Yellow Butterfly

a fallen flower
blew back to it's perch
a butterfly


the birth of a butterfly
brings all seasons to their end

ROY ORBISON LYRICS

"In Dreams"

A candy-colored clown they call the sandman
Tiptoes to my room every night
Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper
"Go to sleep. Everything is all right."

I close my eyes, Then I drift away
Into the magic night. I softly say
A silent prayer like dreamers do.
Then I fall asleep to dream My dreams of you.

In dreams I walk with you. In dreams I talk to you.
In dreams you're mine. All of the time we're together
In dreams, In dreams.

But just before the dawn, I awake and find you gone.
I can't help it, I can't help it, if I cry.
I remember that you said goodbye.

It's too bad that all these things, Can only happen in my dreams
Only in dreams In beautiful dreams

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 For My Jeb, I miss you so...
We'll walk together once again.

The Lonely Mermaid

each night as the stars twinkled in the black heavens
the mermaid surfaced scanning the shore ever looking
for a man, the man she waited for each night.
her heart yearning for him. with such sadness and melancholy
love sick for the impossible
but love she did and love he did
they meet in the waves as darkness covers them.
a love so true, so real and yet so sad and empty
never could he join her beneath the waves
and she could never walk the shore with him.
though their souls were one, this love could not be
then one night he decided that he would die in her arms
and be together forever under the sea.
In the end she dragged him to the shore where they died side by side.


beneath the cold waves
a man and a mermaid loved
never to be free

Sad Blue Eyes

these sad blue eyes miss you so
miss the shape of your face
the feel of your breath on my neck
the touch of you
the smell of you

being together at night
lying side by side
electricity that moved
back and forth between us
lighting strikes again and again

I want you inside me
I want to be one body moving
in time with loves music
come to me once more
let me not walk alone



this path I would not
walk alone on life's journey
come close hold my hand

Her Apron

a blue checkered apron
meant for chores
hung silently on the hook

worn thin, it once
held apples in the fall
stained now with berry juice

peppered with flour
so many pies it had held
cooling in the pie chest

august time found it full
of lion heads, dandelions
collected to make her wine

often it wiped windows clean
and children's tears when hurt
Grandma's arms better
then any band aid

her apron had served
her well overs many seasons
now it was at rest, a job well done

Creatures Of The Sea

mists rise from the oceans depth
the sea,green gray,dark and deep
as waves rush towards me,then
like a forlorn lover recedes.

sprites, sirens of the night call to me
as they dance upon the white foam
glittering in the darkness
this is a secret place of magic and wonder.

and I watch the enigmatic moon light
change the tiny beings colors from silver to gold
as they like dancers in the dead of night
leaping from wave to wave.

crystalline laughter echos softly
almost lost in the surfs sound
my feet, naked buried deep within the sand
pervades my flesh with dampness.

and I wait in this secret place known to none be me
for the tide to once more slip back into the murky sea
I wait and dawn brakes to warm my cold skin
the sun that fades all the nights pleasure.

this is a secret place where nights minions gather to play


from the sea they rise
born deep within the darkness
dancing in moon light

Need You

I can't sleep
your kiss I can't forget
love does not die
nor fade like pictures
I want, I need to be with you
trapped inside your eyes
wish you could see me.