Listen, my love, my heart's really achin'
Ya hear me,  dear. I'm not just fakin'
No, I don't think it was something I ate.
Call 911, I sure hope they're not late

I'll get a robe, you put on your pants.
If we waste no time, I may have a chance.
Wait just a minute, I'll take an aspirin.
It just might help keep me from gaspin'.

Now, I'm in a sweat & I'm getting sick.
I just lost my dinner,Let's make it quick
Hurry up, driver, my life's on the line.
I'm prayin' that soon, I'll be just fine.

That's how it was, one month ago.
I'm wiser now and this much, I know,
Life is precious and this I must say,
"From this day on, I'll cherish each day."

While you are  beside me, I just can't miss.
So pucker up, Valentine & give me a kiss.

you give to me
the morning sun to
pocket in my heart
to carry 'til the nighttime calls
in sleep, warmth to impart

you give to me
the simplest smile
though not so simple 'cause
when e'er your face appears to me
my heatbeat seems to pause

you give to me
the coupon that says
'love you ever more'
no date of expiration there
'forever' words so pure
and when you whisper on the wind
the sounds of feelings true

you give to me
the best there is
for what you give is 'you'.

No Longer Needed

I no longer worry about Valentine's Day
nor the messages spread world round
I no longer expect that one reddish rose
that grew from the love of earth's ground.

I only believe in the words and the deeds
that can show me I'm worthy, your love
In return you will have the most wonderful me
you could ever, would ever dream of.

I'll pamper your mind as I do unto you
all the "do unto's" you'd like me to
In return I'll expect that you'll rain me the same
as we share each day, as if new.

Then the gifts for that day, will be plenty and few
wrapped in feelings of heart, yours and mine
Together, forever we'll share with each kiss
a reminder for each, Valentine.

Pressed to Mine

Dreamt, had I, in nightfall
of your face and eyes that shine
Knowing what it feels like
to be pressed, your lips to mine.

In soft shadows of the nighttime
out window 'neath the stars
In whispers, hear I, of your want
though miles apart, we are.

I dreamt your words of loving me
held rose sent through the breeze
Only thoughts of such could ever
fill my wants, my needs.

Pressed to lips, a touch of rose
it's petals, velvet sweet
It's scent, it lingers strong, reminds
of last when we did meet.

In that moment, time had stopped
When I awoke, I found
A trail of petals on the bed
dropped gently all around

As the daylight gathered them
and to my eyes they pressed
the sight of you, remembering
a love we each professed.

The petals were a symbol
each one a memory of
your kisses pressed upon my lips
left gently, with your love.

Equal Parts

I sigh you in my mornings
as the sun begins it's rise
and capture every bit of you
in words with hazel eyes.

I lay the thoughts into my mind
and softly dream each phrase
dance the rhythms in my heart
as fires ignite and blaze.

Captured in my heart, you've been
I've trapped your voice, your face
with every sigh I sing of now
you've filled that special place.

A valentine is just a shape
designed in equal parts
But completed when it's filled with love
that meets within two hearts.

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to all of you, whose "voices" of  poetry touch me...
have a wonderful Valentine's Day

My memory is fading fast
Reaction time grows slow
But never fades my love for you
It eer continues to grow.

The passing days turn into years
Father Time is taking his toll
My love for you, still fresh and clear
Embeds now deep in my soul

To be near you is comforting
When we just sit and talk
And being by you is enough
When side by side we walk

Important are the little things
That to me mean so much
The pleasant smile when greeting me,
A pat and gentle touch.

We've had our share of happiness,
Of heartbreak, joy and pain.
With no complaints, I would re-live
My life with you again

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Sent something of mine
Given as a keepsake
Package said fragile
Touch gently never break

Then all I asked of you
Was to treat it carefully
It was given you forever
To be cared for tenderly

Attached was the key
With that I entrusted you
Hold dear to the keepsake
With a love always true

For never to be mislaid
Hold it close to your heart
To forever be the keeper
Of true love from my heart

Painted Bull’s Eye

Here upon my chest
I’m painting a bulls eye
Can’t miss me this time
(Giving him one more try)

The target will be easy
He’s sure to find the mark
The bulls eye I am painting
Is illuminous in the dark

Big round bright circles
In colours that will glow
Upon this heart of mine
This year point your bow

No excuses are accepted
This year do your best
I’m lit here night and day
A glowing heart in my chest

