Just Friends

I thought about you all day long

replayed the words you said…

Kept trying to deflect the thoughts

that churned inside my head…

I’m trying to convince myself

that we can be just friends…

No matter what I try to do

the longing never ends…

I just can’t seem to run away

no matter how I try…

When saying that there’s nothing there

I know it’s just a lie…

So what am I supposed to do?

Where do I go from here? …

The heartstrings pulling endlessly

and how you feel unclear…

All Rights Reserved Jon Arno 2014



music Paul Cardall

First Embrace

Another night out on the town

with nothing else to do...

A promise I would meet some friends

to share a drink or two...

I turned and saw you standing there

you took my breath away...

A moment in eternity

was sealed for me that day...

Attraction far beyond this world

our souls were knit as one...

Before we even spoke a word

our journey had begun...

We stood and stared for quite a while

a smile upon our face...

We knew the search was over when

we shared our first embrace...

All Rights Reserved Jon Arno 2014

Music by Paul Cardall

I Try

Sometimes the loneliness is hard

a desperate restlessness...

An overwhelming sense of loss

I try to then suppress...

A longing deep within my soul

that can't be satisfied...

A wounded spirit all alone

a love that never died...

I try to reach you with my thoughts

to touch you from afar...

Somehow I hope with all my heart

you hear them where you are...

All Rights Reserved Jon Arno 2014

Music by Paul Cardall

Overwhelmed

Unprepared and overwhelmed

our paths...they cross again...

Awkward in my measured words

I smile and just pretend...

I can't believe you're standing there

I'm lost for words to say...

Never thought we'd meet again

but here you are today...

An avalanche of memories

and taken by surprise...

Feelings I had locked away

you see them in my eyes...

I'm caught between two paradigms

and don't know what to do...

Words are welling up inside

I'm still in love with you...

All Rights Reserved Jon Arno 2014


Music by Paul Cardall

Grateful

I'm grateful for the many years

the good ones and the bad...

The joys upon the mountain top

and days when I was sad...

They all are part of who I am

the chapters in the book...

A compilation of the days

along the path I took...

I met so many precious souls 

who shared their lives with me...

I'm honored to have known them all

they taught me how to see...

All Rights Reserved Jon Arno 2014

Music by Paul Cardall