Let's celebrate love tonight
sealed with a kiss at midnight
And maybe a few dozen before
just to make sure we get it right
Let's celebrate us this year
by holding one another near
creating a safe place inside
and bringing each other here
Let's celebrate sharing this time
you give me fuel, I'll give you rhyme
I'll give my all to this endevor
trying my best to keep you mine
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
Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Your eyes twinkle
Somehow, the stars in your eyes twinkle
with the rythm of my heart
Gazing at the windows to your souls
I can't stop what it starts
with the rythm of my heart
Gazing at the windows to your souls
I can't stop what it starts
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Treasured Love
Over the years
of cheers and tears
we remain together
Through it all
tall and small
sun and rainy weather
Me and You
made one of two
and here we are still standing
Treasured love
from heaven above
upon or hearts is landing
of cheers and tears
we remain together
Through it all
tall and small
sun and rainy weather
Me and You
made one of two
and here we are still standing
Treasured love
from heaven above
upon or hearts is landing
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Our 20th Anniversary
On this our anniversary
I would have you fall in love with me
for another 20 years
I remember the day so clearly
and how you looked so lovely
even through my tears
In my eyes you look the same
as the day you took my name
and made me your forever
You are a blessing in my life
We are eternal as husband and wife
even time itself, our bond, won't sever
I would have you fall in love with me
for another 20 years
I remember the day so clearly
and how you looked so lovely
even through my tears
In my eyes you look the same
as the day you took my name
and made me your forever
You are a blessing in my life
We are eternal as husband and wife
even time itself, our bond, won't sever
Monday, December 27, 2010
My perfect thought
I think about you all the time
thoughts of love become verse and rhyme
and make their way from head, ink
sometimes faster than I can think
You are the ever present voice I hear
the shining light to quiet fear
Thoughts of you calm my soul
and keep me and my world in control
I think of you when I rise
and as I pray before I close my eyes
I think you with me when I'm alone
and never have I felt like I'm on my own
Thanks for being my waking thought
and the reason for these flowers I bought
Thanks for just being you
My perect thought personified and true.
thoughts of love become verse and rhyme
and make their way from head, ink
sometimes faster than I can think
You are the ever present voice I hear
the shining light to quiet fear
Thoughts of you calm my soul
and keep me and my world in control
I think of you when I rise
and as I pray before I close my eyes
I think you with me when I'm alone
and never have I felt like I'm on my own
Thanks for being my waking thought
and the reason for these flowers I bought
Thanks for just being you
My perect thought personified and true.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
You are to me a gift
a life, a reason, a whispered breath
The word of peace
spoken soul to soul
The sweet release
only a lover knows
I still can't believe you are mine
and that we've lasted this long
a perfect past to a brighter time
a hurried poem to a powerful song
I will always treasure what you are
adding to all that we may become
Our direction based on your star
our life's answer a simple sum
a life, a reason, a whispered breath
The word of peace
spoken soul to soul
The sweet release
only a lover knows
I still can't believe you are mine
and that we've lasted this long
a perfect past to a brighter time
a hurried poem to a powerful song
I will always treasure what you are
adding to all that we may become
Our direction based on your star
our life's answer a simple sum
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Open my heart
Under the tree
is a present from me
Something I'd like to share
A gift for you
one I knew
would show you how much I care
It is the gift of heart
of doing my part
to make sure your happy each day
It is the gift of touch
when its all to much
to let you know it will be okay
It is the gift of space
when you need a place
to be quiet and on your own
It is the gift of knowing
that I will alway be owing
and never repay your love's loan
I am the gift or I trying to be
everyday for the rest of eternity
Open my heart it's for you
I know its not a lot
but it is all that I've got
I hope it will see us through
is a present from me
Something I'd like to share
A gift for you
one I knew
would show you how much I care
It is the gift of heart
of doing my part
to make sure your happy each day
It is the gift of touch
when its all to much
to let you know it will be okay
It is the gift of space
when you need a place
to be quiet and on your own
It is the gift of knowing
that I will alway be owing
and never repay your love's loan
I am the gift or I trying to be
everyday for the rest of eternity
Open my heart it's for you
I know its not a lot
but it is all that I've got
I hope it will see us through
Friday, December 24, 2010
I thought I was happy.
