Pervasion....

In the pale and softening sky
In the willow lullaby
In the green field bathed with dew
I think of you

In the scent of every flower
In the breathless midnight hour
In my silent, solemn rue
I think of you

In the tears that softly glisten
In each echo as I listen
In a vault of endless blue
I think of you

In each love-stained memory
In each wave upon the sea
In the sun-set’s fading hue
I think of you

As I look up to the moon
As I hear love’s mournful tune
As I wish upon a star
There you are

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A Better Me

When you look at me with that light in your eyes
The color of love and summer-blue skies
I’m caught in your gaze and suddenly
You make me want to be
A better me…..

Fame holds no candle to contentment like this
Fortune is vain and so often remiss
In your eyes I’ve seen truth as it shines tenderly
And you make me want to be
A better me…….

What fairer gift could my heart desire
Than to rest in the light of an azure fire
Or sail away on this endless sea
Oh, you make me want to be
A better me…..

A better woman in all that I do
A better soul-mate as I love you
I contemplate what it is that you see
And you make me want to be
A better me

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Second Cup of Coffee

I love those special mornings when we need a second cup
Because you and I decided that we would stay up
Long after the clock had struck one a.m.
And the world lay dormant beneath heaven’s hem
As you and I strolled on the earth’s silver grasses
Immune to each ticking minute that passes
While heaven dipped low in delicate bliss
With iridescent glow of dawn’s tender kiss
We watched as the coral sun came up
And smiled as we reached for the second cup

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Complete.....

A life is never quite complete
Until a heart has skipped a beat
And you have felt the moment where
Time stops….suspended in mid-air
And like a dandelion seed
You drift away without a need
Into the endless blue above
Within the tender arms of love

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Love Poem

When the touch of your lips has cooled on my skin….I love you
When you’re a million miles away again….I love you
When the fields where we danced have lost their glow
And the hills of chance are covered in snow…..I love you
When it’s raining outside at one a.m…..I love you
When tear-drops are a bitter gem…….I love you
When all the books in all the world
Fail to capture my thoughts I hold….I love you
When you’re a hundred poems away….I love you
When you forget the words I say….I love you
I love your hands, your lips, your eyes
In them I fall through weightless skies…and I love you
When silence replaces our softest laughter…I love you
In the middle, before and after…..I love you
When each sigh is breathed in vain
And I desire this pleasures pain….I love you
When all the roses’ petals fade…I love you
When we relinquish plans we’ve made….I love you
When passions dreams lie in the dust
And it seems all we have is trust….I love you
When you breathe against my ear
Or you’re a half a world from here…..I love you
Morning, noon or in the night….I love you
When your eyes have lost their light….I love you
Without beginning and without end….I love you
Where time is neither foe or friend….I love you
In ever liquid amber breath….I love you
Forever and ever, in life or death…..I love you

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Janet Martin

Music.....

The sound of a star
Or a leaf as it falls
A dandelion seed on the breeze
The sun as it softly
Slips out of sight
Beyond the darkened trees
The dew that kisses
Slumbering blooms
And every blade of grass
The butter-fly
The deep blue sky
The sea as smooth as glass
Your soft, soft breath
The hard, hard earth
The moon-light’s gentle kiss
Ah, can there be
A melody
Fairer love, than this?

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I Have Touched the Sun

When love out-weighs the want to
As I look into your eyes
When the first time pales compared to
The present paradise
When moon-lit hills and midnight thrills
Are side-bars in the dust
And heavens light is shining bright
In eyes I’ve grown to trust
When everything familiar
Is wrapped up in your smile
And the frailest things are also
The strongest by a mile
When life becomes worth living
Because in this silent hour
You have breathed upon a bud
Which is now a radiant flower
And in this stillness multiplied
Where two are really one
I have laughed and I have cried
And I have touched the sun

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In Case You've Forgotten....

You still move me
Without a touch
By the way you love me
So very much
And I still have a flurry
Of butterflies
My periphery turns blurry
When I’m lost in your eyes
I still prefer……
Well, I guess you know
And I don’t envy her
When I’m with you

In case you’ve forgotten…..

You are a thief
You steal my breath
With you I’ve felt
The trembling earth
My heart dissolves
Beneath your gaze
Your whisper leaves me
In a daze
The blush of youth
Glows in my soul
You know the truth
With you I’m whole

In case you’ve forgotten….

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Janet Martin