You & I
Maybe Love Is All We Need
Maybe love is all there is
After we have quested our fears
And dimmed our egos
Let go of foolish pride
And the past
Maybe love is all that matters
Caring for someone or something
Just a little bit more than myself
It brings me an inner warmth
A glow of peace
Maybe love is all we ever have
To quest the nighttime demons
To banish them back to their own hell
In the severe quietness of being alone
We can be just okay
Maybe love is the answer
To all the prayers of help me, save me
It is lying right in front of us
Like a flower waiting to be kissed by the sun
To blossom, to bloom, to grow
Maybe love is all we need
Quiet
It is quiet here
Like being on a ship on the calmness of the ocean
So quiet that you can hear
You own heartbeat
So quiet that your thoughts
Have tune and space to breathe
To grow into themselves
To grow into you
My feelings float by, slowly
So I can watch and observe them
See them rise and fall like the ocean
Fade to the greenness of the forest
There is a freedom in the quiet
Once torn down by resistance
To take off my mesh of busyness
Allow myself to be alive, to be free
There is sadness, too
And loneliness
But it too is fleeting
It rises and falls with the moon
Then disappears in the freshness of the morning
In the silence
In the solitude
In the quiet
Many Gifts
I love your softness in the hardness of my dreams
Your heat in times of brittle cold
I love your smile to greet the day
To melt my cold street heart
I love your quiet gentleness
As you delve beneath your latest book
To watch you travel many miles
And then come back to me
I love your thoughtful piercing look
As you seek the truth inside my words
You seek the best beneath the waves
As I struggle to the surface
I love your hope that we can be
Two partners on a lonely road
Two peas in pods against the wind
Believing we can be free
Longing
I long to see you sitting there curled up on my couch
With your magazines and cup of tea
I feel your love so much
I long to watch you tire as you struggle to just squeeze
The very last drops of pleasure
As you do just what you please
I long to hear you sigh and moan as you sink into your bath
The bubbles swirl around you
As you let the day go past
I long to see you lying there so happy in our bed
Your eyes are boldly open
And smiling in your head
I long to lift the covers and slide in close beside you
To feel your heat and sleepiness
As you read for me and I do too
I long to feel your tight embrace, your head upon my heart
Your fingers up and down my spine
What I miss when we’re great
I long to drift into my dreams with you there by my side
To love you and to hold you
In the magic of my mind
I Have Your Love
I feel like I have been living in a bubble of my emotions
A seething cauldron that sometimes boils over
But I have had your love to hold me
As my old life burns to ashes
And is blown away
I feel like I have been the resident of a locked ward
Held prisoner by my feelings of guilt and remorse
But I have your love to free me
As the bars fall away
And my chains are unshackled
I feel like I have been living in a house with many rooms
Some of which I have never visited before
But I have your love as my companion
As I sweep away the cobwebs
And open all the windows
I feel like I have been shipwrecked on a lonely island
Maybe the island of forgotten toys
But I have your love as a beacon of hope
As I swim my way to shore
And the safety of your arms
I Want You
Sometimes when you are near me, splendid and perfect in your nakedness
My hands start to tremble
My heartbeat pounds like an African drum
I lose sight of everything
Except your beauty
Sometimes when your heat presses against mine in the coolness of the night
My body jumps with electricity
My mouth and throat are parched
My ears hear only your breath
And I am grateful
Sometimes when I watch you lie restfully on my couch it is all I can do
To stop myself from falling before you
My hands running hot over you
My lips barely touching the back of your neck
My world is consumed
And I want you
Just Being You
The grayness of the morning does not dampen my smile
My enthusiasm is alive and growing
I am borne on the wind like a single yellow leaf
Returning to its home near the river.
