Poetry

If Only

If only you could know

the feeling I have that grows

each and every time we love

                             it never seems enough.

If only I could sing

          the song to me you bring

of seaside shells and soulful flowers

                             of making love ‘til the morning hour.

If only you could see

          the love you’ve given me

how my heart cannot contain

                             all the joy erasing pain.

If only I could share

          more moments now so rare

                   with my love, my life, my friend

                            I want this feeling to never end.

If only we could slip away

          to a secret place to lay

in each others' arms always

                             forever loving to the end of days.

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Life That Should Have Been

I lived a life of tears...
Bitterness ruling all those years.
Fear and indecision became the norm
like a fresh sailor braving a first storm.

"He's out there," I thought at the start.
"I just haven't chanced upon the keeper of my heart."
But hasty choices made while impatience reigned
Darkened my heart with regret's cruel stain.

Fear became resignation and loneliness abounded.
"Happiness is not to be had" my mind often sounded.
Yet I see it in others, the joy of love shared
A life of wonder, trust built as souls are bared.

The love of a lifetime, found by so few.
Soul mates colliding, hope shines anew.
No more will I be someone's passing interest.
My soul will wait. My mind will watch. My heart will rest.

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MOON DREAM

Tears in my eyes reflect stars winking so innocently

Reflecting my gloom as I gaze at the midnight moon

Under a canopy of pain draped about my scarred soul

Enduring to survive the ravages of a you-shaped wound

Do you wonder about me as you watch the night sky

If I see the same night while aching for your embrace

Am I but a memory of a time never shared

A thought in your mind of what might have been

Perhaps one day our souls will collide

A meeting of chance, a cosmic happenstance

Will we be familiar, two halves of the same coin

Can a connection be made from a stranger’s passing

Help me find you, soul mate, lover, The One

I’m drowning in a sea of lifetime regrets

Wasted time, wasted love, wasted trust

Only you can save me now

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