In the porch, a swing painted whit
Where starry-eyed lovers used to s
Now empty in the morning sunlight
For hearts no longer in unison bea
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Early, I awakened this morning
To watch the sun rise from the sea
As always, this amazing feeling
Exhilaration, as my spirit flies f
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As a youth, I felt like superman
An immortal, an ultimate warrior
But life tempered my outlook
Sadly, now I have become a worrie
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She had walked into my world un-in
One Monday morning in very early
She was in tears, her face full of
Wanting to leave, go back home soo
Be still! I hushed my six-year o

Yes! ‘tis the promise of another d
All of God’s blessings on their w
White clouds for always, never gra
And so, every night, this we pray!
Over the far hills, peeks, the sun

O’ how I wish I could retire
Before all my dreams expire
My traveling feet are on fire
To explore the world I admire
I’d go to Paris for a day

An old photograph
Once colorful
But not anymore
It’s all I have
To remind me

She peeked into the room lit dimly
And in tiptoes, she moved cautious
Not wanting to wake up the baby
She stared at her ever so lovingly
Teary-eyed and overwhelmed with jo

Every breath I take, I whisper yo
Every waking moment, lights up a f
Deep inside my heart
Even when we’re apart
An emotion; a raging fire I canno

I burrow through the space-time co
Into a mystical, mythical, surreal
Lost with a billion suns hurtling
Trapped in a swirling motion into
Time stood still as the gravitatio

Our passionate wish to be somewher
For over here; days are shorter, n
With AC off electricity much lowe
But gas consumption has gone astro
Sun we haven’t seen, wondering whe

There’s fire and passion in his he
But frigid ice flows in his veins
A cold stare; an inscrutable face
The deep emotion underneath remain
Certainly the pain forever will st