Eighth Great Wonder of the World

Laughter like ripples of sunshine
Across the summer lawn
Smiles as bright as noonday
Greet me in every dawn
Heaven wraps its finest
Precious as a pearl
Love pure and untarnished
In a little girl

Soft and sweet affection
In her little arms
She is the reflection
Of innocence and charm
What a tender wonder
This precious little girl
And I think there are eight
Great wonders in this world

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Janet Martin

And With The Dawn.... or Lucky One

And with the dawn comes a fresh awareness
A new gratitude
I’m filled with thankfulness
My passion renewed
You have been such a
Precious friend to me
If there’s no thing as luck
Well then, unlucky me
I can’t imagine my world without you
And with the dawn and with the dew
I know I’m the lucky one
I love you

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Summer Sunrise

You are always out of reach
Rising like a burnished peach
Glimmering and amber-glazed
Once again I stand amazed……

…..As in the silence of the dawn
Here I am to look upon
The work of heaven’s outstretched hand
In lemon splashes on the sand

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There's So Much To Do.....

There’s so much to do
when you’re in love
the sky is so blue
as it smiles from above
How gold is the sun,
How merry the river
And the meadows we run in
stretch on forever
we could sit all night
listening to the tune
of soft starlight
and opaque moon
and there’s never enough
hours in a day
to do all we could
or say all we could say
and dreams are as endless
as infinity above
there’s so much to do
when you’re in love
but
where there is no love
the window is small
often there’s nothing
to do at all

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Mirage....

Pardon me, don’t think me rude
But I was wondering if you could
Turn and look at me again….
You see I’m thinking that the sun
Got in my eyes; I couldn’t see
Or else a wave washed over me
As the blue of sky and sea
Became confused in my periphery
And as I blinked to clear the sun
I looked again….but you were gone

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And I Love You Too

I love little girls with pretty curls
And little boys with eyes of blue
I love flip-flops and hilltops
And I love you too

I love summer rains and daisy chains
I love a moonlit view
I love the sigh of a soft wind’s lullaby
And I love you too

I love one a.m. and heaven’s gem
In crystal drops of dew
I love the yellow rose, new clothes
I love you too

You are the light in my eye, the wish in my sigh
You are my sky so blue
You are my song in the night, my tender delight
And I love you too

You are the chance I took at romance
And I know this is nothing new
I love your glance I love to dance
And I love you too

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Janet Martin

Loving You

Loving you has been one of life’s sweetest pleasures
I have been given the rarest of treasures
Something so valuable, precious and grand
Something I carry in my heart, not my hand
And darling, sometimes I forget, yes it’s true
To tell you how nice it is….. loving you

You love me enough to be honest with me
I don’t care for ‘stuff’… like flattery
Some folk will tell you that truth may hurt
But flattery to me is like a mouth full of dirt
So I can reply in honesty too
It’s been such a blessing…. loving you

I know dear, we’ve had our share of trouble
But anything worth having is worth the struggle
As we stand at the top of the hill and look back
It’s easy to forget little things we lack
And I am so thankful for love kind and true
It’s been such a pleasure….. loving you

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Janet Martin

The Best Sound of All

Sh-h-h-h, don’t say a word
Everything that needs saying has already been heard
The wind is sighing in the willow tree
The fields are a misty silver sea
Let’s not mar this scene with mere syllable
Isn’t this silence wonderful?

Sh-h-h-h, I think I just heard the sound
Of night as she spreads her navy shawl down
And suddenly the green tree is a deep charcoal-gray
Come a little closer, you are too far away
Together I’m sure we can hear the night fall
Isn’t this silence the best sound of all?

Sh-h-h-h, oh, what’s that you say?
Can you hold my hand, well of course you may
There’s nothing in the world that is nicer to do
Than sit here and listen to the silence with you
Don’t you agree as the soft shadows fall
This silence is the very best sound of all?

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Janet Martin