when i close my eyes

when i close my eyes
my arms open for you
my heart cries out
i need your touch
so how can i sleep
when my arms are empty
when my lips are searching for yours
when i know you are there
and i am here
i know that
you must be able
to do the work
that lets you live
but i enjoy
our time together
so much that
the rest of the world
doesn't exist
that i get greedy
and want it all
when i close my eyes
i need to feel you
i want to hold your heart
things seem to get better
day by day
i believe more than
ever that our love
is true and lasting
so
when i close my eyes
it brings us one night closer
when i close my eyes
one less night alone
when i close my eyes

i wanna lay with you

i wanna lay with you
smelling your hair
as it softly brushes over my body
i want to kiss you all over until
i know all of your body
i wanna lay with you
feeling all your love
touching my heart
in places i didn't know i had
giving me a love i've
been searching for
yes all along
you were there
but it took so long to find you
i wanna lay with you
i hear the soft things you say
without you making a sound
i understand your touch
as only a lover can
i feel the depth of your emotion
and wait for you
to allow me to enter your world
able to be loved by you
as you have loved no other
i wanna lay with you
side by side
equal partners in love
i wanna lay with you
touch my lips with yours
hold my hand as only you can
knowing that we are in love
a love able to withstand the heat of day
as well as the coolness and dark of night
spoken as well as unspoken
the answer is the same
i wanna lay with you

can it it be better than this

you softly touched me on the arm
saying that you missed me
can it be better than this
can we be more in love
than at this moment
you say i laughed
but it was more like a teenage girl giggle
my heart filled with your love
just knowing this feeling
fills me with joy
later i lay next to you
feeling your softness
next to me
such a moment
that i still relive that moment
time after time
it is like my heart tells my mind
don't think
i just want to feel that moment
over and over
but my mind interrupts and says
remember
that
this will happen
again tonite
i just smile
can it be any better than this
a woman that loves me
willing to share her life with me
the ring is on her finger
and the joy is in my heart
can it be any better than this

again today

again today
another passed away
not who we expected
but one that seemed strong
well as strong as a weakened soul can be
so how do i face this day
when another has passed away
is life so random
so full of pain
that to be done with it
is a relief
is there a reason for this
this life that
i face each day
do i shed tears
do i just look away
or struggle past
with my head down
to hide my tears
or do i face the pain
face the fear
for fear is a part of it
fear of not knowing
for no matter how strong the faith
there is fear of not knowing for sure
what lies ahead
so i must have faith
do i trust the pain that i see
or do i trust
the hope i feel
i always trust my heart
for it doesn't lie
what i see as real
the pain i see
makes me sad
my heart can make me happy
i choose my heart
i choose faith
so i can face the day
when another has passed away