Some think the earth is dying as the trees lessen their burdens
But I see it as composting for their souls
As they free their children to the sky
They can rest and enjoy their peaceful rewards
I am grateful to be alive and to be in love
To be loved just for who I am, not who I may become
To love another and give of myself
Is a fabulous reason to get up in the morning
I hope that you can still see the sunlight through the clouds
Still feel the warm southern breeze in your hair
Find that spark of joy in your heart
And reward yourself for just being you
Missing
I will allow myself to feel the absence
Miss the song with my heart
Miss the silent, simple pleasures
That are not here when we’re apart
I will allow myself to feel the sadness
Even as the tears do fall
Cleansing one just like the land
While I’m waiting for your call
I will allow myself to feel the pain
That stretches deep within my soul
A thousand cuts will not betray me
As I’m seeking to be whole
I will allow myself to love you always
Even though you’re miles away
Feel your touch, you walk beside me
Through endless nights and longest days
Grateful
I am grateful for your gentle touch
Your hand upon my heart
I am grateful for our time together
Especially when we are apart
I am grateful for your quiet spirit
Shining from the stars
I am grateful for your inner vision
Showing who you are
I am grateful for your constant kindness
Even in the face of pain
I am grateful for your hidden beauty
That shows up time, again
I am grateful for the gifts you offer
Without expecting in return
I am grateful for the love you proffer
As time goes by and seasons turn
I see you, Joan Riggs
Meditation
The first wave of feelings that floated out from behind my eyeballs
Were soft pink puffs of gratitude
And a wave of forgiveness
Unexpected, unsought
And certainly unearned
The second wave was more severe
Loneliness and missing and fear
Darkened my vision and blurred my eyes
To the truth
To reality
To what I could be
But as I sat in the sadness beside my tears
The gratitude came back like an echo
Forgiveness as a reverberation
Closer to my heart
Closer to where I am and where I am going
I do not want to get lost behind the waterfall
Even though it is safe and dry
I do not want to get lost in the music or chanting
Even though it brings me peace
I do not want to get list in just one moment
When I have a life of love ahead of me
Just Like You
The morning sun will never betray me
Its loyalty is eternal
It rises, even in the rain
More faithful than forever
It reminds me of you
The midnight moon will never betray me
It peeks in my window
Sleeps in my bed
Even when storm clouds chase it away it always comes back
Just like you
The rolling ocean will never betray me
Its deep waters cool me
It creeps closer at night, breaks away in the morning
I sleep in its waves and it comforts me
Just like you
Morning Call
I can feel the joy in your voice in the morning
Like a meadowlark sings to their lover
Like water touching down the quiet mountain side
It brings me peace and severity
It also brings me the intense sadness of missing you
I would gladly die at this moment for one touch
One caress upon your cheek
One brief flash of my hand behind your head, one kiss
I can feel the love in your voice in the morning
Deep held, close to the heart
Yet as free as the hawk circling the earth
Watching over me, loving me from a distance
It brings you to my present, my reality
Seeping in through every pore
I feel your arms around me, cradling me
Holding me as the tears rise, fall and fade
The Light of Love
I sit in the sadness of missing you
Aching from your absence
All my will turns slowly but powerfully toward you
I choose to be a spider in your web of love
I feel you with me, sitting beside me
In the long pauses between my words
In the wind that rustles the trees and chases clouds away
In the darkness of the night before dawn
I know that you have loved me forever
Before we met, before this life time
Before the mountains rose or the waters flowed
Before there was light in the darkness
I am humbled by your love
In awe of your capacity to continue
To preserve, to forgive in the face of deathly peril
To your own safety and sanity
I am committed to this love
No rabbits running, no sudden storms
No crises, real or perceived
