While My Love Sleeps

The moonlight through the window

Shows the beauty of her face

Sleeping here beside me

In this very sacred place

Where fantasy can never match
The passion that's found here
Lying with my Angel love
The one I hold so dear
Holding her so closely
Where two hearts beat as one
Our journey born of magic
Has barely just begun
I wait until the first light
To wake her with my touch
While whispering an oath to her
This heart I love so much
I cling to every moment
As I have from the start
To build sustaining memories
For when we are apart
For this sweet sleeping Angel
Means all the world to me
Her love makes me believe I am
The man she sees in me
So sleep, my darling Angel
May all your dreams come true
But dreams can never match this love
The love I feel for you

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The Magic of You

So many reasons

And so little time

To try to put down

All these feelings in rhyme

Whispered I love yous

A sweet, loving touch

The sound of your laughter

All matter so much

No matter the distance

Wherever you are

My love is there with you

No matter how far

I never imagined

Such dreams could come true

Until I found the magic

Of love that is you

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Now Until Forever

In two more days I'll hold you

For two nights in my arms

Two more mornings waking up

Surrendering to your charms

Sharing your sweet company

The pleasures in your smile

Savoring each moment

To last me for awhile

Every hour is heaven

That passes by too fast

Every word a vow of love

A love we know will last

You fill my days with laughter

With passion every night

Till slumber brings sweet comfort

That lasts till morning’s light

So, I will make a pledge to you

My love to freely give

And treasure this sweet love we share

As long as we both live

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For The One I Love

I had given up on reasons to believe

That love would ever find this aging heart

So far into this tapestry we weave

Much closer to the end than to the start

Counting all the losses I have known

The loved ones I had lost along the way

Afraid this tender heart would turn to stone

A victim of the price I had to pay

I focused on the things that I could change

Believing love could only live in dreams

I tried so hard this heart to rearrange

Where everything is simply as it seems

Then I opened my heart up to a friend

When the walls I had built came crumbling down

She taught me how to somehow smile again

She healed me every time she was around

In time my heart began to realize

The moments that we shared were far too rare

This lady with this kindness in her eyes

Taught me once again that I could care

And then one day she opened up to me

And spoke the words I never thought I’d hear

A love I never thought could ever be

Was given by an Angel I held dear

The heart I had somehow forever changed

With the magic of her tender loving touch

She filled it with her love and rearranged

This heart of mine that needed her so much

And now my world is filled with love and light

My lonely heart has learned to love again

This love we found together is so right

And I will always love you, Norma Lynn

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My Gift

In every waking moment

And every dream at night

Your love is right here with me

I’m walking in your light

With every conversation

And every time we touch

There is sweet satisfaction

In being loved this much

Although the miles between us

Can seem so far apart

You’re always walking with me

Tucked safely in my heart

You’re my present and my future

You’ve healed my troubled past

You’ve given me the greatest gift

This love I know will last

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This Heart

This heart has carried sorrow

And known its share of pain

Praying for some bright tomorrow

When love could shine again

It has weathered all the losses

Of the ones it held inside

It has settled for the wrong hearts

Looking for a place to hide

There were times that it felt broken

Left so empty and alone

When the weight of simply living

Nearly turned it into stone

But it always found a way

To keep believing in the truth

That I could find the Angel

I had dreamed of in my youth

So, somehow it kept beating

And it led me to a friend

A heart that cast my fears away

And caution to the wind

This tired heart has found a home

It feels reborn and new

Because the Angel of my dreams

Is making them come true

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Pining

The moments we’re together

Pass at the speed of light

But time seems to be frozen

Going through these lonely nights

Waiting for the next time

And living for the bliss

That I’ve found in your loving eyes

The passion in your kiss

All the conversations

Replaying in my mind

Replace the lonely silence

In the space you’ve left behind

Now, I’m longing for the comfort

Each time we are apart

In this space that only you can fill

Since you moved into this heart

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Love Realized

I’m not sure just how it happened

Or exactly when I fell

A sweet, unfolding story

 That only love could tell

So much more than I could dream of

What could she see in me

 How could I want another

Her kindness set me free

From all the scars that marked me

And left me cold and bare

She chased away the darkness

And made this man aware

Of all the goodness in this world

And all that I had lost

The things that I let slip away

Not thinking of the cost

But still she saw a light in me

And reached into my soul

She healed me with her loving touch

And made my spirit whole

So, I will spend the time that’s left

And never will forget

To always cherish what we found

And love without regret

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For An Angel

There’s a kindness in your eyes that brings me comfort

And a tenderness inside that soothes my pain

There’s a way that only you can make me feel inside

And a smile that fills my heart with love again

There is love in every tender word you speak to me

There are dreams that you alone can make come true

And an emptiness inside that only you can fill

And a million reasons more that I love you

There is hope in every promise of tomorrow

And the joy of loving living for today

Where the gift of simply being here beside you

Is worth whatever price there is to pay

For this life spent searching for a certain angel

At times seemed like a foolish thing to do

But this love that I have found is my great treasure

And this heart of mine belongs to only you

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In My Skin

I don’t know why it took so long

I’ve had this skin for years

It took a lot of living

To get past these doubts and fears

So many loves and losses

Most lessons have a cost

Every wrinkle tells a story

Of something loved and lost

Struggling with self-confidence

And little self-esteem

Believed a life of happiness

Was just a fading dream

Then somewhere on this winding path

I made a subtle turn

Those lessons came together

And showed me what I’d learned

Stopped caring what the world thought

Started trusting in myself

Left those doubts that strangled me

In darkness on a shelf

Beside the things that held me back

Enabling me to be

Comfortable inside this skin

Like I was meant to be

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Words

Some words come so easily

Some feelings wear me down

The truth can be so hard to speak

Whenever you’re around

I wear my heart here on my sleeve

But something’s locked inside

Behind the smile here on my face

A secret I must hide

They say the truth will set you free

But my prison is my mind

Locked up with these memories

The truth is hard to find

Afraid to feel that pain again

While love just slips away

Standing cold and speechless

With so much left to say

So, we build up these defenses

Resigned to live alone

A heart designed to feel so much

Can slowly turn to stone

The tongue won’t speak the feelings

The mind controls the heart

When words could break down all the walls

Keeping us apart

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