Pathways: January 2013

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Guarded Thoughts

Guarded thoughts within my mind

keep reaching for my soul

I’m trying not to fall in love…

afraid to lose control

Resistance wanes with each new day

I’m barely holding on

I hear his voice inside my heart…

defenses almost gone

I really don’t know what to do

I’ve never felt this way

Each time I hear the telephone…

not now I start to pray

Is he the one I’m waiting for

my partner in this life?

A father to my little ones...

and will I be his wife?

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

What Have We Truly Found

Your smile delights my lonely soul

and sets my heart on fire...

Expressions formed from deep within

we soon embrace desire

Your words are lovers I adore

they make sweet love to me...

The passions that they stir inside

soon lift my spirit free

Your lips commune with mine tonight

we soon find common ground...

An avalanche upon us now

no turning back around

Monday, January 21, 2013

Your Picture

Your picture hangs up on my wall

an image trapped in time…

I parse the memories one by one

each night inside my mind

Your somber beauty never fades

behind the broken glass…

What started out so promising

you knew it wouldn't last

Oh Jenna how I miss you so

this loneliness is hard…

Why did you tear apart my heart

and then my love discard?

Friday, January 18, 2013

Night Visions

Rainbows gently touch your face

and clouds adorn your hair…

Mountain peaks that touch the sky

your beauty they declare…

Eyes that penetrate my soul

your message there conveyed…

The memories of so long ago

are here again today…

Darling bid me come to you

and hold me close once more…

Kiss me gently on my lips

just like you did before...

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Struggles

Day by day the struggles come

and questions start to mass

Answers seem so hard to find

the heavens are as brass

I’ve used up all my lessons learned

and hope is fading fast

Got to find another way

to make so little last

Monday, January 14, 2013

Today

Today you walked the stairway home

your journey here complete…

Heaven’s doors were opened wide

and loved ones you did meet

The angels smiled as you walked by

no tears were in their eyes…

An entourage from heaven’s throne

I'm sure you were surprised

Friday, January 11, 2013

The Masquerade

She hides behind the golden mask

her inhibitions gone

While acting out her fantasy

enthralling every one

Emerald eyes and ruby lips

a flower in her hair

She dances all across the room

while all the young men stare

Passions chained and locked away

are loosed before our eyes

This masquerade a brief pretense

Oh how her spirit cries

One by one her suitors fail

she passes on them all

They’re not what she is longing for

she prays the mask wont fall

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Bittersweet

So many times I think of you

though many years have past

You’re still a part of who I am

although we didn't last

Sometimes the memories overwhelm

at times they make me laugh

The bittersweet within my heart

a faded photograph

Thursday, January 3, 2013

From There To Here

Sometimes in dreams my youth returns

with visions from my past

Cascading stream of memories

I watch until the last

The rebel from so long ago

reminds me of my loss

The things I used to cherish most

and what ambitions cost

In moments when my friends arrived

my heart would leap within

The faces from so long ago

and what we could have been

We’d sing the ballads of the day

and dance to Carry On

While love was coming to us all

in time it all was gone

How did I get from there to here?

Why did my values change?

If I could now go back in time

Your Words

Your words are weapons in disguise

inflicting so much pain

From time to time a truce declared

and then you strike again

The wounds within my soul are deep

you chiseled everyone

No mercy in your character