Poetry by Ralph Lamarr Clark from Jacksonville, Florida e-mail: RClark9247@aol.com     A WOMAN'S TRUST I left my heart at her house the night we said goodbye many promises I had broken and this I cannot deny. She told me to go on my way and never to return a woman's trust is something you have to earn. My heart is broken and I don't know what to do it's hard to recover when a woman stops loving you. I left my heart at her house the night we said goodbye my handkerchief is wet and tears are still in my eyes.     DESIRES We held each other in a tight embrace as we looked out across a moonlit sea. The waves dancing as moonbeams touched them reminded us of sparkling sapphires. The smell of her hair ignited an uncontrollable passion like I have never felt before. I searched for her waiting lips,and as we kissed I could feel her trembling. Both of us smiled as we hurriedly headed for our cabin to fulfill our desires.     TONIGHT IN MY DREAMS I know an angel is protecting me, I feel her presence, her face I never see. Each night I pray for her to appear close to me, with her face very near. When I imagine her face turning to me, my mind clears, my troubles flee. Tonight in my dreams I hope to see her there, If she turns to smile at me, she has answered my prayer.     TOO FEW MOMENTS I'm watching her as she combs her whitened hair, and remembering the days when darkness was there. In the mirror, I see her look of love, her dear special smile, the one that has never faded and has made my life worthwhile. Our years are moving swiftly, too few moments left to be. But I know my ultimate gift in life is her unfaltering love for me.     JUST LEAVE US BE A pine tree in my yard is leaning a little low, and I know my shoulders are beginning to bow. If my pine tree could talk I know what it would say. "Please don't cut me down, let me stand until another day." Some say age brings wisdom, I am sure this is true, but all that wisdom gained can't start my life anew. I wish father time could help my tree and me to stand tall and straight again and then just leave us be.       I'LL WAIT AND SEE Cold March winds blowing my hair over my eyes, hiding my tears my March winds disguise. Pains in my heart March winds can't hide, our breaking up caused those pains inside. You're the only one who can take my pain away, if you don't change your mind the pain is here to stay. I'll wait and see what you decide to do, while making up your mind remember, I love you.     WHEN YOU ARE KIND A brother and sister were very very sad, their wagon was broken; the only toy they had. Brother dragged the wagon, sister carried the wheel, off to see the blacksmith hoping to make a deal. The blacksmith saw them standing out front; he kindly greeted them, when he was normally blunt. Brother said to him, "can you repair our wheel, we only have a dime; can we make a deal?" The blacksmith saw the hope in their begging eyes, he knew these children; he could never deny. <"I'll fix your wagon as good as new, keep your dime and buy some gum to chew". The blacksmith felt better than he had in a long time he realized you feel better, when you are kind.     THIS MAKES ME SMILE Cold winter days will soon be gone. Happy singing birds will be coming home. Beautiful flowers will open their blooms. The sun will be warm when overhead at noon. Sweet smelling grass will begin to grow. It'll be time for dads to mow. Each season comes and stays for awhile. The next is spring, this makes me smile.     THE LIGHTHOUSE An old abandoned lighthouse stands on a distant river shore, it's proud beacon light isn't needed anymore. Yesterday's wonders are gone, today's will soon pass too. Accepting these changes is hard for me to construe. That beacon light shining, will always remain in my mind. Some memories are special, the lighthouse is that kind.       GRANDPA AND GRANDSON When I was a little boy with a million why's for anyone who would listen, I asked what the dark spot was I saw on the moon. My grandpa told me I was looking at the man on the moon. You can imagine how many why's I shot at him afterwards. I didn't think much about that night until my grandson asked me the same question. I told him what my grandfather had told me. While waiting for his follow-up questions, I wiped a few tears from my eyes.     I STILL FEEL LUCKY If I had to explain my reasons for loving you finding the right words would be so hard to do. The first time we met I knew you were the one. Comparing you to others you were second to none. When I asked you for a date and your answer was yes, a moment I'll never forget because it was my best. And now we're married and have been for a long time. I still feel lucky you agreed to be mine.       DAYDREAMS If you cannot travel to those magic places sit back, relax and close your eyes. If a mind flows free, you have the key and your wishes may come true. Some say life is but a dream and that may be true, so travel far away or to a nearby place, wherever you would like to go. Daydreamer's are a special kind, a kind like you. So close your eyes, let the magic begin. There's a chance we will meet. You see, I'm a daydreamer too.     LOVE It is a feeling like no other, a warmth coming from within, two minds joined together, a closeness alway there. In moments of despair and troubles growing strong, two minds face it together, two minds like one alone. Love is unequal and cannot be surpassed, man and woman together is splendor at its best.     WONDERING I wonder how many centuries stars have been in the sky? Has the moon always been there for lovers like you and I? Have the trees always had leaves? Did flowers always have blooms? Has the sun always been bright, when high overhead at noon? Did a lemon always taste bitter? And a peach always taste sweet? Were you born to love me making my earthly life complete?     WHEN TWO HEARTS JOIN Having someone to confide in, those times I'm feeling blue, knowing someone will be there and knowing that someone is you. I've been blessed with love during my journey through life. My special love I've been given is the love from my dear wife. When two hearts join together and the knot never comes untied, you'll have a life of happiness. This truthfully to you I confide.     Top | Back to Collected Poems | Back to Main Page