Passion

Life is not Life
without
Passion
I could go really, without drinking
contemplating or even thinking
I would do fine if I could-not-breathe
gasp for air and be deceived
l would rather you just take-your-turn
Because I’ve felt the fire where passion burns
Can’t think-straight for-a-day
Left not-knowing what to say
Touch and feel and smoldering-hot
Life without This
Life is Not
Come on, when all is said and all is done
Mundane in an Monday comes
A week of analyzing this-and-that
Did you kiss and hold and grab for real?
I mean dripping-perspiration you could feel?
Your insides telling you rip-off your clothes
Your teenage-mind saying fuck-who-knows
How many days do you feel breathless?
Lying on your back and laughing red…
You both cannot remember what you said,
But…
You’ll remember your hot embrace
The smell of sensual-excitement in each place
Makes life feel like you’re really living
I mean did you live it and go all-out-giving?
Soon you’ll discover after-a-fashion…
Life is not Life
without
Passion…

©8DaveWonder November 2009

Enchanted

Do you remember,
How it is we came to start?
I can tell you,
It was your smile…
It was your laugh…
It was you,
That planted that seed
inside my heart…

Do you remember,
what it is we first said?
every time we giggled…
and got nervous…
And all the crazy-thoughts
going through our heads?

Or how about,
in our book?
You know, the part where we both
just-fell-apart?
It was short-lived…
We learned how-to-forgive
I felt something growing
inside my wanting-heart

And do your recall,
when we first made love?
It was like a fantasy…
It was like art…
There was an attraction,
That could not keep
us apart…

Now we’re growing,
with both of us
just knowing,
how we play our parts…
exchanging secrets from our hearts…
That when we look,
at one another,
We’re Enchanted,
That’s the seed
that we both planted,
It was our love for one another
that gave
each of us
our start…

©8DaveWonder November 2009

Heart Break

When the water
it came
rushing
There was a hush,
There was a momentary
gust,
of wind…
Then you looked straight-ahead-at-me
And not once did-you-ever
blink
Because
your mind it could not
think
That this was
Real…

You felt the tiny
sting,
From the sea-salt
In your tears,
They were holding all
Your dreams
And now they held
All of your fears
But,
they were not
quite as sharp
As when you felt your
own heart
Breaking…
There was really no
Mistaking…
this was
The End…

Down to your knees
You fell like you
had fainted
Your heart was clearly
Not acquainted
With this sudden
Loss of love…

Your flood of tears
That were
rushing
The weight itself
It was crushing
Your heart
like
you could not
Breathe…
Your soul could not
Believe
that this,
was happening
to
You…

©8DaveWonder November 2009

You Remember, Don’t You?

Remember when you looked at each other?
That moment when you felt your insides-start-to-turn?
Like your heart was going-to-burn
That moment when you took-a-breath and said,
“Am I ever going to learn?”

You remember don’t you?

You remember because it-grabbed-you-‘round-your-heart
You thought it might just-tear-you-apart
You gave your love-in-an-instant
and when you said
I love you it was not a misprint
But rather
Something raw and something real from the depths
Of where you feel…

You remember don’t you?

You spent your-days trying to-chase-it
And at night
You-tried-to-erase-it but,

You couldn’t…

Because what you did was take-the-leap
With no regret
You took your heart
And jumped without a net
You closed your eyes
and
prayed that you-would-land
And hopefully
he-would-understand,
And now you look into his eyes
after going through
All of This…
Lost in the tenderness of-his-kiss
You feel his hands around-your-back
Your-insides have-lost-track
Of every time he didn’t call
Because he holds you like
You’re
Never
Going to Fall,
And now you remember why
you jumped
Your blood has begun to slowly
pump
back into your heart
Now you’re
Together
and not
A part
His soul inside-you
so very deep
his gentle-touch it
soothes you
as you sleep,

You remember, don’t you?

©8DaveWonder November 2009

More

Is there someone in your life who adds
More?
A friend, a lover, who you discover
Always
as something
in store,
for you?

Isn’t it amazing
that when the sun comes up each day
they have so many really good things to say
to you,

From the deepest part of their soul
and right down to their core
they really just want to
love you
and give you so much
More…

There never seems to be-a-concern
about what-it-is they’ll earn
from you,
When you receive their very-best
Because their only
In-ter-est,
Is that you are good…
and that you are happy…

Take a moment and look back
at your life and just before
When they seem to have come-from-nowhere
but then knocked upon your door
This isn’t just a friend
or another one-time-lover
This isn’t someone who’ll break your heart
and then you’ll soon-try-to-recover

No…
This is someone who you dreamed
that someday-they-would-come,
Like in the morning when the clouds part
and you can feel the sun
The warming rays they fill-your-heart
and you really do-not-want-to-be-a-part,
Your smile it starts inside
You hear their voice it’s hard to hide
Your real feelings…

