I wear a pilgrim's cloak and yet, I have no faith.
I am awake at night asking questions of God's I don't knowledge.
I walk the day trying to understand who am I?

I think valentines is needless
A media free for all!
Show some one you love them,
As you forgot to for the last 12 months.

Say it with flowers to make a statement, and show them that you care.
Is it them you're trying to impress? Or the rest of the world.

Then tomorrow back to normal till this time next year. When once again a cheesy card and nothing that is real.

Well I can't subscribe to that, for I don't see its worth.
I would rather tell someone they are beautiful when they least expect the words.

Tell them that their smile excites you and makes your universe feel bright.
That you find it hard to talk to them and look into their eyes.

You fear that if you looked for too long somehow you would be lost.
But you stare when she's not looking tempting fate at any cost.


Tell them when you wake, they're the first thought on your mind.
You picture their smiling face when you open your eyes.

Tell them that their voice melts you in some unexplained way.
Because what they say matters, not simply just the words.

But most of all tell them, if you get the chance.
Tell them when they need it most, not as a Valentine's expense

Tell them for no reason, you don't have to shout.
Whisper to them gently, hug them when they're down.

Because it could make the difference between their light and darkest hours.
They may not feel the same but dare you take the chance?

Then there is their humour. Tell them how they make you laugh.
How they make you think of them when they're not around.

So that's all I have to say just words nothing more.
All I want to say but can't to who I adore.

It doesn't mean I don't want to, it doesn't mean I don't care.
I don't think it would make a difference.
Because for her romance is dead.

Romeo oh Romeo, he is nowhere to be seen
He sent a woman flowers and got an injunction for two years
He asked a girl at work out and promptly got the sack
She then got promoted after saying he touched her ***
But Juliet now 50 can't get a steady man
No ****** trusts her as she's played with all of them
Chivalry isn't dead, not knights of old
The armour isn't worth it and the white horse has been sold.
So keep showing all that anger and screeming "I'm oppressed!"
Then wonder why you're alone each night as you undress.
Not all men are ******* and not all women mad
Some have survived hell and are worthy of a chance.
So look around your world and try to understand that the next person to like you wasn't the **** that let you down.

Eyes wide open
the adventure begins
kicking sand and crushing shells, hunting for starfish with his new friend.

Laughter and shouts fills the air as they run with the dog without a care.

Then back to the car to move up the coast and a chance for a moment to thaw themselves out.

Skipping like fools all holding hands watched by his mother as she laughs out loud.

Then calls to come as the day is done, their faces cold as they've looked in rockpools.

Mummy look! Here are the fishes as the time flies by and the wind is bitter.

Blue in their cheeks it was time to go, so shoulder rides to cross over the rocks.

Almost there as the cold wind bites, but always time for a pitstop for Ice cream.

Then home as they laugh and start to warm up, their memories made with pockets of shells and a stone for a friend.

A winter's day so windy and cold?
Couldn't see it myself, inside all were warm.

A face in the crowd
A glance nothing more
Eyes that hold you in their gaze
A smile that warms you
Words that start a fire inside
A touch that makes it burn wild
The why's the where's are all nulled
If that face looks at you.

All he wanted was someone to bounce up and down on him like they were trying to get the air out of an inflatable mattress with a sticking valve!
All she wanted was someone to bang her like a broken screen door in a hurricane.
Yet neither knew of the others needs.

Interaction

I have said before, that the shortest distance between two souls is a smile.
The longest, a silence.
For daily we meet people.
Some, no words exchanged and yet an imprint left upon our being that won't fade.
While others speak a thousand words, none impact, their vocality hollow and lost upon you.
But here is the thing.
A smile has many facets.
A smile has no language, no need of a translator, no passport norr permissions sought.
Once you have seen a smile that penetrated your walls, your barriers and fears, it is like wanting a fix.
The yearning to have one more shot.
The adulation, the comfort, the everything.
Has someone smiled like that to you?
What did you do....