Hopeful Romantic

I ring your doorbell
...waiting
With a bouquet of roses
Hidden behind my back
...hoping
To surprise you
In the most wonderful way

First you look out the window
To see I'm all dressed up
...waiting
To take you out tonight
...hoping
To take your hand
When we dance

We will make the moment right
With music and moving light
You know I will hold you tight

...you open the door


© Copyright by Vroom 2006
~Oct. 29th, 2006~

Soul Blaze

He can't stay away
She's under his skin,
But more than that
It's much deeper within,
This love she speaks of
Can never be quenched
When its real from the soul blaze, inflamed,
She believes in forever,
Forever, when love remains ...

On those nights when it's quiet
And he's home all alone,
He knows where to find her
If he believes
In her home, far above
All the clutter and clamour that comes with pretend,
For he knows she'd never settle for anything less than ...

by: alisajs(9.13.06)

Shadows

She comes in through the door filled with fabulous words
Her charms are not exactly what they may seem,
Tho' she banter and blush, is she?
Or simply a shadow in the soft, summer breeze...

He stared at her image for what seemed like days
Full of desire, he was soon flush with flames,
Needing her more than he knew what to do with
Surely, a friend would not lie or deceive, would she?

Seasons come and seasons go
Or at least we are told they follow an order,
Of some sort, set in motion by the ancients
Meekly, we listen and obey...

But what if, what was real
never really existed?
But rather a dream on the inside,
How many would choose slumber?
When they ultimately discovered
Reality is no more or no less
Than what you allow yourself
to perceive and recieve ...

by :alisajs

99.17.06)

Missed Destiny

Won't you let me do more than remember
Those awesome times seared in our souls,
You and me alone
With our bodies on fire, consumed
Needing more than we had a right to,
No other could ever come close, we both know
The passion and desire we fueled in each other
I need you to know I still go crazy
Everytime I think of your touch,
Alone here with these memories
What do I do?

They won't disappear, they don't simply turn off
and night after night they come, demanding
Release, but there's no you,
There's just me,
Fighting back those taunts of ecstasy's promise,
How they do challenge my sanity ...

Awash on these flames of forbidden desire
I want you only, with me
I want to travel together to those heights we both reached
and stay there for days like we used to,
I'm no good for another as they could never be you
Condemned now by missed destiny ...

by:alisajs(9.21.06)

When

If you have tasted that fire, unmistakable
Desire shared by two,
and those heights you both reached
Were ones only dreamed of
and written about down through the ages,
By certain great poets, romantic...

Tell me, how can you forget?
and simply go on
With your life as before,
Dust off your heart and step forward
Peering perhaps towards new horizons,
I remember a time when time was no more
Must have been something I ate...

by: alisajs (9.20.06)

Another Dream

'Another dream,' he mentioned and I thought about those words
'Another dream,' and I realized that part of me had somehow slipped away,
Slipped away but not forgotten, for dreams do give us hope
Without a dream we cease to live
And our world begins to fade,
Into those awful shades of black and white
and we can no longer see those stunning possibilities,
Still lingering there, on the canvas of our minds ...

I have seen those without a dream
As they trudge back and forth, sans any smiles
Forgotten faces void of joy and shrouded now
Under angry clouds of doubt,
Lost to fear, once their dreams slid
and left, stage exit right,
Don't know why they lost their way
And I wonder if they remembered, now ...

'Another dream,' he mentioned and I thought about those words
'Another dream,' and I realized
There is a dream that lives in me,
I just needed to see the best is yet to be ...

by:alisajs(9.21.06)

Passion's Crescendo

Was it a moment of recognition or simply a glance?
Caught in time and frozen there, suspended
Unlike a crystalline tear in the artic winds
Where no eyes could see,
The promise within the reflection
Captured inside that prism of light
Somehow awaiting release ...
We are all strangers when passing by
Each of us bound to our own destinies,
Alone, as we make our way or open
To wondrous possibilities
If we but allow our trembling hearts to believe,
The love that surrounds us, continously
The joy that awaits, so graciously ...

In the hustle and bustle of our busy worlds
Away from confusion and constant strains,
Removed from those memories, common
Of heartache, bitterness and gut-wrenching pain ...

