Friday, April 1, 2011

The Hug


You drew a line
I crossed it
You gave me a dime
I lost it
You told me to remember
I forgot it
You gave me a hug
I’ve still got it

Janet~
No matter how frustrating it can be,
Don't forget to hug them.....

Little Is Much.....


It's the tiny grain of sand that makes the shore
It’s the drop of rain that fills the mighty sea
It’s the penny that will help the wretched poor
And build the highway out of poverty

Janet~

Yes, little IS much if God is in it!

I was raised on an old proverb from my Grandma,

It rhymes in German but translates to English
somewhat like this,
'He who does not value a penny is not worthy of a dollar.'

Impossibilites



Sometimes I don’t ask because
The pain of rejection is a little worse
Than the ache of wondering if and when
I might hear your voice again

Sometimes I close my eyes because
I see you better with my eyes closed
It’s strange how ever so suddenly
I see you clearly in a memory

Sometimes I cover my ears so I cannot hear
The march of a minute, a day, a year
But to not see or hear you is the impossible part
For I feel you in every beat of my heart

J~

Prelude to Eternity




Slowly, soundlessly the ocher ribbon
Spreads upward from the cusp
Drawing from the dark horizon
Another day for us

Slowly, soundlessly life’s little spaces
Are filled with memory
Leaving upon our faces
Lines of joy or misery

Slowly, soundlessly hours expand
To days and weeks and years
Slowly, soundlessly in time’s subtle hand
A lifetime disappears

Janet~

These words came to me as I watched
the ribbon of dawn expand across the sky.....

Another Song....


….but then another song
Wrapped its warmth around my mind
I felt your arms around me
And your lips so soft and kind
I heard you gently whisper
What must be will surely be
As another song came to me
On the dark and rolling sea

J~

Dreamer's Sea.....



As the long blue shadows reach to steal another day away
And out across each ridge and field the darker colors splay
As noise of busy living lulls and gentler stillness sighs
A voice so deep within me pulls me to the whispering skies
And the starlight in your eyes

As purple tints the borders of a wild and wind-swept bliss
I’m drawn to the corners of a taunting wilderness
Where only thoughts can take me and where only you will be
And where you cannot forsake me on the shore of midnight’s sea
For a dance of misery

As paler fingers reach to brush the darkness from the sky
And somewhere in this perfect hush another night slips by
A song of searing torment sweeps across the dim-lit lea
Where for a flickering moment miles could not keep you from me
On a dreamer’s dulcet sea

Janet~

Music....


It’s a song that suggests at a moment
With my eyes closed
And sweet warmth teasing my lips
It’s a trickle of sparkling laughter
And a china rose
Between my fingertips
It’s the sound of a brief siesta
And I smile
As I absorb its melody
It’s a beautiful kind of music
Song of chamomile
As I pour a cup of tea

Janet~

My Beautiful


While the evening slips to midnight
And the midnight back to day
While day returns to evening
So a life-time slips away
But all I want to say
Oh, all I want to say
Is….today, oh what a beautiful day

While the moments became minutes
Minutes turn to afternoon
But I feel your heart-beat in it
Darling, it’s a lovely tune
And all I want to say
Yes, all I want to say
Is…..what a beautiful day you are today

I cannot touch one moment
Or mile of yesterday
Tomorrow is unknown, dear
All we have is now; today
And all I want to say
Darling, all I want to say
Is…thank-you for being my beautiful today

Can we take an hour
To stroll beneath the moon?
Or stop to smell the flower
That will weep its petals soon?
Darling, let me tell you
Just one last time today
Thank-you for being my beautiful today

Janet~

Thursday, March 31, 2011

The Music of Life...


The music of life is a wonderful song
Sung by the moments that ease us along
I caught an eighth-note when you looked at me
With eyes as blue as the deep rolling sea
And the lilt in your voice and the warmth in your smile
Is a beautiful ballad in life’s lonesome mile

Sweep me into your arms, oh my dear
There’s a song in the stars, and the morning is near
Here in the timbre of midnight’s dark sky
Trembles a love song as soft as your sigh
Warm as the summer, yet wild as the breeze
Strumming the grasses and tossing the trees

The music of life is a rare melody
Oh, how I love when you sing it with me
A ballad of whispers and wild winds and lips
As fleeting as the moment on our fingertips
Written in sonnets of laughter and tears
A love song of wishes and memories and years

Come, oh my darling, may I have this dance?
I feel the longing in your true-blue glance
As we move to the music of love’s symphony
The night falls around us in rich harmony
Come oh my darling, what more can I say
It takes more than the ocean to keep you away

Janet~