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surely dear Colonel
one message of love can flow,
tired tho' you are

Hope

Cuddling in twilight
Two are one in silence
Bathing in love's breeze

cf

lovers in silence
bathing in succor
balm of twilight

bf

purple at sunset
twilight following the sun
lovers breathe a sigh

hope

velvet black midnight
a rendezvous with you
rhapsody in blue

bf

sweet trilling abounds
nightingales sing in chorus
music for lovers

hope

Hard Lesson

Tears fall in silent showers
as grief fills a yearning heart.
Sadness does pain impart,
as happiness it does devour.

Dreams fade away, washed by tears,
leaving a hole now so hard to heal.
The soul collects another scar to feel,
in memories you come to aching fear.

Mind whispers remind you life can be unkind,
bittersweet lessons you learn along the way.
And night takes forever to become another day,
for life goes on in spite of the pain you’ll find.

A little older and way too much wiser,
as life sifts through the hourglass of time.
Experience leaves the lesson engraved sublime,
never forgotten and sadly often a cruel advisor.

Still, the promise is there if you dare to try,
to find another chance to change the outcome.
If the heart is strong enough not to succumb,
to become a self-fulfilling failure and hope fly.