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

“Time is overwhelming me” he sings 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 I do,

At night I’ll pull you close to make sweet love as each night,

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

The End.

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

Another Saturday evening worn down, it’s time to rest,

So exhausted at seventy four it’s hard to do my best,

I see a teardrop falling down as she feels pain for me,

My heart is grateful for the care she doesn’t know I see,

Do I sin if I rest Lord when one last timber must be nailed?

I grow hidden inside as I am more rank than I ever smelled,

She holds my blistered hand to her breast with tenderness,

Still so beautiful I fear I’ll bring her harm with my rottenness,

 
Each morning I leave with a smile though it’s hard each day,

The worry in her eyes breaks my heart although I cannot say,

I keep thinking just give me another week and I’ll get it done,

Home, it’s our new place of home, I pray the battle is soon won,

Sweet angel dear, in my youth you were the inspiration inside,

Dear darling wife, within you the glow of heaven doth reside,

Lift your tenderness to my brow to cleanse soil from my face,

Oh how angelic is your touch to he in your husband’s place,

When finished with our smaller home we will celebrate in joy,

You’ve endured for me my angel without complaint or annoy,

On a new Sunday morning coming soon, take my heart again,

Upon completion, hand in hand, our final journey will begin.

The end, for Patti. By Pat

The title of this rhyme seems to imply a new word by me,

That I’ve invented a word of love we can use collectively,

Not used as a group but all can use individually at times,

So powerful this word it is used but once in love rhymes,

Perhaps when used in a short poem or rhyme too small,

It might overpower all other words causing you to stall,

This word of love says everything a person wants to say,

I do believe it is on the tip of my tongue to be said today,

It needs to overpower “I love you” while expressing it all,

At least a thousand fold in meaning when used overall,

I’m desperate in my pursuit of said word I need it now,

I am much older now I need to find this word somehow,

My new word of love must be from deep within the heart,

As boys and girls find love choose this word from the start,

This word “uoyevoli” might be the word but I doubt it is,

Through the years it has grown some in our state of bliss,

Uweoyeevoli (Ū-ō-yēē-vōłē),that’s the word that says it all,

If it is that true secret word of love, I will write it on the wall!

Patti, my wife of over fifty one years has told me to stop,

To stop and think it over before I turn this rhyme into a flop,

I just want that perfect word of love that is powerful too,

It must insinuate perfect love for all including me and you,

As I study the word I realize what it is that I have done,

I’m desperate for a love word more powerful than this one,

But now it’s time to confess my actions for you to see,

My mind is odd, it is strange too, a schoolboy mentality,

When I saw “I love you” reflected in the mirror one morning,

A message I saw just for me, I was so happy I started to sing,

“I love you” said backwards is Ū-ō-yēē-vōłē, nothing more,

Oooeoooooeoooo is Texas cowboy shrill when opening a door,

The backward sentence of love is just shown how to be said,

I’m so in love with Patti that it keeps love dancing in my head,

One thing that’s true no doubt is how much I love my lady,

After fifty four years when she enters a room I become giddy,

Even more so than the day we were married, I swear it’s true,

I must resort to the same magic Valentine’s words, “I love you”.

The end.

By Pat for Patti

Happy Valentine’s Day Patti, I love you so much!

In absence of you I searched high and even searched low,

Though hard to believe it seems I can feel my heart slow,

I look to the heavens so far above seeing only the blue sky,

My vision in search of you excites me as I scan low and high,

My love has a method I don’t understand as it reaches within,

Memories of your beauty flow through my mind displaying in,

I see you everywhere and my heart beats wildly with desire,

In reality your touch excites me too as it ignites me like a fire,

It’s love for you that excites me so, you make all worthwhile,

The small things I see such as sparkling eyes and sly smile,

When you pull me near in the cute little way you always do,

The firmness of your breast against my chest is exciting too,

Easily I write these lines as loving you so abundantly flows,

Though time aged my frame I’ve no hindrance as loves goes,

A glance as you pass through my space is enough to excite,

With the glance each exciting thing of you has come to light,

I cherish each and every love moment with you deep inside

Yet at this day and age we create more in our love landslide,

Each time I pull you near to capture a kiss or even just a touch,

The desire within easily ignites because I love you so much.

The end. Married to you LI(51).

To Patti from Pat

Oh on our rocking horses the things we use to do,

Across the wild plain we rode having fun we two,

My little sister at my side she rode along the way,

Her horse was a beauty and she rode her every day,

She was a cute little girl wearing a six gun at her side,

I’ll tell you true here and now she filled me with pride,

She quickly drew her gun as fast as anyone nearby,

With Kay-ee at my side I felt safe under our blue sky,

When morning came each day she’d tell me what to do,

She grabbed blankets to saddle up ol’ brown and ol’ blue,

It seems that was the names our steeds wore this day,

Powerful horses they were made of wood, iron and clay,

We chased Bonnie and Clyde although out of date,

Our act was mesmerizing though we were often late,

Kay-ee scolded me at times as sweetly as she could,

Not truly a scolding but of care when packing as I should,

I must have all my bullets and my guns must shine too,

Some days we dressed the same the best we two could do,

Oh the fun we use to have riding our horses all day long,

I don’t know the words now but we often sang a song,

A tear has come into my heart as well it’s filled my eyes,

Age has overtaken me, in truth my age won’t permit lies,

As time closes my path I reflect in thought of those I love,

I love Sis Kathie most of all and she’ll join me in the above,

I’ll see my little rocking horse at the gates awaiting me,

Perhaps once more it will come to life just for me to see,

I’ll grab a blanket to saddle up, to ride to mom and dad,

And at last I’ll rejoin the best parents a little boy ever had.

The end, I love you Kathie

I woke this morning in a state of worry in thoughts of you,

Fear filled every cell of my being as I wondered what to do,

I thought of how my world wouldn’t exist if you aren’t near,

Every tiny bit of my existence would fail even what I hear,

Every word I’ve ever written to you in a love note or rhyme,

Has been from deep within my being each and every time,

Each time I have composed a poem I have reached deep,

Into the depth of my soul I have searched for words to reap,

Words to describe feelings for something cute you’ve done,

Are much different than words that say you’re my only one,

I’ve said I love you so often I truly fear the words are weak,
I search for words to describe my love’s depth when I speak,

Normal is what words of love become when said too much,

One day I hope to find words unique to us when we touch,

There’s something I always do when I’m a in state of despair,

Prayers redeem our hearts to be shown as a sacred pair,

For in our hearts is the depth of the shared love we keep,

A hurt, even if minuscule is enough to bring one to weep,

To see a droplet of despair come from your preciousness,

Breaks my heart so deeply it is beyond words to express,

Every thought of you is woven with love from my heart,

On the day we first met is when my life truly did start,

You are the part that fills me with love and joy each day,

In you I’ve found love and at your side I will forever stay.

The end. For Patti. From Pat.