IT CAN'T RAIN ALL THE TIME

You say love is the most precious thing in the world.
Why, then, does it seem to cause you the most grief?
You always seem to give your love
to people who will hurt you the most.
You are left crying yourself to sleep night after night,
hoping and praying that certain person will rescue
you from all the misery and pain that surrounds
your life - so that they could show you that there is
someone out there that can truly love you.

This person would want you for you,
not what you could offer them or give them.
You spend your days picturing what they would look like?
What their laugh sounds like?
But all you have to do is open your eyes.
I have been here the whole time.
I was here for all the good and bad times
and for the longest time.
I have stood and watched as you throw all your love away
on people who just didn't want it or deserve it.
It wasn't my place to say anything,
but I'm tired of seeing you get hurt.

So, now I'm saying something.
I just hope I'm not too late and all your love is used up.

LOVE HAS FAITH IN YOU

believe!
believe!
in another
in yourself
because they believe in you
unrepenting
unrelenting
love has faith in you
when all is lost
when all is dark
believe!
believe!
unrepenting
unrelenting
love has faith in you

SOULMATE

I wade through a life
with no meaning,

with no desire
or aspiration,

every day redundant
of the one past.

One day the sun breaks through the cloud
that is my life,

and fills my days with
a blinding light.

You.

And everything becomes
precious and sacred,

you become my passion,
my frenzy,

my fantasy,
my ecstasy.

You are my every moment,
my every breath.
My soulmate.

YOU ARE

You are the one who warms my heart
and fills my soul
You are the love of my life,
the one who makes me whole.
You are the man of my dreams,
all that I desire
You are a sweet fantasy
that sets my heart afire.
You are the one who completes me,
one sent from above
You are my one and only
you are... my eternal love.

Come live with me, and be my love;
And we will all the pleasures prove
That hills and valleys, dales and fields,
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.

And we will sit upon the rocks,
Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks
By shallow rivers, to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.

And I will make thee beds of roses,
And a thousand fragrant posies;
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle;

A gown made of the finest wool
Which from our pretty lambs we pull;
Fair-lined slippers for the cold,
With buckles of the purest gold;

A belt of straw and ivy-buds,
With coral clasps and amber studs;
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with me, and be my love.

The shepherd-swains shall dance and sing
For they delight each May morning;
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me, and be my love.

Shall I Compare Thee

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometimes declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

How Do I Love Thee?

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the Ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints,--I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!-and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, and Where, and Why

What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,
I have forgotten, and what arms have lain
Under my head till morning; but the rain
Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh
Upon the glass and listen for reply,
And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain
For unremembered lads that not again
Will turn to me at midnight with a cry.
Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree,
Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one,
Yet knows its boughs more silent than before:
I cannot say what loves have come and gone,
I only know that summer sang in me
A little while, that in me sings no more.

Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair

I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair,
Borne like a vapor on the summer air;
I see her tripping where the bright streams play,
Happy as the daisies that dance on her way.
Many were the wild notes her merry voice would pour,
Many were the blithe birds that warbled them o'er.
Oh! I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair,
Floating like a vapor on the soft summer air.

I long for Jeanie with the day dawn smile,
Radiant in gladness, warm with winning guile;
I hear her melodies, like joys gone by,
Sighing 'round my heart o'er the fond hopes that die:
Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain,
Wailing for the lost one that comes not again:
Oh! I long for Jeanie and my heart bows low,
Never more to find her where the bright waters flow.

I sigh for Jeanie, but her light form strayed
Far from the fond hearts 'round her native glade;
Her smiles have vanished and her sweet songs flown,
Flitting like the dreams that have cheered us and gone.
Now the nodding wild flow'rs may wither on the shore
While her gentle fingers will cull them no more:
Oh! I sigh for Jeanie with the light brown hair,
Floating, like a vapor, on the soft summer air.

So Long Have I Waited

So long have I waited,
what seemed like eternity,
to hear your beautiful cry,
tiny hands reach out to me.
Nine long months,
filled with warmth,
love and wonder,
I hold you in my arms,
as your loving mother.
Nothing could compare,
to the emotions I behold,
as I think of our future,
yet to unfold.
I will not be perfect,
that I can't deny,
there is no need to worry,
I will definitely try.
Sometimes I sit and wonder,
if the job will be to rough,
but the Lord would not have
blessed me if I was not strong enough.

