THE ONLY THING MISSING

The Only Thing Missing

Hard park bench setting there

On the banks of the lake

Under the trees

Leaves hanging like jewels

With tiny breezes arranging them

Ever so lovingly with their little wind fingers

Not a cloud in the sky

Not a sound except for bird song

Not a footstep or a sigh

Not a hint of humankind

Not a scent of rain nor tear

Pristine and perfect

I sit and take in the scene

Silently and with reverence

That bench is where we met

Where we fell in love

Where we touched hands in wonder

Of love and were awed by the fear of it

That bench is sacred to me

Those trees are like palace guards

Those birds are like songwriters of my heart

That breeze is like the touch of your caress

That lake is like a silver mirror

Reflecting me and the bench and the trees

And the jewel-like leaves
 Now hanging there like teardrops

The only thing missing is you.

©by Voo

Feb 19, 2005

 5:30 p.m.

NOBODY'S VALENTINE

Nobody's Valentine

Nobody's Valentine

Nobody's love

No cards cut in heart shapes

With a big snowy dove.

Nobody's Valentine

Nobody's girl

Just a tear stained little sad face

Looking out at the world.

Nobody's Valentine

Nobody's wish

Nobody's candy

And nobody's kiss.

Nobody's Valentine

Nobody's dream

Watching ads and those movies

Till I thought I would scream.

Nobody's Valentine

Nobody was here

To tell me they loved me

You know, just like last year.

Nobody's nobody

That's how I felt

Playing my Solitaire

With the hands I was dealt.

Nobody's Valentine

Remembering the past

Thinking red hearts and chocolates

Would make our love last.

Nobody's Valentine

Nobody's Cupid

Just another fake holiday

To make me feel stupid.

©by Voo

Just now 

spur of the moment

Feb 23, 13

THE PURSUIT

The Pursuit



What would you give me for sunshine? he asked
And I said, I didn't know
As I stood in the rain and drowned in the pain
My eyes full of wistful and woe.

What would you give me for starshine? he asked
And I said, I didn't know
As I walked in the cold frozen white of the snow
With a million more miles to go.

What would you give me for roses? he asked
And I said, I didn't know
As I fell in the fever of the hot desert sand
And the night dropped to forty below.

What would you give me for solace? he asked
And I said, I didn't know
As I knelt in the gleam of the moon on the stream
My burning feet grateful below.

What would you give me for love? he asked
And I said, I didn't know
As I lifted my face to the stranger's embrace
My heart leapt and his answers told.


   
 ©by Voo
May 23, 2007
1:25 a.m.

BEGGARS

Beggars


You married me for a little while
And then you had to go
I thought our love to death would last
But I didn't know.

That death was there within the bud
Of the new love that would bloom
And cold winds waited at the gate
Of the garden warmth of June.

But oh, the passion of your kiss!
The heat of your embrace!
The sweetness of your sultry smile,
The love there on your face!

I saw the things I longed to see
That weren't really there
And all I gave so freely of
You had no will to share.

And I, so wedded, always remained
While your heart rambled free
And gave your love to other fools
And never thought of me.

Until the day, of all that love
You found yourself deprived
And you came back to your first love
Where my joy had arrived.

And oh, the horror on your face!
To find that love had gone
And no one waited in that garden
And you felt so alone.

For I had waited a thousand years
That only came to three
And I had strained to hear your footsteps
Running back to me.

And in the madness that true love brings
When true love is denied
Sweet death embraced me in it's arms
When all my hope had died.

There in the garden of first love found
You heard the singing crows
No trace of me for your eyes to see
Just a single, solemn rose.

How sad that marriage seldom proves
The bonding of two souls
But one heart is full and one is empty
Like the beggars and their bowls.


©by Voo
Aug 19, 2016
11:31 p.m.

A MILLION MILES

A Million Miles

Last night I drove a million miles

And kept my mind on you

Seeing no scenes off the road

As darkness took the blue.

Feeling like a hungry man

With nothing left to eat

The car wheels seemed to turn so slow

And couldn't match my feet.

I wanted to get out and run

I wanted to get home

To take you in my loving arms

And be with you alone.

But miles and miles lay in between

With miles and miles to go

And I sang softly to our songs

On the radio.

I guess I never realized

How much a heart can break

Until I ran away from love

And the depth that love can take.

When your voice on the telephone

Asked me to come back

I had to get my crazy self

On the homeward track.

The night skies sang above my head

The moon held out her hand

And all I knew was I was yours

And a new and better man.

I saw your face in the headlights glow

I heard your laughter ring

I passed through town and country side

And didn't see a thing.

For loving you was all I sought

And all my soul could bear

Needing you to be needing me

And to see you standing there.

Forgiveness is not so hard to ask

When the shards of pride no longer

Pierce the flesh of stubborness

It only makes you stronger.

But I have learned and I have grown

And I have come to see

That only God and your sweet love

Can set this grown man free.

I'm pulling into our drive way

And it is almost dark

I see the glow behind the drapes

From the scented candles' sparks.

I hear the song we always danced

To on those special nights 

Throw open the door with a heart determined

To change all the wrongs to rights.

And there you are, with no questions asked

No if, or and, or maybe

And a million miles just fade away

And I'm dancing with my baby.

©by Voo

April 02, 2012

2:54 a.m.

                                       DANCING WITH MY BABY BY THE 
                                                    GREAT JOHNNY REID.............