YOU SHOWERED ME WITH KISSES
UNDERNEATH A STARRY NIGHT
YOU SHOWERED ME WITH LOVE
UNDER THE FULL MOONS BRIGHT
LIGHT
YOU SHOWERED ME WITH SMILES
IN THE SOFT WARM EVENING
BREEZE
YOU SHOWERED ME WITH LIFE
AS LEAVES RUSTLED IN THE TREES
YOU SHOWERED ME WITH JOY
LONG AGO IN THE MONTH OF MAY
YOU SHOWERED ME WITH HAPPINESS
AS YOU STILL DO EVERY DAY
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FOR YOU MY LOVE
FOR YOU MY LOVE I'LL SWIM THE
OCEAN
AND CROSS THE DEEP BLUE SEAS
FOR YOU MY LOVE I'LL SCAN THE
EARTH
ON FOOT OR HANDS AND KNEES
FOR YOU MY LOVE I'LL WRESTLE
TIGERS
I'LL FIGHT ALL BRUTAL BEASTS
FOR YOU MY LOVE I'LL DO
WHATEVER
IT TAKES TO KEEP YOU PLEASED
FOR YOU MY LOVE NOW AND
FOREVER
ARE ALL I'LL EVER NEED
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MY EYES MISS YOUR SMILE
MY LIPS MISS YOUR SWEET KISSES
MY BODY MISSES YOUR WARMTH
MY HANDS MISS YOUR TOUCH
MY HEART MISSES YOUR LOVE
ALL OF ME
MISSES ALL OF YOU
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SWEET LOVE
YOUR LOVE IS LIKE CANDY
SO DELICIOUSLY SWEET
IT MELTS ME LIKE A SNOWFLAKE
HELPLESS IN SUNLIGHT HEAT
I'M GUILTY OF MANY SINS
IN THE TRIALS OF LIFE
BUT YOU ALWAYS FORGIVE ME
I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE MY WIFE
YOU LOVE ME AND PROTECT ME
FROM LIFE'S MOST COMMON PAINS
AND WHEN I MANAGE TO GET HURT
YOU NURSE ME BACK AGAIN
SINCE WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER
WITH HELP FROM GOD ABOVE
YOU'VE MADE LIFE SO WORTH
LIVING
YES YOU AND YOUR "SWEET
LOVE"
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You fill me full of energy
You thrill me with your smile
To be with you I'd comb the earth
I'd crawl every last mile
You make me feel so young
You make me feel so free
I'm so glad you decided
To spend your life with me
The feelings I get when you are near
Some just can't be explained
And I just love having you here
So I can feel them all over again
03 Jan 87
I REMEMBER
I REMEMBER THE DAY WE FIRST MET
I REMEMBER HOW WE WERE BOTH TOO SHY TO SAY MUCH
I REMEMBER OUR FIRST DATE
I REMEMBER OUR SECOND DATE
I REMEMBER OUR THIRD DATE
I REMEMBER OUR FIRST KISS
I REMEMBER DITCHING SCHOOL TO BE WITH YOU
I REMEMBER LYING IN THE PARK GRASS WITH YOU
I REMEMBER ALL THE BREAK UPS
I REMEMBER ALL THE MAKE UPS
I REMEMBER THE WONDERFUL FEELING I GET WHEN YOU ARE NEAR
I REMEMBER TELLING YOU THAT YOU WOULD MARRY ME
I REMEMBER ASKING YOU IF YOU WOULD MARRY ME
I REMEMBER ASKING YOUR MOM FOR YOUR HAND IN MARRIAGE
I REMEMBER HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU WERE ON OUR WEDDING DAY
I REMEMBER HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WE MADE LOVE
I REMEMBER OUR FIRST APARTMENT
I REMEMBER THE BIRTH OF OUR FIRST BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL
I REMEMBER THE BIRTH OF OUR SECOND BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL
I REMEMBER HOW LOVING AND CARING YOU ARE TO ALL OF GOD'S
CREATIONS
I REMEMBER HAVING TO LEAVE YOU TO GO TO SEA
I REMEMBER TELLING YOU I WOULD NEVER LEAVE YOU AGAIN
I REMEMBER BREAKING THAT PROMISE BUT, FOR GOOD REASONS
I REMEMBER ALL THE GOOD TIMES AND BAD TIMES
I REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES FAR OUT NUMBER THE BAD
I REMEMBER THE WONDERFUL FEELING OF HOLDING YOU IN MY ARMS
I REMEMBER THE WONDERFUL FEELING OF BEING HELD IN YOUR LOVING
ARMS
I REMEMBER HOW I LOVE YOU MORE AND MORE WITH EACH PASSING DAY
I REMEMBER THAT YOU AND OUR CHILDREN ARE MY LIFE
I REMEMBER HOW MUCH I MISS YOU
I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU. I CAN'T WAIT TO BE BACK INTO YOUR LOVING
ARMS.
