In a song by “The Burned” he sings a tune of time,

“Time is overwhelming me” he sings the song in rhyme,

Under clouds beneath blue skies I chase memories,

The memories of you begin beyond warring seas,

I remember long ago I’d see you in visions and dreams,

Long ago you were my waking angel it always seems,

Long ago I said that I belong to you anywhere you go,

Wherever you may go I’ll be the man that loves you so,

When you were but fifteen I again gave my heart to you,

I said please take my heart wherever you’re going to,

My heart is filled with forever love that is never ending,

Take this image of my heart for the love I’ve been sending,

Said love is never ending dear love, I give you every beat,

Dear love my love is never ending, take my church seat,

Remember little angel that I protect you with my life,

For a lifetime I’ll be your guardian once you are my wife,

No matter where you go take my love for you wherever you are,

Carry everlasting love near your heart to dream beneath a star,

If I’ve passed on in a warring foreign land I’ll will myself there,

To care for you and watch over you, I’ll protect you anywhere,

But I survived great turmoil to return home to just you,

You knew and I knew too, what it was now time to do,

When we first saw each other that May Day in seventy,

It was in our eyes to marry without words needing to be,

I’ve loved you fifty six years or more without doubt within,

I never doubted loving you but with certainty love did begin,

My heart will belong to you beyond our time and even more,

The blood within against vessel walls increases love’s score,

I will remain yours and seek sixty years more married to you,

There’s no greater honor than to be your husband in all we do,

Tonight we will make sweet love as we do most every night,

I’ll kiss your lips, whisper words of love and hold you tight.

The End.

For Patti, by Pat. I love you sweet angel!

I’m searching for words that are easy to understand,

Self descriptive words that allow the mind to expand,

Expand beyond the thoughts of normalcy in each life,

Allowing sight of the unknown without creating strife,

Imagine seeing that that moved you to the far beyond,

A moment in time that is yours of which you are so fond,

I had a moment in time that held my heart’s beat to cease,

Be patient while I dig into my soul’s depth seeking release,

Dear heart it’s time to reveal the nuances of your love,

Tell of the time your eyes captured a vision from above,

I am now stranded on a dream captured from my mind,

The time and a dream are one and the same I now find,

As you dropped to lay at my side the event of my life came,

A gentle change of position placed you there all the same,

So cute and beautiful combined to be one creation of you,

I am dying to hold the genius of your essence if it’s not taboo,

Your position being so perfect must be of our God’s creation,

I am stranded on a dream of holding you to bring my elation,

At last, it is now my time to view your beauty and pureness,

Skin so perfect in every way that I must kiss your tenderness,

Realize I plead that seldom does God place visions to see,

Especially, you must understand, Heaven’s visions for me,

Seldom has my breath escaped my form as I looked at you,

It was then that all became preciously clear for me to view,

As I attempted to share my moments of His given mission,

I fumbled my delivery of words to you describing my vision,

It was you, more beautiful and perfect than ever seen before,

Know this I implore, each time I see you, I love you, even more.

The end, by Pat for Patti

I’ve loved you since our first meeting. Since 1965 my love

for you has grown every day since love’s initial arrival.

I love you,

Pat

I awoke this morning with a new outlook on life,

My reasons of overjoy come solely from my wife,

As I bring myself to be each morning I struggle,

My mind is busy with thought while work I juggle,

Every morning for over fifty years I’ve done the same,

Reach for the angel bride at my side who took my name,

In the wonderment of my reality it is of her I do exist,

For her and desiring her I returned from war I resist,

When she turned fourteen I predicted we’d marry,

Four years her senior was a burden I’d have to carry,

Yet she and I found a way to stay in touch as needed,

Five years of “I love you’s” to her at last were heeded,

The blessing of her love overtook my heart at last,

When a man and woman have fun in love time is fast,

She is now more beautiful than the “I do” bride of then,

As I look her way I study the gorgeous angel with a grin,

As I study her beauty and the smile upon her red lips,

My heart beats hard but with a kiss it suddenly skips,

If only she knew of the control of love she has upon me,

Perhaps she knows and has cultivated our love skillfully.

