Ever hopeful,
Filled with dreams,
Bright new,
Hopeful Schemes.

Pastel shades,
and wedgewood skies,
First light,
Of love in your eyes.

Then it dims,
and you flee,
Leaving me,
alone, with me.

With all the things I fear,
with all the things you've said,
Burning rivers inside my head.

Bereft of all we've shared,
my soul so old,
Yet so young, now bare.

Afraid of you, of me, of life...

Until

The bright new dreams begin,
The landscape never quite the same,
Eventually
A different Game.

Looking over a bright flowered field,
Aware at last, of what I know and feel,
The buds of life will never fade,
And one's gift of love is forever real.

December 30 2003

It only happens once, rarely twice,
The moments vanishing by, like mice.
Scurrying past much to fast.

Due only for the very brave and true.
When the moment comes, it's just for you.

Don't let it pass you by,
For in the twinkling of an eye,
Love can go, the moment dead,
An empty ringing in your head.

Your heart will know,
If it stays or if it's fled,
Then fate will whisper...

"Never fear beloved friend,
for in the end it's worth the price,
The heart is lost, and love seems gone,
Remember, like the morning rays
When true love comes, it only comes but once,
But it comes to stay."

December 30 2003