39 years

39 years ago

39 years ago

we began a journey,

neither of us knowing

where it would lead;

together we have shared the good

while surviving the bad,

crossing lines and barriers

until I no longer know

where you begin

and I end;

you have shown me tomorrows

all the time withstanding

the yesterdays,

and for this

I will love you forever.

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A Dime A Dozen

there are many things

I want to say to her,

I want to tell her I am sorry

for the pain

I have put her through

time after time,

for the love I have thrown away

again and again,

for the life I stole from her

so many years ago;

so many things;

but I have said them all before,

only to rip her heart out and

smash it on the

stone cold ground;

so I don’t;

I always mean every word I say

at the moment it is said,

but then the hunger returns,

the lies begin and she is left

somewhere in the middle,

holding on to broken promises

and shattered dreams

as I try to pick up all the pieces and

put them back together again

before it is too late;

there are many things

I want to say to you baby

but I know I probably never will,

because words are a

dime a dozen,

and with me

they aren’t worth the paper

they are written on.

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than you

I have written many things in my life,

thought many thoughts,

fantasized many fantasies,

dreamed many dreams,

but none of them

are more important

than you;

I have written of imaginary lovers

and foolish ideas

all of which seemed so important

but were nothing,

nothing at all,

compared to the love

that we share,

you are the reality

which has kept me holding on

for more years

than I can remember,

yours is the touch

I long to feel,

the voice

I long to hear

at the end of the day,

when nothing seems real,

when nothing is true,

as all the thoughts and ideas

go drifting away

like smoke

from a burning campfire,

you are the part of me

I can never let go

no matter how hard

this need to destroy

everything that I touch

has tried;

there is no one

I would rather be with

than you.

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