POETRY: ONCE UPON A TIME....YOU AND I LOVED

If you merely knew the sorrow I felt,
All those nights without you, all those nights watching the candle melt..
Tonight, tonight will be nothing more than a dream, unreal,
A dream where I find the courage to tell you how I feel.

There's so much I want to tell you,
So much I want to say, if you only knew.
Every night I pray and pray that you feel the same about me,
Cause deep down I know we're meant to be.

Your eyes are so dark and mystical, as the black of the night
A man can get lost in them and never find his way back.
Your lips are so red the roses green with envy
Your smile is so warm and pleasant
that even heaven thinks with spite... this could not be.

Nothing on the earth is as soft as you're gentle skin,
Your hair is so full of life when it dances with the wind.
I can feel your wonder as you walk into the room,
I can hear your voice that's as sweet as a mid-summer?s bloom.

Your kindness can bring a man such wonderful bliss,
A sweetness like yours is like an unforgettable first kiss.
I'll be there to share your pain and cry by your side,
But, most of all I'll be your friend, someone in whom you can confide.

In a dream I embrace you under the romance of the moonlight,
As we kiss and let ecstasy take over the starlit night.
I wake up the next morning  seeing the most wondrous sight,
As dusk passed over I revealed it was you while we dined by candlelight.

Yet, this is nothing more than a lover's fantasy,
Conjured up by my yearning heart at a quarter past three.
I lie down as I cry your name into the forsaken night,
Hoping you?ll show up and be my saving light.

My fondness for you isn't something new,
I fell in love the first time I laid my eyes on you.
In time my desire grew and grew,
Into a passion unconditional, honest and true.

Open your heart and let your feelings show,
Cause I just can't bring myself to let you go.
Take me as I am, take my dying heart,
And save it before it breaks and falls apart.

And that's all there is to say,
The endless night has ended,
And tomorrow is but a moment away.

The sun will rise and the birds will chirp anew,
Dawn will break and my never-ending quest will continue,
As I build enough courage and find it in my heart to say,

"My darling, I love you."




PART 2


The softness of you
Engulfs my every want care or worry
-moreover,
Now, is mostly meaningful
For memory's sake.
It's your absence that I
Embrace.

The sweet look on your God-perfect
Lips-as they encrypt their
Brand on the inner recesses of
My mind with subtle kisses,
A most unkindly kind.

Filtered sunlight prances it's way upon
The folds of her hair,
And our communication is perfect
In the muted form,
It's the sweet silent speech
Of timeless time.
 
I sink in slowly,
Floating on these rays of light
Where even with my eyes closed
It's bright.
Closest to her in dark light,
She haunts my mind in the
Midsts of the night-
As I fade out of sight.




PART 3

My angel... so full of warmth.
Take me in your loving arms.
Wrap your wings around me and protect me from the cold.

My angel... so full of love.
Take me in your heart and protect me from hurt.

My angel... so full of light.
Take me in your soul and guide the way to true happiness.

My angel... I ask these of thee and in return...
My angel... I will take you in my arms
And protect you from the cold.

I will take you into the deepest depths of my heart
And protect you from hurt.
I will take you into my soul and guide your way to true happiness.
My angel... above all else, I will love thee for eternity.



PART 4


Your eyes are like the sun's rays,
That dance upon the sea.
They make me want to hold you, touch you,
When they look at me.

Your lips, so full and tender,
I yearn for their gentle touch.
I can't wait until ours reunite,
As they dance to the rhythm of our love.

I long for your arms to hold me,
To make me feel so safe and secure.
I could lay in your arms forever,
And listen as my heart beats with yours.

There are so many feelings, emotions,
That I cannot express.
But maybe someday soon,
They can be physically addressed.



PART 5

I found out what my heart was hiding behind its very walls.
It was a dream; one that I wanted to be true.

It wandered in from nowhere, I knew not where it came from.
So when I found it standing there, I cried out for sheer joy.

The dream, it kept me happy, I treated it bad.
So, then one day it walked away, out of my heart forever.

Have you seem my dream?
Oh, I forgot. . . it's you.




PART 6

Once upon a time
In a land far away,
You and I loved 
Yet in a different way.
For we have always been together
In more than just this life,
And will be forever
Now that you are my wife.

Because soulmates are made
For eternity,
To love and to cherish
Just you and me.

Now should you get mad
At something I might do,
Just remember that I love you
And that you love me too!