Gift

You came to me as a gift from God
Taking me as I am
Loving me with all my faults
Caressing my heart with the sound of your voice
Holding me with your words of love
Keeping me safe within your embrace
For the rest of my life I am yours.

Vietnam Poem

Vietnam Poem (love)
Daddy said it would be alright
Before he went to war
Not even knowing that
He would come home for sure

I hugged him and said goodbye
A she boarded the bus
Daddy then turned around and said
Don?t worry Sarah don?t fuss

Daddy sent a couple letters that month
Saying things weren?t bad
But I didn?t believe him
Because everyone looked so sad

All of a sudden the letters stopped coming
And a feared look came upon my face
Mommy just said he was very busy
Moving from place to place

Then one day I saw a man talking with Momma outside
His hat was down and all of a sudden Momma started to cry
Then he left and I ran to Momma to ask her what was wrong
Then Momma said Daddy was somewhere he didn?t belong

She told me Daddy has gone
Away to a better place
She tried to smile as tears ran down her face
I knew what had happened
And then I started to cry
Why oh why did my daddy have to die?

The Storm

The thunder crashes
and the lightning flashes
as the storm rolls 'cross the land.
My heart is broken
from words unspoken;
your love is now a contraband.
You said you'd call,
we took the fall,
and went where we couldn't return.
Now here I sit,
the flame still lit;
the fire inside still burns.
My guiding star
seems so very far,
which path is the one for me?
To finish our start,
or get back my heart;
is it my choice
or up to destiny?

Love Pack

Love comes in a package
tied with a satin bow...
Its contents are a mystery
which very few will know.

Love's always boxed in Beauty,.
its wrappings - soft and clean-
Its form is always heart-shaped;
its fragrance ...evergreen.

If you ever get a Love Pack,
Do not untie the string,
sew a pocket in your Soul
to gently keep it in.

The Perfect Rose

I've always had a vision of the perfect rose
Bright and beautiful with a strong stem
One that would stand out from all others
I've searched high, I've searched low
But little did I know that without searching at all,
the perfect rose would find me
When its delicate sheltering petals touched me
I knew it was the one, "the perfect rose"
The one I had always dreamt of Bright and beautiful
Standing out from all the rest, with radiant petals of love
happiness, and holding all of my dreams
It is hard to believe a single rose could change your life
and make your dreams come true....
My search was over, you made me complete
At that very moment I knew
I had found the perfect rose when I met you

He Asks Me What is Wrong

He asks me what is wrong
why I don't sleep in his bed,
how does he so easily forget
all the mean things he said?

He says I'm useless, I'm trash,
he doesn't want to be seen with me,
and I can't understand then
why he won't just set me free.

I've been beaten and whipped
so much that no-one really knows,
it really sucks having to take it
because you got no-where else to go.

My friend says, "Don't you believe him"
you know in your heart it's not true,
"You do not deserve all this," she says
But there is nothing that I can do.

I have a child to take care of now
And I've got no car, no money or home
here he gives her everything she needs
and to her, his love is shown.

Mostly I just pretend it doesn't happen
I just continue to keep it inside,
I just keep pretending that I'm happy
It's when I'm alone that I cry.

I've met someone else whom I love
I wish he would take us away from here
but he doesn't want me either;
and by myself, I'm petrified by fear.

Final Days

Two words be all I've written down,
My nerves shatter as I lift my pen to frown,
I look outside and am calmed by the sun,
But this last will and testament has regretfully begun.

I've long expected this pneumonia to come,
Malaria, cough, fever totaled the sum,
You could say I'm lucky as time will show,
But suddenly I just don't want to go.

My twelve children are not quite yet grown,
Hester's aphgan for me hasn't finished being sewn,
The crops in need of harvesting yet,
So dying right now leaves me in regret.

Out they window stands my eldest son,
He's anguished at the many chores to be done,
Much of this work used to be his father's place,
Now he'll bury me in a small dark space.

