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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Seduction In Pale Glow an old favorite

 

SEDUCTION IN PALE GLOW




 Seduction In Pale Glow




Candy, he said
You taste like candy
The imported kind
That costs a week's salary.

And that perfume you wear
What's it called?
No, wait, I don't want to know
Let it remain a mystery.

Your skin feels like silk
Arabian silk that glides like the ripple
Of a stone across a pond
Smooth, you know? Like that.

And look at that hair
Miles of it!
Have you ever cut it? No?
Then promise me you never will.

Where do you buy your clothes?
They're beautiful, stylish
You look like you just stepped 
Out of the pages of a magazine.

I bet you sing, don't you?
I bet you sing like a bird, an angel, even
Would you sing to me, for me?
I know you sing just listening to you talk.

You have a laugh that makes the soul happy
And that twinkle in your eye, marvelous!
I could sit here in this candlelight 
And look at you until the end of time.

Let's dance, shall we?
What wonderful music, I love it
samba? A rumba? The bossa nova?
I don't care as long as we dance.

Look at you! Are you a professional?
I've never seen such grace, such beauty, such excitement
You shine like a diamond, a diamond, I tell you!
Would you be my diamond? My precious jewel?

Let's go outside into the garden
Get some air, let me catch my breath
You take my breath away, you make me weak
I've never met anyone like you before.

Is it alright if I kiss you again?
Like this? Look at me! Into my eyes
Can you see the fire you have kindled?
I'd better stop before I am consumed by it.

But no! I can't! I don't want to!
Your lips are soft and luscious
And they were made to be kissed
You taste like candy, did I tell you that?

Look at that moon! Isn't it incredible?
See how your eyes shine in it's pale glow
I know there's no music here but I want to hold you
Tight here in my arms till the morning comes.

Sing to me and we'll slow dance
Anything you want, I don't care
Yes, that's it! How sweet and special you are
You make me feel like I was just born tonight!

Would you like some champagne?
A night cap on the way home? Anything you like
Your wish is my command, my princess
For you I'll be a willing slave.

Tell me where you live
Is it far? It doesn't matter, we'll drive all night
It feels so good to have you here beside me
I feel like a prince in a fairy tale story.

Driver, stop the car! What's wrong, my darling?
Speak to me! Are you ill? What can I do?
Why are you looking at me like that?
What have I done, my love, to make you sad?

Where are you going? Why are you running?
You mustn't go into the forest, it's dark
Look! There's a storm brewing, you must come back
Come back, I tell you, this is madness! Madness!!!

Driver, where did she go? Did you see where she went?
What do you mean, she who? The girl, the beautiful girl!
Are you insane, man? The girl from the restaurant!
The girl in the back seat of this town car with me!

No! Get away from me! I'm not intoxicated!
There was a girl, I tell you! You must have seen her!
We danced, we drank champagne, she sat there at the table
And then we danced in the courtyard and she kissed me.

She tasted like candy. Like candy
And that perfume! Intoxicating! A mysterious fragrance
Skin like silk and long, raven hair, those glorious eyes!
I loved her the moment I saw her.

We must call someone. They must find her
She's out there alone in the forest, it's dreadful
Would you go and look for her, please?
Don't look at me like that, I'm not crazy. I'm not crazy.

Look, it's pouring rain now. Lightning.
That beautiful white dress will be soaked
She'll be so cold. So cold. I must find her....
Alright, take me home, driver, we'll call someone.

Good morning, man, may I see the paper?
I didn't sleep a bit last night, I walked the floor
Wait! What's that? That picture! It's the girl, I tell you!
One year anniversary of her death! It couldn't be!

She was there! With me! In my arms!
We danced, we talked, we laughed
We drank champagne, we kissed
 She tasted like candy, like candy, I tell you
Like candy.











 ©By Voo
Sept 24, 07 midnight



Almost Blue by Chet Baker

 

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

And There Was Only









And There Was Only


The mist was gray and wet as dew
And there was only me and you
Walking there so close to dawn
With all the ink of midnight gone.

The champagne drained,
We laughed, wide-eyed
And dropped the bottle
Off the side.

We heard it splash
Into the water
And watched a gull
Go diving after.

All night, we'd talked
And sang and marched
Enlisted soldiers
With new-born hearts.

You quoted Rumi
From memory
And showed me things
The eye can't see.

And I, in turn
Like dervish, twirled
In ecstasy,
An entranced girl.

Until the bridge, 
Rose from the mist
And set the scene
For our first kiss.

The bells of London
Called to the day
And ran the ghosts
Of night away.

And still we stood,
Like statues there
Upon the bridge,
We didn't care.

For love is careless
When it is new
And "we" is born
From "me and you".

Like little children
That played a game
We had no worries,
We had no shame.

Tomorrow's worries
Tomorrow's shames
Could wait to find us
And learn our names.

(And oh, they would
And oh, we'd cry
And fight
Though love refused to die.

Through many years 
Of toil and pain
We'd yearn to be
Like that again.)

But this, our night,
And this our dawn,
Will live when all our lives
Are gone.

In memory and faded rose
In poems on pages faded blue
The bridge, the mist, the sacred kiss
And there was only me and you.

and there was only me and you.....













©by Voo
March 7, 2011
11:49 p.m.

The Blue Vineyard Of Voo Shining Stone: MUFFINS IN THE YARD

The Blue Vineyard Of Voo Shining Stone: MUFFINS IN THE YARD: Muffins in the Yard  Granny threw the muffins out Pa said they were too hard  She'd baked all day and got ...

Monday, October 23, 2023

Unrequited repost

 


Unrequited 


Were I to pen a letter true
And tell my deepest thoughts to you
What would you think, what would you say
Would you rebound and run away?

Were I to sing a song of love
And convince you that 'twas from above
Would you in rapture listen to
And believe the words I sing to you?

Were I to die for true love's sake
Would you from slumber come awake
And love me then like you don't now
If I should die for you somehow?

Were I to die and haunt your dreams
In golden fields by crystal streams
In downy clouds lie down in love
Would that then win for me your love?

For all I've done has come to naught
I've found no hope in what I've sought
You've passed me by like I'm unseen
And kissed me only in my dreams.

And though I've laid my heart out bare
I know for me you do not care
My song's unheard, my words unread
In heartache's hand I make my bed.

Were I to wish now that I die
Would you in pity deem to try
And kiss my lips for pity's sake?
I'll dream forever and never wake.



©By Voo
some time ago

I Don't Mind repost

 






I don't mind



I don't mind the tears
I just hate all the crying


I don't mind being dead
I just hate all the dying.






©Voo
Sept 3, 2017
8:48 p.m.



You There song