No fears shall consume me or anxiety shake me from this love
For I have seen the mighty oak of love
Reflected in your eyes
I will clasp my arms around it and your only love
Until the light returns
With You
I sleep with you on the long full moon nights
While the fireflies dance with the fairies
I hold you so tight as the stars sparkle dust
And the wind carries off all my worries
I sing with you softly in the first light of dawn
As the mist melts away in the sun
I open my arms like the face of a rose
Still grateful a new day’s begun
I walk beside you on the highway of life
As the sun brings a world of new light
The birds fly alive in a blanket of love
And the moon says goodbye to the night
I long for you deeply as the fading sun sets
But the warmth that I feel is alive
I leave you in peace in the presence of God
And open my heart to the skies
One Grain of Sand
In a great ocean two tiny fishes can swim in anonymity
Unseen and unnoticed by the great wash of water
And yet for these two the world is as small as they can see
When they venture out into the vast expense
They know that at least one other
Will watch out for them
Will hold them in the darkness
Will dry their eyes when they cry
One the widest beach two grains of sand
Can sit quietly, alone
Apart from the billions of others
Yet together as one
When they look out at the desert in front of them
They know that at least one other
Will keep them safe from danger
Will shelter them in a stone
Will always love them
I will be your tiny fish and your one grain of sand
You & I
I am all storm and thunder
Without the excitement and fun of lightening
You are the only blue patch of sky
In the darkness of my loneliness
I am a walking, talking neurosis
All drama with little conviction
You are a tall, proud woman
Who walks in her own dream
I am one drunk away from an all-time loser
My hands shaking in the morning, my heart trembling at night
You are the rumour of kindness
As you struggle violently to be free
I am little more than intention
The pushover of my pride and ego
You are my tall, cool grass
Where I can sleep in peace
Perfect
I am perfect as I am
Without any need for my ego to create a great story
I am perfect as I am
From the first point that God gives me one long breath
To begin my day
You are perfect as you are
Without any need to do or think or act
You are perfect as you are
From your earliest days as first born
You are an angel, a gift from heaven
We are perfect as we are
Divine creations in human born
Our only need is to live and be loved
Our only weakness is our fears
Our only limits are those we place on ourselves
We are perfect flowers
Waiting to unfold in the warmth of the sun
Wherever
So many places, points of light
Where you and I can be at peace
So many times and tides have turned
Where we have found release
A sandy beach beneath the sun
A quiet night of beans and toast
Under the coverlet of fog
Along the water by the coast
In cold and damp and multitudes
Burned in a sea of yellow
On silent walks on moonless nights
Our fears grow soft and mellow
No matter where or how or when
On land or sea or distant isle
Alone together we will be
Until our love does die
Love in the Morning
Words are unwanted and unnecessary is the solitude of the morning
Thoughts run free like a trout that slides through the still waters
Only myself and my Creator exist here
My heart is a channel for this reflection
I would much rather have a smile than a good morning to welcome my day
To feel the love of another person
Without having yet done anything to meet this great gift
It is an unmerited blessing that I have still to earn
To have someone hold you in the darkness of the quiet morning
With only the world and small songbirds as our witness
Is proof of a great love
Even to a weak Doubting Thomas as myself
Who never believed he was worthy
Today I accept that gift
With a full heart and clear conscience
My only responsibility is to reciprocate in kind
To give freely of myself and my being
So that I can continue to receive these blessings
Today, tomorrow and forever
Peace of Mind
I am grateful for the peace of mind that comes when I'm with you
Your soft and gentle nature like the sun comes shining through
Whenever rainfall threatens or my world does come apart
I think of you and all you are and I feel you near my heart.
