Higher than the sky, Deeper than the ocean
You have set my feelings in motion
I can breath, I can see
Your love has set me free
Living for your love as each day goes by
All I can do is wonder why
My heart pounds, my heart beats
And it is all because You Set Me Free.
copyright by Hayden Gates 11/30/00
A broken down castle of love and hate
The tears that I have shed won't open this gate
My heart was once true
It knew of nothing sad and blue
The loves that I've lost
My heart knows the cost
Many have come to the gates of my heart
But none have been able to open it, so they
did all depart
On one gloomy sad day
You came to my gates to say
"I will find a way."
I did not believe you're words so true
Come to find out your name was Sue
You walked to those gates and gave them one good shove
Down came the gates and I could once again
know true love
The dark shadows are now full of light
I thank you from the bottom of my heart
for brightening my night.
copyright by Hayden Gates 10/29/2002
An Aniversery poem for my Wife
You are my world
The sun that warms my face
The rain that kisses my lips
The moon that lights my night
The stars that twinkle before my eyes
You are my world
The ground that I walk on
The air that I breath
The trees that give me shade
The clouds that gather the rain
You are my world
The beautiful flowers that I see
The grass that feels so good on my feet
The birds that fly so high in the sky
You are everything in my world
You fill my heart with such joy
The only way to tell you how I feel is to say You are what surrounds me.
copyright Hayden Gates 8/9/99
A heart full of rock, a heart full of stone
A heart full of sorrow, a heart full of shame
A heart that is torn, a heart riped apart
A heart that has been walked on, a heart that
stands still
This is my heart
A heart full of anger, a heart full of hate
A heart that is broken, a heart that is crying
A heart full of lost love, a heart in search of
true love
The pain in my heart is heavy, but the love
that is still there lifts it up day by day
A heart that is soft, a heart that is warm
A heart that is loving, a heart that can still
share
A heart that wants to give, a heart that wants
to please
A heart that is hopeful, a heart on its knees
In all, This Is My Heart
copyright by Hayden Gates 4/24/98
Looking into a deep dark hole, this is
how i feel inside
Staring at a sky with no stars, no moon,
no sun and no blue
Looking at a rose garden with no roses
The ache and the pain I feel when I
think of how I let you slip through
my fingers
The hurting I feel when I realize you
could have been mine forever
I loved you and you ran from me
I forgave you and let you back into my
life
But, this time I ran
The yearning just to speak to you is so
great, my heart pounds with
anticipation
It is my fault we are no longer one
together
I was to afraid to take a second chance
on love, or on you, that I denied
myself the opportunity to spend my
life with the soul that was ment to be
with mine
I still love you and will always love you
just as deeply as I ever have
One day I will see you again, but until
that day i will be Missing You
copyright Hayden Gates 1995
One minute happy, the next minute sad
One minute down, the next minute glad
One minute love, the next minute hate
One minute lonely, the next with a mate
One minute fat, the next minute skinny
One minute rich, the next left with only
a penny
One day peace, the next there is war
One day everything is clear, the next
wondering what for
The world is full of these sudden changes
But, there is one thing that will always
remain the same, my love for you.
copyright Hayden Gates 1/14/93
I had a dream last night
We were lying in bed
We were cuddled up and you were lying on
my chest
I turned to look at you
All of the sudden you said, "I love her, I
really think I love her."
Your head grew very heavy on my chest
My heart started to pound
You laid you hand on my chest and said,
"Heart slow down."
Your hand felt like a knife pushing its way
through my skin into my heart
At that moment you chose to say goodbye
You kept saying you never wanted to hurt
me, but it did and you can't change the
way you feel for her
You say she loves you just as much as you
love her
But, does she love you as much as I do?
I don't think that's possible
I told you I would love you for eternity and
I will
I gave you I do, which is forever, and I will
I gave you my heart, my soul, my
everything and it is
I love you this much, now the question is,
Do you love me still?
Now my heart is racing
Waiting for the lovely sound
Your voice on the other end of the line
The phone rings, I jump with anticipation
I say to myself, "She loves me, she's
coming home."
I pick up the receiver, its you
Your voice is low, I have to strain to hear
You tell me you're sorry but it can never
be again
There is no longer a you and me
The other end of the line goes dead but I
just can't put the phone down
You said goodbye forever
My heart hurts so bad
Tears start rolling down my face
I can't stop them from flowing
My heart, my heart it's broken
I don't hate you, I could never
No matter what you did
You may be able to just stop loving me, but
I could never you
I had a dream last night
But when I woke up it was real
You said goodbye because you just didn't
love me anymore
You love her like she loves you
You need her like she needs you
You are moving on with your life, why can't
I?
The pain still weighs heavy on my chest
My heart is still broken and will be for a
long time to come
I just wanted you to know, I Had A Dream
Copyright by Hayden Gates 9/11/98
Sitting here in this lonely room thinking
about you
I've thought about you a lot lately
Thinking about you and I ve been trying
to figure out what I have done so bad
in my life to deserve the pain of so
many women
My memories are great and my pain is
greater still
I'm hurting over you because I love you
You were my everything, I put my all into us, the feelings and the effort was not returned
I love you and you will always be in my
heart, but you hurt me and it will
never be the same
My heart will be a long time healing and
it will be a long time before it will
trust again
But as many times as it's been hurt it will rebound and love again
I thought you should know I've been
thinking about you here lately
I will always love you and I will always
remember the words you spoke to me
after such a long time together, "I
just love you as a friend."
These words were like a knife stabbing me
over and over in my heart
Sometimes things just weren't meant to be
and I guess this wasn't
Nothing lasts forever, but I wanted to
beleive it would just this once
I wanted you to know I was thinking about
you
Forever, The Drean I Just Couldn't Hold
Onto
Copyright by Hayden Gates 9/2/98
You came into my life at a very low point
You listened and you believed
I opened my heart and I opened my eyes
There you were standing before me lika a
bright shinning star
No one has ever listened with such
willingness to learn
No one has ever cared enough to cross the
boundaries of my hate
You just walked accross the line with no
fear of the dark
You broke all the rules of my heart
You steped in, took a look around and
decided to stay
I opened my heart and I opened my eyes
There you were putting up lights to
bright the night
Now my heart feels light and my spirit free
You came into my life and made me
believe.
Thank You
Copyright by Hayden Gates 2/6/99
