THE ONE

Her smile is what first captivates
A prisoner I immediately became
Gentle soul so precious and pure
With love's eternal flame

I lose myself in daydream
Somewhere lost in time
The thought of her surrounds me
Without need for reason or rhyme

It seemed that loneliness and sorrow
Had finally gone with the seasons
Replaced by loves most primal state
Her love, my hearts only reason

She disarmed all defenses
Like a thief so deft in the night
I lost all foolish pretense
As I bathed in her love and light

I thought I would hold her forever
And mend every broken part
Show her how true my love was
So she would never want to part

But life is not a daydream
Or a dream of any kind
And I know now and forever
She will never let herself be mine

Again I trudge the lonely road
Alone as it always seems
And never know why I wasn't enough
To fulfill her life and dreams............JBT 08/31/2015 For my one true love Katrina

Fall Into Me-Brantley Gilbert

FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERLY

When I first saw you,
Like a bolt from the blue,
A moment I will never forget
And we haven't even started yet,

I will always cherish that first sight,
A grounded heart suddenly took flight,
A vision from which I can never part,
Engraved forever in my heart,

No description is worthy of you,
I hope and pray this one is true,
You have me forever mesmerized,
I am yours forever my blue butterfly....JBT 08/17/2015

KATRINA'S VERSE

It almost seems we are intertwined
Something for me quite rare to find
I feel like we are so in tandem
I know that this is all but random

Time leaves it's shadow across the age
As I've kept my heart in a self imposed cage
It's hard to claim these feelings I own
When fear and pain are all I've known

Life was once the best of dreams
It feels there's nothing left it seems
Then a wistful thought of you and I realize
That all is no longer a sad disguise

A single heart beating half in time
Would be so full if you were mine
Hearts are made to share with one of fate
Without that lifes storms will never abate

From it's first beat it was to be shared
For a life of love and dreams to dare
To run away and prove the world wrong
To laugh to love; write life's love song

And to do so much more than just exist
To wake in your arms with each mornings mist
Throughout the years I watched my Grandparents love grow
That real deep love that most will never know

I suppose that's why I still truly believe
What finding "the one" can really achieve
After 55 years he would kiss her eyes as she went to sleep
Say to her "your so beautiful" and would almost weep

To find the heart that perfectly fits mine
I never thought would take all this time
For after years of lonely nights and rooms
My heart began to feel as a silent tomb

Then suddenly I feel like the blind who can see
As a peace so foreign takes it's hold on me
In daydream we gently embrace
And I can touch your beautiful face

I hold you close and we know we are one
Then feel that life for us has just begun
This is my soul now exposed and true
And I can only pray I am blessed with loving you     JBT For Katrina 08/10/2015



  

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Belief In the Dark-WEBB HUBBELL

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THAT I SHALL REMEMBER

THE FLAME OF LOVE

THAT ONCE WAS SHARED

NOW SEEMS BUT AN EMBER

BUT THE JOY AND AFFECTION

THE LAUGHTER AND LOVE

IT IS THAT I SHALL REMEMBER

SOME DAYS WERE LIKE THE FIRST OF SPRING

WHILE OTHERS BLEAK AS DECEMBER

BUT IT WILL BE THAT FIRST STOLEN KISS

IT IS THAT I SHALL REMEMBER

ON THE LONG DAYS ALONE

AND THE ENDLESS NIGHTS

THAT  TEST ALL OF A MANS TIMBRE

I MUST NOT FORGET THOSE DAYS SO BRIGHT

FOR ONLY THAT I SHALL REMEMBER

JBT 7/20/14  

LILLIES

I OFTEN THINK OF LILLIE'S THAT WERE PLANTED

BY MY GRANDMOTHER EACH SPRING

THEY SEEMED TO ALWAYS REACH FOR THE SUN

THEY WERE EVERYWHERE; THESE BEAUTIFUL THINGS

AND EACH YEAR THEY RETURNED WITHOUT FAIL

YET NEVER 2 SEEMED QUITE THE SAME

BUT THEIR BEAUTY SEEMED TO ONLY INCREASE

AS NATURE DOES LEFT UNTAMED

AT RARE MOMENTS OF REFLECTION

I THINK OF HER AND THE BLOOMS GALORE

AND I REACH FOR HER IN THE FADING SUNLIGHT

LIKE HER LILLIE'S THAT BLOOM FOREVER MORE

FLIGHT OF THE TURTLE (OR LACK OF ABILITY TO)

HAS IT OCCURRED TO ANYONE

THE DILEMMA THE POOR TURTLE MUST ABIDE?

UNLIKE THE REST OF US

HE CAN'T RUN BUT HE CAN HIDE!

JBT 6-28-14