I was living my life
yeah, doing fine
Having myself
one hell of a time
Not a worry about
what tomorrow would bring
just having fun
and doing my thing
And then came you
from out of the blue
helping me find
an even better time
You opened my world
to new horizons
lifted me higher
to see the sun rise'n
Brought me to the edge
where I thought I would fall
held me out furthur
so I could see it all
I never knew a good time
until I spent time with you
I never had a ending rhyme
to share share my poet's view
I thought I was happy
and then you came along
and gave me a life
that's worth a rock song.
yeah, doing fine
Having myself
one hell of a time
Not a worry about
what tomorrow would bring
just having fun
and doing my thing
And then came you
from out of the blue
helping me find
an even better time
You opened my world
to new horizons
lifted me higher
to see the sun rise'n
Brought me to the edge
where I thought I would fall
held me out furthur
so I could see it all
I never knew a good time
until I spent time with you
I never had a ending rhyme
to share share my poet's view
I thought I was happy
and then you came along
and gave me a life
that's worth a rock song.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
For now, tomorrow and the rest of time
I choose to build my life with you
for you are solid, steady and true
A sure foundation never to crack
made up of all the things I lack
I choose to join my heart with thine
for now, tomorrow and the rest of time
To share this moment and steal this breath
from the time I wake till I sleep in death
I choose to hold you through night
to chase the darkness into light
To make your world a better place
To create for you a safer place
I choose to have you as my wife
to walk with me through this life
To borrow and give a strength divine
for now, tomorrow and the rest of time.
for you are solid, steady and true
A sure foundation never to crack
made up of all the things I lack
I choose to join my heart with thine
for now, tomorrow and the rest of time
To share this moment and steal this breath
from the time I wake till I sleep in death
I choose to hold you through night
to chase the darkness into light
To make your world a better place
To create for you a safer place
I choose to have you as my wife
to walk with me through this life
To borrow and give a strength divine
for now, tomorrow and the rest of time.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The speed of love
All my life I've been running
and never able to find
anything worth the effort
anything worth my time
The came the day I ran into you
and suddenly all things changed
I had fallen and before I knew
my whole world was rearranged
Before I even heard your voice
or saw the light in your eyes
My heart had already made it's choice
to have you as its prize
Sound and light are fast indeed
and yet love beats their pace
traveling at a winged heart's speed
Love will always win the race.
and never able to find
anything worth the effort
anything worth my time
The came the day I ran into you
and suddenly all things changed
I had fallen and before I knew
my whole world was rearranged
Before I even heard your voice
or saw the light in your eyes
My heart had already made it's choice
to have you as its prize
Sound and light are fast indeed
and yet love beats their pace
traveling at a winged heart's speed
Love will always win the race.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
All the love I need to know
The tears in my eyes are a poor disguise
for the joy that I feel in my heart
When I am with you, I know love true
I am whole again with no missing parts
A stone in water causes ripples forever
Just as your love increases my soul
Concentric circles radiate from you
with all the love I need to know
for the joy that I feel in my heart
When I am with you, I know love true
I am whole again with no missing parts
A stone in water causes ripples forever
Just as your love increases my soul
Concentric circles radiate from you
with all the love I need to know
Monday, December 20, 2010
Sing
Sing a lullaby
to me tonight
Sing of peace
and sweet release
Sing of heaven
and what was given
Sing to remind
of better times
Sing to sooth
a tempered mood
Sing to show
how far you'll go
Sing to give
Sing to live
Sing to me
a song of we
to me tonight
Sing of peace
and sweet release
Sing of heaven
and what was given
Sing to remind
of better times
Sing to sooth
a tempered mood
Sing to show
how far you'll go
Sing to give
Sing to live
Sing to me
a song of we
Sunday, December 19, 2010
A warm southern air
A breath of warm southern air
rushed over landscape bare
from mountain peaks to valley low
returning the living water's flow
This water flows prepares the earth
for planting seeds and giving birth
Life once dorment now awaken
the soul asleep now shaken
Our love is as this breath
shared in life and given in death
Taking over and changing season
Flowing free and giving reason
rushed over landscape bare
from mountain peaks to valley low
returning the living water's flow
This water flows prepares the earth
for planting seeds and giving birth
Life once dorment now awaken
the soul asleep now shaken
Our love is as this breath
shared in life and given in death
Taking over and changing season
Flowing free and giving reason
Saturday, December 18, 2010
The context of you
I am best understood in the context of you
Some find me crazy when they see what I do
I just keep on, thinking if they only knew
they would do the same things too
Safe within your life's story
my thoughts and actions receive their glory
Seen through love reflected off you
my words and deeds are now more true
Taking me out of this lover's tale
is like taking the wind from out the sail
I'd be left drifting and an empty sea
No direction and nobody to come for me
I like this place, I like being here
beside you, I have meaning
Words, Emotions, thoughts a tears
stand by themselves against you leaning.
