Subtly Faint

Shadows paint so subtly faint
with heat on skin subdue
in the early afternoon
and melting into you
Lips remind of lighter times
in eyes adrift I sway
with each exchange a spark remains
to flame the dark away
Shadows paint so subtly faint
on curves of colored hue
in the early afternoon
and melting into you

In The Shadows Play

Shadows play in shades of gray
as morning comes to kiss
warming hearts and skin to spend
my every day like this
Sun to find these secrets mine
while light and dark do chase
and shadows play in shades of gray
upon her warm embrace
Painted love I'm dreaming of
as strokes of passion play
morning dew has found her too
as darkness lifts away
Fire ignite in heaven's light
to drive the dark away
as morning comes to kiss
and I too in the shadows play

Stars Romance

Thoughts to dance as stars romance
entranced in heaven's sway
soft and serenading
fade into the milky way
Eyes alive in painted skies
and mine too find their way
hearts apart as words depart
to sparkle now and fade
Aloft are dreams reminding
shining stars on heaven's skies
tiny prayers not yours but ours
like chances drifting by
Time just leave a moment please
and dare for one more dance
soft and serenading
as the stars afar romance

Summer's Stead

Gaze ahead in summer's stead
a brighter shade of night
seasons slide as time goes by
and hides her true delights
An eye to see with piety
a heart so wrapped ablaze
still with hope as time revokes
the fruit from youthful days
Like rust and moth and fury wroth
it seems we all decay
none foreseen a shine so clean
serene to soul persuade
Lying back as time exacts
a penance sentence past
moments falling from our lives
we'll never dare to dance
Still thoughts to sway in tall array
and play in heart's delight
to gaze ahead in summer's stead
a brighter shade of night

1985

Off I went through eyes that squint
and freckle splattered cheeks
out into the wilderness
embarked on boyish dreams
Freedom found where trees abound
at once at home alive
searching secrets of the heart
and wonders of the mind
All alone in mystery gone
my world to dance and chatter
off I went through eyes that squint
and cheeks with freckled splatters
Imagination set ablaze
where endless hills and meadows sway
sun to burn in bright display
still not this hot my heart dismay
Love to chase through scenes embraced
and kept alive inside
off I go with cheeks aglow
from nineteen eighty five

Winter's Glow

Winter's glow on morning snow
as sun comes kiss the day
heated lips and fingertips
put cold on hold per se
Fabrics warm do not adorn
no nothing more than skin
seems as though as morning goes
so too these clothes we're in
Bitter kiss of cold to miss
these cheeks know no embrace
yet still a glow from morning snow
reflects upon my face
Through this window much to see
to have a room with view
as heated lips and fingertips
have catching up to do
A chilling trend as dreaming ends
and day with midnight wanes
still a glow for here to know
the warmth behind those panes

Sands

Sands remind of time defined
and sunny shores enthrall
past to pass through time's crevasse
as tides they rise and fall
Tiny flecks in retrospect
for those who know her reaches
tossed about like scattered sand
adrift on heaven's beaches
Some to rest as others crest
on waves of life and love
until the day that ocean's sway
we feel no more thereof
Made to rest as waves suggest
of beaches still to find
sun to pass through night's crevasse
and sands of time remind