Boss

The boss of my heart commands my

mind and soul.

My thoughts are consumed by the hours

spent with you, & I secretly pray they will

stretch to days & forever.

I am a slave to your love although

it is given freely to me.

Our respect and trust developed over

the years & love was found after the hours

& days finally added up to us.

Where we have been before us is not

what matters now.

Where we are going as us is

what matters next.

Lessons learned & lovers lost have taught

us how delicate we must hold each others

hearts in our hands.

Lessons & lovers have taught

us that we are precious & deserving of

the rare & precious gift of me & you.

My soul mate is you,

& I am yours.

The world made us wait days til now

where we finally hold our last meeting in business

& begin the business of our lives & love.

Merged to you I am complete.

Together in love we are building our future

& creating memories to hold before us.

So that we may look back,

& smile

& laugh

& love.

The boss of us is called love;

we have looked through the days

& lovers & thru time to find it.

We are now here, I have arrived to you & you to me.

We stand before each other with open hearts

to sign the final seal of our love.

Burgundy Sheets

We meet in the early morning hours

between sheets the colour of wine.

I hold you close

& I know that you are mine.

I slip into your room,

I know it well even though it is dark.

You awake silently as I slip off

my clothes & press my cool skin

against your warmth.

You awaken to my touch

& our sense come alive.

A gentle kiss; an embrace from behind;

& you know that I am yours.

The burgundy sheets know us well,

they know our sporadic love

meets between their threads

when the neighbours sleep

& when spouses are away.

It is you my lover, my love,

who brings me to places I have

not been to for so long, so easily;

no walls, no barriers amongst

the maroon sea.

For it is between these burgundy sheets

that have begun to fade because of

our rubbing; the washing; the rubbing;

that we learn that love has wrapped its

arms & legs & fingers & toes

around us.

Morning has arrived & we sweat.

The window is fogged in; the cats

want out.

We still hunger for each other yet

time is up; like we are on some type

of stop watch that neither of us control.

We leave the burgundy sheets &

know that they lie touching against

each other; waiting until we meet again.

My Love, My Heart

Without looking, you were there

& I welcomed you into my centre.

Without wanting, you became a part

of my life & my world.

You are my heart.

My love, my love...I have looked for you.

My heart, my heart...I have longed to feel your beat.

This life of ours; this life of mine, I cannot

imagine you not in it.

You bring to me love & life & love & happiness;

love & joy & all in between.

Where have you been?

I am whole next to your half;

the part that completes me, that makes me one & of you.

I take you with me throughout my day & I hold you at night.

It is you that I think of.

It is you that I dream of.

It is only you.

You are my love.

My heart.

Carry me with you & carry my touch to your soul.

I will strip to the flesh & bone,

& bare myself to you.

I place my heart before your hands.

I place my love before your feet.

I expose myself with only love & no fear.

I do not question before or after, but only now.

Now I hold you.

Now I have you.

You are a part of my love & life,

to be loved in return.

You are my heart.

You are my love.

Lover & Best Friend

I’m up alone on nights like tonight,

my head & heart overflowing with

thoughts of you –

sweet memories fresh with passion

years in the making.

Miles & years between us have not

changed those feelings we have hid

from ourselves & others.

With you, my best friend, I am safe

& warm within your hands & arms.

Love has always been there for us,

yet not easy to have.

My heart aches with the unknown amount

of time before me –

when will we meet again?

I will dream of you & of you holding me,

the way you have for the time behind us.

I secretly pray for more time

ahead of us – when I can hold you again

& recommit my love

& passion for you.

When I close my eyes all I have is

visions of you & I replay over & over

our few precious moments that

we have shared over the years till now.

Bring me your hands & heart

& I will make mountains of memories

out of them for you.

Come to me & save me from this

heartache of passion & longing for you.

Close the distance between our worlds –

two souls so close cannot live apart as we do.

Surely no world could be so cruel.

When you come home to me,

the time & space between us will melt away,

a glacier of love will recede

& reveal the true origin of our loves extent.

Lost Love

I return to you – as I always do –

you are never far from my mind.

Although time has passed

& distance separates us,

it is always you.

Sometimes I wonder about why

we are not together – the way we should be –

do we deserve our love?

Will we be the love affair

without the ever-after?

When will I see you again?

Kiss me as if I never left with

suitcase in hand.

Kiss me when I arrive as if we

know that I will soon leave you again –

another unknown amount of time

& distance awaits us.

Touch me as if I were the one & only thing

that gives you purpose

& desire.

Touch me with your passionate hands –

Touch me with your passionate mind.

Engulf me with your eyes.

Make me sweat

in anticipation of your love.

Make me believe you are the only

one for me.

Make me never want to leave your side.

Don’t let me go.

Cortes Ferry

Early morning hours we sail into darkness

over the smooth waters the colour of granite.

What lies ahead is what is left behind

as we sail from island to island.

The sea awakens before us as the sun lifts the darkness

& the ocean transforms from black to gray,

a swirling & waving mix of colour that

reminds me of my summer flower garden

in a gentle breeze.

Glancing across our oily reflections we see

the boulders resting quietly against the shoreline;

the eagle in search of food for its young,

& the mountains towering above all

the lands like kings.

The only movement on the glass is

the calm waves rolling away from us with

memorizing motions only threatened by the

sinister turbulence our engine derives.

We sail to the shore,

marvelling all the luscious sights

& we thank the sea for sharing its

calm moments with us.

Sailing Home

My love sails to your heart

through turbulent seas more turbulent

than any moment in time;

& over waters deeper than any feelings

for you or lovers past.

The colours of my voyage reflect the

colours of my mind & my life.

The colours of our love reflect

in a mirror of sea.

You look at me with ocean eyes –

full of unknown landscapes that are

separated by mountains, like the way

the deserts are separated by seas.

I sail to you, my heart abreast the tideline,

the knots between us narrow.

Will you be there, waiting for my ship?

Will you see my mast on the horizon,

erect on the water that summons your love?

My white flag waves in the salty air;

& I give into your love & your ocean eyes.

Your love beckons to me,

cautioning me against sailing into the rocks.

I sail to you through black oceans,

turbulent moments & forbidden landscapes.

I know that the next time I board,

I will board onto you like calm waters;

your love rocking me gently with the

waving liquids in my channel.

This is what sailing home will be.

To my one true love that waits

for the end of my voyage;

carrying my love in open hands.