Somewhere in the dark I hear him whisper
His words are so sincere, and always sweet
I reach for him and find a manly whisker
In the waking night I feel when our lips meet

The softest kiss can melt my heart completely
One touch is all I need to be set free
I know when he looks at me so lovingly
My soul will always long for him, to be

How he came into my life is just a detail
A tiny blip on a map of happiness
I can"t remember a life before I fell
All I know is that it now is pure bliss

I love you.

Shadows

I wonder what they're saying, and how they came to be
I see a boy play freely with a ball
I wish that I could see the things that they can see
Amazing are these shadows on the wall

A memory that once was frozen, now it comes to life
I wish you could see them all
They remind me of a past less filled with strife
Shadows on the wall

I see a girl with glowing skin and eyes that see the stars
There are children bundled snugly in the fall
A lifetime of memories set loose from wooden bars
Free at last, my shadows on the wall

I caged you once, but now, I love to watch you play
Your innocence has finally come to call
With my last breath on earth, all that I can say
Thank you for shadows on the wall

For my love

In his eyes I see the ocean

I can hear the roaring sea

I can even feel the sunshine

That is raining down on me

In his heart I see the love

The he gives so graciously

I can feel his dedication

I can touch eternity

I can see the clocks tick slowly

As his mind perceives my face

I know it will be forever

When I feel his warm embrace

I see his perfect image

His mold must be so pure

Unfailing to amaze me

I've never been more sure

Some people wish for riches

They ask for fame and gold

All I want is you, forever

Here's to growing old

She works to pay the mortgage while she thinks about the past

She just can't understand why her dream was not to last

It wasn't very long ago when possibilities were so vast

Now her future with her children is moving by too fast

There used to be a time when love was all she knew

She'd stay at home so happily attending to her brood

Then one day fate was not so kind, and tragedy ensued

Now within her walls, one would guess a solemn mood

But inside her home is joyous and her children smile and play

Just like the happy moments in their life of yesterday

She gives them hugs and kisses in her motherly way

Then she lays them down to sleep and together they pray

They pray for all the silly things that children hold so dear

Stuffed teddybears and friends are the first things that we hear

Next the prayer changes to a different atmosphere

When Mommy hears her children pray for something more this year

It is no easy task to fill her burdened shoes

But she does it with a smile, and her smile is not a ruse

Her strength cannot be seen with uneducated eyes

She is a woman of His glory seeking Faith from up on high

I'm sitting in the dark wilderness and nobody can see me.

I'm screaming in the vast wilderness and nobody can hear me.

I exist in this wilderness but nobody can feel me.

I'm rotting in this wilderness and the beasts do not smell me.

There are others in the wilderness and I see them.

They are screaming in their wilderness and I can hear them.

They exist in their wilderness and I touch them.

They do not rot in their wilderness but I smell them.

Why are they so blind but I can see?

Who gave me ears to hear when I can't breath?

When will they feel my gentle need?

What scent must I emit to stop their greed?

Perhaps this wilderness is not for me.

Maybe I should leave and let them be.

Conceivably this dream will end, we'll see.

Possibly I will take my pain and flee.

I could paddle down the river, but there would be no fish and I would starve.

I could move into the city, but the restaurants would disappear and I would starve.

I could build a treehouse in the jungle, but there would be no fruit and I would starve.

I could stay here in my wilderness, alone, and my soul will starve.

Which path in life will I choose?

What plan is in store for me?

What dreams will I lose?

Which road will it be?

This is dedicated to my firstborn...

For months I held you safe in nature's sweet embrace

We'd talk and read and sing, and I'd long to see your face

In every waking moment, I was thinking about you

Thinking about the day you would make my dreams come true

I was dreaming of your innocence and counting down the days

I was thinking of how I would love you in oh so many ways

I was waiting for your presence to be known unto the world

I was hoping for an angel that I, myself, could hold

Plans were made, and one day soon you came into my life

I soon found out it's hard to be a mother and a wife

I worked so hard, but still you cried, and I didn't understand

I looked for someone stronger to come and take my hand

The next few years were not the way I thought that they would be

It took a lot of love and work for Him to make me see

That every dream is different, but every one comes true

Through all the trials and hardships, I'm so grateful He sent you

A memory is fading, all the while I take a drink

I know it isn't worth it, but your presence makes me sink

My tears will fade and for a while my heart will bleed no more

I know I had a life, but my future is so unsure

I pour another glass because I still can see your face

Why won't this pain just go away, why won't this drink erase

Without you here I'm just not whole, and life itself is dim

I know it won't be much longer now, so I put my mouth to the rim

Oh grant me liquid freedom! Loose these ties that bind

Bless me with serenity and let my pain unwind

It will not be much longer now, I feel a sweet release

Suddenly I realize I need your inner peace

I need your face, your smile, your love, please don't disappear

I will drift off in your beauty, so grateful you're still here

A stream is trickling slowly by

I gaze into it's blue hue

Every piece is perfect

Not a pebble set askew

The world is full of wonder

My heart smiles in delight

At all the gifts God's given me

Everything seems so right

A bluejay sings

A cricket chirps

Dew poses daintily on a leaf

And for a moment

I feel His presence

And the world is perfect