02 JAN 90
OUR EIGHTH YEAR
What do I do when we're so far apart?
I just hold your love babe deep within my heart.
When I look at your picture, see that gleam in your eyes,
I can't wait to be with you forever day and night.
I remember when we learned about love,
on that cold November day.
Your love still makes me feel so young,
it seems like only Yesterday.
I don't ever want to lose this feeling.
when I think of you it sends my heart reeling.
I need you closer to me.
I need you so much today.
I still feel like I did eight years ago,
on the first day of May.
I need only your love to fulfill my life.
The best thing I ever did was to make you my wife.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BABE
Written while at sea on our
eighth anniversary (May 1st, 1990)
THERE'S A BALL FIELD IN THE MIDDLE OF A DESOLATE FROZEN WILDERNESS. A
GAME WAS PLAYED HERE TODAY. NO ONE WON, NO ONE LOST, ALTHOUGH, MANY
WERE BADLY BRUISED. ON THE WAY OUT, SOMEONE HANDED ME THE BALL. I
DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM. I CAN'T DESCRIBE HIM, EXCEPT THAT HE HAD BLOOD
ON HIS FACE AND HANDS. NOW EVERYONE IS GONE AND HERE I AM, SO COLD AND
SO ALONE, STILL HOLDING THE BALL IN THE MIDST OF THIS COLD DARK FIELD,
WITH NOTHING ELSE BUT THE GARBAGE THAT SPECTATORS LEFT BEHIND. IT
APPEARS AS THOUGH THE LAST PERSON OUT HAS LOCKED THE GATE BEHIND HIM,
UNAWARE THAT I AM HERE. I REMEMBER THINKING ABOUT HOW NICE IT MUST
FEEL TO BE BACK HOME, RELAXED, TAKING IT EASY, WHILE LETTING THE
WOUNDS HEAL. HOW WARM IT MUST BE IN THE HEAVENLY COMFORT OF HOME. THE
THOUGHT QUICKLY PASSES AS I START TO FUMBLE AND I REMEMBER HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE BALL. SUDDENLY, I AM HIT
VERY-SO VERY HARD WITH THE REVELATION; WHAT GOOD IS IT TO HAVE CONTROL
OF THE BALL? I CAN'T PLAY THE GAME BY MYSELF! SLOWLY, PAINFULLY, I
LOOSEN MY GRASP ON THE BADLY DILAPIDATED BALL UNTIL IT FINALLY SLIPS
AWAY FROM MY OWN COLD AND BLOODIED FINGERS, AND GETS LOST AMIDST THE
GARBAGE OF THE UNGRATEFUL SPECTATORS. I NO LONGER CONTROL THE BALL.
NOW WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE, PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT I AM
APPARENTLY LOST SOMEWHERE IN THIS COLD AND LONELY WORLD, AND UNLOCK
THE GATE SO THAT I CAN GO BACK HOME?
15 Jul 90
LIGHTS
I watched in silent discontent as my lights faded slowly from a bright
powerful spectrum of life, energy and happiness, to nothing more than
a distant blur. My eyes strained hard against the horizon until I
thought I could still see a faint gleam, and I finally reached the
reality that my lights no longer shined from where I stood on cold
unforgiving steel. I know that far beyond the dull gray horizon, my
lights still flicker with energy reserved for my absence. Though I am
now barren and exhausted of the life and energy that my lights once
provided me, I struggle day to day to stand tall in the presence of
those who can still look up to me and offer me only a ray of hope for
survival. At times I hear of the lights of others and I wonder what
kind of men are those that can go on in the darkness, for they too
have left their lights beyond the same horizon. Seldom I am able to
seize a glimpse of light brightly shining in the distance and
radiating with life and I am greatly saddened, and more life is stolen
from my soul. Still I count the days until I am blessed once again by
the presence of my own lights. To be re-energized and to repossess the
life stolen from me. To stand tall and proud with my lights for the
eyes of all who would behold the wondrous spectacle of a very happy
family.
For Paula, Amanda and Holly
The lights of my life
I miss you so much
I love you even more