Timeless Love

 

 

 

There's nothing new about it

Although there's been great change

Something so familiar

Can never feel that strange

It's the sound of sweet, shared laughter

And comfort that I miss

Knowing what we're thinking

A soft, sweet, tender kiss

Once we were two lovers

Forever we are friends

Two souls joined at the heart

True love never ends

We can't forget what's happened

We can't erase the past

But feelings can resurface

I know this love will last

I'm here if you should need me

I know you feel the same

And if you need to feel the fire

You can always call my name

 

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Love By The Numbers (For Norma Lynn)

 

Forty-six years ago I met her

And I first saw that smile

Two years on a campus

When I was young and wild

Out of there by twenty-one

Struggling to cope

With no sense of direction

Losing faith and losing hope

At twenty-two I saw her

A crowded football game

She smiled and said they missed me

Surprised she knew my name

She hugged me, smiled and walked away

Sweet Angel, one so kind

And I returned to darkness

Walking lonely, feeling blind

Thirty-four years slipped away

I tripped and stumbled on

With no thought of this Angel

My heart became like stone

Nine years ago I found her

When my heart needed a friend

Someone to simply care

 As all I knew came to an end

Her friendship and compassion

Helped heal my broken heart

She helped me learn to smile again

New life began to start

I tried to hide my feelings

For two years deep inside

Until she fell six years ago

No longer would I hide

Five years ago we married

And ending, oh so sweet

But our story has more chapters

Before it is complete

I cannot know how many years

We'll share here in this life

But I'll cherish every day with her

My best friend, love and wife

 

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Things You Tried To Hide (For Philip and Lee)

 

 

We all believed we knew you 

The things you tried to hide

The legacy of sadness

That ate you up inside

The laughter covering the tears

The pain went up in smoke

The hesitation in your thoughts

The cryptic words you spoke

Sometimes I saw behind your eyes

The struggles you went through

I saw a thousand warning signs

Not knowing what to do

Daddy said God understands 

The souls lost in despair

And finally takes them in his arms

And keeps them in his care

Thinking of your suffering

Just tears me up inside

Wishing I had somehow seen

The things you tried to hide

 

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Gratitude: Hours Before Daybreak

 

 

In the hours before daybreak

My mind too full to sleep

Of little obligations

And promises to keep

The smell and taste of coffee

The words of some good song

Start me counting all my blessings

While waiting for the dawn

Where once I was a prisioner

Condemned by my self doubt

In time those doors were opened

And I chased those demons out

Replaced by love so tender

A life with my best friend

I finally found comfort

Inside my well worn skin

 

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Memories of Mama

 You sneaked inside my thoughts tonight

Wrapped in a Neil Young song

At times I hardly think of you

But never for too long

Memories of laughter

That took our breath away

Lessons that you taught me

Comfort me today

Grief gives way to gratitude

And wipes away the tears

Thankful for the love we shared

For nearly sixty years

So long I hoped to hear your voice

An empty wish, it seems

But love lives on forever

In our hearts and in our dreams

 

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Waking Dream (1:45)

 

 

It's a quarter till two and she's restless

With so many thoughts in her head

Trying hard not to wake me, she rises

And quietly slips from the bed

She steps from the room, I turn on the lamp

It seems that we're both wide awake

She brushes her teeth and starts her day early

But barely a sound does she make

Then she opens the door, for that moment I see her

And I find myself falling again

That beautiful smile that she gives only me

My lover, my wife and best friend

Another day starts like the other day ended

I'm the luckiest man, so it seems

From first light to last light her love lights my way

This girl who exceeded my dreams

 

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Happenstance

 

 

It must have been another time

Perhaps some other place

A victim searching for a crime

An unfamilar face

Seasons keep on changing

Wars are being fought

Looking for someone to blame

No one is getting caught

Ships that don't pass in the night

Stones remained unturned

Stumbling in this darkness

While bridges brightly burn

Rhymes that have no reason

Paper stained with ink

Dreamless sleep for dreamers

Trying not to think

It all adds up to nothing

A pointless game of chance

Nothing gained and nothing ventured

A case of happenstance

 

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