Just beyond the sunset

The smoke from my cigarettedrifts over my head,caught in the evening breeze.Pictures of you move across my mind,and I sit wonderinghow many waves you will seebefore you reach that distant shore,where your new life will begin.Tears leak from my eyes,as I rememberwhy you were sailing away.There was nothing I could sayto make you stay.The storms…

with new shoots to show usof summer’s beckoning call.Winter’s cold winds splintersunder the sun’s warming raysand we count the timeuntil our approaching holidays.We dream of relaxing dayswhen work will be forgottenon beaches with sand stretchingnear sparking ocean sprays.Our smiles reflectingin countless camera lensas the warm sea breezewhisk our problems away.

Relatives at the airport greeted me,their arms stretched out with love.Years disappeared beneath our feet.Then like a magic carpet,we were transported to a reunion.On air we seemed to walk,years vanished in moments of handshakes,each face, that of a stranger, now family.With each new, face recognition of an older past,something to build on for years to…

and off to school I’d go.Now I wake up earlyand it’s off to work I go.The years have passed so quicklyalmost as if they weren’t even thereand now my children have grown upand it’s off to school they go.They moan about the examsthe way we used to do,but one day they will learn,like we did…

for her at the bus stopand the surrounding area.Unfortunately, he could not see her anywhere.It was as if she had vanished into thin air.He bought most every paper,looking for her picture there somewhere,but it never appeared.At his ground floor flat, he paced about.She was on his mind constantly.He need to find her,but was lost on…

that I will never leavewhatever comes our way.You are the jewel in my crownI wear all the time.You are the magic in my lifeafter you said you would be mine.I cannot think of any reasonwhy our hearts should not remainas much in love as we were that day.When one day the good lord parts us,we…