Mr. Blue
3/14/2000
Hello, Mr. Blue.
How do you do?
Will you walk home with me?
What things will we see?
It's been a long time
since I saw you
back in college.
We went our own ways,
thinking someday
all our knowledge
would bring us back together.
We'd be friends forever.
You left me in the summer
to scout the world, and wander.
I later left, too.
That's what we all do.
Take the highway through the future,
taking one step, then another.
It's a long time
since I looked back
or regretted.
We went our own ways,
thinking someday
if we wanted
we could be together.
We'd be friends forever.
I don't know what happened.
My Love for You
11/30/99
How can I show my love for you,
when words are not enough to be true?
I feel a burning need inside
to be with you all of the time.
My love, I long to see your face
all the time and in every place.
My nights are haunted by dreams of you
and days are time I pass waiting for you!
I will just keep on, keep on hanging on,
until the days when we'll both greet the dawn
folded in each other's arms,
hearts together, feeling so warm!
Need You
11/24/99
My eyes long for your eyes,
my hands long to caress
and lips to kiss,
kiss,
kiss.
I have wanted you so long
it is part
of my very being
and I wonder
I ever existed
without you.
You brought me alive,
put heat in my flesh,
pulse to my heart,
fire to my veins,
my soul!
I cannot go back
to not-being,
to being
without you.
The Mirror
4/17/2001
in the mirror
I tried to see myself:
the eyes, lips, hair,
curve of mouth, other features
seemed a stranger's.
I wondered
who is this
I am trying to see.
Is it me?
I reach,
but only meet
cold surface.
Mistake
1/29/99
Why are we apart, my dear?
It wasn't from my heart, my dear.
When I told you things that were untrue
I never wanted to hurt you,
so why are we apart, my dear?
Why do you look away, my love?
Please tell me that you'll stay, my love.
I cannot bear that look so cold--
I feel your eyes will freeze my soul!
So do not look away, my love.
I want you in my arms again--
I never wanted to offend,
so please listen to my pleas
and I will try my best to please.
My empty arms need you again!
Need You
11/24/99
My eyes long for your eyes,
my hands long to caress
and lips to kiss,
kiss,
kiss.
I have wanted you so long
it is part
of my very being
and I wonder
I ever existed
without you.
You brought me alive,
put heat in my flesh,
pulse to my heart,
fire to my veins,
my soul!
I cannot go back
to not-being,
to being
without you.
Nest
11/3/99
I would nestle in your loving arms
and gush against you, frothing
like the sea in chilly April
waiting while its life begins to wake.
The riot of swimming forms
is not yet here, cold sleep
is shaking off. The sun
is climbing day by day.
I would nestle in your loving arms
and breathe your hair, relax
into your tight embrace, swimmer
sliding into depth. I trace
the wanton hairs across your face
and kiss so lightly cross your cheek
so I do not disturb your sleep,
though the sun is climbing.
I would nestle in your loving arms
and feel my being swept away,
give it up so willingly
without defense or wish to pray.
I soar into the spinning sky,
never question how or why.
I do not fear any harm:
I am in your loving arms!
Net Friend
7/26/2000
I feel I know you a little,
the gentle touch of your mind,
in the messages we trade each night,
the presence that I find
in every word and nuance.
You don't seem far away:
we are ever only a minute apart,
and you're with me every day.
You always are a presence
at the edges of my mnd,
a whisper-ghost through all the day,
"The night will be our time!"
The News
4/19/2001
the nightly news announcer
broke down yesterday,
saying superman is mad
and the world has gone awry
people holding placards
were online in the street
vying for position
hoping hope to meet
and through the crowds roamed beggars
hands extending hats
praying for some bits to bite
a coin or two--all that
makes our world seem it is turned around
south is north and upside-down
there is no shelter from the street
the things you do, the folks you meet
seem animals without a leash
looking for more meat to eat
can't someone
pull us from this situation?
someone
bring this story to salvation
today we need another hero
someone to lift us when we feel low
a bit of magic now to spark the show
a ringmaster for the spotlight's glow
who will lead the revolution
reestablish institutions
break the world of its corruption
in a moral insurrection
once again no one steps up
and the silence says
out of luck
again, we're on our own
real heroes are home grown!
No Expectations
9/21/99
I sat at the counter
and you sat down beside.
I couldn't ignore you
and I couldn't hide.
Your blonde hair cascading
and framing your eyes
awakened old memories
that I thought had died.
Little darling I'll meet you
tonight at your door
with no expectation
we'll meet any more.
Your eyes beckon to me,
your lips promise divine
passions to lure me
and sway me like wine.
I turn and I whisper
my secrets to you,
knowing each I deliver
opens me more to you.
Little darling I'll meet you
tonight at your door
with no expectation
we'll meet any more.
Your eyes have that fire
that I've seen before
in many dear ladies
who then shut the door.
It no longer matters
when joy leads to pain:
though I love and lose,
I'll still love again!
Little darling I'll meet you
tonight at your door
with no expectation
we'll meet any more.
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