10/1/97
I knew all along I would find you,
I just looked for your sparkling eyes.
You could no more hide than the brightest star
Can be lost in the clear night sky.
You thought that the others were better,
And that you for some reason were less.
But I've known many women, in many a way,
And you, only you, are the best.
Those who've said that they thought you inferior
Lied to you right from the start.
For I've looked past your eyes, and seen that which lies
Waiting there deep within your great heart.
Now you're finding the strength just to wonder,
If what you thought all along isn't true,
That the kindest, the sweetest, most wonderful one
Isn't somebody else, that it's you!
So the prizes I get for my patience
Are growing more common each day.
For every smile is my vindication,
My reward's every word that you say.
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Cathy glides through my dreams, a Goddess so it seems,
Spreading goodness with her charms from pole to pole.
With a smile like sunrise, glittering stars shine in her eyes,
She possesses both my heart and my soul.
Her lips are honeyed wine, and her skin so soft and fine,
That the rosy dawn seems captured in her face.
And a mortal such as I, though he struggle and he try,
Can only yield to his desire for a taste.
So as I sit here clothed in doom, in the darkness of my room,
Her wonder bathes my heart in golden beams.
And she's granted that I might, see her in the morning's light.
So ‘till then I'll be content with just the dreams.
9/6/97
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How many years have I hidden, Waiting for your touch? How many nights have I cried, Wanting you so much? I never knew what it was Lacking from my soul. All that I knew was emptiness, loneliness, bitterness and cold. I never dared to dream of a time When I might find something beautiful inside. The things I have wished for Have always skittered from my grasp. The dreams that have sprouted in my heart Never seemed to last. I get so frightened thinking Of the things that we might find. I've never known such purity, Such kindness unrefined. I never dared to dream of a time When I might find something beautiful inside. I want no future without your sparkling eyes, and I'll make no journey unless I'm by your side, ‘cause Without your love I just have no place to go, now I'll tell the world that you're my Cathy Jo My lady. You're my lady. My life, my lady. Sophisticated Lady. |
It's quiet, soft and clean.
I live here almost all alone,
With my friends who can't be seen.
The shadows fill the desert night,
There're creatures lurking there.
Small flitting things, evading sight,
Like hopes and dreams and care.
The desert, like my lonley soul,
Seems empty, flat and dead.
But life grows out of every hole,
And from every word I've said.
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I don't believe that's true.
That we need hate to cherish Love
I don't believe we do.
Love ‘n' hate, though very close,
Aren't two sides of the same.
Hate wants only to remove,
Love's concerned with gain.
There's hate enough, I really think.
(Just take a look around.)
Hate's an easy, petty thing,
Love's hard, but it's profound.
Perhaps we won't abolish hate
In my lifetime or yours,
But I think I'll try and seek out Love,
And steer for calmer shores.
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And chase the golden band.
My hopes and dreams run from my soul
And seep into the sand.
All I can do is face the storm
And hope I can withstand.
We all have times, within our lives
When all around seems black.
We cannot add, so adding not,
We count what we subtract,
Judging not by what we gain,
But by the things we lack.
Inside each swirling maelstrom
Is a place of calm and peace.
And here we find a brief respite
Where we can breath, at least,
‘Till we're ready to jump once more again
Back into the breech.
I cherish these times of quiet now,
(When I was young t'weren't true!)
For life has conflicts great enough,
That I needn't go back through
The heart-breaks born of might-have-beens
And things I didn't do.
So when you think your life is done
And you've lost what you thought best,
When all your wants have been revealed
And all your sins confessed;
Sit back and think how sweet life is
When you finally get a rest.
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8/14/97 2:38 a.m. MST
If I had the might,
There's so many things
That I'd set to rights!
I'd heal all the pain
Anyone's ever felt,
And I'd make ice cream cones
That would never melt!
I'd make life so happy
It never caused pain,
And I'd make chocolate sauce
That never caused stains!
I'd end all the fighting,
The strife and the war,
And I'd make microwaves
That had easier doors!
I'd stop all the anger,
And all the hate,
And I'd fix all the buses
That always run late!
But the very first thing
That I think I would do,
Is to make life a little bit
Better for you!
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