Thoughts

Yesterday is gone

Today not far behind

All become one

In the pages of our mind

Life is but a moment

Written in the book of time

If we could only stop it

If life would only rhyme

Loving is a dream

A gentle, sweet caress

But it is what it seems

Is it more....or less?

By: My mom
Diane Jennings

The Flower

A beautiful thing is the flower.

A wonder to behold.

The many colors did nature shower,

It's petals to unfold.

In cool of morn, it's buds unfurl,

In promise of beauty foretold,

Blossoms open to tell the world,

Of exotic perfumes untold.

In dark of night on breezes waft.

The scents of time immortal.
Fragrances that drift so soft,

Through window, door, and portal.

By: My mom

Diane Jennings

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Friends or lovers.
Which will last longest,
In the end,
One must be strongest.

By: My mom
Diane Jennings

Mysteries

Years...gone in moments.

Seconds that seem like years.

Life...gone in one last breath.

Birth....a joyous beginning.

Dim light, but is it dawn or dusk?

Darkness, but somewhere there is light.

Sunlight, but darkness waits to take over.

Stars....how many?

Can they even be counted?

Footprints, no one in sight.

Who has gone before?

Alone, or do the shadows move?

Love or hate, who can tell?

Alive, but for how long?

Dead, but does death last forever?

Words on paper, will anyone ever read them?

Eternity, how long does it last?

Such are the mysteries of life.

By: My mom, Diane Jennings

Beauty

Your lips, your eyes, your soul

Are like a work of art,

The most creative thing of all

Is your beautiful heart.

If you were a painting,

No colors could express

The beauty deep inside you,

A rainbow, nothing less.

If you were a sculpture

The clay could hardly make

Your figure of an angel

Without one mistake.

If you were a euphony

No choir could really sing

All the beautiful music

Your eyes could possibly bring.

So here I am, and artist,

With inspiration beyond belief

But to capture such rare beauty,

I'd have to be a thief.

"I hope this is completely true to you, because it is tue of your love to me"

Are you afraid of love?

Or are you just afraid of my love?

Please do not be frightened.

My love will not choke or bind you in any way.

It will bring you warmth when you are cold.

And companionship when you are lonely.

My love will bring smiles to brighten all your days

And understanding when you are sad.

It will not obligate you to come see me every day

Or to call me every night.

My love will give you all these things,

Asking only

That wherever you go

And whatever you do,

You will hold me in your heart-

Knowing that when you return,

I will be here, only to make you happy.

Grace that love gives

If I could live my life again,

Then, I would

Erase the pain and stain of sin

If I could.

I never knew

A man like you

Was waiting somewhere just for me.

Now the strength of your love,

Your true and pure love

Can set me free.

I didn't know

God loved me so;

I never dreamed, I never knew

That He had planned a man like you

For me to love.

I promise

I promise to give you the best of myself

and to ask of you no more than you can give.

I promise to respect you as your own person

and to realize that your interests, desires and needs

are no less important than my own.

I promise to share with you my time and my

attention and to bring joy, strength, and imagination

to our relationship.

I promise to keep myself open to you,

to let you see through the window of my world

into my innermost fears and feelings,

secrets and dreams.

I promise to grow along with you,

to be willing to face changes in order to keep our

relationship alive and exciting.

I promise to love you in good times and bad,

with all I have to give and all I feel inside

in the only way I know how,

completely and forever.

The Dreamer

I am a dreamer,
a dreamer is all I can be.
I dream of so many things,
dreams that I wish were reality.

As I lay myself at night to sleep,
I pray to God the memories I keep.
As I gently close my eyes and relax,
I wish that I would dream of you.

I dream of you in so many ways,
a dream so beautiful, so real...
your arms around me while we kiss,
the feeling of true love with such bliss.

As I kept dreaming, I prayed....
"Lord, please make him mine someday!"
and as I kiss in my dream, my man said,
"I am yours.... and always will be!"

I woke up with tears in my eyes,
knowing it was all a dream.
As I turned to my right to wipe my tears, I smiled,
my heart just leaped and almost went wild.

Right next to me is an angel,
an angel in my dreams was my man.
The man I have longed, prayed, dreamed, and cried for,
the angel that I will love forevermore!

LOVE

Love is like the seeds of life,

To root is full of pain and strife.

But to grow it's like a great Oak tree,

Straight and strong for eternity.

Love is what I offer you,

Steadfast, calm, and oh, so true!

Love is life between two who shares,

A life between two who really cares.

Love is ours, if you agree,

To spend your life with me!

Just one wish

If I could have just one wish,

I would wish to wake up everyday

to the sound of your breath on my neck,

the warmth of your lips on my cheek,

the touch of your fingers on my skin,

and the feel of your heart beating with mine....

Knowing that I could never find that feeling

with anyone other than you.