Heartstrings: February 2017

Monday, February 27, 2017

Best Days

Our best days still ahead of us

the past has brought us here

We're standing on the precipice

there's nothing left to fear...

Let go the bands that hold us tight

and throw them to the ground

Believe that we are truly free

and that we're heaven bound...

Let's raise our wings into the wind

and leap into the air

We'll soar above the highest clouds

where no one else would dare...

Saturday, February 25, 2017

Remission

I've been alone inside a storm

somehow I have survivied

The tempest tore and wrenched my soul

a thousand times I've cried...

They say that I am fortunate

and now I'm getting well

Remission is the cherished word

reward for all the hell....

The Voice

I hope that you can hear the voice

that cries within my heart

And that one day we'll meet again

and never be apart..

Sweet Slumber

Oh sweet slumber... hold me close

for just an hour more

Please don't take me from this dream

I earnestly implore...

I'm with the one I've waited for

she's everything to me

A diamond shining in the light

our spirits young and free...

Please don't make me have to leave

I beg of you my friend

Go on to someone else right now

and wake them once again...

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Dilemma

I want to tell you everything

and help you understand

The hardest battle of my life

was very much unplanned...

I want to be with you today

to fall within your arms

To hold you till the break of day

and bask in all your charms...

I just can't come to you right now

won't ask that you should wait

For now I'll meet you in my dreams

and pray we're not too late...

Friday, February 17, 2017

The Prom

All amped up and set to go

at last our high school prom

I wonder what tonight will bring

Come kiss me quick says mom...

A quiet knocking at the door

a tall and shy young man

Hello Ms. Simmons my name's Jim

I'm here to pick up Ann...

Awkward glances shared in haste

with words too hard to find

I guess we better go on now

if you're still so inclined...

Driving down the boulevard

with smiles upon our face

We reach to hold each others hands

and laugh as our hearts race..

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Oh Yes

Oh yes, I do remember you

your sweet and lovely face

I've seen you in a hundred crowds

and how my heart would race...

Oh yes, I do remember you

I've thought of you for years

So many long and lonely nights

my eyes were filled with tears...

Oh yes, I do remember you

my heart still bares the scars

I'm still a captive doing time

behind these prison bars...

Oh yes, I do remember you

my angel from above

The way you kissed me on my lips

and when we first made love...

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Lake Seminole

Oh the memories of my youth

they often visit me

Friends and lovers in their prime

still vibrant and so free...

Sometimes they make me smile for days

when one leaps from the shelf

An awkward moment from that time

I shared with no one else...

They're from so many years ago

a lifetime in a flash

Sometimes a scene still saddens me

and tears on paper splash...

Those were amazing days back then

the people made them great

A loyal strong fraternity

was never soiled with hate...

Sometimes we'd gather in a crowd

a fire by the lake

The music always filled the air

and friendships we would make...

And as the evening drifted on

we'd quench our thirsty soul

Lovers danced and slipped away

when passions took control...

Yes, they're all still here with me

and hidden in my heart

A thousand mental photographs

from years and worlds apart...

Friday, February 10, 2017

Wanting More

Memories come and then they go

like waves that brush the shore

Bringing moments shared with you

then leave me wanting more...

Patiently

I keep on waiting patiently

for you and me again

I pray one day you'll say to me

you're more than just friend...

Back Home

I often think of childhood days

when time was still my friend

The glory of our innocence

and how we'd all pretend...

If only we had known the truth

that soon our lives would change

That everything we knew and loved

would all be rearranged...

One day it seems we all grew up

the winds began to blow

We raised our wings into the air

and off we chose to go...

They say you never can go back

you only have today

I hope in time I'll have the chance

to go back home and stay...