WHEN I PLIGHT MY TROTH

I don’t understand even though

I wear my heart on my sleeve

When I plight my troth

You find it so difficult to believe

 

I have never hidden my feelings

But I would not have plighted

Should I, for a moment, thought

They would not have been requited

OH FOR A SIGHT OF YOUR SMILE

 

Oh for a sight of your smile

Soothing as chamomile

To ease away my frown

Picking me up when I’m down

WHEN I FIRST LAID EYES ON HER

 

When I first laid eyes on her

It was with music in my heart

And poetry in my soul

It was she who possessed the love

Which she brought into my life

A love she generously shared

And then I fell in love with her

SHE WAS ALWAYS MORE TO ME

 

She was always more to me

Than just a wonderful wife

She was quite simply

The rhyme and hue of life

WE HAD SEPARATE HOLIDAYS

We had separate holidays,

Because we thought

Absence would make

The heart grow fonder

But when we returned

To our home afterwards

We both wished

We’d stayed away for longer

IF LONELINESS IS YOUR FEAR

 

If loneliness is your fear

There’s no need to shed a tear

For the solution is clear

Just find a love sincere

Someone to hold dear

And watch sadness disappear

THE LOVE THAT DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME

 

The love that dare not

Speak its name

For fear of bringing

Upon them, shame

 

Denial of their love

Would be a cruel betrayal

For inside they knew

It was perpetual

 

Try as the families might

It would not be swept

Beneath a convenient carpet

Their bond was kept

 

And when they were safe

Behind a closed door

Their love was expressed

As true lovers adore