In the prime of your youth so cruel and short,
I handed you the reddest rose with velvety petals
and with a gentle gesture you took it dreamy eyes
to delight your sense and cheerfully accept it.
That rose has never faded, it has remained intact
and I hold it thinking about the seasons we spent
together by that river that carries away all dreams
we wished they would never know the flow of tears.
In the prime of my youth so distant from any crowd
I carried you in the deepness of devoted thoughts
imagining two lovers more eager than a greedy child
who was never glad or satisfied with a few toys.
That pretty girl with golden hair ran on jasmine fields
that met idyllic sunsets that vanish into almost nothing,
I chased you until we both fell on the flaming grass
out of breath, thrilled to lay there and start indulging.
In the prime of fullest joy, we listened to the inner voice
telling us that there wouldn't be another similar time:
either grab it or postpone it without a specified guaranty...
if it would be avaialble for us to enjoy and climb to certainty.
I love you my darling with all my heart
Wonder how many times that's been said
At the moment of passion when love bursts forth
Two hearts intertwine, passions fed
That moment of bliss, the follow up kiss
Is there anything else that compares
With this overpowering lust and desire
The sheer pleasure of that moment shared
I'm feeling great passion rising within me
As the words start to form on my screen
Passionate love words describing my feelings
As you emit tiny pleasurable screams
If a Heaven exists, then this must be it
Nothing has ever equaled this pleasure
To bottle this feeling and sell it in stores
Would guaranty success beyond measure
I love you my darling with all my heart
Wonder how many times that's been said
At that moment of passion when love bursts forth
Two hearts intertwine, passions fed
I love you my darling with all my heart
Wonder how many times that's been said
At the moment of passion when love bursts forth
Two hearts intertwine, passions fed
That moment of bliss, the follow up kiss
Is there anything else that compares
With this overpowering lust and desire
The sheer pleasure of that moment shared
I'm feeling great passion rising within me
As the words start to form on my screen
Passionate love words describing my feelings
As you emit tiny pleasurable screams
If a Heaven exists, then this must be it
Nothing has ever equaled this pleasure
To bottle this feeling and sell it in stores
Would guaranty success beyond measure
I love you my darling with all my heart
Wonder how many times that's been said
At that moment of passion when love bursts forth
Two hearts intertwine, passions fed
Another decade ending and a new one flowing in. I’ve pondered where I’m going and where I have been.
I was filled with sadness on time that could have been. But realized change is made in the time I’m now in.
The past can’t be changed. Just a memory to be stored. The future is just that, an unknown door.
So focus your energy on what you can do today. As tomorrow is never a guaranty. It can be easily taken away.
Prayer* can solve our problems
While we take God’s grace-emblems
Trusting Him with faith’s fervor
Begging His mercy’s savor.
Talking to the Lord is great
In sweet relationship’s rate
Claiming His promised bounty
Affirms His Word’s guaranty.
*Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
April 14, 2019
Gladly, I greet the gristmill guard:
…..“God is good!”*
Governed am I by this goal in the granary:
…“Grind the golden grains gaily!”
Gallantly, I am gripped with grace-greatness:
…“Garner gems of generosity!”
Geared am I to grasp by grueling guaranty:
…“Gird-up for next generation-grants!”
Gazing at goodness-gleam, I glow with grandeur:
…“Glare at greediness; guard against gloom!”
Grieved am I with grimes of guile:
…“Get away from gruesome graft!”
Gradually, I go for growth as glorious gristmill:
…“Gain from glamor-gleanings!”
Gently, I grab gear-ups and give up garbage:
…“Goodbye grumblings and grudges!”
*Psalm 73:1 Truly God is good ... even to such as are of a clean heart.
May 25, 2018
Why does a man have to die
Earth goes on for billions of years in the sky
How long is a man's life suppose to be
That it can honestly guaranty
Why can't man live 500 years spry
Or a thousand. Why does he have to die
Almost the moment he's born
In such a short span of years for·lorn
What is it in the scheme of things to be
A handful of years, then eternity
Under the cold, cold ground in a box
Some call that an endless life par·a·dox
After all, what are a few hundred worth
Or a few thousand years on earth
The world will go on forever and a day
Or is this a facet of imagination play
I love you my darling with all my heart
Wonder how many times that's been said
At the moment of passion when love bursts forth
Two hearts intertwine, passions fed
That moment of bliss, the follow up kiss
Is there anything else that compares
With this overpowering lust and desire
Extreme pleasure of that moment shared
Feeling great passion rising within me
As the words start to form on my screen
Passionate love words describing my feelings
As you emit tiny pleasurable screams
If a Heaven exists, then this must be it
Nothing has ever equaled this pleasure
To bottle this feeling and sell it to all
Would guaranty success beyond measure
I love you my darling with all my heart
Wonder how many times that's been said
At that moment of passion when love bursts forth
Two hearts intertwine, passions fed
© Jack Ellison 2014
I hear your voice, just a whisper
I hear you sing it one last time
I could have sworn I heard you say
"I love you" before you turned away
faded roses in your hand
from the bed where they were strewn
petals wilted and turning brown
falling through fingers to the ground
I didn't see the things you saw
didn't know that it was there
as a heart escapes what was in the air
the end to a tragic love affair
two lovers in the heat of night
wait upon the sun to rise
ships that sail under red-sky seas
a love without a guaranty
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