He's at an old oak to cut her down I assume,
My little Abigail and her mother busy at the loom,
Hester, my dearest, working harder than ever,
Much yet to be done but these ties I must sever.

I'm needed, you see, as all fathers are,
Now I'm helpless watching them from afar,
It seems my whole life has been this death I am fighting,
Enough talking already, I've got to start writing.

For Joseph my boy who just cut down the tree,
He did what! How could that be?
I've underestimated his strength I see,
Now I'm eased somewhat in this matter before me.

To Joseph I give the house and the farm,
My hand feels limp as does my arm,
I'll finish this will in the blink of mine eye,
What are these? Tears? That I do cry?

Daniel gets educated and twenty-five pounds,
For Ebenezer the orchard and ten acres of grounds,
Abigail earns my England estate,
Hugh the second gets the cottage in Virginia state.

To Hester my dear and wonderful wife,
I hereby give her 200 pounds and my life,
She also gets the castle on that Italian hill,
And anything else I've not put in my will.

Not be so quick to forget the other seven,
They'll need something too when I'm off to heaven,
They'll divide New Hampshire and each take a piece,
Now that it's over my soul has made peace.

There's one last issue I almost forgot,
Where to have my burial plot,
Right here in Watertown that I've come to call home,
There's not a place better to be all alone.

Before God now, I sign here this will,
Just don't remember as an old man of ill,
Now as I take my final aching breath,
Please, my family, I pray you follow my last request.

Untitled

I was young and she the same,
among the moors, we play our games.
Such blessed souls were we,
to live in childhood felicity.
We would dance in the rivers mild,
and uncover secrets in the forest wild.
Walk along the prairie grass,
and lay to watch white clouds pass.
The wind would whisper with joys so dear,
as the sky stay silent to laughter hear,
and the birds would sing in nature growths,
amongst the watching trees of old.
But the ground grew jealous of life above,
and opened wide to consume my love.
So through the earth?s mouth agape,
my dear from me did escape.
The sky grew black with clouds of tears,
and the sweet, sweet, birds fled with fear.
The river swelled with laments of woe,
as the wind gusted, freezing cold.
The trees fell under the winds harsh wrath,
and the heavens filled with thunder claps.
But as I knelt there by her grave,
as anguished nature around me raged,
the earth showed signs of somber care,
for a single flower did appear.

Too Bad

You could have tucked 'our moment'
in the pocket of your soul;
when we flung away our troubles
on the mighty ocean's roll.

I would have stayed forever
locked tight in your embrace
and in you heart would still be etched...
my touch - my kiss - my face.

You could've owned the purest heart
a girl has ever hid.
Now, I've found another love.
Too bad... YOU never did

Archaeologist

Explore me, archaeologist;
come and plunder my riches.
Reach deeply into my treasures
and draw out hidden artifacts.
Traverse deeper still, I implore,
and document all the knowledge you attain.
For so many mysteries are buried inside
that I will not easily deliver up.
Use your handy tools
if you are sincere.
Pry into these secret grounds
for beneath these layers are great obscurities.
Intimately learn of every crevice
as I give way and open to your touch.
My soil will liquefy beneath your skillful hands
as treasure by treasure I am revealed.

When I See You Sharing a Smile

When I see you sharing a smile,
It gets my attention for a while.
When I hear your pleasant laugh,
I listen all the way, not just half.
When I feel you breathe,
I know I will never leave.
When I see the sparkle in your eye,
It gives me an incredible high.
When I touch your tender lips,
My stomach does about a hundred flips.
When you speak a simple word,
It?s the best thing I?ve ever heard.
When I gently touch your hands,
I visualize wedding bands.
When I feel your handsome face,
My emotions seem to race.
When we stand side by side,
Your sweetness and charm you cannot hide.
Your kindness and caring touch,
Is a hint of why I love you so much.

