Soft as a baby's cheek,
Warm as a Summer's sun,
Pleading pouts that work.
Harsh words that don't
Sound quiet so bad
Coming from something
So beautiful.

Little You

Your dark little eyes
Your white little lies
Your pert little nose
Your sharp little clothes
Your cruel little acts
Your little, unkind.
Your soft little head
Your so little mind

Love's Victory or Defeat

Am I the winner?
For I remember only that which was good and sweet.
Long rides on summer afternoons
The walks in sweet spring rain
Two cigarettes glowing in the dark
Your gentle touch; not much
Was all of it in vain?

Only you know why we had to part.
I didn't cry for you when you said goodbye
Before you really knew me
I am the winner!

If my love for you didn't mean as much as
Tingling sharp bites of a warm spring shower
Or the sounds of a mother in a frightened child's room.
If I was nothing more than an incomplete shadow
Tossed against darkened walls by a windy winter night

Then return to me the walks in the rain
And the quicksilver sweetness of long kisses
Ere parting to go our separate life journeys
For I have lost; and someone else has won.

Tears

Exquisite jewels
Given grudgingly
To a harsh world
As the only price.

Time for Dreams

Soft breezes, whispering secrets
To emerald blades of grass
Who, in turn, tell all
To small busy creatures, below.

Summer is coming.

Long hot lazy days
Of lemonade in the shade
Under gently swaying Oak trees,
Huge ivory ships and cotton candy dragon
Clouds float majestically past
Trailing cool shadows below.

Fat bumblebees,
Humming an ominous warning,
Search patiently from
Flower to sweet flower.

My love and I,
Walking alone
With uncounted tiny diamonds
Shining in the black velvet heavens.

It's a time for dreams.

May they all come true.

Your Place in Life

"Go"! "Find your place in life", they say.
"Foundations on which you can build".
By finding such, in these God-forsaken times
People have been blinded by their lust and greed.