Some find me crazy when they see what I do
I just keep on, thinking if they only knew
they would do the same things too
Safe within your life's story
my thoughts and actions receive their glory
Seen through love reflected off you
my words and deeds are now more true
Taking me out of this lover's tale
is like taking the wind from out the sail
I'd be left drifting and an empty sea
No direction and nobody to come for me
I like this place, I like being here
beside you, I have meaning
Words, Emotions, thoughts a tears
stand by themselves against you leaning.
Friday, December 17, 2010
I love the feeling
I love the feeling of your lips on mine
lost in that moment, I loose track of time
I would stay there all day if you would too
caught up in that moment just me and you
I love the feeling of our hands held tight
lost in that moment, I could stay the night
Going where you would have me go
Walking or runing, fast or slow
I love the feeling our life;s as one
lost in each other till time is done
I always want to just us two
I love the feeling of loving you
lost in that moment, I loose track of time
I would stay there all day if you would too
caught up in that moment just me and you
I love the feeling of our hands held tight
lost in that moment, I could stay the night
Going where you would have me go
Walking or runing, fast or slow
I love the feeling our life;s as one
lost in each other till time is done
I always want to just us two
I love the feeling of loving you
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Home and You
I enjoy ending my day
trying to find
the right way to say
I love you.
I never feel I've done enough
to show how much I care
Time flies by and days are tough
and I am not always there
Believe me when I tell you
I would rather stay close
The world can be a zoo
but home and you I love the most
trying to find
the right way to say
I love you.
I never feel I've done enough
to show how much I care
Time flies by and days are tough
and I am not always there
Believe me when I tell you
I would rather stay close
The world can be a zoo
but home and you I love the most
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Our eyes
Our eyes seem to reflect
this love's perfect joy
By them we connect
as husband and wife, girl and boy
Never needing to be more
a complemtary pair
You walk through while I hold the door
You pause breifly to let me stare
Never feeling less then whole
a seemless shape are we
Feeding and healing each other's soul
Reeling and casting out to sea.
this love's perfect joy
By them we connect
as husband and wife, girl and boy
Never needing to be more
a complemtary pair
You walk through while I hold the door
You pause breifly to let me stare
Never feeling less then whole
a seemless shape are we
Feeding and healing each other's soul
Reeling and casting out to sea.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Cast your fear
Cast your every fear aside
I will catch the tears you cry
Place your burdens in my hand
I will make a valient stand.
Throw your fear into the deep
I will catch the tears you weep
Give me all your doubt and pain
I hold firm and return again
Dash your fears against the wall
I will catch the tears that fall
Lead me into your inner fight
I will conquer with all my might
I will catch the tears you cry
Place your burdens in my hand
I will make a valient stand.
