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

RED DRESS

 

I find that I have to confess

Though she lacks finesse

And her hair is a complete mess

I feel I can no longer suppress

The feelings I want to express

For the girl in the Red Dress

IN HER DEEP BLUE EYES

In her deep blue eyes

Blue like the ocean deep

I looked for my reflection

But I couldn’t see it

Then all at once it hit me

Washing over me

Like a tidal wave

And I was left breathless,

Drowning in a sea of love

Then your arms were around me

And we made love

In the breaking waves

THE COMPASS OF MY HEART

 

The compass of my heart

Points for all its worth

With unwavering certainty

To the true polar north

 

It is not easily diverted

Or drawn to any latitude

But remains unerringly

On its northern longitude

MY DEAREST WIFE AND I WERE HAPPY

My dearest wife and I were

Happy for twenty years

Unfortunately we met then

And life was suddenly full of tears

I FIRST MET ANDREA

 

I first met Andrea

Beneath a stone grey sky

In the barren frost covered fields

Where the raspberry canes would grow

Her cheeks were as red

As the expectant fruit

And hair the shade of chestnut wood

Breath plumed as she spoke

And her nose dripped in the cold

Laughter followed her

And her lips always bore a smile

As we toiled in the canes

All day long with knife and twine

And I fell in love with the girl

Whose hair was chestnut brown

Amongst the raspberry canes of autumn