…the call of her voice

Each contour of her face

The thought of her

Never to take her hand into mine

So I dream of you every night

Not a second out of sight

I hear every pitch

As you nestle in every niche

Of my life

A fool some may say

To live in this way

To live in a Day Dream

While they struggle it seems

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To love…

Let me bask in this fate

Never let me wait

For one moment to be by your side 

Not a dream at all

As I listen to your call

And I see the beauty of your smile

Reality you see

Tangible is this I call fate

Can never be denied

A love meant to be

Though many times did I fall

You were here all the while

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...fate of a fool

Anticipation abounds

A sense of wonder surrounds

As I sit down to write her today

My heart opened wide

All these feelings inside

Offered to her every day

To give of your self

Asking nothing in return 

An ethos long since learned

Seems this comes with a cost

A split in the heart

A love never there from the start

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The moment...

Can be difficult to know 

As questions always grow 

Please accept I can be a bit slow...

To understand what we have

Sometimes I get lost

As eyes become glossed

Knowing of the cost...

To our Love

Always I look at you 

Beauty and Love shine thru

A heart aimed so true 

A moment I see Love...

As it's meant to be

Seems I always knew 

A sketch fate so drew

Our Love was there and grew... 

A life choreographed

The moment we found eachother

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...not a word

As I look to the floor

Walking thru the door

Mindless steps sorely taken

Looking back in the mirror

Blurred lines become clearer

Could my words have been mistaken

Pages not as they seem

Was this only just a dream

From which I was destined awakened

I sit here in pause 

Pen and paper with no cause

A dream all but dismissed

Not a word in my hand

Not a drop in the sand

Only the void of this dark abyss

I wait the end of day

In sleep a word I pray

Lest fate be a bit amiss

Shadows now sleep 

Desperation sinks deep

Light begins to creep...

Into the empty page at which I stare

Glaring back like a dare

Not a word, not a sound, not a care

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...a storm

A chill in the air as I wake 

On this morn

Rain silently falling a prelude

To a storm 

It starts with just thought

Just a whisper in my ear

Resounding evermore

As the thunder grows near

Try as I might, 

I can't out run the fury 

Of this storm that is coming

With each step I become wary

So I sit here on this day

Boots soaked to my feet

Let it rain on me today

Let the storm so be replete

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...If Only

If only I could explain

Yet still unable to say

The emptiness that overwhelms

The loneliness of the grey

To understand your love

Is to read a blank page

Knowing the words are there

Locked within a cage

If only you could know

How I struggle every day

With the concept of Love

Though so many times do you say

If only I could find the words

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If I would write poem to you…

