My Friend

I wonder who You are, Dear Friend
How many layers do I have to peel off
Until I can see Your face?
You can be childlike, with sparkling eyes,
Delighted with every little ray of sun
On early spring grass, not quite green yet
But tears come easily
With memories of past situations
Your proud soul tries to hide them
And claims to be shallow instead
You can be excited by the slightest promise of spring in the air
And at the same time cautious, a delicate mimosa
Shutting down quickly  
Threatened by a gossamer touch of a gentle thought
You claim to be happy always, seeking lust only
Your smile an impenetrable fortress
But you have known true love
You are gentle and caring
And what else I wonder?
How many layers do I have to peel off
Until I can see your face, my Friend?
You never cease to amaze me
Sparkling crystal, blinding me with countless facets
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Changes

The River Sings of Coming Changes
Rushing By, Never Stops
Its Voice Piercing My Innermost Being
Murmuring of Loss and Love and Change 
And Foreign Places to Go

The River Always Flows, Never Stays
While I Try to Hold on to an Impossible Dream
To Hold on to the Warm Heart of My True Soul Mate
Knowing Failure is Inevitable
Knowing This Heart Can Never Be Mine
  
Thankful for Wonderful Moments
Of Love and Hope and Shared Vision
Of Happiness Unknown Before I Met You
Before You Returned to Mother Earth 
 
Time Flies, the River Flows
My Soul Mate Had to Return Home

Emptiness Swallows Me

Spring Love

I Send You Wildflowers and Birdsongs
And the Image Of Spring
When Nature Awakens Again
And We Will Meet Among the Scent of a New Beginning
We Will Listen to the Unique Sound of Our River
Will Remember Our First Kiss
Watch the Ducks Raising their Young
We Will Enjoy the Fresh Green Leaves
And the Golden Sunlight Dancing on the Water
We Will Feel the Chi of Spring and Bathe in it
You Will Kiss Me and Hold Me
We Will Remember Our First Kiss
Our First Hug
And That Two Gloves Always Have Been Enough for Us
I Will Tell You Again That You Had Won My Heart
The Moment You First Smiled at Me
I Will Tell You That I Was Already Yours
When We Met the First Time in this Park
I Will Tell You How Much I Love You
And That My Soul Cannot Be Without You
We Will Rest at the Little Bridge
Watch the Beauty Surrounding Us
And the Beauty Within Us

Morning

The Night is Nearly Gone
I lay Awake
Listening to Robins Morning Songs
Thinking of You
Missing You

My Heart is Full of Dreams and Memories
I Stare at Your Picture
Memorizing every Minute of Our Last Time Together
Wondering

Are You Awake, My Love?
Do You Feel the Touch of My
Longing for You?

Beneath the Stars

To Wander Beneath the Stars
Hand In Hand,
To Sway In the Ocean
Arm in Arm,
To Be Cradled in Your Embrace On a Rainy Day,
To Walk the Woods at Sunrise,
Gras and Trees Adorned in Morning Dew
Like Millions of Diamonds sprinkled over the Earth
By Carefree Fairies,
To Watch the Birds Going South and Their Happy Return,
To Be Awestruck By Giant Sequoias and
Tiny Miracles in Sand and Water,
By Architecture of the Ancients,
And Wonders of Man Made Science,
To Feel Nature in Our Blood and Chi
And Hope for the Future,
To Be One with the Tao -
Sharing Life, Laughter, Tears of Joy and Sorrow -
One Heart, One Soul, One Spirit,
United In Love and Body and Mind
To Truly Be With You -
What Ecstasy!

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Inquisition

I am Raven
I live in the Heart of the Forest
A Little Hut the only Shelter I Need
An Hermitage Shared with a Cat
And the Living Things in this Land
I Am Raven
My Name is Freedom
I Turn My Face to the Sky
Laughing out Loud
Dancing in the Moonlight
I Give My Devotion to Tree and Bark
Earth and Stars and all Life around me
To Creatures of the Dark
To Troll and Fairy
And the Mysteries of the Universe

I am Raven
I Belong to No One
That is My Inexcusable Crime
People's God Means Nothing to Me
Their Zealotry Disgusts Me
I Am a Free Woman
No Man Commands Me
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Falling Leaves

There Are Fallen Leaves Everywhere
Crying Out as I Walk Over Them
Springs Splendor Long Gone
Summers Fading Glory
Clinging to a Few Last Warm Days
Where Are You, My Love?

Loneliness Drove Me Here to Our River
And the Memories of Happy Times
Do You Think Of Me While You Are so Far Away?
Do You Feel Me Reaching Out to You?
Do You Remember Me?
In My Heart and Mind You Are By My Side

Again I Am Sitting Among Our Trees
They Are Bleeding Bright Yellow, Orange, Copper and Crimson
Proudly Showing Off Autumns Wedding Dresses
Squirrels Rustling Through Carpets of Pale Gold
Preparing For Hard Times
Snow White Ducks Watching Me With Cunning Eyes

This Park Is Closed During Dark Hours, the Sign Says
I Miss You So Much
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I Love Him From Afar

Him I Love from Afar
As We Float Along the Wave of Time
Rushing Us Onwards
Like Leaves in the Wind
We Dance to the Rhythm of the Tao
Loving, Quietly, Together in Our Own World
Where We are Free and at Peace
Where We Rest in Our Shared Soul
Him I Love from Afar
My Greatest Delight, My Deepest Joy
When We Walk Hand in Hand
Time Has No Meaning

The Maple Leaf

Sitting by Our River in the Early Morning Light
The Sun is Bleeding Red and Gold
Into the Eastern Horizon
Where He Lives
I Write a Poem on a Maple Leaf
Talking of Love and Desire
I send you, Maple Leaf, on a Journey
To the Free World of my Dream
My Dream to Be with Him

Walking Alongside the River
I See My Poem Floating Down the Stream
Carrying My Longing
My Tears of Yearning Overflow my Heart
Only in Dreams can We Reunite
Will He Ever Find My Maple Leave
Adrift, Just like Me, Trying to Reach Him?
Fair Journey, Little Leave, Please Travel Fast
Tell Him I am Here by the River
Waiting