Wednesday, December 30, 2009

dreams and things more realer...

Pitter patter little dreams
flying round on butterfly wings
Catch them quickly now, and make your wish
This time will pass too quickly

When words and dreams weave round this place
Like growing vines that bud for us
With so much potential and sweet scented seconds
Stay a little longer, won't you please

When the warm low hum of the droning bees
Fill the sweet honeyed air of warmest summer
Beneath the old oak with its dappled canopy
Lets just stay here and let time slow down

Come away, away, step away from the window
Where frost bitten fingers play chords on the ice
Draw close now, much closer now, then ever before
Right beside me and the fire is where you belong

This time will pass too quickly
So stay longer, right here with me
Lets just let time grow even slower
Till we fall into eternity... into each others arms...

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Solstice Sonnet

Rise! Oh, rise! Victorious Sun!
The Night was cold and hours long
Rise and reach across the horizon
Rise, oh, rise! Glorious Sun!

The days grew shorter under winter's harsh hand
And cold and darkness spread o'er the land
While night's strength grew ever stronger
And the darkness till dawn grew ever longer

And the people of the world looked with dispair
Crying where is the Sun hidden, where oh, where?!?!
For the fields were dying and the shoots did not break
And the animals shivered as more lives night did take

The world groaned in anguish beneath winter's cold
When suddenly heard was an old legend told
That the sun had run and hidden herself away
Her heart grown so cold would no more mark the day

So they sent for Venus and Cupid her son
To see if they could find the special one
To call through the stone and unlock the part
Where the Sun had grown cold so deep in her heart

They found a young poet, never before kissed
Who was son of Boreas and ruler of mists
And so Cupid drew forth his arrows so sharp
And struck fast and true in the young heart

And at that moment the horizon did change
As the sun peaked over before retreating from range
But no arrow was needed for the boy was smitten
And flying on the winds he followed as his heart was bidden

He flew hard and fast following mornings trail
And finally found the stone, but to no avail
For the Sun had entered in her stoney place
And he could find no entrance upon the rock face

And so he stood outside her iron doors
And pulled out his lyre and played a few chords
And sang with his heart to the retreating Sun
And his words were so sweet the doors were undone

But he did not enter into her secret space
For he was also a gentleman who knew love's pace
And so he sat outside her door and sang on
Playing and singing her many love songs

And deep in the heart of the stoney earth
Serrounded by her jewels of greatest worth
There was the Sun in all of her glory
Listening breathlessly to his love story

And with all her being she would have run to him
But she had a small doubt where his love did begin
And so she arose not in love but with great dread
And from the dark earth brought her beaming gold head

And looking upon the singing young poet
She marked Cupid's arrow and rightly did know it
And turned her face as clouds covered the skies
And the flood gates were opened as tears filled her eyes

For her heart was breaking deep within her breast
For she then knew that his love came from the arrow in his chest
And that it was merely sent by Cupid and his mother
To bring her out by one way or another

But seeing her tears and hearing her cries
The poet drew near and dried the tears from her eyes
And with his other hand he grasped the hard golden shaft
And drew it from his heart with a painfilled gasp

And she filled with dread as he fell to the ground
And he lay there quietly without uttering a sound
But just as the last of hope's light was dying
He looked up at her, and she saw he was crying

"O, Aurora, my Sun, my Glorious Dawn.
Now that the Cupidian arrow is gone
The cork is removed, the dam is undone
And my love pours now forth for only one.

For you, fair Dawn, fairest Morning Light
The only one I could love, for whom I would fight
I love you now more, no need for Cupid's arrow
I love you with all my being, my flesh, bone, and marrow

And I never wish to be apart from your beautiful eyes
To part from your touch, or your heart's longing sighs
I love you, with all of my heart yes, I do
So let us rise now together into the heavens blue

And so the sky was filled with Boreas' white mists
And the Sun rose within it, and there the two kissed
And so the whole heaven was bathed in her golden light
And the world rejoiced at the lover's first flight

For the Soltice has come, and the Sun had returned
And the seasons began changing, as all creation had yearned
And the Sun found her heart's cry answered at last
By the answer from his heart, always with her, stead fast

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

It's True

How can it be
that I can stand in a room
so crowded with people
and yet...
all I saw are your eyes
and maybe its true
yes really its true
that I could
and I would
spend the rest of my days
just in that place
with you...
talking with our eyes
breathing together
living together
life is happening
all around us, it's happening
leaves burst forth with
dancing rain in the streets
and even now
I can feel that tremble in my soul
the love that's held back
by the breaking dam of my will
ready to burst forth
ready to dance in the street in the rain
with you...
and I know
yes I know that its true
that the best things in life
come so agonizingly slow
but you know
that I know
I'd rather go slow
do this dance
the right way
then risk the chance
you might ever go away
so come along
they're playing our song
we'll just dance slow
I'm ready to go
but no matter the mood
or what we may do
just remember its true
that I will always
Love you

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Standing Under Your Window

When your world seems to be ending
When the words are too harsh and too loud
When things grow dim and seem sadder
I'm here for you waiting to be found

Because I'm standing under your window
Throwing these pebbles to catch your eye
And I'll stay here singing you love songs
Loving you more with each try

When you just can't seem to keep going
When the night's cold just grows too long
When your eyes grow dim with tear mist
Close your eyes and you'll hear my song

Because I'm standing under your window
Your knight guarding the castle's keep
And I'll stay here singing you love songs
Till you drift away to sleep

And when you feel your love growing
When you feel your heart beat in time
When you are ready for the next step
I'll be here, ready to take your hand in mine

Because I'm standing under your window
No matter what we may go through
And I'll stay here singing you love songs
Because I could never stop loving you

Saturday, December 12, 2009

For now...

And when I walk alone through the night
And I feel so far away from you
I will look to the frozen stars so bright
And know that they look upon you too

And when I can't fall asleep all because
My heart's cries for you are just too loud
I will listen to one of our many songs
In the memory of your eyes peace is found

And when I wake up after dreaming of you
Bittersweet dreams falling through fingers like sand
I will find the places where your hands once rested
And by touching them, hold your hand

And when the world feels too big and the odds too steep
And the distance between us just too wide
I breathe and recall that we breathe the same air
And your memory brings you to my side

And when I look upon the rising morning sun
Basking in the brilliance and warmth of its light
It reminds me of your laugh and your smile
And this all makes waiting alright

For now...

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Tonight

Juliet,
Where are you sleeping tonight?
What makes your face so bright?
It can't just be our moonlight.

Juliet,
Where is your bed of dreams?
Between roses and streams?
Where everything really is as it seems.

Juliet,
Sleep on soundly my dear.
I'll always be right here.
So sleep in sweet dreams, have no fear.

Juliet, sleep sweetly tonight.