He who laughs last...

...Thinks slowest.

I have people in my life who love me...But I don't know it
I have people who I love deeply...But I don't show it.

She wanders up and down the halls
Dreaming of perfect bliss
She can't see the heaven before her
The kindness she'll often miss

Caught in the webs of could-have-beens
Should-have-beens, might-have-done-thats
When the tree of life before her
Stands, his hands open, laid flat

"Climb my branches, swing from them
Tell me your stories and wishes to be
Build within me your house
Stay connected to me."

But her head wanders elsewhere
Her eyes look down the street
Her heart plays games with memories
Of when two lovers meet

Touches gentle and sometimes harsh
Lovers remembered then forgot
Waiting always waiting
For something that was not...

"He's waiting for my yes
He's waiting for me to see
All I ever needed
Was right in front of me"

Like Dorothy, over the rainbow
Like Blynken, sailing starry seas
Tin man, scarecrow and lion
Guard her until she sees

What she wanted she always had
Given to her before birth
Life and longing for love
While waiting here on the earth

The gift was first a man
And then the little boy
Hands to hold and trails to walk
And tales of endless joy

He wrote to her He sang to her
He played her a little tune
He romanced her in the garden
Under a half-crescent moon

She bent her head and laughed a bit
Under the starry sea
"How do I say yes to you
When you've already said yes to me?"

"Open your self to the world
Love them with all your heart
By loving them, you love me
From you I shall never part"


She closed her eyes and finally saw
The Love that held her tight
Bigger and stronger, bolder and longer
And she knew she lost the fight

Looking over the fence was over
Waiting for doors to unlock was done
She found her perfect love
In the gift from the Father and the Son

Cindy
July 5,.2011
going to keep working on it...