Saturday, December 26, 2020

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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Friday, December 18, 2020

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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Thursday, December 17, 2020

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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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

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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Monday, December 14, 2020

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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Sunday, December 13, 2020

bridges

is it the holiday season
that brings it all to mind
praying for redemption
for what I leave behind

if I can finally break free
from places I have been
a new year, a new chapter
the old tossed to the wind

shrugging the shroud of the past
without losing what I learned
waste deep in aberration
from bridges that I burned
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reflections

your sun sets in the west
another day slips by
mountains shading valleys
before stars fill the sky

reflections on the hours
before it's yesterday
was there anything you could change
a difference you could make

do you save it for tomorrow?
what if it never comes?
the dreams that you were saving
priorities not begun
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the truth

as I try to sort it out
listening to what you say
I think you weigh the answers
choosing what you convey
is it what you really feel?
or what I need to hear?
I'm looking for the truth
given without fear
it's what I need to know
not responses
engineered
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Saturday, December 12, 2020

no place else

we've got wide open space, plenty of room to breathe 
down the mountains to the valley blows a fresh, sweet breeze
'cross the patio stretch the shadows from mesquites 
it's my favorite time 'cause you're here with me 

work was crazy but now we are home 
the stress of the day is now long gone
the CD is playing one of our favorite songs 
let's stay here, baby, all night long 

the moon comes up and shines its glow
we're still here dancing on the patio 
you're arms are around me and we're moving slow 
no place else to be, no place else to go

tomorrow will probably be just like yesterday 
we're not ready to put this night away 
right here, right now is where we want to stay 
sampling the dessert from love's sweet buffet 

secure

I met you in the darkness 
it's daylight and you remain 
in the evening you sing love songs 
in the morning I hum refrains 
past love's that left me wanting 
preparing me for what now stays 
the dreams that used to haunt me 
have now been put away 
you see the special nuance 
study my intricacies
learning every single thing 
there is to know about me
every second of here and now 
you are all I hear 
every day--in every way 
a promise that keeps me near

Thursday, December 10, 2020

fairytale

let's get away together
a roadtrip just for two
you can find out about me
while I find out about you

hit the open highway
or take the country roads
leave the day to day
with phones on silent mode

let's find a little hidden retreat
tucked back among the trees
a stream that runs behind it
we can wade up to our knees

let's get away together
let's hit the open trail
discover little mysteries
let's start a fairytale
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

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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work-around

dreams that can't come true
never works out like you plan
everything you were sure of
slowly slips from your hands
I don't want to be just a lover
and I can't be just a friend
is it now coming full circle
with arcs that close the end

the flame that once burned high
and now it slowly descends
I say it'll all work out
how hard I do pretend
I tried to go the distance
just couldn't hang on that long
sometimes there's not a work-around
when it all goes wrong
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

spell

I turned some heads 
when I walked in 
there you sat 
in the noisy dim 
you looked harmless 
and I sat down 
I found out later 
I was dead wrong 

we started to talk 
the time flew by 
my friends were late
but I didn't mind
the music started 
you asked me to dance 
that was the beginning 
of this one night romance 

the barkeep asks
if we would like another 
one for the road 
as we look at each other 
you take my hand
my, how this night has flown 
we kiss goodnight 
each going home alone 

once in awhile
that evening replays 
what we didn't finish 
with our dance that day
 it is not with sorrow 
but unfed wonder 
of that night we met 
and the spell we were under

Monday, December 7, 2020

let's

let's share all that this love allows 
the minutes and hours, the here and the now 
without any secrets, without 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 forgotten
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, without crossed-fingered vows
let's share all that this love allows

Sunday, December 6, 2020

summer on the way

the wind blows hard 
and winter's turned cold 
I pulled up my collar 
against the driving snow 
the roads are slick 
and covered with thick ice 
I dream of warmer days 
and summer on the way 

my eyes are stinging 
watering with tears 
it hasn't been this way 
for oh, so many years
I'm chilled to the bone 
just longing to be back home 
I dream of warmer days 
and summer on the way 

out here in the heartland 
all the pipes are frozen up 
snow is piling in drifts 
there's way more than enough 
a snow day for the kids 
a skiers paradise 
I dream of warmer days 
and summer on the way

bring back all the heat 
days by the swimming pool 
days of shorts and flip-flops 
sweat with all I do 
I can adjust to anything 
I don't have to shovel 
I long for warmer days 
and summer on the way

sediment

sometimes to hold it together
it's better to leave it alone
to forgive and forget the heartache
and learn from what is known
can you file it all away?
or hide it under a rug
pretend it doesn't really matter
cast off with another shrug

wasn't a love worth saving
the time a total waste
when the glass is finally empty
with a bitter aftertaste
what becomes of the sediment
when to the bottom it falls
only to be stirred up again
when these thoughts are recalled

I can live with all the doubt
I can live with what you missed
I can live without your love
and other things on the list
it changes my direction
a path you already took
you found what you were seeking
not so much as a second look
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Saturday, December 5, 2020

New Year

this New Year will be different
I look forward to all things new
welcoming in a change
and that change will be you

we don't need to go out
fight traffic and the crowd
don't need to go dancing
where the music's way too loud

just you and I together
grill out and have some wine
your arms around me at midnight
as the folks sing Auld Lang Syne

this New Year will be different
I look forward to all things new
welcoming in a new year
a new year filled with you
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Friday, December 4, 2020

from the start

I thought I got away with it
now I know that it's not true
not taking more than I came with
not leaving with anything new

I thought I was so coy
didn't think you'd see the light
thought that love ran deeper
in the dark of night

I thought I got away with it
that I had stolen your heart
silly me it was all fantasy
from the very start

I think when you look back
when now is yesterday
I'll always be your one
your one that got away
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sure thing

no such thing as a sure thing
be thrown a curve everytime
when you think it's all figured out
you are wrong most of the time

you think it's all going smoothly
finally getting what you need
then you turn that corner
and things aren't what they seemed

you were that sure of me
you should have thought again
I'm stronger than you know
smarter than I was then

no such thing as a sure thing
be thrown a curve everytime
nothing in your back pocket
life spins on a dime
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Thursday, December 3, 2020

rain

I can smell the sulphur
electricity in the air
rain rat-a-tats on my roof
a welcome sound to hear

we sit on the screened porch
as the raindrops trickle down
lightning across the sky
thunder crashes in the clouds

I love this time of year
the monsoons a soothing sound
saguaro drinking in moisture
plants happy in the ground

it will rain all night
a red dawn will appear
freshness in the morning
when the monsoon has disappeared
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Wednesday, December 2, 2020

love returns

candle glow
evening light
soft breeze
soft sigh
ardent kiss
heated touch
passion ignites
dreams come
love returns
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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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