Biggus
07-18-2011, 05:13 AM
A BOOK ON THE SHELF
A book on the shelf
Passed by, passed over
Rejected by browsers
Ignored by casual trade
Over looked by readers of discernment
Often handled but never understood
A book on the shelf
Unwanted and unappreciated
Unloved and forlorn waits patiently
For that one special wordsmith
Who will see the small tome
Among the vast bibliotheca
And admire the cover,
The quality of the fabric
Its exquisite binding
He will handle the book
Feel its weight and worth in one carress
And will appreciate its quality.
When he turns the pages
He will engage with the contents
Understanding its language
Each perfect word on each pristine page
This will be a story of such worth
When the wordsmith finds
This book on the shelf
I WALK ON EGGS
I walk on eggs
To protect the fragile peace
I try to be invisible
As I dread your displeasure so
But even in the midst
Of such an uneasy peace
I fear your rejection
For being invisible is still better
Than not being there at all
MY LOVE IS FOREVER
My love is forever
For even if we part
You will never
Completely leave my heart
I SHOULD HAVE TRIED MUCH HARDER
I should have tried much harder
Looking back upon that day
I should have fought for you
I should have tried every way
You were the very best of me
Around you my heart lightend
In your presence I walked on air
Around you my spirits brightened
I lost myself in my own conceit
I was consumed by self obsession
I stopped seeing you as precious
And treated you like my possession
I should have tried much harder
On that day so very long ago
I should have fought for you
Instead I ran away and let you go
DECENT PROPOSAL
The traditional way
Is now rather passé
And may have had its day
But I will ask thee
While on bended knee
If thou wilt marry me
BECAUSE MY LOVE FOR YOU IS TRUE
Because my love for you is true
There is nothing I won’t do for you
Except for this one small thing
Which is that I won’t do nothing
GRACE
When I saw her
I fell in love with Grace
Though her reputation
Was as a straight lace
But I didn’t see that
At all in her face
I went and asked “Would
You dance with me Grace”
She said she would
“But nothing fast paced”
So I placed my hand
On the curve of her waist
And pulled her towards me
And though she was chaste
She didn’t pull away
Or repell my haste
So I danced the next dance
With the beautiful Grace
And the one after that
With a smile on my face
We left the dance floor
With fingers interlaced
On the day I placed my hand
On the curve of her waist
Was the day I fell in love
And my life was Graced
FINE AS SILKEN THREAD
Fine as silken thread
Her hair shone like burnished
Gold, in the bright sunlight
A PERFECT CIRCLE
A perfect circle
Of love has enveloped me
An eternal circle
A TRUE LOVE
Our love is a true love,
An everlasting for-
ever love, our true love
WE ARE SEPARATE NOW
We are separate now,
Irrevocably apart
So why do you refuse
To leave my broken heart
I CHANGED ON THAT DAY
I changed on that day
For the whole world to see
When I asked you out
And you didn’t flee
You wernt rude to me
Or laugh hysterically
Instead you smiled
And then said yes to me
And I changed again
For the whole world to see
When I said I love you
And you said you loved me
MONOCHROME WORLD
Without you today
Everything is grey, your love
Coloured all my world
FILL ME UP
Without you in my life
My cup is an empty whim
Your love nourishes and fills
Me right up to the brim
ONLY WINDOW DRESSING
Lovely as you are,
Beauty is only window dressing,
Beauty lies within
A book on the shelf
Passed by, passed over
Rejected by browsers
Ignored by casual trade
Over looked by readers of discernment
Often handled but never understood
A book on the shelf
Unwanted and unappreciated
Unloved and forlorn waits patiently
For that one special wordsmith
Who will see the small tome
Among the vast bibliotheca
And admire the cover,
The quality of the fabric
Its exquisite binding
He will handle the book
Feel its weight and worth in one carress
And will appreciate its quality.
When he turns the pages
He will engage with the contents
Understanding its language
Each perfect word on each pristine page
This will be a story of such worth
When the wordsmith finds
This book on the shelf
I WALK ON EGGS
I walk on eggs
To protect the fragile peace
I try to be invisible
As I dread your displeasure so
But even in the midst
Of such an uneasy peace
I fear your rejection
For being invisible is still better
Than not being there at all
MY LOVE IS FOREVER
My love is forever
For even if we part
You will never
Completely leave my heart
I SHOULD HAVE TRIED MUCH HARDER
I should have tried much harder
Looking back upon that day
I should have fought for you
I should have tried every way
You were the very best of me
Around you my heart lightend
In your presence I walked on air
Around you my spirits brightened
I lost myself in my own conceit
I was consumed by self obsession
I stopped seeing you as precious
And treated you like my possession
I should have tried much harder
On that day so very long ago
I should have fought for you
Instead I ran away and let you go
DECENT PROPOSAL
The traditional way
Is now rather passé
And may have had its day
But I will ask thee
While on bended knee
If thou wilt marry me
BECAUSE MY LOVE FOR YOU IS TRUE
Because my love for you is true
There is nothing I won’t do for you
Except for this one small thing
Which is that I won’t do nothing
GRACE
When I saw her
I fell in love with Grace
Though her reputation
Was as a straight lace
But I didn’t see that
At all in her face
I went and asked “Would
You dance with me Grace”
She said she would
“But nothing fast paced”
So I placed my hand
On the curve of her waist
And pulled her towards me
And though she was chaste
She didn’t pull away
Or repell my haste
So I danced the next dance
With the beautiful Grace
And the one after that
With a smile on my face
We left the dance floor
With fingers interlaced
On the day I placed my hand
On the curve of her waist
Was the day I fell in love
And my life was Graced
FINE AS SILKEN THREAD
Fine as silken thread
Her hair shone like burnished
Gold, in the bright sunlight
A PERFECT CIRCLE
A perfect circle
Of love has enveloped me
An eternal circle
A TRUE LOVE
Our love is a true love,
An everlasting for-
ever love, our true love
WE ARE SEPARATE NOW
We are separate now,
Irrevocably apart
So why do you refuse
To leave my broken heart
I CHANGED ON THAT DAY
I changed on that day
For the whole world to see
When I asked you out
And you didn’t flee
You wernt rude to me
Or laugh hysterically
Instead you smiled
And then said yes to me
And I changed again
For the whole world to see
When I said I love you
And you said you loved me
MONOCHROME WORLD
Without you today
Everything is grey, your love
Coloured all my world
FILL ME UP
Without you in my life
My cup is an empty whim
Your love nourishes and fills
Me right up to the brim
ONLY WINDOW DRESSING
Lovely as you are,
Beauty is only window dressing,
Beauty lies within