Marilyn Kenul

Plainview, NY, USA

For many years I've been writing. (Always enjoy putting pen to paper.) My poems have been published by The National Library of Poetry, Quill Books and Fine Arts Press. Songs I've written have been played in clubs throughout New York State. Having been asked to write my autobiography, I've been working sporadically for three years, with still a long way to go. Studying and practicing proper nutrition, as well as working out each day, while adhering to a positive outlook, have enabled me to maintain a healthy, active life. (Opera and the classics are a great source of relaxation.)

Apology

With all I feel for you today
I know within my heart
Whatever lies in wait for us
Some day, we'll have to part.
This oneness we both feel today
We both sense will not last.
Our eyes will open one day to find
We're part of each other's past
Thank you for those times we've had.
Those happy times together.
The pleasure that's been ours to share,
Will live with us forever.
Thank you for your tenderness.
For listening to me, too
My mind will smile remembering
The very thought of you.

Eternal Search

My eyes have opened. At last I see
A life that's longed for. A part of me.
A part that's ready at last to express
Those beautiful feelings, too long repressed.
Fearing somehow the words were lost.
Words that tell of roads I've crossed.
Of times I've, squandered, thinking this is IT !
The IT that carries so far and long,
Touching some thing, somewhere, groping along.
Finally I AM !

Changing Times

It wasn't very long ago, I felt you standing near.
Now as I look about, I find you are no longer here.
I wonder what has happened? Whaere did those feelings go?
I can't explain the way I feel. Just once I loved you, so.
It isn't that my Love has gone. Still I can't hold a shadow.
If you ever really cared, why do I feel so shallow?
We can't return to yesterday. We never will recapture,
The way you Looked and held my hand. The way I was enraptured.
I wonder did you ever Love, ever care for me?
I wonder will I find my place, or just pretend tobe?
In the Little while that we have been, you tell me I have grown.
And so, ,my friend, you'll understand, it's time I'm on my own.

Discovery

Each day I grow in knowing you.
Each hour you're much nearer.
Each minute my deepest feelings grow.
Each second you are dearer.
I've lived so long without this warmth,
Believing life was lived alone.
But, yesterdays are yesterdays,
And now, my love at last I'm home !