Still Sleeping
We watched as steam rose in great bursts
Like balloons at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade
The still green grass was covered by a layer of white like icing on a cake
The morning crept into the darkness and stole a kiss
While you were still sleeping
The Pieces of Me
My parents are my legs
They helped me to grow from helplessness
To a walking, talking, sentient human being
Able to decide my own future
My children are my arms
They help me to reach out to the world
I will breathe in them and through them
Long after I can speak
You are my heart, my aorta
The current of my life flows through you
It circulates around my body
And returns in love to you
True Love
True love is like the last leaf that clings to the branch even as the arctic winds shake it to its core
It stands alone, unafraid of the darkness of despair, or the haughty laughter of pride and ego
It swims to the surface even with cement blocks around its ankles and sorrow in its heart
It is like an elephant
It never forgets
Nor stoops to beg
Except for forgiveness
True love could be the only star at night, or at least the only one who does not hide from the night
It shines foreverly, like the Brothers, like Peggy Sue, or all the Whos in Whoville
Who have discovered that love comes just the same
Whether you are young and uninspired
Old and wrinkled
Prematurely cognoscente
Or completely unaware
It comes because you are here
Waiting
True love will last through the storms that rage like Ivan the Terrible or Katrina
Swamping New Orleans and driving grown men to tears
On their knees
Begging for relief, or just an end
To the pain
Of being alone
True love means that you are never alone
For it lives within you
Breathes your air and gives you hope
Like today, like the darkness, like the last leaf
Forever
Blessed by Morning Rain
Blessed by the first breath of the morning
Kissed by the rain
Somehow closer for reclamation
I am reborn again
Not by a burning bush
Not by a flash of light
But by the love that’s in your eyes
I am restored to sight
Even on the grayest day
Behind the clouds the sun does rise
Beneath the gloom my spirit soars
My heart has come alive
Just for today I have the chance
To live and love again
Just for today I have the gift
To be blessed by morning rain
A Second Chance
I am grateful for a second chance
New beginnings, a fresh start
My past is now behind me
My soul’s not torn apart
I am grateful to creation
For the courage and the grace
I am grateful to be willing
To show the moon my face
I am grateful to not be alone
To have you by my side
Like the glue that sticks together
We stand up and never hide
I am grateful to be granted
All this peace, just for today
For your honesty and laughter
By your thoughts and what you say
I am grateful to this moment
When the earth is all at ease
What I wish for I’ve been granted
What I want is what I need
Sometimes
Sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly
I learn to feel the pain
Sometimes softly, sometimes harshly
I learn to love again
Sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly
Old memories return
Sometimes pleasant, sometimes awful
Nowhere left to turn
Sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly
I learn to be a better man
Sometimes easy, sometimes hard
I accept just who I am
Sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly
The promises come true
Sometimes sooner, sometimes later
I learn to accept you
Choices
Today I feel like I’m in the right place
At the right time
Another door to my future has opened
Waiting for me to walk through
I can see a path through the forest of trees
Narrow but quite comfortable
For one
Or two
To follow
Along the way there may be distractions and calls to stop
Maybe we’ll take a different direction
But they are like the loons calls at night
False witnesses to today
I can see you with me
As we stop to pick wild blueberries
See the beauty of creation
Beside us
And within our hears
I have chosen life
Or maybe it has rechosen me
If I’m to partake of all its gifts
I must be clear-eyed and clear hearted
I chose to walk with you
Rebirth
Safe inside the blues of dreams
The past once more is present
The walls resound with shorts of joy
To live again once more
The long tall grass now shorn to ground
Wild roses struggle to rebound
Warm beneath the quilts of old
To live again once more
Small touches of the love within
Like trim around the walls of white
A staircase itched with tenderness
To live again once more
Sometimes when dark and silence falls
You hear the whispers of the night
To tell us that it’s just all right
To live again once more
Grateful
I am grateful that the morning sun awoke us from our sleep
Grateful that the stars went home
And in the sky the sun does creep
I am grateful when the noontime comes
And the earth is all afire
It makes me think of our great love, our passion and desire
I am grateful to the rain that falls
To give me time to think and pause
To give me pleasant memories of lying in your arms
But most of all I'm grateful when the sun sets in the west
The day is done, apart no more
We can lay in love and rest
Why
Why have I sought to spurn your gifts?
To reach for castles in the sky
Why have I chosen different paths?
Instead of lying safely
Within your arms of love
I do not know the answers yet to many of these questions
Perhaps my word was far too deep
Perhaps my mind was cloudy
Perhaps I could not realize
That all I sought was here
Today I strive for honesty
To live that truth inside of me
Today I work for willingness
To see the gifts you offer
Today I stretch my heart so wide
To be open to your love
I still do not know anymore
To help me answer all the why’s
The path that I must travel
Still bathed in fog and mist
But I know that on my journeys
I will have your love beside me
To hold me in the darkness
Until the road is clear
Open
Where have I been living all of this time?
