Promise

Again, I open my eyes slowly
to the first ray of light shooting from the morning sun
through the opening in my window drape
and again I entreat that ray of golden promise
to empty its light into my heart
with the promise of fresh dreams
and a new heart to love
one wanting to give
one soulful and caring
one willing to see me in mine
oh peace, beautiful peace
pour yourself into my heart
see the love that needs to feel
find me and hold me once again
how I do miss your calm

Peppermint and Chocolate

The taste of your kiss flavored with peppermint and chocolate
dances wildly through my senses on this cold winter's night
while the warmth of your fingers that are touching my skin
assure me at this moment that loving you is right
for me, in my heart, there is a peaceful grace
and nothing could satisfy me any more tonight
than the honest look of love on your face

Forever Two Hearts

Two hearts that freely share
Two hearts that want intensely
Two hearts willing to forgive
Two hearts that only see the good
Two hearts that forget the pain
Two hearts that truly love

forever...
those two hearts will be together

i've listened to your moans and cries
now i have to turn my ear
heard all your stories too many times
all your words are only lies

you say you don't want to leave me but
your hand is holding the door
don't think your apologies make it easy
please, say nothing more

i tried to understand your reasons
but now i don't really care
you can tell your lies to someone else
because i'm no longer here

sorry could mean something if sincere
talk is cheap none the less
and this girl is through listening
'cause you're failing to impress

so take your bag of tricks and leave
close the door behind you too
i'm moving on without your baggage
i'm done, my dear, with you

Want

Sometimes we want something so badly
that we imagine in our minds we have it
with such an intensity and will
that we start to believe a lie

living inside a dream

wishing on every star
that it becomes our reality

because without it
we fade to black

Searching

Everyone has an agenda for love
Their own list of wants and needs to fulfill
We look out for them in everyone we meet
So eager to find a lasting connection that will save us
From our lonely nights sitting on the sofa alone
flipping channels in front of the television set
Listening for the phone to ring with that longed-for
voice on the other end of the line
That is connected to someone who will revive us
with a spark of hope that we are truly not alone
Our proof that we indeed do matter to someone out there

The search may lead us to a transient fix with a temporary lover
And for a while everything about them seems to complete us
Having them in our life brings new meaning to our days
And the chill of sleeping alone is happily traded for
the warmth of passionate nights in our lover’s arms
Though not necessarily perfect, we accept the comfort they bring
Taking pleasure in trading ‘I love yous’ in conversation
Because it is so much better than the absence of them
All too often, though, the reality is that we
unknowingly fool ourselves into thinking that all is perfect
Perfect that is, until…
Something changes unexpectedly
We begin to question our motives
Time changes our perspective
Perhaps a temptation is acted upon or
a slip of the tongue gives birth to doubt
The feeling refuses to last for the duration and fades away
The pedestal we raised is once again lowered and
someone has to step down
Our despair is that we realize the life we so anxiously
wanted to be real, really isn’t what we needed
Or perhaps we needed and they didn’t, leaving us powerless
to the consequences of their actions
Only this time we are left with a new decoration to our heart
a scar that must now heal itself, to renew itself
So it will be ready for the next opportunity at love

It is strangely peculiar that two people once so tightly connected
can become so alienated and disconnected
Two who once willingly and religiously served the needs of each other
can become so hardened in their hearts that they ignore them
Once warm conversation turns to bitter silence over dinner
Because there is not enough concern to ask or wonder about
what goes on in each other’s lives
Indifference becomes the virus that weakens love
and causes it to die
Leaving us with an inability to define exactly what it was
that we ever wanted from each other
As we become no longer lovers, we revert full circle,
back to being strangers
Inside we mourn the death of our once good friend, Love,
who stayed for a while and then had to leave us
A death that has emptied and drained our souls
We struggle to understand how we could have been mistaken
about something as important to us as love
And being needed by another human being,
After all our most primal need
How could we ever have thought that something
so wrong for us was so right
Again we are adrift, having lost the connection that once held us

So we continue the search, circulating, moving cautiously
How long do we search before we settle just to stay in the game
Giving up is not an option, playing is the key to winning
We want to love and we want to be loved in return
So we tirelessly search for what we need
Hoping each time we make a connection
it will be the end of the game

Two Hearts

If ever two hearts belonged together
they are yours and mine, my sweet
there is no distance or length of time
that could forbid us both to meet

For where ever it is you are, my love
there I shall also be in haste
as long we both can draw a breath
no bitter tears shall we taste

We will hold each other's hearts
in a cradle of comfort and care
nurturing every precious moment
as we grow this love we share

My heart is yours forever, love
you know that my world is you
it's the passion we drive inside us
that tells us our love is true