My Reticence

If I saw you resting there, in a darkened room, by a window
As the sun’s rays melted through the drapes, onto your bare chest

I would gasp at the curves of your unrobed silhouette

I would want to say something, “I want you. I need you.”

As your hand would rest on your knee, your eyes would gaze

I would wonder what you were thinking - hoping it was of me

If I saw you looking in my direction, my heart would stop

Aroused, the urge to look away would drown me

I would stand there, static, amidst a burning passion

I would want to speak to the source of my body's revival

But words would not find their way from the depth of my breath

So I would stand there and wait, for you... to come to me

Nature's Embrace

As I run through the woods

Warm rain thrashes the canopy

The trees quench a thirst

Leaves glisten, renewed vitality

Heavy drops pound my chest 

Mud spatters up my bare legs

Feet sinking, the ground ingests 

Feeling hopeless, my heart begs

With each tenacious stride

I’m filled with deep emotion

Mother Earth I do confide

Tears and raindrops, interwoven 

As I travel through the hills

Footsteps drowned by nature's music

Wondering when I’ll hit the end

At that moment, all is muted

I look up and he is there

Majestic beauty, beyond belief

We lock eyes, Socratic stare

Sudden warmth abates my grief

Utterly still, among dancing trees

His crown adorned are antlers

My tears run dry before he flees 

This love, has all the answers

Always

Collaboration Artwork with Claude Panneton 

I'm me

Always been me

From our first hello

To our love's first high

To our love's first low

From the time we first touched

To the miles that separated 

You, the one whom I loved

We, ever so complicated

It's green

Always been green

Love on the other side

Budding divergeant shades

We trusted, to feel alive

And thus we reunited

Lives, much as miles away

A destiny was plighted 

An ambiguous passageway

And you

You've always been you

From our first goodbye

To our love's first low

To our love's first high

And gloriously we've flown 

Resting in hallowed meadows

Dear love, no other has known

My soul's internal crescendos 

Love of a Songbird

Photograph by Chuck Slusarczuk  /  Edited by me

Lady songbird sings a beautiful song

for the bird who shares her nest.

Perched on a branch, he hears nothing.

He fluffs his feathers and primps his tail,

and nestles his head amidst his wings.

Dutiful songbird soars high in the sky, 

her heart bleeding from the billows above.

Perched on his branch, he sees nothing...

Around the sun, she loop-the-loops,

carving figure-eights amongst the pines.

"What will it take for him to fly with me?

To hear my song echoing in the tangle?"

Undeclared, is her overflowing heart.

Her nest, weather-beaten in the distance.

An endless blustering wind blows at her back.

Still, the songbird continues to sing.

She remains grateful, loving and free,

as she draws upon the energy of the sun. 

’Tis not for long, another crosses her wing.

Handsome, adrift, he dons incredulous eyes.

A wandering bird, simpatico in nature,

caught in a wind stream he knows not of.

As kindred souls, they kiss the clouds up high,

dancing a flutter in a blissful Shangri-la. 

They sing in harmony, in the name of love.

Thereon, beyond the pines, the horizon calls.

A prickly nest awaits its routine tidying.

’Tis a stage for classic, un-beloved songs.

And with much chagrin, lady songbird flies along,

while the incredulous he, anticipates dawn.

Love & Smiles

Self-portrait

Smiling eyes and butterflies

Soft song, a tender caress

Traipsing the dewy meadow

In barefoot felicitousness 

A laughter not forgotten

The nexus, incessant bond

Hinging on a fate unknown

A warm sun or thunderstorm

Happily riding the wind

My heart will never rescind

Weeping not as old leaves fall

By and by the spring will call

Hand to heart, I walk the lane

With a love for fire and rain

The Forest Bestoweth

Photograph by Diana Bircakovic  /  Edited by Me

Image maker,

I know not of your intrusion 

But of your light from within

Yes, you belong

My boughs embrace your essence

Oh to be yours, to be as one

To be loved and never lonely

I beg you to touch, 

to know, and to feel 

this earth between your feet

Touch me as I've touched you

Through your eyes, your lens 

Your photograph, 

an everlasting memory,

begets my future, my soul

And I am grateful 

The Pull

Before you go

Let me look at your face

Let me see your sweet smile

Let me wipe the tear from my cheek

Before you go

Let me take your hand

Let me pull your body close

Let me rest my head on your chest

Before you go

Let me wrap myself around you

Let me kiss you softly

Let us make love once more

Before you go

Eternal Love

Self-portrait

The body, the shell

A hand in a glove

I beg you, do tell 

Which one you do love? 

The body, the soul

I condemn this fight

Soon time takes a toll

My heart remains bright

Accepting with grace

The deepest embrace

Feverishly real

My hand on your face

Lips touch softly

Passion runs deep 

Love reunited

You soulmate, I keep

Inclined to cross paths

Our lifetimes connected

Pleasures of past

The future projected

Caught in the now 

Embrace tantamount

Forever a vow

Our lovers account

Gone Again

Anticipation 

A floating sensation

You warmed my core

Like the strongest ray of sun

Patient, kind, thoughtful, caring

But in a flash my fellow bird

You were gone with the wind

There, I remained, in the dark

With your song echoing in my head