A pitchfork and a wheelbarrow
down by the caribou crossing
where a crimson colored twilight
spills onto the north country...
the churning of nature's marrow
has me turning and tossing
under a cold silver starlight
all a-whisper with mystery...
so paint me a water-colored fresco
where a flaxen sun exposes
a time that has come to a standstill
waiting like lovers waiting to meet...
and I'll go down to Mexico
and gather Catalina roses
that grow on top of a stony hill
and lay these flowers at your feet.
Island, I can see you - distant fine pearl.
We drop harbor anchor, music greets us.
Leis are given by a native grown girl.
We walk ocean street not using road's bus.
Hostel makes us welcomed showing no fuss.
Time includes glass bottom boat and day's swim.
We watch manta ray, intrusive old cuss,
thinking someone might soon try to spike him.
Aviary sanctuary, slope's rim,
bison grazing, cycling city's alleys,
total living, sharing life to stein's brim.
So " manana," we will make more sallies.
We will charter boat and troll as Zane Grey,
catching huge fish, I can write book someday.
If you see Catalina please w'ld you tell her
That a second without her is a Thousand years
It may be a minute down but it seems too far
Enough for a man to go pleading for prayers
I tried writing her some sort of a letter
But nothing could be enough to speak for my heart
You see Catalina is far beyond every logic of nature
The power of words can never reach the peak of her height
My feelings for her is behind such an ordinary measure
For she deserves love put in public light
Never had she Been a lady to keep in a hide
She's got far more than your ordinary bride
Her elegance speaks more than a flying dove
She's a thief of an eye, hearts and minds
And may be a robber with un beatable portion
You want it or not she divides the lines
In the nature of love she stands as the reason
For she turns you faster than a running wind mill
Of all, you place her as your first petition
Dying or living, she's the secrete to heal
As i told you once and now again
Catalina is a charming beautiful creation
CATALINA SCOTTE
Can't seem to say how much I've wondered
About the way I found you here
To think the ways I could have blundered
And never known that you were near
Life's funny how it plays it's aces
In many ways it's all a dream
Nobody knows it's many faces
And things are rarely what they seem.
So fate has thrown our lives together
Can't say it picked the best of scenes
Or even that this storm will weather but
Time will tell us what it means
To use this time and make it better
Enjoy our romance in a letter
It seems like only yesterday.
Catalina Rose and me,
running past her gardens gateway -
My nose smelling scents of universal poetry!
I would kiss her delicate dulcet hand,
that adorned her ancestors ring.
My Catalina came from a distant land,
where her father reigned as king!
Catalina's beauty was just breathtaking;
The magical drawing on her face was exotic.
Thinking of her now is heartbreaking;
For our lovemaking was like my narcotic!
I was so addicted to Catalina Rose,
in ways I can't explain;
from her head to her toes,
I craved her like a junkie does cocaine!
Catalina had the prettiest lips,
with long dark wavy hair.
She had my heart doing flips,
and I use to follow her everywhere!
My princess is now gone from me;
All that's left is her picture in this frame.
I was glad to share her memory,
For Catalina Rose was her name.....
my knees are squeezing tightly, my arms wrapped around your waist
a cool breeze, the morning sun, a quiet highway on which we run
centrifugal force in motion, as you pop the clutch
chest to back, the muffler crack, as we hit the open road
low clouds in the mountains offer a beautiful view
heading to Catalina, a first for me and you
the Victory purring loudly, an awesome humming sound
this vibration I'm feeling has nothing to do with bike
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