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Love Poems by Hopeful Heart
(Last Updated February 14, 2006).
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This is sort of an odd
collection of poems that I've written over the years, for different friends, crushes,
loves, influences... Always for someone or something who touched me deeply at the
time. Usually a good way. Sometimes, a lot of heartache. In most
of these cases, I never even showed the poems I wrote to the people I wrote them
for. For those of you that know me... Imagine me, speechless. Now
that is something quite a few people would pay good money to see! But I never
thought my poetry was good enough to share until people told me that they liked certain
poems I've had on my web site.
Some of these, you might have seen before, on other pages I've
done. Others... I've never shown to anyone. I once burned a
notebook of my poems and short stories because a friend read them, and wouldn't talk to me
after that. She said she couldn't believe those words came from my mind. So
I'm a little shy about sharing stuff.
All poetry on this page is my original work, and copyrighted 1998,
1999
I Believe
Once upon a time
In another state of mind
My world was dull and lifeless
Dark and blue
The days would pass on by
Though I never knew quite why
Then I saw a miracle
And it was you
Now I believe in miracles
I believe that my dreams will come true
I believe you will come home to me
And above all else, I believe in you
Ever since you touched my soul
I've felt at peace, and whole
And I've never known I could love someone
So much
I think God gave you the key
To a missing part of me
So we'd recognize each other when we touched
Now I believe in miracles
I believe that my dreams will come true
I believe you will come home to me
And above all else, I believe in you
Please come and take my hand
Be my lover
Be my friend
Let us walk together from here on
I will promise you
That I will always be true
My heart belongs to you
Please hear my song
Now I believe in miracles
I believe that my dreams will come true
I believe you will come home to me
And above all else, I believe in you
(Jan 29th, 1998)
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"to no one in particular"
from the first time we met
the winds in my mind blew
my mind darkened and
you were all i could see,
the only bright spot
i didn't matter anymore
it was only you
i was confused, that i knew
there seemed no way out of the darkness
save to make you mine
a mindstorm brewed
the clouds darkened and grew
my mind's eye could see no other light
my thoughts haunted me through the night
i knew you were impossible,
yet for you i yearned
the storm broke,
the lightning struck
the gray fields burned
i loved you until i died
you never knew
mental suicide
i feel no more pain
i see no more bright spots
it's over
(Approximately 1988)
WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS ROOM
When we come to our little room
Feeling joyful or full of gloom
Day to day we just can't be sure
But when we're down, or feeling low
The people there will let us know
Spending time with friends must be the cure
We share our sorrows and our hopes
Sometimes we share some silly jokes
The important thing is sharing what we feel
We all know loss in a different way
Unique pain we live with day by day
But the sharing with each other helps us heal
At the darkest times in all our lives
We just can't help but realize
The importance of our friends and family
The friends we make when the chips are down
Are the friends we know will stick around
And share our joys and sorrows equally
(January 1998)
For Mi'Lady
Kind and gentle when you touch
Each day I think about you much
Ladylike in every way
Loving life from day to day
Your touch can set a man on fire
With burning feelings of desire
Almond eyes of yours betray
Great passion you keep tucked away
Never let it out to play?
Erotic dreams keep you awake
Remember this when love you make.
(Approximately, 1994)
My Friend Tracy
What do you say to a friend who's there for you
When the chips are down, and you're really feeling blue
How do you tell someone that they've touched your heart
When you felt like you were falling apart?
What can I say, Tracy? You're my friend.
What can I do, but be there to the end?
How can I say what you do for me?
You lift my spirits and you help my heart to see...
These have been times that have tried my soul
I have felt so lost and so out of control
My heart is broken, my spirit on the mend
I'm so glad that you're my friend!
Hair of red and a heart so full of fire
Hazel eyes and a pretty smile to die for
The funny thing is, as pretty as you are
Your heart is what takes you so far...
What can I say, Tracy? You're my friend.
What can I do, but be there to the end?
How can I say what you do for me?
You lift my spirits and you help my heart to see...
(Jan 23, 1998)
Little Red Jen
(To the tune of "Little Deuce Coupe")
Little Red Jen
(She don't know that she's hot)
Little red Jen
(She don't know that she's hot)
Well I met her online
In a hot chat room
And we chatted up a storm
Like you know we can do
She's a friendly little thing,
But better look out guy,
'Cause when she touches the keys,
She makes the keycaps fly
She's my Little Red Jen
(She don't know that she's hot)
Little Red Jen
(She don't know that she's hot)
She's got a neat sense of humor
And a real sharp wit
If your try to put her down
You'll be in deep shit!
She can handle herself
When the guys get bold
But if you get too fresh, son
She'll knock you cold!
She's my Little Red Jen
(She don't know that she's hot)
Little Red Jen
(She don't know that she's hot)
She's got a cute little smile
And some long red hair
She's got the face of an angel
You can't help but stare
Man, if that ain't enough
To turn any guy on
He better get his eyes checked
'Cause there's something wrong
She's got a sense of humor
And a real sharp wit
If your try to put her down
You'll be in deep shit!
