Poems
The greatest gifts are those that cost us leaste
The greatest gifts are those that cost us leaste :
Price varies inversely with true worth.
The greatest gifts are those that cost us leaste :
Price varies inversely with true worth.
The first true sign of love is anger
The first true sign of love is anger:
What we need, we're likely to resent.
The first true sign of love is anger:
What we need, we're likely to resent.
The day of love requires a companion
The day of love requires a companion,
But I find myself at this time all alone.
The day of love requires a companion,
But I find myself at this time all alone.
The most beautiful thing in our lives
So who said it was easy to keep old flames burning?
Even experts could use a little divine help now and then.
So who said it was easy to keep old flames burning?
Even experts could use a little divine help now and then.
Simple things must have the brightest glow
Simple things must have the brightest glow:
After all the passion, there is love.
Simple things must have the brightest glow:
After all the passion, there is love.
Roses symbolize unbridled passion
Roses symbolize unbridled passion.
Of beauty born, they burn with hungry fire.
Roses symbolize unbridled passion.
Of beauty born, they burn with hungry fire.
Regarding marriage: Whose idea was this?
Regarding marriage: Whose idea was this?
Isn't each poor shimmering star alone?
Regarding marriage: Whose idea was this?
Isn't each poor shimmering star alone?
Is there some reward for loving?
Please tell me: Is there some reward for loving?
As far as I can see, it can't be pleasure.
Please tell me: Is there some reward for loving?
As far as I can see, it can't be pleasure.
Perhaps an angel told you once of love
Perhaps an angel told you once of love,
A spirit pure, not knowing fear or shame.
Perhaps an angel told you once of love,
A spirit pure, not knowing fear or shame.
Passion's a preliminary pleasure
Passion's a preliminary pleasure,
An introduction to the themes of love.
Passion's a preliminary pleasure,
An introduction to the themes of love.
Open doors and windows
Open doors and windows, books and flowers,
Newly opened gifts of minds and hearts
Open doors and windows, books and flowers,
Newly opened gifts of minds and hearts
Movement comes most often without motion
Movement comes most often without motion.
Incremental thaws can peel a rock.
Movement comes most often without motion.
Incremental thaws can peel a rock.
Love redeems the passions of the moment
Love redeems the passions of the moment
Underneath the qualms that quell the sea.
Love redeems the passions of the moment
Underneath the qualms that quell the sea.
Love is never vague or general
Love is never vague or general:
It's all about thin fingers and fat toes.
Love is never vague or general:
It's all about thin fingers and fat toes.
Love comes to those who love
Love comes to those who love, who find their joy
In others' joy, their tears in others' tears.
Love comes to those who love, who find their joy
In others' joy, their tears in others' tears.
Love comes through the eyes that see
Love comes through the eyes that see
And through the ears that hear
Love comes through the eyes that see
And through the ears that hear
Life sings with an extraordinary passion
Life sings with an extraordinary passion,
Intent on being all one can afford.
Life sings with an extraordinary passion,
Intent on being all one can afford.
Jewels are cut from more than precious stone
Jewels are cut from more than precious stone.
A life, too, is cut to catch the light.
Jewels are cut from more than precious stone.
A life, too, is cut to catch the light.
In love you let the heart do all the thinking
In love you let the heart do all the thinking
And say with courage simply what seems true.
In love you let the heart do all the thinking
And say with courage simply what seems true.
How often are things simply clear and right?
How often are things simply clear and right?
Each day we come to moments of despair.
How often are things simply clear and right?
Each day we come to moments of despair.
Hope is a breeze across an open field
Hope is a breeze across an open field.
Anger comes from pounding on a door
Hope is a breeze across an open field.
Anger comes from pounding on a door
Heaven isn't known for being easy
Heaven isn't known for being easy.
Although the door is open, few desire
Heaven isn't known for being easy.
Although the door is open, few desire
Gifts given freely
Gifts given freely, out of joy and love,
Are, like the gift of life, conceived in pleasure.
Gifts given freely, out of joy and love,
Are, like the gift of life, conceived in pleasure.
Flowers symbolize unbridled passion
Flowers symbolize unbridled passion,
Love, and the attraction lust requires.
Flowers symbolize unbridled passion,
Love, and the attraction lust requires.
Fate is oft the filament of passion
Fate is oft the filament of passion,
Illumined by the force of its fierce flow.
Fate is oft the filament of passion,
Illumined by the force of its fierce flow.
Ever be the lover that you long for
Ever be the lover that you long for,
Doing as you would the other do.
Ever be the lover that you long for,
Doing as you would the other do.
Love is as seasonal as potatoes
Eventually, we learn that love is as seasonal as potatoes.
Long days of sunshine are followed by short, lusty nights.
Eventually, we learn that love is as seasonal as potatoes.
Long days of sunshine are followed by short, lusty nights.
Each truth is just a scrim across the darkness
Each truth is just a scrim across the darkness.
We cannot see what most we'd like to know.
Each truth is just a scrim across the darkness.
We cannot see what most we'd like to know.
Blessings are the things we take for granted
Blessings are the things we take for granted.
Each holiday we notice what we see.
Blessings are the things we take for granted.
Each holiday we notice what we see.
A girlfriend's neither gotten nor forgotten
She's never just a friend who is a girl.
She doesn't wear a nameplate or a flower.
She's never just a friend who is a girl.
She doesn't wear a nameplate or a flower.