POETRY: YOU GUIDED ME AND GAVE ME YOUR LOVE

With you, I talk the way I long
To be able to talk to people. I
Talk and act, with you, the way
That is truly me. I don't talk
And act this way with a lot of
People, only a choice few; and
You are the most choice of
Them all. So, I want to tell you
Now: Thank you for letting me
Be myself with you and still
Loving me, even though you
Know the true me. Thank you
For not letting the fake me
Be around you but only my true
Self. I don't know how you do
It, but you do; and you still love me
At the same time.



2

he warmest shivers run down my spine when I think of you,
anticipating the look your beautiful eyes give me every time you look at me.
The happiness you've given me has melted
into my body and permeates through every inch of my skin.

My heart and soul actually smiles together for once.
Words can't even describe how happy you've made me.
I feel like this is the first time I've ever truly smiled
in my Life.

I had kept my heart locked away deep inside for a very long time,
just waiting to be released.
And I think you might be the one who can finally open it.

Your eyes don't just look at me, they see me all the way through.
Your kiss stays on my lips hours after you've kissed me.
I can still feel you there.
Your hands touch me all the way to my soul, and for once
it doesn't scare me.

Everything about you is burned in my memory for a lifetime to come.
And when we are old and gray together, I can tell our children,
I was with an incrediable man who saw me, heard me, touched me
like no other had...
one who made me smile all the way through.


3

My love..
In the beginning I was so lost
and you took my hand.
You guided me and gave me your love.

Looking back over our past
I have now come to understand
How life is a river
flowing toward the great sea.

Along the course, we have traveled for so long,
sometimes fast..
sometimes slow..
but always together, hand in hand.

We braved the storms, rapids and waterfalls.
And, there were many obstacles which made us turn
first one way..
then another..
But, each bend bringing us closer to the great sea.

Throughout our journey we have shared
our lives..
our dreams..
our laughter..
our love..
to be together at the river's end -
at the great sea:

A place where our bodily shells are cast away to show
our love flickering brightly.

A place where gold and silver reflects our love
to light our way in soft luminous shades.

A place where diamonds, rubies and precious crystals
sparkle at each of our kisses.

A place where the laughter of children playing
brings us tears of joy and happiness.

A place where the strumming of the angels' harps
weaves soft tapestries on which we lay.

A place where the twinkling of the stars
are our loved ones only dancing about.

A place where we journey never more.

Listen..

Do you hear a faint ringing of the captain's bell?
Are we near the river's end?

My love..
Take my hand as we go down to the sea.


4

In your eyes I see an angel,
a beautiful creature in a glow of pure sunlight...
Through the darkness of your eyes
I see the midnight sky
with stars like diamonds shining bright...

I see love, pure and innocent; love enveloping me
in the peace of your beautiful eyes...
Your eyes show me my future,
I see my life go by,
I see my wife and even hear our baby cry...

Looking further I see our hair go grey
and, yet, your hand is still holding onto mine...
That's what I see when I look in your eyes,
not just once but I see us... everytime.




5


Her magic kiss
faery dust in my blood
Her touch
Her scent
lingers in my soul
a Stolen moment
and bittersweet memories



6

Your tide crashes against my shores
Your sails open into my breeze
How I long for you to deliver me
Across this endless brutal sea

I open my arms to you
And swallow your tranquil pleas
Every inch, every breath
Brings it all back to me

An ocean full of memories
All along the shores, a strength I see
Every hope, every dream
Threatens me like nature's overpowering streams



7
I thought if i put things away....

Love,

Passion,

Hopes, and dreams

Nothing would ever cage me

But the day you walked into my life
these things i put away slowly began to open
door by door.


My mouth becomes dry, and my hands begin to sweat;
all i can think of is the taste of your sweet kisses
and the whisper of *I love you* in one gentle breath.


Again, i am naked for the whole world to see
but i have no fear... for if i had not met you
i would have never opened these things i had put away.