I'll be back later

I have been too sad to write lately. I will be back later. I do love those of you who read my blog. That is assuming that anyone reads it at all.....

Just

Just the tilt of your head

Just the faintest smile or

The way a lock of hair

Falls on your neck.

Just the slightest brush

Of your hand,

The image of your face

In my mind

And the exquisite brown

Of your eyes,

These capture my heart

With invisible strands

Of pure love.

I present myself to you

With a willing heart and

With open arms

I invite you

Inside my soul.

Friday Morning

You've spoiled mornings for me,

No longer can I remain oblivious

To the morning.

I awoke this morning reaching

And the blanket didn't hug back.

No warmth this morning.

I called your office this morning

And the voice said,

She's not here today.

Now I sit here writing pointless lines

Beside a frigid telephone.

I missed you this morning.

Breath

Her voice

Just her voice

The love in her voice

The timbre

The cadence

The joy

Of her voice.

Let me live in it

Sleep with it

Bathe in it.

Just her voice

Her breath

Let me inhale it

Become one with it

Use it for my songs

My breath

And hers

Coupled.

Horizontal Dance

Twisting and turning

Tangling the sheets

Half off the bed

Half out of my mind

Wholly in love with you.

Clenching the pillow

Holding my breath

Half on the bed

Calling your name

Almost to heaven

With you.

Woman fragrance

Fills the room

A mixture of passion

Blended by two,

The magic elixir of

Me plus you.

Love Stuff

For the next few days my blog will contain poems about love...if you are offended by such things please don't read them. For the rest of you (I am pretending that a lot of people read my blog) I hope you enjoy them. I believe that love is love is love, no matter what form it takes and is certainly not restricted by gender, age, or any other human concocted prohibition. Besides, this is my blog and I will put whatever I feel is important to me. I am not sure why I am feeling so paranoid about this...maybe just old insults are surfacing. Anyway......

So You Will Know

This is to those who have loved me so well in this life. It is a little mushy but I am just that way. Maybe I just want the last word! If any one shows up at my memorial service please read this. Now don't get excited, I'm talking about the far future not soon!

Know that I have taken your love with me

And I have left my love here

To always be beside you.

When I go

I will be in the summer breeze

That caresses your skin,

The cloud that softens the heat of the sun

On your brow,

The glint of light on river waters

And the sound of night birds outside your window.

I will be in the love that smiles gently

When you stumble,

And the laughter of children when they play,

In the purr of a kitten,

And in the rhythm of my poetry.

I will live in the sweetest note of music you hear.

If you must cry

Then let your tears water the garden in your heart.

Remember how to smile after your tears

And know I will always love you.

The essence of my being

Will never leave you

But will simply join with you.

These things will be true when I die

But now I live

And I hope I live better each day.

The love you have given me

Has made me a person who knows how to love

And I have loved you all so much.

When I go I will have lived,

Truly lived.

Thank you so much for being my teachers

And the light upon my path.

What a journey it has been!

I will see you on the next playground!