Cupid My Messenger

Cupid with his bows
Will fly the stars above
Upon this special day
To carry forth my love

I’ll give to him my gift
Tucked neath his wing
The love from my heart
Upon this day to bring

Swoop down upon you
A heart message to say
Let my heart reach yours
Placed forever to stay

Today In choosing cupid
To bring my love to you
To fill your heart this day
With my love warm and true

Cupid Needs Glasses

Is cupid cross eyed
He’s always missing me
Tries to aim at my heart
He hits the nearest tree

Cupid needs practice
I am the living proof
Last year he flew over
Landed upon my roof

Convinced cupid’s blind
Maybe blind as a bat
Watched him one year
He aimed at my cat

Watching him yearly
Flying right past me
I’m convinced its his eyes
Poor cupid can’t see

I’ve wrote him and said
Its now me on a mission
Dear Cupid get glasses
Go to see an optician

Mailed him an eye chart
Along with my letter
This year I’m here hoping
His aim's getting better

LOVE LETTERS

Grandma missed my Grandfather,
of that we all were sure.
She had spent her entire life with him,
from the time she was a girl.

I had been so fortunate
to have been showered with love by them.
If there ever were bad feelings,
I couldn't remember when.

The day that Grandma left us,
it nearly broke my heart.
I couldn't begin to remember,
a time we'd been apart.

I knew the place I had to go,
it just was meant to be,
I wanted to be at Grandma's house
to feel her close to me.

The house was eerily quiet,
with everything in it's place
I would have felt like an intruder,
had this not been Grandma's place.

I slowly ventured to her bedroom
and opened up the drawer,
the one I knew where the letters were kept
Grandpa wrote her from the war.

I touched one stack of many,
she'd tied together with a bow.
I was about to visit my grandparents
from many long years ago.

They were there, everyone
they'd ever written to each other.
These starry eyed young lovers,
the parents of my mother.

A greater romantic story,
Shakespeare could not have told
I felt that I was holding,
a work of literary gold.

The words of love and promise,
which filled each and every page,
were to the reader timeless,
showing not a hint of age.

She was only seventeen
and he was twenty one,
he'd gone away to fight a war
when their life had just begun.

He wrote her of the house he'd build
and the children that they planned.
I touched each page as gently
as they'd been stroked by Grandpa's hand.

She told him of her undying love
and her prayers for his safe return.
She didn't care about a house,
for he was all she yearned.

Each letter counted down the days,
until they'd meet again.
I folded each one carefully
and returned them to where they'd been.

He had always been her life
and she was always his.
Many times I thought that they
were the epitome of what love is.

I suddenly knew why it was,
she'd kept the letters all these years,
she wanted me to read them
to spare me all the tears.

As I gazed upon the letters,
a loving warmth came over me.
I knew she was with my Grandpa,
where she was meant to be.

JOHN

It seems there never was a time
he wasn't part of my life,
but then I was only seventeen
when I became his wife

I had lead a protected life,
never going anywhere,
until he came along
and showed me everything "out there"

He is my dearest friend,
my confidant and lover,
the one person I could always trust
far above any other.

Everyone said it would never last,
that we were far too young.
Thirty years later, we're still here,
the last chorus not yet sung.

Even when he went away,
to a war he had to fight,
I knew that he'd return to me
it was to be our plight.

He used to send me little cartoons
that told me what "Love is"
I used to smile and store them away,
for I knew my love was his.

Two beautiful daughter's he's given me
and together we've watched them grow,
he's been with me through good times and bad
the high times and the low.

When I knew that I had cancer,
it was him that I turned to.
I didn't need anyone else,
for I knew he'd see me through.

When his heart broke down,
I was the one, he was calling for.
I rushed to the hospital to be by his side,
he cried when I walked through the door.

I stayed with him both night and day,
as he had done for me.
We were one, I felt his pain.
That's what love should be.

Now we're growing older,
walking through our twilight years,
sharing memories we've created
with laughter and some tears.

If I died tomorrow,
I know that he'd be there,
to hold my hand to help me go,
to show me that he cares

Someone told me once,
that our Heaven is here on Earth.
Our destiny is set for us,
from the moment of our birth.

I was destined to be his wife,
and to his children, always their mother.
If God gave me the choice to do over again,
I would never choose any other!

What is this quality I see,
Behind your hazel eyes,
It isn't just your sexy look,
Though that can hypnotize!

