Harbor lights

Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)



With gratitude,

i search traces of a dream
i've long kept close to heart

never knowing What it means
to have love taken to the extreme

You’ve taken off with me, in flight

Beyond this space in time,

to a special place for
Just you and i

you’re giving me

delicious days
Of pure delight.

More than
i've ever known

More passionate
nights

Give me a feeling

that drives home
without you

i think of my old,
Navy days

Times before,

Where i forgot
just how to love

To feel free to cry,
standing alone

watching
The harbor lights

Feeling
abandoned and ignored

Now, here we are
Alone, together

Trading words
as if we have forever  

You fill my heart
With Pleasing verbs,

So very nice and right

You punish me
with endless dreams

of spending time with you,
Hearts on fire

with the most perfect pleasures
a man like me Might ever desire

with soft easing words

You so gently tease
the juices from the vine

What a gentleman prefers

What really
takes my breath away

is you never lie

Even your voice
so sweetly purrs

like i've had a bit too much wine
reading lips between the lines

While i now sleep alone

Tossing and turning
Between the sheets

Your voice, delivering
as if, with unseen fingertips

Running up
and down my spine,

the love potion
i cannot resist,

having another daily dose
Of nocturnal climbing

Where, and when
i reach the top

Every night, with
you and i making love

Catching the same wave
with the urge to come ashore

touching us both
Together

Each stroke
causing our emotions

To invoke
what feels like flying

To blend
with perfect timing

to calm, My spirit
to soothe my mind

so freely flowing
Verses tightly wound,

revealing within a love
In continuous growth,

To reveal its truth
with an unearthly power

With hopes simply sublime,
so happy that you have

decided to go
against the grain

To give this precious time
And let fly its full majesty

To shower wholly
in its pulse and Glow,

Never more humble,

With
A world of choice,

Why'd you
choose

Me

C2


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Written on 2005

Submitted by Charles2 on September 15, 2023

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Stanzas 55
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