I Only Miss You When

 

 

 

I only miss you when I breathe

 

            When the leaves fall

            When daffodils bloom

            When snowflakes gather

            When I laugh, cheer or frown

                        . . . Sometimes when I cry

 

I only miss you when I blink

 

            When whippoorwills sing

            When puppies yap

            When I’m here or there

            Or far from anywhere

                        . . . Sometimes when I laugh

 

I only miss you night and day

           

            When sunshine smiles

            As morning dawns

            When nightscape stars glow

            After the sun sets

                        . . . Sometimes when I dream

 

I only miss you when you’re gone

            When the grass grows

            When babies cry

            When brooks babble

            When oceans roar

                        . . . Sometimes when I’m lonely

 

I only miss you when I breathe

 

Haven

 

 

My perfect retreat

Unrestricted safe haven

Where salty water

Greets the shore

And baby waves

Curl across the beach line

In gently repeating surf sounds

Aquamarine stretches

To a cornflower blue

Cloudless sun-filled sky

My radiant haven

Beach side

Surrounded by miles

Of shell-strewn sand

Shredded seaweed

Discarded driftwood

Where warm summer breezes

Flirt with my eyelashes

And rumple my hair

And far-off motorboat engines

Softly growl

As they glide around the dock

A getaway – a stay away

Where tranquility takes charge

My solitary haven

From hurried demands

Daily frenzies

Obligations and needs

Where sea grapes

And sabal palms

Are constant sentinels

Protecting and guarding

My tropical haven

Garden

 

 

Pretty poppies

Dainty daisies

See them perched

On slender stems

Petals dancing in the breeze

 

Regal roses

Precious petunias

Flounce and bounce

From ground to vine

Against the summer’s sigh

 

Lovely lilies

Happy hibiscus

Their petals reach up

Like outstretched arms

Welcoming the April sun

 

Blazing marigolds

Raging red geraniums

Stand sentinel

In snowy white pots

Along the walkways

 

Heaps of purple phlox

Butter-hued daffodils

Sun cherry zinnias

Against a hyacinth fence

Scatter their smiling colors

 

Aromas of gardenias

Blooming lilacs

And the gentle wafting

Of dewy honeysuckle

Delights my every sense

Belong

 

 

I want to belong

To someone

I want to be loved

By someone

 

I want the sunrise

          And stars in the night

To show in your smile

          To light up your eyes

 

I need to belong

To just one

I need to be loved

By only one

 

So give me a daybreak

          With a cloudless sky

Give me your love

          I’ll give you forever

Day’s End

 

 

The fiery red sunset

 

Casts cotton candy

 

Inverted images

 

Atop the shimmering water;

 

Looking like the end of the world,

 

Flaming colors streak

 

Across rooftops in the distance;

 

Bloated water-pregnant clouds

 

Hang low like dingy fleece pillows,

 

Their hazy reflections

 

Cast mirror images

 

On the grey-green Bay;

 

A majestic blast furnace

 

Of Halloween burnt orange

 

Glows against the razor sharp horizon;

 

The day slowly folds itself

 

Into a blanket of night

 

As darkness shoves

 

The ruby scorched sky

 

Beyond the August skyline

Essence

 

 

 

A shimmering spot

In the vastness of creation -

Hope

 

A sand speck

On the shoreline of eternity -

Remembrance

 

A glistening dewdrop

Reflecting and capturing -

Need

 

A pale shadow

In the depths of nighttime -

Belief

 

A tentative footstep

Toward the unknown horizon -

Trust

 

A gentle finger touch

Against your satiny face -

Love

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Back

 

 

I would need to use

Every dictionary word

To catch you up on everything

You missed with me;

I would need to create

A brand new language,

Teach you all the phrases

So you would know

What you missed with us;

It would take volumes

And countless chapters

To fill the book,

Longer than an encyclopedia;

All the sunsets, hugs,

Tears and smiles

We missed together;

So many years passed away

Spent apart – afar,

Would-have-been memories,

Holidays and every days

Gone and lost;

There’s not enough words

To write or speak

So that you know

I’m glad you’re back;

Too few happy songs,

Lopsided grins and loving gazes

That I can give

To make up for

All we left behind;

I’m glad you’re back