Dear Mother

She's gone to where all mothers wait
Up in the heavens blue
She's flown to meet a mother's fate.

The Perfect Sigh

No sense of a tomorrow
The place is here
The time is now.

My Day Of Days

I never heard the cheering voices
Never felt the warmth of praise
I slipped away without complaining.

The Rainbow's End

Look for hope in years ahead
But tell our tales of lives undone
The oceans filled with tears we shed.

Dance With Me

Our hopes remain, our dreams bright blue
The music's rhyme so light, so true.

The Waiting Game

I will lie by your seat
Near the warmth of your feet.

Daddy's Girl

On shoulders high, my world complete
I learned my dance upon you feet.

The Winning Post

The thief who stole your final years
Ran sweetly smiling from the scene
As lonely in your room

you lay
Beside the love that now you dream.

Constant Song

I loved you in the morning light
...in the noonday sun
...in the afternoon
...when the day was done.

The Yellow Rose Of Texas

A creaking wooden rocking chair
Hides the sounds that sadness makes.

Compromise

I called a spade a spade and wielded
The sword of truth that can't be shielded.

The Young Pretender

I was a fresh contender
The first to raise the game
Such hopes to hold a winning hand
To tell the losing team my name.

Cold

The day that lay beyond was cold
As cold as midnight's darkest dream.

Tilly

How could a girl as sweet as she
Love you any more, Tilly?

Can't You Feel It?

I've always loved you
Can't you sense the moment?

Red, White & Blue

For Anna

Time To Go

I've loved it when you've held me
Brief moments all aglow
But you've never really loved me...

Bridge of Sighs

I'll break the hearts of the chosen few who care
As daylight breaks to a world without me there.

Too Late

Too late to spy the morning sun
But early yet to sleep
Too late to halt the shadow's yawn
Too soon to launch the final leap.

Beyond The Pale

He gives me love , I know won't fail
He leaves me hope that good prevails

The Unpaid Servant

You give me nothing
Dream your life away
Singing your drunken songs
From break of day.

As I Knelt Down

Above the ground, I heard the sound
That angels make when heaven-bound.

Walnut Curls

I'd love to buy you diamond rings
Soft silk and satin, a clock that sings
Lalique and pearls and walnut curls
A painted sea that ebbs and swirls.

Around My Finger

In the liquid lanes that lay between us
I drifted as a loveless fool.

Was I The Love?

Did it seem a kiss goodnight?
Did it linger in the fading of the light?

A New Beginning

It just reminds me
Of hopes I once held dear
The innocence of youth.

Yesterday

I don't know where those years have gone
I ran so fast, swam like a fish
I couldn't fly, but could still wish.

A Little Piece Of Me

We'll say goodbye beyond the door
That's closed so many times before.

No Great Leap

My last fall was no great leap.

My Last Love

This is my last love
And when it's done
There'll be no time to start anew.

No News Is Bad News

Don't break the silence, there's nothing to say
No news is bad news, it swallows each day.

My Angel's Gown

I'll lie with you when night draws down
I'll clothe you in my angel's gown

North and South

The North is like a diamond
The South is ruby red and emerald green.

Moonlight

In the lamplight glowing bright
My raging heart has heat to spare.

Not The Loving KInd

I'm not the man you longed to love
It's not the dream you once believed

Love Like A Ghost

The future haunts me now, today
You'll leave and find your ghostly way.

Nothing

There's nothing left to say
Nothing left for us today

Letting Go

I'm slowly letting go
Things that once pleased me
Now lie so very far below.

Our Family Home

The house I'd love to see inside
Has windows four-score and open wide
No garden front, nor back, nor side
But plants galore of every size.

Let It Go

The bitter blows of unshared views
The whispered hopes heard by so few
Of disappointing ends to dreams
Lonely hearts, bursting at the seams.

Our Father

Our father's taken all he had
And flown away so high.

Leader Of The Pack

When the postman comes to call
I'm hard as nails
Don't mess with me.

Pain

The pain that I felt next was in my heart
There seemed nothing I could do
But wince at each new sharp sensation
Is this the pain that you felt too?

Jerusalem

Is this Jerusalem?
This corner of your mind
This tiny paradise.

Photograph

We weren't there before that moment
And we'll never see this place again

If Tails Could Tell

If Tails could tell
Such stories told
We'd learn the truth
Our lies unfold.

Reminders

One by one, reminders fall away
I'll find a well known place and try to stay.

If

I would witness your life story
I might change it if I could

Second Best

Long ago I was so hopeful
I'd change the world alone for you

I Lie Silent

There'll be no wind to wipe our tears away
No swaying leaves to shade our weary steps
No tiny drops of rain, gathered in the dusk
No half-told tales to help us to forget.