She can handle herself
When the guys get bold
But if you get too fresh, son
She'll knock you cold!
She's my little red Jen
She don't know that she's hot
(Little red Jen)
(She don't know that she's hot)
She's my little red Jen
She don't know that she's hot
(Little red Jen)
(She don't know that she's hot)
She's my little red Jen
She don't know that she's hot
(Summer 1998)
Sabrina
Dear Sabrina, my best friend
It's funny how things go
We've been through so much hell together
I'd hate to see you go
But yesterday you almost died
I didn't have a clue
Some idiotic doctor gave
Bad medicine to you
It made me stop and think
About our last 5 years together
There was many a trial and tribulation
We have had to weather
I hate to watch you suffer
When that damned MS attacks
I'm sorry I can't stop the pain
Or make your nerves grow back
As a couple, we weren't the best
We'd bicker and we'd argue
But as friends we're quite a team
For all that we've been through
I'm really glad the doctors
At the ER pulled you through
Without my best friend
I'm not sure just what I would do
(Approximately 1995)
Ana's Wounds
When I woke up this morning
I was crying over you
I do this quite often
This is really nothing new
Friends have told me time would help
To wash away the pain
But the wounds I bear upon my heart
Are bleeding once again
Once again
I can feel
The loss is so intense
The grief unreal
The hurt inside
Has never ceased
The scars upon my soul
Never decreased
As I lay here upon my bed
And stare out at the wall
The sun is rising steadily
Oblivious to all
It doesn't know my dreams are haunted
With images of you
I don't dream in black and white
I dream in deep, dark blue
So here I go, as best I can,
Forward, alone in my life
When I should have been the
Lesser half of a husband and a wife
Will I ever learn to trust that love
Will be there once again?
Will I never let my heart-guards down
And let the sunshine in?
When you left, you left me wounded
And my heart, is sick and weak
When I try to form relationships
I won't get in too deep
I can't let another inside of me
The way that I let you
For I fear that they will also
Leave one day and I'll be through
Wherever you are now, I ask that you
Please wish me well.
I have felt no peace since you have gone
It's been a living Hell.
I'm heading off into the future now
Unknown though it may be
My bleeding wounds may one day heal
Though now, this I can't see.
Once again
I can feel
The loss is so intense
The grief unreal
The hurt inside
Has never ceased
The scars upon my soul
Never decreased
(1998)
Darling Anastasia
I once was a man who wandered
Through life alone
Never knew love or happiness
Sadness was my home
When I met you you showed me that my
Life would be so good
I still can't believe a woman like you
Loved me like you could
Love of my life, my darling Anastasia
God I feel so fortunate that I've come to know you
I knew I loved you before I'd ever seen your face
The beauty of your heart and soul had touched me with its grace
I know your heart was broken when
Your love John left your life
He was your loving husband
And you were his loving wife
If it was in my power
I would bring him back to you
But there are some things a mortal like me
Simply cannot do
John became an angel
On that dark December day
It seems God wanted him in Heaven
And took him away
I can't replace him in your heart
And I would never try
The love you have for him is something
That will never die
One thing I wish you to know is
My love for you is true
And I believe your Angel John
Has sent me to you
He knew that I'd love you and that
I'd take care of you
Together there are no hardships
That we could not see through
I once was a man who wandered
Through life alone
Never dreaming I'd find someone
Like you to call my own
I pray each day you'll realize
That there's room in your heart
For love of two men who by their
Own choice from you would never part
Your hand in marriage, one day
Is what my heart is hopeful for
I pray you find your way back to me
And let me love you more
Until you come back, I make a promise
That I'll be faithful and true
God never made anything else on earth
As beautiful as you.
Love of my life, my darling Anastasia
God I feel so fortunate that I've come to know you
I knew I loved you before I'd ever seen your face
The beauty of your heart and soul had touched me with its grace
(January 1998)
What It's Like To Miss You
Tonight's a night like many other
I lie awake to brood and wonder
Why it is that love eludes me
What is it that isolates me
From the peace and happiness I desire?
Where am I in the grand scheme of things
The wheel of life, like one huge machine
Keeps going on around me,
It would still do so without me
The complexity of it all leaves me spinning
I feel like I've spent too much time
Dissecting all these emotions of mine
I feel that if I just keep at it
Someday I will find the pattern
Then I'll see the reason to the rhyme.
I wonder if I still have a spirit
It might be there but I can't feel it
I feel only the silent tension
Of bitterness and frustration
If someone has a cure - please - I need it.
The one friend I can not abandon
Loneliness, my faithful companion
You've been there by my side throughout my life
Walked with me through pain and strife
My love has left me, but here You are again
I can't see beyond the darkness in
The shadow of my heart
Dear lady, can you see
That what you're doing is killing me?
Why is it that my love keeps us apart?
(1998)
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