Paper

Paper is my friend
it comes to me without expectations
without criticism
it allows me the space and time
to create to dream
to speak my heart in total freedom
Paper is my love
it gives me unconditional acceptance
everything I think, feel, choose to print
it accepts me as I am freely
Paper is my life
it chronicles all the most intimate parts of me
I place my soul upon it
it allows my words to become my truth my mirror
perfect lines perfect characters
it allows me to be
every moment without judgment
Paper allows me to be perfect
thin beautiful loved cherished
even if not published
paper is part of me

Run

Run

a world full of places

days full of time

worries and troubles always follow

like shadows they chase me down

until I tire from the race

Is there really such a place

where I can rest my heavy heart

to trust it will be caught

in your strong and loving arms

it searches for your comfort

and longs to rest within

an open and  loving heart

Stay

Time has changed the look of love

to silver and grays I've come to know

a sign of time and gain

in glory of days spent in love

I cherish each and every one

a chance to discover new in you

the love I need just like the sun

to nourish my soul and feed my mind

in you I find my every joy

no need to look in other ways

blessed you too can see the beauty

in all my changing human ways

Found

I let myself be

I can feel your five 0'clock shadowed cheek against mine

breath and hands against my neck

as you whisper words unedited

in choreographed movements

we dance coming to know unbridled passion

we've met and we remember

our souls are branded to each other

like feathers on the wind lips

caress parting years of yearning

life begins as moans escape me

as my heart is opened to your love so deep

through time through eternity

you have found me

Illusion

Illusion

Janette Marie

When the moon is out and bright as this

illusions created in the wake of its light

the illusion of love is ever so clever

that I can't tell if your heart is near

or if mine is in its favor

do my smiles fill your heart with love

is your life connected to mine

will our harvest fall together

I long for winter in your arms

Echo

If you were once in my heart, you are still in my heart,

it's just you take up more space in it each day we are apart ~

you choose to walk away leaving me wanting you

an unanswered thought an unfinished sentence

hope calls me to leave you safe in my heart

it's natural pulse encourages its beat to continue

to increase with every word it hears every thought

no end in sight to the never ending cycle that is us

our life and the distance

do you feel it