"Random Directions"

 Random directions

Pulled in all directions by the call

I know the feeling well

Without the heart, the feeling leaves a pall

The heart creates a spell

I know my own is different from your grace

In every heart, the gender leaves a trace

Then the interactions have their say

Each one will pull a weaker stiff apart

Defined by all imposed upon the heart

'Tis why I had to find another way

But, you, you glide amongst the many

I dearly hope your home has plenty

Of loving to impart

Gracefully, you navigate the world

Contained within, the hurt that has unfurled

Is all about the heart

I know the pain

I'll tell you this

The love against all odds and thoughts of rain

Becomes an armour waiting for a kiss

The kiss need not arrive

For heart to still survive

Know the kiss is waiting

No need anticipating

Just hold the thought as if my arms were wrapped

Around your waist my loving always strapped

Well, that didn't go where I intended.  I guess I'll try again.  Glamour in my eyes.

"Dreams"

 Dreams

If I thought for a moment it would do any good

I would send you this book, but I fear that it would

Just add to your angst, these most blatant intrusions

My heart's one desire but to soothe the conclusions

To bring to the fire with the heat of the heart

The searing of love that begins to impart

All I desire for the Empress of all;

End to the suffering, anguish, and pall

I said long ago, you will get there alone

But, still, I desire to assure that the throne

Is filled with your elegance, loving, and grace

With all of your terror removed without trace

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I am talking about the book of poems.

"Skylight"

Skylight

Your talents are unlimited

Your choices all deliver; spectral bound

Joi de vivre exhibited

Expressions show the facets that confound

When not the least inhibited

Your loving verve forf life is more than sound

"Transcendence"

11/26/23 

Transcendence

Rest easy as I will not cause intrusion

I''d never make, again, the least alluusion

No more attempts, by me, to set the stage

No chance that I attempt to turn the page

Which means, I think, it is a certainty

We will not meet this life, une autre vie

I hope that I am wrong, but sure it seems

You will not take the step to fill the dreams

In many ways, the next life seems the best

When all of mankind's pain is laid to rest

But, oh, to meet you, see you eye to eye

In this life, release eternal sigh

My soul would sing the revel to the sky

I wonder, not, if we were face to face

If I'd be drawn by elegance and grace

To move all mountains standing in the way

But, no, relent afar; I would not stray

The ache I 'd feel, once more, would have to stay

"Thoughts and dreams"

 Thoughts and dreams

Riding every wave of life and care

How wonderful, I feel you're always there

Silly it may seem, for sure

That every time I open door

I expect to see your grace

As my heart begins to race

The sound of phone, must be your ring

A passing car, your presence bring

I love your reign

How remarkable it always seems

That you remain

In all my thoughts and dreams

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"No fear, No foul"

No fear, no foul

No longer just a mood but state of mind

The hurricane that swept away will find

The wind no longer shakes the tree

Now roots run deep inside of me

I take it as it comes

The rockets blaze in fire and fumes

Or flowers burst in petaled blooms

Summer, winter, spring, or fall

The will awaits the winsome call

The revel only hums

No time is set

To feel the fete

The vision free

To love's decree

Daffodils or autumn's plums

Summer's lilies, winter's mums

Will greet us when it's time

Of course, I'll pen a rhyme

There is no course you'll find within the maze

To set my heart bereft or cause a daze

The state of mind of loving kind

Rings so true, no black and blue

Exigencies of age I find

Are but a wisp of essence true

I am no longer blind

The music and expressions are so clear

The pain is gone, I celebrate, my dear

There is no foul, and certainly no fear

Just a revel and a tear

For all that you premier

I await the loving cheer

"The Grace of Life"

This one is just kinda weird.  Not sure what happened.

 The grace of life

I hope that the title does not lead astray

The grace which I speak, always walks her own way

Restless spirit

I continue to explore the realm of lady's grace

Like a fractal scales without a trace

At every scale, behold, the same in place

To say I'm mesmerized is not enough

Beneath the whirling wizardry to luff

Absolutely no awareness of the camera or the gaze

Left behind, completely blind,  she leaves them in a daze

Saying goes, if nail is sticking up, you beat

But, what if there below the nail, the will is pure concrete

Hammer it on down; just daft, not bold

Does the nail shatter, bend, or hold

What of the nail whose shadow is of grace

So magically removed without a trace

    The Art of variance

It's even more amazing now i see

The art performed to dazzle in extreme

Beneath the art, beneath that wondrous sea

A heart and mind expressed as if in dream

While pillaring away at this I found

The center of it all, the mystic mound

You are too much, so even on display

Your heart and deepest dreams, you hide away

The show is perfect cover for the seal

All is there, what else could she reveal

So blinding is display all thoughts are gone

Their memory will fade before it's dawn

Mobility of expression

I've finally found a phrase to fit the facts

The wonder that creates the heart attacks

Of all the wonders and the breadth of everlast impression

Reigns the Gypsy Queen in mobility of expression

The whirling and unending spell creates its own progression

The wind is free, the sail is full,  artistic supersession

The heart is free, the soul is full, artistic decompression

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"Breadth of heart"

 Breadth of heart

The will holds but a wisp of what I feel 

Heart no longer made of sponge and steel

The revelry contained by only age

I turn, again, unto another page

And see the panorama of existence

To touch the door and find there no resistance

The panoply of life now has direction

Enveloping the breadth of heart's affection

The winsome call that echoes through the range

Returns to me no longer as estranged 

"Ransom"

 Ransom

Cosmic is the clash that held me down

Tectonic flash that struck upon the ground

The reins that held so tightly I was bound

To winsome way I finally had found

Beyond intent of weaving for myself

With tapestry of love put on the shelf

So, thank you for your patience and your guile

I smile yet, once again, at Dazzle's style

Beyond my comprehension, not respect

Your wilding ways, my heart that is bedecked

With crystal spires that sing as they reflect

The passioned ransom song and its effect