Smiles
Wandering aimlessly
Lost in translations
Where will it lead
Catching a glimpse
Seeing a hint
Of faith renewed
The heart starts to beat
The feet start to dance
The soul smiles once again
Slow and steady
The heart smiles
Faith is renewed
There is an answer
Down the dusty road
Dancing its way home
The face behind the smile
Reveals the heart behind
And the soul within
Clarity will come
Smiling all the way
To renew the life within
6/8/09
Tomorrow Never Comes
Sitting here with my empty glass
wondering what to do
I order another one
while I’m thinking of you
Drowinging my sorrows
in a bottle of gin
hoping and praying
that someday I’ll win
Drinking is not the answer
but for now it will have to do
how else will I
work on forgetting about you
It seems the thing
that has to be done
why, oh why?
We have so much fun
It should have been different
I should have known
splitting your love
could only spell doom
You gave me a choice
with no choice involved
I sit here thinking
nothing’s resolved
So I stare into my drink
and drown my sorrows
while I sit here and think
there is are no tomorrows.
7/86
inner quality
beauty is all i see
in your heart and in your eyes
the beauty you bring out
as freely as the open skies
my love is ever growing
in your presence I long to be
my heart is overflowing
with my love for thee
they say chivalry has died
it’s drifted so far away
but it will never die
if I have anything to say
your honor is dear
your wishes divine
your knight in shining armor
is the sole wish of mine
such beauty as yours is rare
it simply mystifies me
the inner quality is there
for all the people to see
your inner qualities abound
so alive and so free
like none that I’ve found
you’re so precious to me
no gem can compare
in beauty or in worth
you’re what I’ve been searching for
since the time of my birth.
7/86
The Beauty You Gave
Beauty is in the heart
In the bird and the tree
Beauty is in the stars
Like in you and me
Beauty is all around
You need only look
And you will see
The beauty you bring to me
You smile with those eyes
Like none I’ve ever seen
It almost makes me cry
That we can never be
When I wander off to think
Your beauty haunts me still
I hope for what could be
Though I know it never will
Your beauty brought me back
When I was feeling low
It kept me going
Oh, I need you so
I know this cannot be
Dream though I may
Your beauty will instill
The hope of a future day
For beauty is within you and me
And in all that we see
Someday though, not too soon
Someone will see my beauty too
When that day arrives
For I know it will come
I will thank the beauty in the stars
That you gave to me
7/86
Take the Chance
Many people say
“don’t take chances”
“live the safe life”
Safe life, yes
But very boring
Take the chance
It may surprise you
Don’t take chances blindly
Think of what you’re doing
Walking in blindly can
Only get yourself hurt
Dwelling too long
Is not good either
Think just enough to
Understand what you want
Take the chance on love
For if not you’ll never know
It could have been right
But you decided not to
Fear of losing a friend
Is a valid fear
But if you lose him
He was never true
A true friend will never leave
So take a chance on love
And try to believe
I will always be your friend
So take a chance on me.
12/85