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I Am Only One

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I would build a house for you
with love and my bare hands.
One that held you tenderly,
one that could withstand
the wind and rain and sun.
But I am only one.

I’d turn back the clock for you
to any time you say
to live inside the sweeter life
that came before the pain.
Before doubt had begun
But I am only one.

I would make your dreams real.
I’d spin a world so right.
Where every perfect morning
follows every perfect night
and all the wars are won.
But I am only one.

Yes I am only one, but we are two
and there’s no limit to what two can do.

 

 #129

Directions

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Side to side:
no real progress there
just the proverbial shifting of deck chairs
on a sinking ship.

Up:
I have climbed my share
of mountains, but the climb was always followed
by the steep descent.

Down:
‘Up’ in reverse.

Reverse:
A gear I’ve been stuck in
occasionally that always caused more pain
than it alleviated.

Forward:
Really the only choice,
with it’s share of pain and heartache and yet with
the potential for joy.

 

#128

Full Circle

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Always the heart yearns homeward
to a bed with grooves that remembers you
enfolding us in a soft embrace.
to the favourite mugs
the only ones that make my tea and your coffee
taste right.
to where the shadows are friendly and we can
find our way in the dark.
Full circle,
we have come full circle
and the next revolution
will be a peaceful one.

 

#127

Ambivalence

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I’d like to live an aimless life of purpose
I’d like to travel without leaving home
I’d like to do a lot of things
as long as none of them have strings.
I’d like to meet new people if they’d just leave me alone.

I think I’ll set a goal and then ignore it
Then not bother learning something new
I’ll pack a bag and then forget it
If fate wants to decide I’ll let it
The only thing I’m not ambivalent about is you.

 

#122

This marks one third of the way through my allotted “A Poem a Day for a Year”. How do I feel about that? Actually I’m rather ambivalent about it!

English Lesson #1

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“There” is about placement,
“over here, over there.”
“Their” is possessive
“that is yours, this is theirs.”

“They’re” is a contraction
where the apostrophe
replaced the letter “a” because
“They’re” means “They are”, you see.

Very much like “you’re”,
which really means “you are”
not like “your,” possessive,
“my bicycle, your car.”

And then we get to where and were,
to switch them is infernal.
“Where” belongs with “Here and There”
“Were” is “Was”, just plural.

“Then” stands for a place in time
“I’ll go home then, you’ll see.”
“Than” requires comparison
“He’s much taller than me.”

Thank you for your tolerance
of my semantic raving.
But English is my native tongue
and I think that it’s worth saving.

 

#120