Face to Face

I still can’t see your lovely face

the timing’s just not right

Somehow…someway…when face to face

I’ll dance with you that night…

 

I’ve lived alone for many years

had given up on life

I held on to my memories

of pain and dreadful strife…

 

But something new has come alive

old chapters I have closed

There’s someone new that I must meet

my future then disclosed…

 

I've seen you in a hundred dreams

albeit from afar

I never could draw close to you

my past, a wrecking bar…’

 

I feel you looking for me now

that you are on the way

Another chapter in the book

will start for me that day…

 

Jon Arno 2021

The Magic

 

It doesn’t matter anymore

the years just pass on by

I think of you from time to time

the memories make me sigh…

 

I guess I’ll always feel this way

No point in asking why

The magic still lives on in me

sometimes I smile and cry…

 

The things we used to say and do

The songs we used to sing

The seeds you planted in my heart

forever bloom in spring…

Jon Arno 2021

Another Place in Time

 I know, somewhere, our paths have crossed

another place in time

A high school dance, a passing smile

when we were in our prime...

I feel I've known you all my life

a  thought I can't dispel

We keep on meeting in a crowd

and share the moments well...

I'm sure there was a time and place 

when we were more than friends

If this is only just a dream

I pray it never ends...

Jon Arno 2021

Facebook Lover

 So nice to see you once again

I'm always waiting here

A shoulder you can lean upon

whenever you draw near...

You never have to speak a word

don't even have to smile

Just let the words I leave for you

speak to your heart a while...

I'll keep you hidden deep inside

but speak of you in rhyme

If you still feel what we felt then

you"ll come another time...

Jon Arno 2021

Passions

You stir the passions deep inside

I can't resist your charms

Sometimes at night within my dreams

you're laying in my arms...

You make me feel alive again

the sweet things that you do

Oh Babe, you light a raging fire

when I'm alone with you...

Jon Arno 2021

Regrets

 Oh to pull them by the roots

and cast them far away

Nevermore to trouble me

oh, how they fight to stay...

Wrongs that never were made right

and healing much delayed

Sharpened by the hands of time

they're now a sharpened blade...

Saying sorry will not heal 

the wounds within the heart

Words are simply not enough

to mend what tore apart...

What can I give to make amends

I've nothing left to give

From deep within my heart and soul

I ask you please forgive...

Jon Arno 2021

Loneliness

 It's hidden deep within my heart

where no one else can see

An ever-growing loneliness

that always walks with me...

A sadness that afflicts my soul

I try my best to hide

I wish that I could let it go

how often I have tried...

Jon Arno 2021