she wished

she wished she was

rich like a Valley girl

in California

she wished she was

thin like a runway

supermodel in Paris

she wished she was

a superhero thrashing

bad guys at night

she wished she was

anything other than

the girl she was

rich

rich was how I described 

the double chocolate cake
that brought heaven to my tongue 
yes I was on a diet but you only

live once or twice like James Bond

so why deny myself such riches

when it can be all gone tomorrow 

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #80-Eat the Rich

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will you let me

will you let me

take away your scars

heal those open wounds

left on your heart

will you let me

take you to the moon

introduce you to stars as

they sing a lovely tune

will you let me

love you for eternity

be your alpha and omega

find a peace within me

will you let me

be all these things

I can’t watch you

diminish into nothing

push

I push up steep hills

arms straining beyond the max

but I keep going

I cannot stop now

too close to the finish line

where my grand prize waits

but there are those times

I wonder is it worth it?

will the risk pay off?

and I do waver

legs go from underneath me

and settle for less

but no surrender

lies within this stubborn heat

so I must go on

these words I write to you

I loved you at twenty

I think I still do at forty

in love with a dream that

will never became reality

I still have those dreams

same places, different faces

but they always come back

to your handsome eyes

you’re that far flung star

still luring in my heart

maybe I should instead

chase fireflies within reach

perhaps I should let go

those dreams and you

let these feelings sink

into deep blue oceans

giving up (or not)

I did not think it

would be this hard

I was ready to

throw my arms up

and just walk away

let the puzzle pieces

fall in whatever place

but my heart was too

invested to just let go  

so I keep pushing on

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #79 - Up with the Poems, People

hold me tight

will you hold me tight

until morning light

you kiss

me soft as the night

and it feels so right

such bliss

that makes my heart bright

and dims the moonlight

like this