It's not your sensitivity,
Yet I was drawn to that,
It's not the way you think of me,
My darling diplomat.

It's not your warm and gentle touch,
Your teddy bear-like cuddle,
Tho I admit I long for that,
No sense in being subtle.

You're not a millionaire, it's true,
So it surely can't be money,
Compare to Patrick Swaze?
Well, you sure suit me well, honey.

In looking at you closer,
I find you're great in every way,
Yet something else outshines the rest,
Comes thru in all you say.

The qualities that you possess,
That just seemed to be lacking,
In others that I've met before,
And later sent to packing.

Are pure down-home ambition,
Self-Esteem and Pride,
Desire to be the best you can,
Not vegetate and hide.

Desire, Optimism, perseverance,
And your Smile,
And knowing you'll keep trying,
To go that extra mile.

To My Valentine

Valentine's Day, when we were young,
Meant parties & candy hearts.
And gooey messages on pretty cards,
When puppy love first starts.

And feeling bad for those whose basket,
Wasn't filled with notes,
And giggling & secrets and blushing deep red,
When sharing an ice cream float.

The innocence of that time is gone,
And Malt Shops have all disappeared,
And passing notes at our age,
Makes people think we're weird.

And as puppies don't stay puppies,
So, our love has grown up too.,
But I still get that same old feeling,
Sharing an ice cream float with you.

You're the best thing,
That ever happened to me,
I look in the mirror,
And say, "How can that be?"

"You must have done something,
Good in your life,
That God would bless you,
And make her your wife"

Whatever this good deed,
I'm glad it was done,
For you've made me realize,
Life can be FUN !!!!!

How can I kiss you
When my toes hurt so much
From all those ingrowns
The doctor just cut

How can I be loving
When pain I never lack,
From the other compression fracture in my back

How can I laugh
With my lungs full of cancer
That's a question
That even I cannot answer

I'll be your Valentine
Until life is o'er
But we know, my husband, that
That time will soar................

I'll put my sunny dreams away,
And save them for a rainy day,
But they all just drift away,
Like Flowers in My Hand,

I loved him once, I loved him twice,
But I never had to pay love's price,
I was holding on to melting ice,
Like Flowers in My Hand,

What happened to my dreams and love so sweet?
I am walking, I am running down a one-way street,
Red grass is grabbing at my feet,
What ever happened to the Flowers in My Hand?

Kisses Like Roses

Laughter of love emerges out,
Like a pure white dove,
Flapping her wings in my throat about,
Then flying to heaven above,
The red lips of time,
Touch once and then part,
But forever sings sublime,
In the chords of the heart,
My true love plants kisses sweet,
Kisses like roses,
We fly to the sky and let go with our feet,
Holding hands and making poses,
Snowflakes come and raindrops go,
But our love is divine like the winds that blow.

I am a Red Rose

I am a Red  Rose,
Stroke my red velvet petals,
Touch my stem,
Kiss me over,
And over again,

You are the wind,
That rocks me sweet,
We dance together,
When we meet.

We dance the dance,
Of the starry sky,
Holding on to each other,
We learn how to fly.

Hey Thomas, you best watch out
Cupid is lurking about
He is looking for you
Armed with an arrow true

He is taking aim
Your behind won't be the same
I paid him well to take his aim on you
To deliver a net rose of the darkest blue

I marked his arrows with an A and an M so you would know
That it was my valentine wish upon you he did bestow
So when that arrow hits, a friend doest think of you this day
And if you look hard enough, you may see her before she slips away

I Wished Upon The Cupid Man....

One year I wished upon the cupid man and this is what I got.
A fattening box of chocolates, I know, it's not a lot.
Again, I wished upon the cupid man and this is what I got.
A beautiful bouquet of roses, but still, it's not a lot.

Once again I wished upon the cupid man and he said to me.
Maybe my dear what you really need is a new sweety.
So I wished upon the cupid man for a love so true.
He kindly smiled at me, then he gave me you.

On Bended Knee, Among the Flowers

Unto you
a rose, I bring
within its petals
lie the secret of my Soul
To you, I give
this fragile being
which once, so long ago
grew only for your gentle eyes
Caress the petals
with your gentle touch
and let the fragrance
fill the air around you
And know, my heart
resides within the stem
yearning to be
within your grasp
Unto you
this rose, I bring
and with it
my Love

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