Throw your fear into the deep
I will catch the tears you weep
Give me all your doubt and pain
I hold firm and return again
Dash your fears against the wall
I will catch the tears that fall
Lead me into your inner fight
I will conquer with all my might
Monday, December 13, 2010
My love in ink
I lay my soul down
on a clean white sheet
spill my thoughts in ink
till the task is complete
My cup of love overflows
as it filled at your fountain
my vision increases
as I ascend your mountain
My peace is the quiet
wherein I can think|
and daily create
my love in ink
on a clean white sheet
spill my thoughts in ink
till the task is complete
My cup of love overflows
as it filled at your fountain
my vision increases
as I ascend your mountain
My peace is the quiet
wherein I can think|
and daily create
my love in ink
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Content to know
Happily ensnared by your embrace
Entangled in your beauty
Your charm, wit and grace
Willing to wait to see you again
Content to know
our time together will never end
Entangled in your beauty
Your charm, wit and grace
Willing to wait to see you again
Content to know
our time together will never end
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Blossoms of life
I will spend my life planting
seeds of hope and love
Preparing a house and harvest
In a more fertile field above
Roses I give you today
were planted over years
in soil prepared and tended
watered with sweat and tears
Blossoms of a life well spent
these roses I give to you
Each day replenished in sowing
Each dozen a vow renewed
seeds of hope and love
Preparing a house and harvest
In a more fertile field above
Roses I give you today
were planted over years
in soil prepared and tended
watered with sweat and tears
Blossoms of a life well spent
these roses I give to you
Each day replenished in sowing
Each dozen a vow renewed
Friday, December 10, 2010
The arrow and quiver
The arrow and the quiver
pull, aim, release, deliver
My lover's touch
Pulls me in
Sets me straight
Lets me dream
and then create
pull, aim, release, deliver
My lover's touch
Pulls me in
Sets me straight
Lets me dream
and then create
Thursday, December 9, 2010
An angel bound by gravity
You are God's gift to me
and for that generosity
I will love and treasure thee
for now and all eternity.
You are an angel bound by gravity
the life force of the giving tree
A willing spirit anchored here
a temple to house God near.
Being loved of you
I know for sure that heaven is true
and it is that faiththat sees me through
all the work I've left to do.
Love is what ties our ends
and why these words are thought and penned
By loving you I'm thanking him
for allowing the power of love to begin.
and for that generosity
I will love and treasure thee
for now and all eternity.
You are an angel bound by gravity
the life force of the giving tree
A willing spirit anchored here
a temple to house God near.
Being loved of you
I know for sure that heaven is true
and it is that faiththat sees me through
all the work I've left to do.
Love is what ties our ends
and why these words are thought and penned
By loving you I'm thanking him
for allowing the power of love to begin.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
A more perfect way
I feel I have to reach
to get to where you are
to stretch my every fiber
just a little past too far
Just stay being you
I will catch up one day
a cleared path to heaven
a more perfect way
You make me better
by trying to be like you
and somehow I feel
you'd say the same thing too
to get to where you are
to stretch my every fiber
just a little past too far
Just stay being you
I will catch up one day
a cleared path to heaven
a more perfect way
You make me better
by trying to be like you
and somehow I feel
you'd say the same thing too
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
A stregthened love
To hear you laugh and see you smile
does my heart well
Dreaming you happy for just a while
does more good than I can tell
Your smile has a tendency
to make my soul shout for joy
If it had it way with me
I would stay a little boy
Smile on, laugh loud
I'll never get enough
Stand up above the crowd
lifted by a strengthened love
does my heart well
Dreaming you happy for just a while
does more good than I can tell
Your smile has a tendency
to make my soul shout for joy
If it had it way with me
I would stay a little boy
Smile on, laugh loud
I'll never get enough
Stand up above the crowd
lifted by a strengthened love
Monday, December 6, 2010
Lay your eyes on me
Lay your eyes on me
and soon the rest will follow
I will sweep you off your feet
my hand gently in yor back's hallow
Let go and lean in
I will finish what you begin
all you need to do is stare
and count on me to be there
In you eyes I see perfection
in this moment eternity
we could take this any direction
just wrap your arms around me.
and soon the rest will follow
I will sweep you off your feet
my hand gently in yor back's hallow
Let go and lean in
I will finish what you begin
all you need to do is stare
and count on me to be there
In you eyes I see perfection
in this moment eternity
we could take this any direction
just wrap your arms around me.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Let love light the way
Let love light the way
in all I do and what I say
let love listen, learn and lend
making everyone a instant friend
Love's light leads my way
through dark night to new day
it brings back home the stray
and rescues from the frightening fray
Hold your light of love up high
for all around to see
and only answer when questioned why
this is who I choose to be.