You are the Sun

You are the sun
you are the moon
i pray to the heavens
i will hold you soon
you are the diamonds
in my sky
you are the tears
flowing from my eyes
you are the wind
gently blowing through my hair
it brushes my cheek
and reminds me you care
when my skys turn black
you turn them crystal blue
when my heart crumbles
you fix that too
you are the world
within my soul
the center of my universe
you make me hole

Frosty Morning Air

You step outside into the frosty morning air
Snowflakes glisten in your beautiful hair
Branches reach your way like skeletal hands
The wind that hits you is waves hitting land
Light snow and leaves rush around your feet
You walk to the corner where I said we would meet
From down the block I see you standing there
Those snowflakes glistening in your hair
The red glow in your soft white skin
And all I want is to hold you again

Band of Gold

As we come together
to become man and wife,
I lovingly commit to you
everything I am in life.
I will always love you
and as I touch your hand,
through hard times and good,
I will always be your friend.
You can always count on me
and we will always share
all the hopes and dreams of life,
for I will always be there.
As we walk through this life
side by side we will be,
sharing memories we make
for now through eternity.
As I place upon your finger
this band of gold to show my love,
I speak these vows to you
witnessed by the Lord above.

I Saw Love Clearly

I saw love clearly
She was small, and pretty
She turned and went in a in a slow forward motion
I saw her sweet white skin and her brown angle eyes
And heard her sweet low quite voice
And I felt loved

I Broke a Heart

I have yet to understand how it all began,
Like two ships on dry land.
Both be guided by a twinkle up above,
Manipulated evil disguised by love.

Emptied with deception, entrapment and lies
As hearts 'round the world wail out wretched cries.
Oh save me, my God, from the acts of lust,
The selfish pleasures dreamt lay til I'm dust.

He touched my life, my heart and my soul
An unborn breath we viciously stole.
Twins by nature but worlds apart,
Forgive me, O Lord, I broke a heart.

A Crush of Doubt

They greet each other in the hall,
A welcoming hug, a friendly smile.
"Maybe tonight, I could give you a call?"
Her grin grows at least a mile.
His eyes dart away, spotting a silhouette
The smile that was hers is reflected on his face.
The girl turns around, glancing at the threat,
He brushes past at a fast pace.
New fears arise and she's not sure
Exactly what she felt before.
The fire of passion felt so pure,
The ice of doubt weighs so much more.
The world around her starts to blur,
She can?t believe he left with HER.

My Unknown Love

The wind breezes through her hair
Lifting it with ease
She doesn't even know I'm there
Waiting for the chance to please

As she walks along the sand
The surf brushing her feet
How I long to hold her hand
And kiss her lips so sweet

But as the distance between us grows
It is like a sad love song
It is a girl whom I don't know
That I will wait for, so long.

Wish My Love a Beacon Light

I wish my Love a beacon light
I'd beam it through the miles,
Across that bridge of light I'd send...
My hugs - my kiss- my smiles!

I wish my Heart a rubber ball
It would not break in two
when the fathoms of my Soul
would bounce from me to you.

I wish my arms a winding-cloth
I'd toss it out to sea;
then spin you backfrom faraway
and bind you fast to me!

The Most Difficult Task

The passion and comfort,
Of which we all do seek,
Seems cold and elusive
And at best only brief.

Why, I do not know,
For I suffer as do you,
Still clinging to the hope
Of finding what is true.

Memories of the past,
They taunt us to believe,
That what we once cherished
Will provide us with some reprieve.

So forward we must look,
To avoid the inevitable scorn,
That will callous our delicate hearts,
Leaving us bitter and forlorn.

Thoughts of You

Thoughts of you
find me
in unencumbered
moments
much like
the sun
finds diamonds
glistening
in the water
trickling
from a brook

I feel
your arms
around my waist
your breath
in my ear
and
the comforting
envelope
of your love.

I cherish
these times
they leave
me calm
and secure
as if
I
were
beside you
at that
bubbling
brook

On This Day We Make Our Two Hearts One

On this day we make our two hearts one,
with a love we know will never come undone.
The love in our hearts is so deep and strong,
I know in my heart that we shall never go wrong.
I will love you until my dying day,
so take to heart these words I say.
For now and forever I will be by your side,
the feelings in my heart I will never hide.
I promise from today until the very end of time,
that I am yours and you are mine.

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