GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

I sit here trying to explain how I feel,
but the words to me, just don't seem real.
I love you my darling, please believe me,
but someone else to my heart holds the key.
Time after time, to him my thoughts fly,
to be with you would be living a lie.
They say that one should forget the past,
but my love for him will last and last.
You hold my hand and yet it is him,
we kiss, make love and again it is him.
My heart is his, altho my body is yours,
I love you, but it's to him my feeling pours.
you can't understand , altho you do try
because of this, I must say goodbye.
I'm sorry I couldn't make this easier for you ,
but believe me when I say, it is hard for me too.
As I sadly watch you go, I can't help but cry
Knowing that this will be our final goodbye.
I love you darling, I've said it before
but deep in my heart, I am his evermore!
e.c.  2003

Tropical Isle

Swaying palm trees on a tropical isle
dark skinned native girls with always a smile
miles and miles of soft, white sand
Ice cold drinks always close at hand
peaceful lagoons in a rich aqua blue
Days of lazing with nothing to do.
Brilliant sunshine, yellow and gold
Canoes paddled by natives, strong and bold
Slinky bikinis and swirling grass skirts
People without worries and free from hurts
Peace and tranquillity reign forever supreme
On this isle that lives, in every mans dream

. E.C.  2003

THE RAIN

Black thunderclouds rolling and billowing over the town
suddenly the rain comes cascading down.
Gently the trees and bushes it washes
children paly in the gutters in rubber galoshes.
Cars plane thru the water on the highways
while people under umbrellas stroll along the byways.
Dogs and cats come in out of the rain
the parks and countryside are all clean again.
Glorious greens and radiant reds abound
spectacular colours are seen all around.
Spider webs glisten with droplets of rain
fallen leaves has races along flowing drains.
All over the countryside for miles and miles
the trees and bushes all seem to have smiles.
To some people the rain is dull, dreary and grey
For mine I say, give me rain any day!
E.C.  2003

HOUR BY HOUR

Hour by restless hour, I tell the dark,
"It's only just a spark"
Night after longing night,
till there's no more wrong or right.
caught between the fury and the fire,
of loving in the shadow of desire.
Long after the colours fade in your photo,
and all our wrinkles are starting to show.
when we've both grown old and grey, 
and start wondering, "Will we see another day?"
With aching hearts and shaking knees
and moving parts that no longer move with ease.
Here in the heart of me, I will still dream,,
of the touch of a man I now ne'er see.
I dream of your touch in the tenderest night,
and my soul takes off on a restless flight.
endlessly searching for the one who will remain,
everything bright, shiny and true to me, all of my days
I loved you when young and age will only improve,
the song that I feel inside when I think of you.
I loved you then and I love you still,
and no matter how old I get, I always will.
empty bed mornings get so very lonely,
and it will always be you that I long for only.
Day by day, right from the start,
you still hold a very special place, deep in my heart.
Now, hour by hour, my heart has to start again,
'Tho it still longs to touch you in the tenderest night.
Before the dawn and the coming of the light,
I can see you so clearly in my minds eye's sight.
But, now it is learning, from today to my lifes end,
I have lost my lover, my husband, my friend.
No greater love will there ever be,
Than the love that existed between you and me.
E.C.  2003