We've Got Tonight

 

We've Got Tonight

Tomorrow's not coming

It's there in your eyes

I don't want your promises

I don't want your lies

I've heard them before

When I was a dumb kid

And we hooked up in high school

But you know what you did

You promised forever

Promised rainbows and rings

I still believed in Prince Charming

And all of those things

The fairy tale romance

The white picket fence

But you had wild oats to sow

And you left me hence

I heard rumors about you

All the women and wine

How you claimed to love each one

With a heart that was still mine

But I went on without you

Pretended I didn't care

Knowing I'd care for no man

But the one standing there

Grabbing me as you whispered

I Love yous in my ears

Telling how you had missed me

Missed me all of those years

"Come to my hotel room!"

You pulled me out of the bar

Promising that same forever

Every bright shining star

I held back, hesitating

Fought each hot fiery flame

Pushed away as you pulled me 

Steeled myself for the game

I saw your tickets to Paris

Your packed bags, your missed call

Your eyes dark as they beckoned

Don't resist me, just fall

"Look, I'm sorry" your spiel started 

I wish I didn't have that flight

You know I'd stay with you forever

But I didn't want to fight......

And that dumb kid in me from high school

Said "It's ok, we've got tonight."

 

©️by Voo Shining Stone

     April 30, 2025

FYI

 

Right Here Waiting For You

 

What Rain?

 

What Rain?

"C'mon," you said, "Let's go for a walk

The sun is shining, the birds are singing

It's a perfect day for walking."

But we didn't get very far

Because we had to stop every few minutes and kiss

Because it was a perfect day for kissing

I finally noticed that your umbrella

Matched the bottom of my shoes and giggled

Because it was a perfect day for giggling

I also finally noticed 

That the sun was not shining 

And the birds were not singing, there were no birds

Because it was pouring

Raining cats and dogs as they say

As we stood kissing under that red umbrella

"Don't you think we should go to my house,

Curl up by the fire and dry off?" I asked and you asked, "Why?"

"Because of the rain!" I laughed "Silly!"

Then you closed the red umbrella and let us get drenched

And running your hands down my hips, 

You smiled and said, "What rain?"

©by Voo Shining Stone

Jan 12, 2022

1:25 a.m.

A Dozen Rubies

  

A Dozen Rubies

A dozen rubies fell to my feet
Scattered by your hand
You'd come to ask me for my love
And proclaim yours for me and
A thousand diamonds promised me
When promise I had made
While the topaz sun high in the sky
Burned us in the shade.

The grass, an emerald shade of green
Lay below your feet and mine
From crystal cup we two did sup
The aged garnet wine
Grapes in clustered amethyst 
You fed me from your fingers
And kissed the residue away
While afternoon did linger.

With silver tongue you spoke the words
My sweet heart to seduce
Like opals changing in the light
The outcome to deduce
Your turquoise eyes lit up with joy
Every time I smiled
I teased you with my pearl white hands
And we waltzed a little while.

The blue sky turned to jasper
Then agate, then sapphire
We lay and watched the end of day
As the sunset turned to fire
The dozen rubies crushed beneath
My onyx colored hair
Then I saw the black lies in your eyes
Carefully hidden there.

You did not know that I could see
The truth there in the man
(No precious jewel can buy my heart
From yours or any hand)
In twilight's hue I turned to you
At the sun's last golden glow
Your jaded eyes full of surprise
As I softly told you....... no.

©by Voo
Jan 22, 2005