Beautiful Things
September 2, 2009
Soft music streaming from my iTunes
Goldfish in a lighted aquarium
Scarf wrapped around a girls neck
Sweet perfume stroking my nostrils
Photograph of a couple stealing a kiss
Raindrops pelting my window in the early morning
Driving down the highway listening to Andrea Bocelli
A hug shared amongst old friends
Walking in a park at night, nothing but crickets
Bobbing up and down in a pool in the summer
Hair brushed away from a woman’s forehead
The drooling smile and giggle of a baby
Tender moments between lovers on film
Musical scores that make unforgettable movies
The smell of coffee in the morning
The quiet atmosphere in a bookstore
Long sleeve sweaters used to hold hot mugs
And the intense concentrated look on my girlfriends face
All beautiful things that make me smile
Slowly Trickling
August 1, 2009
Late night hour when everyone is asleep
My mind drifts to thoughts so deep
Thoughts about our future together
Being unable to wait till we share shelter
But time seems bent on slowly trickling by
As I’m trying to make this PhD degree fly
Yet, there is a good reason for this slow phase
We know each other, but things need to be in place
You working on getting your license to educate
While I’m building a background for siblings to emulate
We’re improving apart and climbing individual ladders
So that when we do become one, we’ll be true leaders
With a wealth of work from the left and right
Me with science and arithmetic and you with art
My dear, don’t fret, worry or think of 1000 reasons
Everything has its time, place and season
Our seed will be an oak tree soon enough
As time will serve it’s purpose as manure
And when the moment is right, you’ll know
Because on one knee I’ll bow