There is still a place we can run to
Close the world behind, as we enter in
The music is low and seductively sweet,
Take my hand and we'll start real slow
Oh! To gaze into eyes of desire again,
As we linger around sunset with our choice of Merlot,
To find ourselves lost in this moment
Yet not lost completely, just suspended in time
Our words like caresses, tender,
We could stay here forever, staring at these night skies
Counting stars one by one as they rise,
Enjoying the heat now between us
Smiling, a bit shy as we make our way closer
Towards that flame, now enticing
and yearning for release,
Let us savor each drop of this fine wine
Taste on our lips, so inviting
As we move through each motion of passion's crescendo
Till daybreak finds us spent and complete,
No words need be spoken
No words can describe,
This knowing, now ours for all time ...

by: alisajs(9.22.06)

A Poets Song

Wrapped around this heart of time
Beats a song yet to be sung,
In the fullness of all we can be
And all that ever was,
And tho' we may be somewhat worn for wear
The notes are still in key,
Carried along by hushed whispered thoughts
Familiar melody,
Regardless of creed or tongue
Remains the same throughout the ages,
Weaving tapestries alive in the noonday sun
Monuments for all to read and stand in awe ...

For we recognize the blend of those shaded hues
That binds us all and gives us pause as we carry on,
Ever vigilant at the ready,
Soldiers we, in this shared crusade
On the frontline and we must agree,
If we succeed, it's because of you and I
But not alone,
For an army we've become,
Marching onward, ever forward
To reach that rising sun,
So we can take our turn to bask in victory,
Knowing that together
We stay strong
Memories replete,
We save them everyone
So tenderly,
And savor sweet our celebration feast
Enjoyed by all who know this song,
Every note
And every key ...


by: alisajs

For You

We shared that moment in time
Etched for all eternity deep inside our souls,
Tasted pleasures beyond description
Or this vain attempt by mere words alone to try,
And tho' tomorrow is not guaranteed to anyone
I would not change a thing,
Alter one word spoken in anger or lust
Brimming with that certain promise of love,
Blooming in tender buds
On the fragile stem of forever,
We both glimpsed together
and almost touched ...

For now, I'll hold this fresh bouquet of memories
To gaze upon when I smile,
When those thoughts stop by as they often do,
This door is always open to the wonder of love
To love and the splendor of you ...

I bless the day we met
My heartstrings profoundly caressed,
Thank you for that exquisite side you allowed me to see
But more than see, to harmonize and be a part of
Of that phenomenal experience of us,
To have reached those heights
Great poets have penned by candlelight,
From Shakespeare to Keats
My life has been blessed,
By the magnitude of your touch
Across my beating chest ...

by: alisajs

You

This love I speak of
Knows no deceit,
Never plays with a heartbeat
Trusting...

Heard the sound of a male voice
While waiting for a friend and watched
As she turned toward his face and smiled,
He reached out with both hands and slowly caressed...
I had to turn away
For I knew what came next,
I remember when a voice who sounded like that voice
Was you,
Misty memories peeked 'round
Fleeting shadows and danced in my mind
Of another time, when there were only two ...

'I love you', he said as held her
So incredibly close while meeting her gaze with a kiss,
How I could feel their desire!
Flash there in broad daylight
As I stumbled away in my tears ...

I Lost ...

There are these tears of great sadness welled up in my soul
Guess I believed in the dream,
But more than a dream, it was real to my heart
Real to my world like red jello,
And the sound of birds singing
In the dawn's first splash of sunlight,
They have nowhere to go, these tears ...
No one to share this pain that continues,
Somehow I missed the real meaning, if any
Lost the sound of your voice in the midst of that whirlwind,
Maybe I never heard at all ...

In times of recent upheaval with nowhere to go
I sat here alone and perplexed,
Stunned by the fact that nobody called
Nobody, that was you,
Strangers with weak smiles plastered across
Their nervous and sad faces, managed a feeble hello,
As they made their way past, searching for reasons, too
My phone lay there distant and tired,
Unlike my heart that kept pounding inside my skin
Next to nothing that mattered, except you,
But you were nowhere around, not to be found
And like a fool, I kept waiting!
Anticipating that call that would never come,
The questions that would never be asked ...

Because somewhere along the way
I lost the sound of your voice in the midst of the whirlwind,
Maybe I never heard you, at all ...

by: alisajs

What Kind of Love?

What kind of love stays within?
Silently suffering alone,
Away from the other, away from it all
What kind of love is this?

What kind of love says, 'see ya?'
Because I love you, I'll let you go,
Because you're so special, I'll just walk away
Because I care so much, we won't even discuss,
No need to share this with you
What kind of love behaves like this?

by:alisajs

This Side of Forever

We can no more deny this reality
Than to shout down the stars from their heavenly posts
As they look from above and concede,
Yet, here we are for all to see
Continuing to fumble with such eloquent words,
We're not fooling anyone, of this I am certain
With this talk of anything, but...

