"Love's Declare" (Entry 452)

I declare with all my might. 

That you're my love, my one delight. 

I want to shout and scream out loud,

You are the one that makes me proud. 

I want to kiss you, whisper words so true. 

You are my heart, my soul. For I love you. 

"Grains of Truth in Words" (Entry 415)

The words you utter

Are multitude minute grains,

Sand spat at me, 

To hit cell and blood stream. 

Deluge of grit, grate and sear,

Through my body, soul and mind. 

Until it pounds upon my chest,

The flames of your true meaning scath,

Turns heart to glass, 

Which you shatter. 

To you - no matter. 

No thought or apology 

Of the pieces you've left of me. 

You carry on without care,

While I can never repair.

"Little Mouse and His Spouse" (Entry 326)

The little mouse

(Whose name was Strauss)

Married his spouse

Who wore a blouse.

(At the Chapel White House.)

During the splice,

The other mice

Threw grains of rice -

Custom so nice. 

(Then off for a slice.)

So to the meal. 

Ate with such zeal. 

Edam - a wheel. 

Laughter and squeal. 

(A Wedding ideal.)

Night falls with ease.

Last smiles and squeeze. 

Beneath the trees. 

A photo, please?

(Everyone say CHEESE!)

"Uncharted Journey" (Entry 312)

Love is not having someone give you the world. 

Let's create a new one and watch it unfurl. 

 I want to see that place, you and me, together. 

To follow the map to its edges, and go on forever. 

So jump onto the mysterious life's ride. 

Onwards with curiosity as our guide. 

The uncharted is what inspires me to explore. 

 Let the journey unfold with the one I adore.  

******

For my husband, on our anniversary. 

I love you. 

"For You To Find" (Entry 310)

What was mine 

Was always yours. 

You knew that, 

If only you'd looked inside. 

I was yours to find. 

Easier than delving into a boiled egg,

Only thin shelled - never thick skinned. 

No tricky tongs or paring knives needed. 

Just me on the menu. 

Always yours to find. 

Always there, in the now. 

A present in the present.

If you'd ripped open the tissue paper

Of your own deceit and lies,

I was still there to find. 

You didn't want the trouble,

Too much effort, too much bother.

All deep breaths and sighs. 

Always something more important to do,

But I waited for you to find. 

I even pulled back the covers,

but still you didn't want to discover. 

I wasn't Everest or North Pole cold. 

Just ready for you to behold. 

No map needed for you to find. 

What is mine

Is mine. 

You never took the time

To find,

What could have been.

"Life in Letters" (Entry 286)

Letters found
in an attic.
Written by hand unknown.
A century ago.
To fresh-faced feline-graced
belle.
A maiden fare,
who would flush a cheek
at the chaste kisses
The brazen beau seeks.
And yet,
months and time go on
and kisses turn to caresses.
Embolden by replies
and flitted flirting flick of an inky rise.
The courting "if I may"
turns to a fiancée's "I would like"
and on to a solider husband's saucy "I will take."
Then gone,
Letters stop.
As war wins this game.

"Love and Then Some" (Entry 211)

You are desire,
on fire,
And as sexy as hell to know.
Just a glimmer.
You make me shiver.
A smile - lips part.
Stop my tell-tale heart.
Thumping - jumping
Betraying me,
Swaying me.
Leading me to you,
Forever. Who knew?
Let it stay
This way.

***********
For you know who and you know why. Happy First Date Anniversary! So many gone before, lots more to come.

"Bits of the Bad" (Entry 130)

Pick your feet's hard skin.
Never put things in the bin.
Picking your nose and toes too.
Never put down the seat on the loo.
Scratches in strange and weird places.
Centre of hall leaves the cases.
Burps and snores and always farts.
Leaves all a mess then departs.
Much on my list and more than this.
But I'll always adore and love you to bits.

"Broken Promise" (Entry 121)

Promises broken, promises made.
Heart of joy begins to fade.
Promises made, promises broken.
Love's disappointments left unspoken.
Delight turned to lies and deceit.
All turned to dust, because of a cheat.

"Pillow Talk" (Entry 52)

Squashed and squished into his shape.
Indented with his presence,
his being, his scent, his essence.
Won't fluff it to even oblong,
not unformed by plump or preen,
to see where my bed fellow's been.
Pillow proven my love's been here,
held and nestled the man I adore,
until he embraces me once more.

"Blush. Hush. Gasp. Pause. Engaged!" (Entry 45)

The skin on her cheek blushed.
Hush!
Silence fell upon two heartbeats.
Were their rhythms in time?

His eyes glazed with worry and hope.
Was he wrong?
Lost his nerve, now declaration spoke.

Her cherry glossed lips paused in pout
then parted.
With the exhale, a single word
formed in the air.
An exuberant YES!

Room erupted in celebration,
as tears fell upon that reddened cheek,
only to be kissed away
to champagne bubbles and
a diamond slipped upon the hand.