Save me

Save me...from myself?
Save me...from you?
But that's not
What I want!
And that's the honest truth!
I'm sinking...
Drowning...
Save my soul
My love...
Draw me from
The deepest seas
Take me up
If you please
Free me
Bring me close
To you
For if freedom
Is what I need
It is not
What I want!
What chance
Have I got?
In loving you?

Moth to the flame

Thoughts of you
Always in my head
Loving you is
Always in my heart
Each and every day
It is the same
It's like I'm
The moth
To your flame
I try to fly
As close as I can
Hopelessly entranced
By your light
Though the heat
Burns me
I cannot resist
This craziness
So if I crash and burn
I blame it all
On you
On loving you
It's true
It's all
Your fault
You're so damn cute
So what's a girl to do?
When she's lost
In loving you!

Heart to heart

We took the long way
Took most of the day
Travelling the open roads
Talking a lot
Releasing our loads
Of stress and worry
Heart to heart
Opening up our souls
Letting out all the hurts
Both new and old
So many things
Needed to be said
So much we'd held in
But now as it spewed forth
It was like a renewal
A new birth
It had to happen
It had to come
Those words could
Not be undone
We said our piece
Said our "sorrys"
Let it all hang out
Yes all those worries...
For we're not just
Mother and daughter
We are best friends too
We've done the hard miles
I'm telling you
We've done the work
So now it's time to
Release the "Cracken"
So to speak...
Say what's been held in
Must be released
For a new day is beginning
Let's not live in the past
Let's not fly our flag
At half mast
Time for moving forward
Time to release the bonds
No more "slave to reason"
Though it is the "Silly season"
Now after all the hurting
It's time to mend our bridges
Time to patch the curtains
No more gaping holes
No more "poles apart"
It's time for reconciliation
Time to mend our hearts
So open up your heart
Let me in my love
For if we hide behind
These tears of shame
How will we ever truly gain?
That peace we seek...
Let us speak: be plain
I love you my daughter
I love you so much
I cannot run away
Though it hurts so much
I must face the music
I must stay in touch
With my worries
Fears and such...
So we talked...
We cried...
We laughed...
We smiled...
But in the end
We released it all
We settled back
And now as we face it all
Our triumphs...
And our tears
Yes: love overcomes
Love triumphs
For though sadness
Comes and goes
Our love for each other
Never goes!

Summer fun at Berri

The boys are awake already
Running around the house
Their footfalls echoing
Upon the wooden floorboards
Their laughter too is bouncing
Around these walls to me
Yeah it's good to be alive this day
As I wake up and hear their joy
But already they want to go outside
To meet their friends
To make their bubbles
In the slightest breeze
But the heat is intensifying
Already it is deadly: not fun
Even though it is barely 10 am
It's oppressive out there
In that overpowering sun
It is invasive to say the least
Well: here in Australia
This is the nature of the beast!
This heat is amazing
It permeates all around
Nothing can escape it
The very air is alive with heat
It burns your lungs as you breathe it
It burns your skin if you even dare
To go outside without your shirt on
For here the ozone layer is
Non-existent
Here the ozone layer is deceased!

Seeing stars in Berri

I'm looking at the stars 
And wondering how you are
Are you okay my love?
Are you happy enough?
Do you see Orion's Belt?
The moon: glowing so bright?
What do you see when you look up?
Into the heavens
Do you see those sparkling orbs?
The same skies that I see!
Wish you were here with me!
Breathing this clean air
Feeling the breeze
In your hair
Your heart beating in time...with mine
Ah love, if only it could be
You standing close beside me
Viewing these stars together
Knowing our love is...forever!

With you

My mind is with you
So far away from here
It's the same every single day
Does this longing ever cease?
Does it ever become easier to bear?
This need to be with you...
This loving you...
Just know..my love...
I am with you always
In my heart and soul
Being happy with you
Is my ultimate goal!

January

It's the first of January
And here begins
Another year of missing you...
Another year of needing you...
So I send up into the skies...
My love...my thoughts...my desires...
My need for you and your company
Your hand in mine
Your lips on mine
All the things
I want to do with you
Walking on the sand...
Holding hands...
Making plans together...
All those things we will do
Just as soon as I'm with you!