This days draws to an end
the sun to the moon now bends
darkness falls, dreamland calls
I knee in prayer for you
Soon I'll see your face
we'll assume the same space
smiles wide, nothing to hide
our love in full view
Everyday Love: The Plan
About 2 weeks after my marriage to Jill, I left her the first of what I now call, "everyday love notes". It read simply, "Sleep on my queen and when you dream, dream me to be your king." 19 and half years, and several hundred notes later, I still find a new reason everyday to fall in love with her and I am still searching for the right words to express it.
So for the next year I am writing an "everyday love note" everyday. Honest expression of a man's love for his wife and how daily that love looks, lives and lasts.
All of these I will post here , and all of these I will write and leave for Jill.
Year in Review
I have learned a lot over the past year while trying to write each of these poems on a daily basis. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be but neither is love. There are good poems, great poems and poems that still need work...just like boening in love, there are good days, great days and days that I could have put some more work into. And even though every line is true...just like true love, sometimes it is stretch or hope that gets you there.
I hope there has been something the eveyone can relate to and draw from...I don't think my experience is too far removed when you really think about why you love the one you do. Thanks for reading and loving. Most of all, thanks to Jill, for being the women who inspired this project and daily gives me reasons to love her. I love you.
Dan
So for the next year I am writing an "everyday love note" everyday. Honest expression of a man's love for his wife and how daily that love looks, lives and lasts.
All of these I will post here , and all of these I will write and leave for Jill.
Year in Review
I have learned a lot over the past year while trying to write each of these poems on a daily basis. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be but neither is love. There are good poems, great poems and poems that still need work...just like boening in love, there are good days, great days and days that I could have put some more work into. And even though every line is true...just like true love, sometimes it is stretch or hope that gets you there.
I hope there has been something the eveyone can relate to and draw from...I don't think my experience is too far removed when you really think about why you love the one you do. Thanks for reading and loving. Most of all, thanks to Jill, for being the women who inspired this project and daily gives me reasons to love her. I love you.
Dan
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Unbroken trust
Safely encircled in arms of love
despite the distance between us
our faith a hope a statement of
a unseen, and unbroken trust
I long to have you here with me
to see and touch your face
until the time when together we'll be
I'll keep a warm safe space
Think of me as you lay lone
try and picture me there
send the key to heart you own
and he will answer our prayer
despite the distance between us
our faith a hope a statement of
a unseen, and unbroken trust
I long to have you here with me
to see and touch your face
until the time when together we'll be
I'll keep a warm safe space
Think of me as you lay lone
try and picture me there
send the key to heart you own
and he will answer our prayer
Saturday, February 26, 2011
The heart of a friend.
Only the shadow of your ghost remains
as I lay down alone again tonight
my soul burns with untamed flames
and hopes of someday soon holding you tight
This presence I feel around me
I know belongs to you
I submit, and it enslaves me
it all I have left to do.
Return your love to this place
and never leave again
Locked away in a sacred place
here in the heart of a friend
as I lay down alone again tonight
my soul burns with untamed flames
and hopes of someday soon holding you tight
This presence I feel around me
I know belongs to you
I submit, and it enslaves me
it all I have left to do.
Return your love to this place
and never leave again
Locked away in a sacred place
here in the heart of a friend
Friday, February 25, 2011
Send a prayer to heaven
Send a prayer to heaven
know that it's been heard
all you stand in need of
kept safely word by word
Give me charge and I will keep
all the wolves at bay
whisper softly to the sky
the words you cannot say
I will catch them as they rise
present them at the gate
I will be the messenger
and carry all thy weight
know that it's been heard
all you stand in need of
kept safely word by word
Give me charge and I will keep
all the wolves at bay
whisper softly to the sky
the words you cannot say
I will catch them as they rise
present them at the gate
I will be the messenger
and carry all thy weight
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Halo forged in fire
My love she is an angel
her halo forged in fire
she keeps watch ore the line
of all my righteous desire
God himself has placed her there
and given her the power
to let both good and evil
into my ivory tower
She keeps a careful watch
and guards my every move
A sentry at my defense
Until the day I prove
My love she is an angel
her halo forged in fire
she keeps watch ore the path
that leads me ever higher
her halo forged in fire
she keeps watch ore the line
of all my righteous desire
God himself has placed her there
and given her the power
to let both good and evil
into my ivory tower
She keeps a careful watch
and guards my every move
A sentry at my defense
Until the day I prove
My love she is an angel
her halo forged in fire
she keeps watch ore the path
that leads me ever higher
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
The Plan
the plan is for us to be
together for all of eternity
so if on earth we"re far apart
nothing can break the bind of heart
Miles and distance are mortal constraints
and only her and now complaints
our love reaches past the seas
that now separate you and me
Borders and papers cannot keep
our dreams apart as we sleep
This I know and you should too
nothing can keep my love from you
together for all of eternity
so if on earth we"re far apart
nothing can break the bind of heart
Miles and distance are mortal constraints
and only her and now complaints
our love reaches past the seas
that now separate you and me
Borders and papers cannot keep
our dreams apart as we sleep
This I know and you should too
nothing can keep my love from you
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Wish you back home
the longer we stay apart
quickens the pounding of my heart
shortens the surface of my breath
hastens the coming of my death
I cannot live without you here
and choose to turn a deafening ear
to those who say it won't be long
and that I need stay strong
You are the only part of me
that I am proud to let others see
without you I am naked and alone
no place to rest or to call home
So I will wait for your safe return
my soul's candle will slowly burn
hoping that I have the strength
to wish you back home at length
quickens the pounding of my heart
shortens the surface of my breath
hastens the coming of my death
I cannot live without you here
and choose to turn a deafening ear
to those who say it won't be long
and that I need stay strong
You are the only part of me
that I am proud to let others see
without you I am naked and alone
no place to rest or to call home
So I will wait for your safe return
my soul's candle will slowly burn
hoping that I have the strength
to wish you back home at length
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