So many days have been lost to pain
So many nights I’d rather forget
Then love to relive then again
I once built a great castle with walls and a moat
With towers of birch and guards at the door
I once built a great fortress to keep people out
To live there alone with my pain evermore
But now as the thunder peals roll in the night
The walls of my castle are crumbling to ground
And now as the lightening bolts crash in the sky
The birches of my fortress are falling around
I open my heart to the world and its power
I open my gates to the power above
I open my spurt to receive full grace
I open myself to the power of love
St. John’s
I walk sleeplessly through the streets of my youth
Crooked yellows, blues, reds and greens cling to the hillside
On the high levels where people ran like rabbits
To escape the famine, floods and fires
I lived one day at a time
One block was my horizon
Underneath the false promises of growth and development
The old city still beats a time to its own drummer
Some remember wistfully how it once was
Clutches of shoppers drawn to the water
Church squares the highest peaks
A man in white gloves leading them home
The spirit of the city still sleeps on the boardwalk
Hiding behind the blue containers
It laughs with the fog and cries with the rain and drizzle
Above it all the tower watches guard
A silent sentinel to a loving history
A quiet reverie for what once was
But can never be again
Messenger
It’s okay to cry
When it hurts so had that I can’t take it anymore
My tears release my pain
It’s as if the valve has been opened on a dam that just couldn’t hold back any longer
My tears mean that I am no longer alone
That I no longer have to suffer in silence
My tears are an SOS to my Higher Power
Send help quick, your child is in trouble
And he always responds
Sometimes he sends me a thought, a memory
A picture of someone I love
Sometimes he sends me an eagle to watch over me
Hold me in the darkness
Until the river subsides
And the waters recede
Sometimes he sends me one of His messengers
It could be someone I already know
Who will comfort me and love me
But sometimes it will be a stranger
Will you be my messenger?
Bathed in Green
The world before me bathed in green
And all the earth is still serene
Before the noise can deafen me
I want to send my love
The trees are bathed in sun’s first light
Their leaves a colour of delight
Some think that these are signs of death
But I believe it’s love
A gift from nature in the dawn
The river’s strong but silent song
Love swims beneath its waters deep
And waits for us to claim it
Angels
The thick fog was draped around your neck like a shawl
As you headed out into the unknown morning
Your fears waited patiently for you behind the bushes
But you were not surprised
Or frightened
Because you have a blanket of love and the protection of your three angels
That live inside of you to hold you tightly in the darkness
Give you courage
Give you hope
Grateful
I am grateful to the morning sun that seeps beyond the fog
I am grateful to just feel your heat beside me as I wake
I am grateful to just be alive again after so long in the dark
I am grateful to have another chance to be real and not a fake
I am grateful that so many people held me in their hearts
I am grateful that they did not give up when I strayed very far
I am grateful most of all for you, your wisdom through my pain
I am grateful to your everlove, my sweet and gentle star
Free
Something in the turbulent, ever-rolling ocean calms me
Maybe it is just eternity waiting for me
Or maybe it’s because I know that long after I’m gone
It will still be here
Blue and forever
I love to go to sleep with the whistle of the wind ringing in my ears
To hear the ocean rocking up against the shore
It lulls me to sleep and into its deepest dreams
Where I am called away
Where I am safe
I love waking in the morning with a blanket of fog to keep me warm
Soon the sun will chase it away like butter melting on toast
Leaving you and I to bask in the blueness of another day
Our love asks the ocean to let us be free
Thank you
Thank you for creating a safe place
Where I could just be me
With all my faults and frailties
With all of my judgment and self-loathing
You accepted the real me
Thank you for allowing me to share my inner most fears
And my greatest mistakes
Without judging or condemning me
You slowly and gently helped me learn to forgive myself
To love myself again
Thank you for letting me see the real you
Not just the person that you use to protect yourself
I know why you do that, I did it for years
And all I accomplished was getting hurt
Thank you for letting me see inside your spirit
Your pain and heartache
I see you as a child of God, loved by the universe
Thank you for saving my life
I love you
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