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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Lay Me Down To Dream




The Dove
by Brian Crain


Lay Me Down to Dream


Lay me down to dream, I said
And looked deep into your eyes
I am so tired and weary now
I need some lullabies.

Lay me down to dream, my love
My days have been so long
I need to rest upon your chest
I need to hear your song.

Lay me down to dream, I plead
My dreams have flown away
I cannot think or recall them
I don't know how to make them stay. 

But there within your gentle hands
And in your tender touch
Is every dream I've ever had
And all I love so much.

Pull me close there in your arms
And think of what I've said
Then when I'm calm, then lay your hands
Upon my weary head.

And transfer every dream in you
That you can give or spare
And send me to that land of dreams
Where I can meet you there.

I do not know the way, my love
I can't find it on my own
Bestow on me that precious gift
Known to yourself, alone.

I've traveled many miles, you know
On a recent treacherous route
And found myself in perilous places
With no one to lead me out.

But there were angels and there was you
And the good Lord up above
And He blessed me with a road map back
And a light made out of love.

And I've come back from darkest dark
With new missions, it does seem
But I need you now to sing me to sleep
And lay me down to dream.





©by Voo
June 8, 2019
7:47 a.m.

 

Monday, June 10, 2024

Timing Is Everything






Timing Is Everything



Silently, wordlessly.....
I walk behind you in the fog
And wait for you to pause
Long enough for me to catch up.

You stop and look furtively around
Jingling the coins in your pocket
And I see the frown you occasionally wear
When you think of me.

Seeing nothing in the mists,
You walk on, glancing up at the sky
And pulling the trench coat collar
Tighter around your throat.

You stumble over a stone
And utter an indecipherable oath
That I can't quite hear
And it makes me smile.

"Where are you?!" you shout out loud
And kick the stone out into the darkness
"How much more must I endure?" you ask
And I recognize my moment and rush forward.

"I'm right here, mon cher." I whisper
And slip my cold hand into your pocket
And into the warmth of your fingers
As they grasp mine in fear and trembling.

You twirl underneath the dim street lamp
And clouds of fog circle around us and between us
You make motions to disperse the mist
And stand there in stark disbelief and indescribable joy.

"Is it you?" you ask, reaching to touch my face
"Is it really you?" "Tell me it's you and not a dream."
And I back away and look into those eyes
That I have dreamed of melting into for evermore and always.

"It's really me, beloved." I whisper softly
"Can a dream do this?" and I stroke your cheek with my finger tips
"And can a dream do that?As I run my thumb over the outlines of your mouth
And leave it there upon your lips.

Time is suspended, stands still,
And we both wait to see if this is reality or fiction of the mind
Before we give in to the emotions that run rampant
Over, under, around and through us like mad things beyond control.

"There was a glitch in time." I say, 
"And I slipped through the veil when the time was right."
"Well, timing is everything." you murmur
And push a wayward curl behind my ear.

Somewhere in the distance 
A band begins to play in some elegant ballroom
And the music reaches our ears and swirls around us
And you bow and say, "May I have this dance, Princess?"

I take your hand and the touch of it sends currents through me
Your arm around my back, and we waltz as if on clouds
I cannot take my eyes from yours as we meld in that sweet embrace
Like warm honey spilling from an overturned bowl.

I hear you exhale and I exhale my own breath
Over your shoulder as my pulse runs wild
Tighter you pull me and your grasp is like steel
Yet the pain is delicious because I know you are real.



  ©by Voo
 Dec 28, 2018   
2 days before my birthday