Because no matter how your life
went yesterday
or the things that other people say
When the phone rings and they say Hi
or they come meet you by-and-by
You know the love they give you
truly-makes-you-soar,
Because always
when they’re with you
All they want to do
is give
you
More…

©8DaveWonder November 2009

When Love Approaches

When love approaches you from-a-distance
And you are yet, just-not-quite-sure
Your heart starts beating quite different
A rhythm in response to their allure

Your mind it tries to bring up memories
Of the times you felt like this
Sitting close-together on a park bench
And the tenderness of each kiss

Love it has so much power
Sometimes overwhelming you from the start
But when the first l love you comes
It takes no-time to fill your heart

You want so much to-believe-it
To know that falling-in-love really can be true
Sometimes you lay aside your common sense
Because for love there’s simply nothing you would-not-do

So even though love can often seem so risky
Sometimes even crazy and insane
To keep love at a distance
Both parties really have no game

Play it…come right out and say it
Go ahead and love that special-someone-deep
You’ll both have fun and before it’s done
This one may be the one you keep…

©8DaveWonder November 2009

You Cannot Just Forget

What is this thing called forgetting?
Sometimes it can be upsetting
Because you loved someone
With no regrets,
And then you’re suppose to
Just forget?

I mean here you are in this
One-Life-Dream
You fall-in-love at least that’s
What it seems…
It’s real, its hot
Your life is set
And then it’s over and you
Try-to-forget?

There’s no such thing really,
As forgetting…
Especially when,
you love so deep
Your memories are-there,
For you-to-keep
Put them, hide them where you may
Distant-reminders
When you came out-to-play…

So since you can’t really
Ever-forget
Good or bad they’re the life
You lived,
You cried and laughed and
Wow did you give
You gave so much your heart
It ached
but
You know it was,
No mistake
Because it was
Your heart…
and
Your giving…
And that’s Life,
And you were living…
and those you loved
And all-of-those you met
I can assure you
They will never-ever
Have-regret…

You may take pause
And wonder why you did
Asking why you loved so much
Maybe if you could-of-hid
Or loved less and put a lid
On all your
Other feelings too?
Ahh…but then that would not
Be loving and not be you…

No, you went ahead
And placed your bet
You gave all your love
With no regrets
Think back when,
You loved each-one deep and true
You couldn’t
Do It different
Because that’s not you
Smile when those memories
Float-up-to-be-met
They are simply
Treasures
You cannot forget…

©8DaveWonder November 2009

I Felt the Pull

I could feel the end was coming
to a perfectly good romance
your passion was like a magnet
looking for a second chance

I felt the pull
I felt the pain
I felt your tears
come down like cold-hard-rain

I could feel the end was coming
to a love-affair that consumed
sensuality dripping from-the-front-door
and clothes strewn in every room

I felt the pull
I felt the pain
I felt your laughter
In every box-car on that train

I could feel the end was coming
to something that felt surreal
hot-hands and smoldering kisses
Only what I could touch I knew was real

I felt the pull
I felt your heart
I felt everything
around me start-to-fall-apart

And then the end came
like the train had come
to-a-giant-screeching-halt
We both knew
we were guilty
and quickly-dispensed with placing any fault

I felt the pull
I felt the pain
But if I had a wish in that one moment,
I would do it all again…

©8DaveWonder October 27, 2009

When I Look Into Your Eyes

I’m sure when I look into your eyes
We’ve walked together on some distant shore
Somewhere exchanging glances,
Like we’d known each other sometime before
I can kiss you and I can miss you
And I remember and I know that this-is-true
Somewhere back in my memory,
I’ve held you close and made love to you…
It happens most when we are kissing
And looking deep into each other’s eyes
I’ve known you before but what-is-in-store
Is unraveling as our best surprise
I am sure when I look into your eyes
Our heartbeats feel like they both rhyme,
When I close my eyes to kiss you
I feel your soul become part of mine…

©8DaveWonder October 2009

Falling

I’m not sure I understand
This whole idea of falling
Like when you feel a calling
From another person’s heart

I’m not sure I’ll know it
Or ever begin to show it
When I begin to fall in love
With you

If falling is a process
A verb-of-love in motion
Then possibly I’ll get this feeling
Like when I hear the quiet of the ocean

I’ve met and loved so many
But really only just a few
Where I truly knew this feeling
Like when I fell in love with you

I’m not sure I’ll ever know
Whether I’m falling in love again
It’s not just a simple email
Where you a write and just click Send

So when I get this ache inside-my-soul
A feeling my heart just knows is true
I know your heart must be calling
As I fall in love with you…

©8DaveWonder October 2009