Monday, April 11, 2011

Without Expectation



Do you remember the first time we met?
The summer of summers I will never forget
The sky was so blue when you said ‘hello’
I said ‘how are you’, and then I came to know
There is nothing like the first time

We didn’t have anything to compare it to
You looked at me while I surveyed you
But I wasn’t wondering if you would repeat
The words you said last time, so timid and sweet
Because there’s nothing like the first time

No expectations to which we must adhere
No regrets, broken trust, no wish and no fear
We simply let the wild wind lead the way
And oh, what a day that was, yesterday
Because there’s nothing like the first time

Now we have memories and we have a past
We linger sometimes in the shadow they cast
And we have expectations; that’s the way love is
There is no second first time, with its mystery and bliss
Oh, there’s nothing like the first time

Janet~

Do you know how you know when you're getting old?
When you sit and reminisce:)

Closer


I hold you close to me today
You are not too far away
In my heart I feel you there
As I hold you in a prayer

I hold you close to me today
Love can’t take you far away
In my mind I feel your touch
As thoughts of you fill me with love

I hold you close to me today
In the most intimate way
In the shelter of my heart
We are never far apart

J~

Sunday, April 10, 2011

I Saw Hope




I saw hope today
Ruby frieze on an arm of gray
Boldly flaunted ‘gainst azure sky
True as the blue in my true love’s eye
Oh, I saw hope today

I saw hope today
Quietly rising in a misty fray
As the wind dies down on a silent night
And the frozen pond breaths a sigh of white
I saw hope today

I saw hope today
As the sun slipped behind a wall of gray
I paused to watch her glory sink
Beyond earth’s broad and mystic brink
Oh, I saw hope today

I saw hope today
As time and seasons trickle away
Spring and tomorrow wait in the fringe
Whereon our joy and sorrow hinge
Oh, I saw hope today

Janet~

Special


I’ve heard countless lyrics
I’ve read a sea of poetry
I’ve danced to the music
Of love’s imagery

You’re one of a kind
Yes, take it personally
Darling if you don’t mind
There’ll be no other like you for me

God sure must have loved me
For in His great design
He knew that He would give to me
Your love and make it mine

That’s why this poem is special
Because it’s written just for you
Poems written by other people
Somehow never seem to do

This poem is for you only
So if perchance some day
You feel a little lonely
Listen to the words I say

Love is a universal quest
A hungry, aching need
Yet He gave to me love's best
When He gave you to me

And this poem is very special
Penned with only you in mind
You may search the whole world over
But I know you will not find…

…another poem like this one
Because, my dear, you see
This poem was written
Just for you from me

J~

The Dance


Time will never stop turning
It’s always been this way
The tress rich and raven
Succumbs to soft gray
The hand smooth and supple
Bears life’s tender scars
We are only people
And time simply years
As the violin plays on…

Slow moving quadrille
Come my love, hold me near
It seems time’s old wheel
Is no respecter of tears
But it plucks from our fingers
Our most treasured things
As its harmony lingers
On effervescent wings
And the violin plays on…

Hold back your sorrow
Until some other day
Yesterday’s tomorrow
Is slipping away
While here in the arms
Of life’s bitter-sweet dance
We move to the charms
Of heaven’s soft glance
And the violin plays on…

Come oh my darling
Life hastens away
I see the soft morning
Become yesterday
Dance with me, darling
Let us not waste one song
For no one will tell us
When the music is done
As the violin plays on…

Janet~

Just Like You


Well, isn’t it just like you
To come strolling by
Just when I’ve convinced myself
That everything is fine
And isn’t it just like you
To breeze into the room
Where every door is bolted
And every window too
And isn’t it just like you
To brush away my pain
Whispering little nothings
While you make me laugh again
And isn’t it just like you
To remind me with a smile
Blue is just a color
And a mile is but a mile
And memories are the little threads
That keep you close to me
As the soft light of twilight sheds
It’s eye upon the sea
And isn’t it just like you
As I turn to draw you near
Isn’t it just like you
To somehow disappear

J~

Comforted



Hands of time may
Steal away
Many a coveted thing
But this I know
As the rivers flow
I watch those same hands bring
New gifts of love
As the little girl of
Yesterday becomes a woman
Though time oft steals
It also heals
In the power of a moment
A breath then two
Dissolve to the blue
But I’ve made a sweet discovery
The things I love best
Are timelessly kept
Safe in the vault of memory
And sweetheart, it’s true
Time can never steal you
Though you may fly far from me
I hold you near
In each memory so dear
As they whisper their comfort to me

Janet~

Shadows


I really can’t believe it
You’re growing up too fast
It seems each year that passes
Is quicker than the last

The limb outside my window
Exudes with burgeoning bud
Yet it seems but a breath ago
Its leaf fell to the mud

I guess it bears to reason
Why life flows swiftly by
Season over season
Like the twinkling of an eye

Your cheek once soft and silky
Now wears the ruddy blush
Of youth, vibrant and healthy
Where my soft kiss used to brush

The hand curled round my finger
Now grips a steering wheel
As I suddenly remember
How your wee grasp used to feel

I really can’t believe it
Those little years are past
But I can hear their heart-beat
In the shadows that they cast

Janet~

Last night I watched as a young mother covered her
baby's soft cheek with kisses.
"How do you know she likes it?"
someone asked her.
"I don't know if she likes it, but I do" was the mother's quick reply.

EXACTLY! Those years are gone so fast!