in all I do and what I say
let love listen, learn and lend
making everyone a instant friend
Love's light leads my way
through dark night to new day
it brings back home the stray
and rescues from the frightening fray
Hold your light of love up high
for all around to see
and only answer when questioned why
this is who I choose to be.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Fresh Brewed Love
I know that your feeling tired
and that winters got you down
The wire which you balance on
seems further from the ground
It days like these that never end
the work keeps piling higher
You sleep only to start again
your daily balance on the wire
So when you feel you can't go on
I hope you call me up
I'm waiting with fresh brewed love
to refill your empty cup.
A shot of love is what you need
to make it through these days
I make my own just for you
and I know a secret way
A little hope and a touch of touch
with some fun and laughing mixed in
a sprinkle of kindness, a splash of smile
and a whole lot of sin
It might be hot, this love of mine
you can only sip a little at a time
too much is not good but great
so drink it down, don't hesitate
and that winters got you down
The wire which you balance on
seems further from the ground
It days like these that never end
the work keeps piling higher
You sleep only to start again
your daily balance on the wire
So when you feel you can't go on
I hope you call me up
I'm waiting with fresh brewed love
to refill your empty cup.
A shot of love is what you need
to make it through these days
I make my own just for you
and I know a secret way
A little hope and a touch of touch
with some fun and laughing mixed in
a sprinkle of kindness, a splash of smile
and a whole lot of sin
It might be hot, this love of mine
you can only sip a little at a time
too much is not good but great
so drink it down, don't hesitate
Friday, December 3, 2010
My thoughts return me to you
My thoughts return me to you
though never far from strayed
When the battle is through
and final judgment is weighed
I long to be by you your side
and hold you close to me
and yet it seems that daily the tide
drags me further out to sea
If I cannot be near you in body
My thoughts will bridge the divide
Your in my heart, the thought of thee
will keep me near thy side
though never far from strayed
When the battle is through
and final judgment is weighed
I long to be by you your side
and hold you close to me
and yet it seems that daily the tide
drags me further out to sea
If I cannot be near you in body
My thoughts will bridge the divide
Your in my heart, the thought of thee
will keep me near thy side
Thursday, December 2, 2010
My heart is King
My soul needs a champion
something it can rely on
to fight the daily battle
that has me rattle to the core
something strong, something sure
My head has sometimes led the charge
but in victory becomes to large
So humbled I must be found
and lay my soul upon the ground
I will give my heart the chance
to fight and lead the victory dance
It shall be a gracious king
and give my soul the cause to sing
Will your heart be my queen
I will hallow where thou hast been
Together our hearts will lead the way
Into a bright a glorious day.
something it can rely on
to fight the daily battle
that has me rattle to the core
something strong, something sure
My head has sometimes led the charge
but in victory becomes to large
So humbled I must be found
and lay my soul upon the ground
I will give my heart the chance
to fight and lead the victory dance
It shall be a gracious king
and give my soul the cause to sing
Will your heart be my queen
I will hallow where thou hast been
Together our hearts will lead the way
Into a bright a glorious day.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
You are my light
Light fills all the space it enters
small or big from wall to center
giving life and receiving in death
providing for our very breath
Light take many shapes and forms
from sunshine's glow to the fire's warm
it is ever present even when dim
light is even housed within
You are my perfect source of light
Making me warm, rescuing day from night
You fill my life, my soul overflows
in my garden you grow the rose
I feel you with all the time
inside and out, verse and rhyme
No darkness in me is found
You are my light and ever around
small or big from wall to center
giving life and receiving in death
providing for our very breath
Light take many shapes and forms
from sunshine's glow to the fire's warm
it is ever present even when dim
light is even housed within
You are my perfect source of light
Making me warm, rescuing day from night
You fill my life, my soul overflows
in my garden you grow the rose
I feel you with all the time
inside and out, verse and rhyme
No darkness in me is found
You are my light and ever around
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