Poems of Love
It is impossible to love and to be wise
.... Francis Bacon
Poetry allows us to express our deeper feelings
without appearing trite ...... Keith Scott
TIME STANDS STILL
Time stands still as falls a gentle rain,
Sweet memories linger easing pain.
My love lies here within my heart
Though, in truth, we rest apart.
Stray thoughts wander through the mind
Of wond’rous hours not far behind.
Joyous love-making creates a smile
And other loving acts do me beguile.
There is no way content I’d be
Unless your smile is there for me
As I hold close your flesh most dear
And let our love drive out all fear.
For we have so much left to do
Leaving nothing that we would rue,
As together life’s joys we sample,
Knowing that our love is ample.
We will take all that life will give
And know that now is when we live,
As we cast aside all thought and care
And yield ourselves to what we share.
And, if to others we give some measure
Of the love that gives us pleasure,
Then we’ll know that now together
We have found our joy and treasure.
EPHEMERAL SPIRIT
Last night I dreamt of you ...
A dream I lived once upon a time.
The heart aches more to lose what you have lived.
Yet better far to have known the joy you’ve lost
Than to have spent a life of dreary days ...
And lonely nights
T’was a dream that encouraged ...
Strengthened;
A dream born of faith ...
And hope
And tinged with aching memories.
So, may I share it with you as I did last night?
It was I, sitting there, on my stallion
White as pure driven snow,
Blowing hard through distended nostrils,
Steam rising, smelling of horse and summer night.
And there you were, long silk dress dancing in the breeze;
Both hiding and emphasizing your body in the moonlight.
Fearful of breaking the spell, I could not breathe.
My steed, sensing the loss my control, slowed to a walk.
Entranced, my knees, pressing his flank, urged him on.
My gaze was caught and the moment has become eternity.
It seems forever since last I walked,
Hand in hand beneath the jewels of the night;
My lover, confidant and friend ... at my side.
Oh how I joy that once the dream was shared,
Each frail heart strengthened by our care,
Stronger together than the total of the parts;
More beautiful, reflected in the eyes of love.
We gave despite the cost,
We took without the fear.
That was beauty!
A GOLDEN LIGHT
A golden light was kindled then
With love and tenderness as when,
That dark and dreary, dismal day,
In love and kindness, you did say
The words I'll treasure in my heart
Until I must from this world depart.
Three words that when are said together
Give hope and joy that last forever.
I thank you for that gift to me
That from that day has left me free
To share with you all joy and beauty
And know it as a gift not duty.
May I then with open heart to you
Admit in turn that I love you too
LEST WE REGRET
Lest we regret the time we wasted,
Let us know that we have tasted
Each and every precious hour
And from it drawn such loving power
So ne'er again will we permit
Any harm or any hurt to sit
And cause a wounded heart to fester.
Instead we talk, at least a gesture
Together always, two as one
Facing forward, regrets are none
Support we each the others needs
And tend with love those precious seeds
Come whatever the world may throw
United we our faces show.
If one should falter the other sustain,
Adding courage, might and main.
For 'gainst our love the worst will fail
And beat our shield without avail.
For our armour is our love.
We walk together hand in glove.
What folly then to try us part,
Nothing can tear heart from heart.
Instead we together closer grow
And joy and beauty in us show.
LOVE IN THE MOONLIGHT
Stars flash diamond pinpoints from a velvet sky
And drifting fireflies flash them their reply.
Moon-soft light reflecting from the lake,
Rippling highlights in the current’s wake.
In the background rise the shadows of the trees
And branch and leaf rustle softly in the breeze,
Scented with soft perfume from your hair,
Taking us to a world that’s safe and fair.
Breast to breast we stand and, in wonder, stare
Immersed in the joy and beauty that we share;
The warmth of our bodies softly melded
Echoing the way our souls are welded.
Lost in eyes shining from the shadows of your face,
My legs fall weak and how my heart doth race.
My stomach aches from such yearning
With the depths of love’s relearning.
Feeling one with the joy and beauty all around us
We summon forth a cloak of magic to surround us.
As my lips seek sweet softness in thine own,
It seems we together sink into a world alone.
A world of love and joy that we alone may enter,
A land where souls and bodies meet at the center.
A magic place where every touch is tender,
As in love we each our heart’s surrender.
LOVE WARMS THE HEART
Winter's Arctic winds do chill a body to the bone,
Yet none so cold as the heart that stands alone.
For warmth to them can only come
When together, they beat as one.
So sweetheart then, it is to you I owe
The glowing love that warms me so
ISLANDS IN THE SEA
Islands floating in this wild, chaotic sea.
That is our lonely, loveless life
Carried by wayward currents helplessly
With our days of constant strife.
How wond'rous then, to find with thee
This haven and our place of peace
That allows our souls their fantasy,
Where joy and beauty give release.
Would that others too could find and see.
Then would they, with courage, seize
The moment that would set them free
And thus, to lay their hearts at ease.
Might it be as with two, so then with three
That open-hearted love can dare
The one whose need is such a silent plea
To come inside our love to share.