If I would write a poem

Of only you it would be

A poem to last eons 

No words no letters to see

A poem only for you

Why else would I write

No paper nor ink

Only my thoughts on this night

Consequential so are you

Never forget who you are

To bring hope and love

A message with such devoir

No need to be remembered

Doesn't matter any way

To give yourself without reprise

And help just one today

If I would write to you

Surely you would know

You’re the trickle of a spring

The river to overflow

If I would write to you

I hope you may one day know

A poets strength 

A poets Love

Words that forever grow

I think you already know

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...to know you

On a hill in the sun

Your words are so clear

A distance too far

Yet I long to be near

In awe of your words

If ever to be know

Reverence videlicet

If only I could show

You have the gift 

The ability to speak

Each meaning of each word

I so diligently seek

To know you

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… life replete

To express thoughts

As many cannot

Don't know why

Never was sought

Afar am I chained

Never to be meet

A destiny so writ

A life though replete 

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...not a poet at all

It's only words on a line

On a page in a time

When a thought rushes by

When some words find a line

Not a poet am I 

I wish I had the gift

To expose the beauty 

Of words that explain, only if

To see the beauty

When each letter is writ

When a thought, a feeling,

A candle is lit

This is my onus

The reason I write

Each letter, each word

From darkness comes light

Not a poet at all

Just a voice from an echo

In a mirror 

On a wall

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...on a leash

Not of a conspiracy theory I speak

Please allow me to say

Just the simple observance 

Of simple minds held at bay

Our Congress and Senate

The voice of us all

In tune with the elected 

So is democracy's call

We the people chose this path

By votes do we abide

The left and the right

Respect the choice of each side

A four year limit each term

Without the voice of us all

The option to reelect 

In the hands of us all

Yet now in congress and senate

Are sycophants led on a leash

Our voices are silenced 

By lies, intimidation at the least

Stand firm Do I proclaim

Against an unelected pastiche

Who now force the congress and senate

All chained it the back yard on a leash

Your vote does matter

If only to make a stand

Never allow the flames of hate

Be so carelessly fanned

By an Autocrat

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...A shadow in the light

Walking just a step behind

A shadow in the light

Always there to help each thought

Never out of sight

A whisper in my ear at times

Helping when words elude

A lift for inspiration 

As each line of words ensue 

Never at a loss for words

Aflow from hand to paper

Without pen in hand 

But a cloud of fading vapor

I walk each day in solace

My shadow always near

To free the words kept deep inside

Locked behind this broken mirror

It is difficult for me to express

My thoughts as they race within 

Like looking out the window of a racing car

And seeing tree after tree after tree

But not able to explain the beauty between them

Though I see every bug on every leaf in-between each tree

I can only sometimes talk about a tree.

This is when I find comfort in the arms of words that free

My thoughts... it's here when time slows down for me and within

Each line of each poem I can show someone what I see what I feel 

Who I am.  

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An Ode...

My voice can't speak

Of my feelings for you

Only written words

Can say I love you

Have tried for so long

Yet I could never explain

The true feelings I had

Spoken words all in vain

Hidden within

Kept far out of reach

Shackled by time

Words separated from speech

The day I met you

The day I was set free

The day you unlocked

The chain bound to me

An Ode to my Love

Every day do I write

A love when I wake

My Love thru the night

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...words in a letter

I don't know how to tell you

I lack the ability, you see

So many thoughts scramble the words

I try so hard to set free

A handful am I

I do admit it's true

If only I could explain

If only you knew

I stand here in awe

Eyes fixed on the light

Of my moon in the sky

Such a beautiful sight

While tethered to this earth

By your beauty am I pulled

Never to be one

Never to be full

For only one touch

Yet out of reach does it seem

Am I holding onto a fantasy

Of a hope in a dream

In this letter I write

With a tear and a sigh

Of only two letters

Just You and I

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...I'm always here

I see you now, My Love

Your stronger every day

But a burden have I become

A hindrance would you say

My only fear you know 

Is that I keep you from the one

Who could be there in your life

So a new life could become

Please don't hesitate to tell me

Only honesty can exist

You could never hurt me darling

If your happiness is at risk

You know I will always Love you

I hope you would the same

I fear your life can not get better

While tethered to my name

Please think on this my Love

Think of what's best for you three

I can not bare to see you alone

If being alone is caused by me

Should you choose that road

Please know I'm here

If ever you should fall

My back will never turn

I'm always here 

For you to call

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...lost

Useless I seem

Or is this just a dream

Sometimes I don't know 

The truth

To say I don't care

Out of nowhere

Is farthest from the truth

A failure to you

Don't know what to do

Confused am I sooth

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...Never surrender

I sit here hands poised

A keyboard in hand

In silence we walk

Only footprints in the sand

Voices now requisite

Amass on the polls

Never allow hate to sate

Shine the way for your souls

The voices of the many

Should never be drowned

By the meaningless drone

Of an angry voice with no sound

I'm old I admit

But I revel in the strength 

Of the youth of this world

Your determination to wit

Never bow to the aggressor

Hold fast to your dreams

Never surrender your ideals

It's easier than it seems

Trust me

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...because of you

This day now begun

I watch time keep it's pace

Each minute into hours

The hands seem to race

Much today to do

As I plan every second

Each tick of the hand

A deadline to reckon

As I lay in my bed

Not much to be said

A day inconsequential

Tied by a thread

Then I open this thread

A picture as you both walk

Your smiles enthrall

No need for talk

As I look upon your beauty

I know each line every curve

To stare into your eyes

My inspiration, my Oeuvre

When I looked at the clock

Not a second has passed

Yet it seems years have gone by

Is this immortality at last

So I lay here each night

Eyes fixed on your gaze

Till mine eyes grow heavy

No longer counting the days

I rich man now am I

Not by possessions nor gold

Each day of my life

Filled with happiness eightfold

Because of you

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...my mone

How can it be

All my life I stood alone

Never in need of another

A cold heart of a stone

How can it be

Is this weakness or fear

Needing your love

Wanting you near

How can this be

I never was shown

True love does exist

In the warmth of my Mone

Now I know this is true

As my heart has since warmed

By the heat of your Love

Loneliness now forlorn

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…reprise

This wall, I know every stone

So how is it she

Passes thru, 

Be calm, she speaks with her eyes

And now I can see

The beauty of true love's reprise

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