Our plans for the future and how we get busy
We keep running away from the truth,
But why?
Is it simply that, or maybe just
In all of our grandeur and get focused schemes,
Why do we keep running from us?
If we look deep inside to ponder this path,
Well aware there's some pain that somewhat remains,
The truth is, we're more than just a little bit scared ...

Tell me, how long can we keep looking
At anything other than what is,
Genuine, though the container be flawed,
Cracks in the ceiling, frogs in the dark
Desire still radiant, still patiently waiting
Burning for that mid-summer's release...

I have loved you forever, don't you see?
Stand I at the door and peek in,
Just one more time, I need to feel your touch
Feel you all through my parched and aching soul,
Now there, I've said it,
Watch those thunderbolts soar!
I can only get so close and no further,
If it takes all of time to stand next to your fire
I will be here, this side of forever ...

by: alisajs

Soul Serenade

I have always known since the first time we spoke
One word from your lips and I would love you forever,
Suddenly tongue-tied and stumbling around
I forgot what I wanted to say
All my clever comebacks soared away on angel wings,
My witty one liners abandoned their cues,
and I found myself falling
Ever deeper,
For you ...

My new morning delight
With you, now in my life
I am free to love beyond measure,
Ecstatic your heart beats only for me ...

I will be here, my darling
For you, do I breathe,
This love, eternally sweet
You are my soul serenade ...

by:ajs

Cravings

I am calling to you, can you hear?
Patiently and quietly where you left me
Full of seductive memories,
Here with my friends, we're waiting
Anticipating those good times again,
I know we're out of the way, but it's O.K.
We're used to the dark, no worries
Stop for a moment and reflect with me, please
When your eyes gazed upon
When your senses knew what came next,
How your heart beat double-time
As the match with eager fingers, lit
Flash of silver glint,
Remember? Ah Yes! ...

Feel me all through your soul
As you rush with me, heavenly
Ecstasy pounding your head,
You've got to have more
Just one more taste ...

Release me and let me know you again
I want you to need me more than before
I've been waiting so long, just for you,
Feel your desire, haunted
Tell me how much you've missed this,
I'm alive when you crave me
I know you want to,
I promise I'll never let go ...

by:ajs

Only Words

If all I have left are these words
I will gather them close and tenderly remember,
When they were alive on your tongue
and lived and breathed inside our dream,
Excitement punched the air around us
Screaming with delight as we sailed far beyond twilight,
Surrounded by enticement and promises yet seen
and I just knew we'd be together, forever
I began planning my days all around you,
Nothing else mattered and no one else dared,
So perfect we were, heaven unearthed
All my dreams at long last had come true,
I lived in a state of perpetual ecstasy
My life was complete,
I had you ...

Then suddenly, ripped from my world
Without warning, I found myself alone
and in my head, lingering still
Were these words of great romance waiting to be shared,
Now, they just sit there and stare into space
Vowels dropping and consonants slipping
Fell to the floor, stunned
And that's where I found them, today ...

If all I have left are only words
I will gather them close and tenderly remember ...

by:ajs

This Thing Called Love

Something slipped that day
Maybe it was in the way she pulled back her hair,
It wasn't quite right,
I sat on the sidelines away from the crowd
A silent observer, I was,
I didn't miss a thing, tho'
and watched it all play out right before my eyes,
It almost seemed scripted, somehow
So predictable was each move and response,
Conversations and nuance, I felt like I'd been there before ...

Funny how there's nothing new under the sun
Day follows night as the seasons line up,
One after the other, never out of turn
Springtime, Summer then Fall just before Winter,
I wondered if they were actually metaphors, perhaps
A clue from the universe or subliminal hint,
And the only ones not listening
As we fight against the grain
With our constant uphill battles,
Are us humans with our superior brains,
Yet, with all our advantages and abilities to think
Learn from mistakes and move on,
If we're really so much smarter than the animals and birds
Then why is it, we still mess everything up?
Especially, this thing called love ...

by:ajs

Temple of Apollo

With your drop dead gorgeous looks
You seduce them, one by one
Yet no one knows or has a clue,
Remaining forever enchanted by your charms,
As you cajole and captivate
Ensnared inside your spell, stay fascinated, they do
Can a human look into the depths of hell?
And live to tell the tale?

