi on TV 

I like more of a drama 

or chick-flicks easy to see 

but we like reading each other 

and coffee the same way 

and sometimes I may get wacky 

but I'm a friend that's here to stay

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love came back

just for a moment:
   let me think my own thoughts
   dream my own dreams
   decide for myself

just for a day:
     give me some peace
     let it be about me
     let me forget

just in time:
     everything changed
     my future more clear
     love came back

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rattle the bones

can we rattle the skeletons
just one more time?
open this grave
to ease my mind
will it help with closure?
or will it lay me bare?
when the truth comes to light
and I see nothing there
so we rattle the bones
just once more
and what I uncover
I will settle for

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BOOM

meticulously, you ply your art..
nibbling, softly
rubbing hard
listening for the sighs and moans
eliciting pleasure the way you know
holding off...
till just the right moment,
and then...
BOOM!

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friends till the end

there is a place that I go

in my memory 

a place that you hold 

without lock or key 

from the moment we met 

I saved it for you 

I knew this was different 

you've shown this is true 

at times I'm confused 

as to how this all fits 

but we keep moving on 

no matter how hard it gets 

I've put you through paces 

I've made you look deep 

I've called you on things 

my price has been steep 

this bond that we share 

a friendship that's sealed 

with love and understanding 

with nurturing and healing 

you will always belong 

in my heart's special place 

no one comes close 

to filling this space 

I'll be here for you 

as you're there for me 

friends till the end 

this I'll always believe

from the moment we met 

I saved it for you 

I knew this was different 

you've shown this is true 

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lookin west

it just wasn’t a good fit 

it wasn’t enough for you 

you tried to think about it

though you wrote it could be true 

it doesn’t stop the feeling 

the hole that has been blown 

the crevice I fell into 

once it became known 

when you look into the mirror 

what reflection do you see 

are you standing there alone 

or seeing an image of me 

the sun was in your eyes 

complacent smile on your face 

you didn’t see the shadow fall 

as I moved on with grace 

as you’re running onward 

still looking for the best 

your feet are planted eastward 

but your eyes are lookin west 

when you count your blessings 

for the things that make you glad 

one blessing will be missing 

a heart you could have had

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BEACH

Bolstering 

Energizing 

Awesome 

Calming 

Home

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watch them fall

I shoot from the hip, and it kicks a bit

not a bruise that just won't heal 

I line my worries up on the wall 

pick them off, watch them all fall 

they shine bright, in afternoon light 

lined up there for me to see 

as soon as one drops, another one plops 

right in the middle of me 

I'm taking aim, not laying blame 

practice usually makes perfect 

I'll give another try, till I get it right 

and I can put this glock away

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unusual love story

I am reading this book, 

while sunning by the sea 

about the ups and downs 

a girl who wants to believe 

and I ask myself, how

does this relates to me? 

I'm the girl, you're the guy 

in this book that I read

 

I keep on reading 

now I am enthralled 

an unusual love story 

where only one falls 

don't know how it ends

right now she's hit a wall 

could be a beginning 

not the end at all 

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blinded by the light

temporarily blinded by the light 

ln on-coming car with high beams on

when it's passed, vision comes back 

as again I regain my bearings 

long ago, what I depicted 

was in my head and heart

reading meaning keep believing

more than what met the eye 

the circumference closes, we move on 

the circle is now dissected 

what you do depends on you 

and has right from the very start 

some day you will think of me 

a memory that slipped your grasp

vague comprehending of long lost dreams 

while you settle up with what lasts 

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Eden

you took the fast path out of Eden 

bags still packed, everything intact 

passport ready but never stamped 

maybe next time if you ever get back 

you grabbed an apple from the tree 

ne'er a bite did you take

juicy the fruit resting in your palm

thought you could savor it later 

blind until your teeth taste flesh 

you needed to break the skin 

sweet and sticky it drips down your chin 

forgetting the reason you ever left

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closer

if the stars fade 

and the moon doesn't glow 

we can still sing this song 

this one we both know

it may take us awhile 

though this song's in our heart 

it may spin us sometimes 

but it brings us back around 

it's the light in your eyes

and in your special ways 

that illuminate this dark 

pushing storm clouds away 

I feel it inside 

whether near or far

pulling me closer 

closer to your love

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somewhere along the way

I lost it somewhere, somewhere along the way 

it's not here right now, but I had it yesterday 

but yesterday's a memory, today is a blank sheet 

that will also be a memory when this day's complete 

where do I find it? where is it that I look? 

is it in a smile? or in an unread book? 

is it in the whispered breeze? caught in a mesquite? 

is it in the shadows--playing hide and seek? 

will it recognize me? 

when I find just what I seek

does it know that I'm searching? 

for what I lost along the way 

I can't feel it now, 

but I had it yesterday

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