A thousand kisses across the miles
A thousand laughs, a thousand smiles
Sweet words of love in cyberspace
Oh how I long to see your face
Can this be real? My heart says YES
I am in love – got to confess
Your words, your voice set me on fire
Fill me with passion and desire
A telephone call, a beautiful voice
I HAVE to love – got no choice
A shiver of love runs down my spine
Will the day come when you are mine?
I thank the stars in heaven above
My life’s transformed by your sweet love!
These words I send are reaching out for you,
Transmitting all my love across the night,
Searching through the miles for the shape of you,
Beaming my love-signals through the night.
Lone lighthouse keepers and insomniacs,
Those seeking their nocturnal destinations,
Arctic explorers in their bivouacs,
The lonely people running weather stations,
Aborigines on walkabout in the bush,
All lovers at their secret midnight trysts,
SAS soldiers in the Hindu Kush -
Hear my words and know how much you’re missed:
They envy your love and my love for you:
They’re jealous of my words when they reach you.
For Julie – Sonnet I
Each night I watch Orion in the sky,
These cold dry nights when stars shine out and gleam.
He’s hunting, seeking, all alone on high;
In him I see relected all my dreams.
Stars in the night sky guide us blindly through the night,
And point the way to home and to our rest.
South London De Gama, I watch the light,
The light that shines and leads me on my quest.
To find you I’d no compass but my heart,
Beating and yearning, restless, lonely, lost -
Blundering over oceans with no chart,
Watching constellations through the frost:
Now I am lost far off, please call me back
And give me, Julie dear, all that I lack.
For Julie – 7/5/09
lying in my bed
i imagine your soft skin
against my skin
skin against skin
heart to heart
heartbeat to heartbeat
eye to eye
hand to hand
from head to foot
my fingertips touch you
my eyes adore you
my hands soothe you
my voice caresesses you
my arms encircle you
in a strong ring
of love
of tenderness
of desire