The end, by Pat for Patti

She cares so deeply at times I’m sure she feels my pain,

I sincerely pray said pain is muscles felt from today’s gain,

As I struggle to remove my boots she too joins my troubles,

Removal of clothing becomes a lovers waltz as pain doubles,

To be caressed in an accidental waltz is now savored forever,

Truly a waltz of love’s caring ways, I shall never allow to sever,

As she pulls my jeans across my swollen ankles she winces,

Caressing painful areas of swelling it’s the pain she senses,

It’s through her loving heart that empathy conveys in full,

I know this and other things of her love as I feel her love’s pull,

So fortunate I am that I endure such to avail of myself to her,

And I know these writings to be true as we have them to offer,

Together we convey years of experienced love to be seen,

Over five and one half decades of loving shown as one scene,

One continual chain of love without missing or damaged link,

True love once ignited shall burn much longer than you think,

Love when true shall last beyond the boundaries of time,

To fold when love’s hand seems dismal becomes a love crime,

When compassion brings a teardrop that’s to be seen by all,

Know that her heart has been touched deeply by love’s call,

I have seen my lover’s eyes fill with moisture because of me,

Too, I cried for her when loneliness of war lasted endlessly,

I pray she forever feels my loneliness, just solely, so she knows,

I pray she never knows my extremes of pain that never shows.

The end. Patti, I truly love you more than words can convey.

For Patti, by Pat

I woke this morning fully aware of my love for you,

So excited about new love I didn’t know what to do,

My heart beat hard each time my thoughts changed,

Thoughts of you as her as my memories rearranged,

When not in my arms but in my mind you are third person,

You are her, not another, this mind thought cannot worsen,

As my mind processes love dreams of you my love grows,

You are the angel of my dreams my mind and heart knows,

It’s true I would breathe so deeply when thinking of her,

I felt as if I was a meek pauper with so very little to offer,

So little to offer does sound small when thought through,

Then I realized that I gave completely of myself, me to you,

The value of my love grew in value as I realized my worth,

I am worth great things if paper value is a portion of girth,

Each rhyme of love given to you becomes gold in the heart,

Gold of the heart has more value than element stone part,

Love when golden has no greater value matured in heart,

Given to your lover from your heart has more value in part,

A tidbit of love given from your heart is of fantastic value,

A tiny piece of said love just grew in worth given by you,

So expressed as a portion of my heart to be given away,

How small or great of value is love’s beat for a full day?

I would accept your heartbeat’s value one hundred fold,

So special is your love that I’d accept to be in your hold.

The end. For Patti, written by Pat.

I once had a dog I called Dawg for lack of deep thought,

Dawg was a loving dog but I’m happy to say not bought,

His legs were longer than mine and made him appear lanky,

Unless he got his special brand others made him stanky,

People say “go away” without knowing the reason why,

Instead I say “stay” and he understands his guardian guy,

I didn’t refer to me as master as it’s such an awful word,

Dawg loves me truth be known but together we are absurd,

Some call Dawg “crazy dog” because he loves this man so,

I’m given to giving Dawg treats too often in our little show,

It’s not really a show but what we do to entertain the kids,

It’s silly that sidewalk shows are illegal and the law forbids,

Once they placed my wrists in cuffs and it upset my big dog,

No conversation or anything besides my wrists tied like logs,

It was strange yes strange indeed to be arrested for a gag,

A little puppet dancing about upset a lady cop to be a hag,

I swear when we got home old Dawg spoke from his mind,

The words he used and said to me truly were not very kind,

I’m sure my imagination made his words to be understood,

Dawg would carry a 4” x 4” just like a bone but out of wood,

Now old Dawg weighed a lot, a lot more than a dog should,

He is 3’ tall and 185 pounds of muscle feeling like solid wood,

Carrying a chewed 4 x 4 x 4’ through a gate is quite a task,

He’s half Great Dane and Bull Mastiff for those that must ask,

Side by side we walk, hand n’ paw or chewed hand we play,

He plays hard with me like a big ol’ plush toy most every day,

I’m the same back to him but he has eased up on little ones,

Time flies, day by day, and year by year, Dawg says time runs,

Ten years of loving him have flown by in time and I need more,

He feels the same as he’d rather rest than go out to the store,

Dawg spends more time on the sofa with me and has his spot,

Puts his feet under the blanket with me to keep his feet hot,

I’m sure he must be half human as I never saw the mastiff,

There’s a ton of people running round here all cold n’ stiff,

And my sweet dog is cuddled to me with a smile on his face,

He and I have great memories of just us being in the chase.