Of he and she, exclusively
Hypnotic dreams, yet obscured,
Tied in a knot of pining hot
Passionate allure,
Each one certain she’s the chosen
Lost in love’s romantic high,
Seeking answers spoken
Unaware they’re all returned
By none other than,
The oracle of Delphi …

I, the priestess watch outside that shrouded veil
With portentous will and snickering shrills,
Exhaling sorrow into their worlds
Quietly now, I have to laugh and roll,
Keep my hand close, won't let this slip away
Can’t let those poor souls know,
They’ve sought the answer to their questions
From the Oracle of Apollo ...


by: ajs

Poets in Red

Read the great works and fall in love
How the words penned by those poets in red
Do sing to us from parchment down through the ages
Melodies lifted and sway,
Caress every heartstring and blow kisses through our souls
With each whispering wind,
And we fall in love all over again ...

Captivated completely by words on a page
Timeless and eternal,
How they bleed into our hearts and there they remain
Our lives forever changed,
By the beauty observed and the wonder shared
Gently we're taken there, touched profoundly by their pain,
Haunted by memories that choose to linger within
As we remember every word said
and for that moment shared,
Are able to fully comprehend
The meaning of the message there,
By those poets in red ...

by :ajs

Is Summer Really Dead?

It was in the winter of her love for him
When summer died in autumn's arms,
Spring was lingering on life support
Still, the embers glowed below ...

The morning chill coughed and wheezed
and wrapped around dawn's sleepy daylight
Just a little tighter,
Peeking through those misty shadows
The stars above lost their places, one by one
and fell confounded, somehow
Fumbling there, on that sea of blue
So unlike before, near heaven's door,
When strung across that midnight sky
In dazzling radiance, forevermore...

Where did summer go? Is autumn next?
How can we really know what to expect,
Won't you take my hand while we pray
For spring's release,
We'll watch those embers glow ...

by: ajs

A Slice of Paradise

You've brought to my life, splashes of true happiness
When we ran to the edge of those misunderstood precepts,
and lingered there for a time beyond time,
Each key you presented burst forth from the darkness
Relieved at long last, back in marvelous light,
We marveled at their radiance, bathed in prism's glow
Smashed every false pretense writhing in confusion,
Joyously, we kicked them away ...

My life is sweeter now, thanks to you
You taught me to feel with my soul,
To break free from old shackles
Put an end to sick contradictions
And learn how to breathe and just be,
With eyes of tendernes, you led me
With arms of compassion, you held me so close,
When my steps were mistaken, you stood right beside me
and together, we found our way,
Through those dark days of thunder
and whirlwinds of winter
When confusion and doubt tried to drown me,
When my world was dark and miserably silent
Your heart flame was steady and showed me the way,
You taught me to listen and believe
Gave me a slice of sweet paradise,
To cherish and hold onto
A gift of eternity, just for me ...

When those fears come calling
As they sometimes do,
When doubt tries to play tricks with my mind,
I remember that slice of paradise you gave
and think of those splashes of happiness,
My life is forever changed, because of you
Sweetness of your essence, you've shared
The wonder of your love comforts me so,
and my heart now has treasures
Gifts eternal, from your beautiful soul ...



by:ajs

Star Flowers

How could there ever be another?
There is no such thing, don't you see?
Everytime we connect, I'm on fire inside
and it's all I can do to maintain,
Some sense of normalcy
Without revealing myself ...
I'm still head over heels
Brimming with smiles
Everytime I hear you speak my name,
Remembering those times of grand passion
When I think of how perfect you fit with me,
In every context and meaning
Even the angels cried with amazement,
I know you were created for me
How can one forget?
Impossible!
Treasured times shared
Nothing or no one compares,
No matter how hard they may try ...

When the time is just right
And the stars all line up
Destiny will decree at long last,
The universe has finally consented
It's now time for you and for me ...

And on a cloudless night in paradise
When the wind whispers through the coconut trees,
With that familiar caress I know in my soul
I will turn and there you'll be,
Arms open wide
I'll come running,
In the heavens above, star flowers ...

by:ajs

Our Eternal Love

Don't worry, my darling
I am here,
I have loved you forever
That will never change,
Can you feel my heart all around you?
Ecstasy dances each time I remember
How you told me,
'I love you, my baby'
'You're gorgeous'
No, you are!
And each time I hear these words in my head
I'm overcome with my need for you,
Until then, we'll meet in our dreams...

On that day you arrive
There'll be sunshine at midnight
We'll sigh as the heavens proclaim,
In the stars high above
When destiny decrees,
Forever, you'll be here with me
Moment by moment, we'll savor each one
Then string them together,
Our eternal love ...


by: ajs