Moments

We go on patiently while our moments pass us by

With eyes fixed on the future, so much to satisfy

The present that we hold can reward or be a thief

Each person has the power to give it good or give it grief

Past and future try to mug all our moments as they come 

Convincing us the good ones won't arrive or can't be done

But time was made for love and as its servant must obey 

When it all seems wrong, knowing love is our touché.  

   

 

Outdoors

Life seems at times 

As though I am looking through a glass 

The snowflakes fall outside 

It would be so good to feel them on my face

I can only press my face against the pane

My breath steaming the glass 

Life itself clouding the view

The air is comfortable inside

But adventure is beyond the glass 

Some have been known to starve

Others come back inside 

Vowing never to try again

But the glass is cool against my cheek

It can't be so bad out there

Will the door lock behind me?

Wil I be left shivering alone in the cold? 

But I feel I belong there. 

This warm house makes more sense 

But my mind is outside. 

Despite

Inside each heart lies a desire to reach love's lofty heights 

Our very soul cannot survive unless it's in our sight 

But sometimes we're mistaken and think it's appetite

A reward that can be won by doing all things right

We try to preen and buy so another will delight 

But everything decays, we cannot end the blight 

True love becomes stronger when the flesh has lost its might

And the purest love we know will continue on despite 

Knowledge

Some things don't have to be said to be known

When two souls discover they share the same home

When certainty comes there is always a peace 

With things that are true there comes a  release 

Go ahead and sit, then slowly breath in 

Savor, enjoy it; let strength begin

Enjoy the knowledge with every breath

Then soak it all in; let your soul be refreshed. 

No one is forgetting, all is intact

There's no need to worry when given the facts

A smile of defiance fits you so well

The fun part of you shouldn't be withheld 

No Doubt

When I knew you as a kid 

I nearly flipped my lid

I had so much to prove 

You wanted me to move

We could have talked it out

No doubt 

I struggled to find worth

To take away the curse

Tried to hide my poverty

You couldn't know the real me

We'd have helped each other out

No doubt

But now we're here again

I don't want another end

We cannot have it all

But maybe something small

There's a way to work it out 

No doubt

As We Travel

Feelings rise up 

And become thought

They grow inside us

Turn into an idea

Requesting action

And over time 

Settle into a dream 

As we travel 

Our memories

Return to us  

And want released

Reality fights dreams

Dreams fight reality

Can't they be friends? 

We need them both

 

Without dreams 

We'd never explore

Without reality 

We'd never experience

When the two reconcile

It brings happiness

Heaven

If I designed heaven  

Every thought would be right

No need to sort them out

I would say what I want 

Without worry or concern

I could proclaim love from a housetop

And it would be applauded

I would sing loud and passionate

In a perfect key 

With the best accompaniment

Music would always be sweet 

Poetry would flow like water 

Beautiful syllables 

With no need to end 

Keep your thoughts of angel wings 

And streets of gold 

My heaven would be about expression

And knowing what's in a heart

There would be no embarrassment

Or any other obstruction

Guilt or fear 

Obligation or duty

Every joke would be funny

And laughter would rule

If I could design heaven

Actually

It would be exactly like

When you and I are together 

 

If I Could Conquer the Night

I get it; some things are forbidden

And some things are best when left alone 

And I appreciate the lot that we've been given

Through it all I think we both have grown 

And I will be alright 

If I could conquer the night

The silhouettes tell me to get moving

Coffees on to help engage my mind

Tasks arise; they have a way of soothing

Avoiding all the things that may remind

The sun is a welcome sight

Wish I could conquer the night

We can't obligate a person to complete us

We should be glad since life went on the same

Keep moving so nothing can defeat us

With no regrets and no one passing blame

I might win this fight

If I could conquer the night

Purpose

We start out with the joy and delight of discovery 

Thinking we should carve out place to keep them

We build monuments to people and memories

But if new dreams aren't pursued  

We will be left behind in mausoleums 

Discovery is our purpose 

We shouldn't stop exploring.  

It is what keeps us young

Encore

I watched a brown leaf as it danced on the wind

It's companions were resting on the ground trying to catch their breath

With fingers extended and veins, they looked like hands hiding something in the earth

Recently they lived together in a tree clapping at the warm summer breeze

Shielding our eyes from the sun as we do with our own hand. 

Touching the warm sunlight the way we touch

Enjoying the breeze with the exuberance we have

The fact that they will be covered with snow doesn't mean it is over. 

There is a rustling sound, longing for spring

Expect an encore; All that is good will return to perform again. 

 

Expressed Words

The world of expressed words 

Written, spoken and pondered 

Is where reality is found

Where dreams  are described 

Hopes made alive 

Ears and eyes absorb these words

Written, spoken and pondered 

Realities are formed

Where another confides

To know what's inside 

Incidental

It's in the incidental things we share

Celebrating the breaks life gives us.

Hope and forgiveness

Pain and desire

Appreciating together the gifts given us

The small things hold love together

More than the grandiose 

We feel it's essence and connection 

Through memories and places we visit. 

Symbols and markers

Wanting the closeness 

That comes through passing. 

The Best Acts

Some action is made to defend ones own pride

Some things are done to solve turmoil inside 

We can't really judge what a hearts going through

The best acts begin out of love 

Some stay away to avoid all the pain

Others avoid to keep themselves sane

It's hard to accept what one has to do

Some things need paused out of love

We never give in to pressure and cower

To keep ones own heart is the ultimate power 

When the case has been stated, there's nothing to prove

We patiently wait out of love