HOW COULD SHE BE REAL?

 

Is she not a mirage?

Born in my arid heart

To confuse my senses

Conjured from my dreams

To give false hope

This wild imagining

Is so cruelly meant

For someone so unworthy

How could she be real?

I FINALLY FOUND THE ONE

 

I finally found the one

The one for whom I’d yearned

And everything was going well

Until my fortunes turned

When the joy became sorrow

And I suddenly got burned

A LOVE SO STRONG

 

A love so strong

With depth and tone

Shared by two souls,

Kindred spirits of the heart

Enough love to last

Three lifetimes

So why would such a love,

Such loving feelings,

Not only fade,

But turn to retched hate

YOU WERE MY ONE AND ONLY # 2

 

You were my one and only

You were the sun in my sky

Now light has been banished

And I must in the darkness cry

RED SUNSET

 

The red sunset is for lovers

Who sigh with lovesick bliss

And in the glow of a blood red sky

The lovers stand and kiss

YOUR EMBRACE IS LIKE A VELVET CLOAK

 

Your embrace is like a velvet cloak

Enveloping me in love

As you speak to my soul

And burn into my heart a perfect love

A KEEP-SAKE

 

A keep-sake

That speaks of love

A handkerchief

Bearing a lipstick kiss

A rose dried and pressed

Within a weighty tome

A missive couched

In terms of love

Or a photograph

Kept beside your heart

SOME PEOPLE SEEK

 

Some people seek

A maelstrom

Or a whirlwind

A breathless passion

Of eternal desire

But for me

I just need to be loved

A PASSIONATE DESIRE

 

A passionate desire,

Made manifest

First in a perfect kiss

Then in a carnal embrace

Entwined with you

In an act of bliss

My love for you

Made complete

YOUR KISS UPON MY MOUTH

 

Your kiss upon my mouth

Your breath against my skin

Your almost palpable touch on my heart

TOWARDS YOU MY LOVE

 

Towards you my love

My heart conveys me

Drawn towards your beauty

And your healing heart

The cherished moments

Of your tender embrace

Sustain me on my journey

Towards your open arms

UNHINGED, UNLOCKED

 

Unhinged, unlocked

Old wounds reopened

A love turned to hate

The passion and desire

Now for revenge

I LIVED IN A CHASM OF EMPTINESS

 

I lived in a chasm of emptiness

A dark void of loneliness

Cold and emotionless

Without purpose or direction

A soulless vessel

Until that blessed moment

When you blew into my heart

Your divine wind

And I was full of love

YOU TOOK ME FROM A SEA OF COLD

 

You took me from a sea of cold

You breathed life into me

Brought me back from the dead

Gave wings to my soul

And put music into my heart

TWO CASTAWAYS

 

Two castaways

Washed up together

Like flotsam and jetsam

The floating wreckage

Of their failed loves

And from the driftwood

Of their own detritus

And broken remnants

Of previous vessels

They manage to build

A new ship of love

IF YOU WERE AN ISLAND

 

If you were an island

Set in a clear blue sea

Dressed with palm trees

Stirred by the scented breeze

With sun soaked beaches

Of coral white

I would be the gentle waves

Washing over them

LIKE DRIFTWOOD YOU FLOATED INTO MY LIFE

Like driftwood you floated into my life

As I cruised upon a calm blue sea

Your presence stirred the peaceful waters

And turned my outlook squally

But though we blow from storm to storm

I still believe you rescued me

I WAS THROWN OUT OF A CLOTHING SHOP

 

I was thrown out of a clothing shop

It was one of the Muslim outlets

All I did was to ask if I could look

At one of their bomber jacket

YOU WERE MY ONE AND ONLY # 1

 

You were my one and only

My hearts song and melody

Now music has been banished

And I must suffer silently

IN A QUIET PASSING TIME

 

In a quiet passing time

I look back on yesterday,

and wonder why it is

That I am so lonely today