You can discover more about a

           person in an hour of play,
          than a year of conversation.

        Won't it  be nice when I take
                     you like you
           have  never  been  taken,
                    to leave you
                 unable  to  think,
                       only feel
         and be lost in the moment,
                   to loose yourself
                     and to reach
                 heights like never
                     before while
                  gripping me tight,
          my lips showing no mercy,
                         your body
         betraying you as you tremble
                     with each kiss

            Your hands
                            on my body.

            That's my
                                addiction.
                     ­                                                   Jon York   2019

Respect the Dreamer                                     It's Deep Wisdom
  and the dreams.                                           to know yourself.


------------------------------                       ­        ------------------------------

         We Are All                                                 Trust The Magic
    made of Stardust.                                        of New Beginnings

--------------------------------                     ­        --------------------------------

       Accept Yourself                                            Be A Warrior
  As You Were Designed                                    Not A Worrier

----------------------------------                      ­       ------------------------------

            Be Free                                                      Trust That Things
           Be  True                                                      wil­l Work Out.
             Be You.                                                             ­                       
------------------------------------                          --­-----------------------------

        When it Rains                                                When it"s Dark
    Look for Rainbows                                             Look For Stars

------------------------------------                      ­       -----------------------------

         Trust And Learn                                          God Will Always
                                                                                                                             
               To Let Go.                                                    Make A Way.

    --------------------------------                       ­      -------------------------------

           Happy People                                              Just Enjoy
            Plan Actions,                                          Where You Are
             Not Results.                                                    Now.
­
-------------------------------------                          -­--------------------------------
                                ­                  Jon York   2019

Inside you

is where I want to

be,

thrusting

within the folds

of your mind

penetrating

the sweet softness

of your soul,

throbbing

as I release my love

deep within you.
                                     Jon York   2019.

The  most  eloquent  silence  is
that of  two  mouths  meeting  
in  a  kiss  each  knowing  a
passionate kiss  should never
be  taken lightly,  when  done  
right.

No  one  will ever  kiss  you like
I've   kissed   you,  every  breath
escaping from  your  lips  I have
inhaled.
        
A  kiss   can  ignite a  fire  within
and sometimes  it  can  do  more  
than a touch, it  can  breathe  life
into a soul and  fan  embers long  
forgotten   or  as  yet  discovered  
and  sometimes the  best  kiss  is  
he  one  that  has been exchanged
a  thousand  times  by  the eyes
before it ever  reaches  the  lips.

Hugs  from behind,  neck  kisses,
long kisses, and cuddling are the
best things in the world.

Come...
   let it all go.
       melt away here.
              I've got you
                   for as long as you need.  
                                                         ­            Jon York   2019

SMILES
           when sadness intrudes, and when you think of us together,
RAINBOWS
            to follow the clouds, and to surround us
LAUGHTER
            to kiss your lips and for as long as I kiss them,
SUNSETS
             to warm your heart, as we watch them together,
HUGS
             when spirits sag, or when you just need to be in my arms
BEAUTY
              for your eyes to see, and mine when I look at you,
FRIENDSHIP
              to brighten your being,
FAITH
           so that you can believe in us together forever,
COURAGE
           to know yourself and accept what will be,
PATIENCE
          to accept the truth and see and accept your reality,
LOVE
            to complete your life that it may always surround you,

I buried my ears into the calm of your heart, and in a matter of seconds: fell terribly in love with the way your loneliness fell softly and suddenly asleep in my chest.
I just hope it is freedom you feel when loving me and I hope it is home you find.
                                                           ­                              Jon York  2019

The  moon  within  your

eyes swallowed  my sky

and  the  very  fabric  of  

your soul glowed within  

my  heart.


I opened your chest and

tasted   your   soul ;

now my  tongue  drips  

with  moonlight   and

rose petals.


Your  gorgeous  chaos  was

a  danger  to  my  beautifu­l

ordinary life, and it was then

I knew that we might become

beautifully   extraordinary

together.
                                                                ­                        Jon York  2019

You have no idea
how good it feels to wake
        up every morning
          knowing that

        you are mine and                                              Love
           ­ I am yours.                                                        +
 ­                                                                 ­                   Trust
           "I love you"                                                         +
  that means I'm not just                                         Loyalty
      here for the pretty                                                   +
                 and                                                           Great ***
         the tasty parts,                                                      =
   ­                                                                 ­           Unbreakable
               I'm here                                                   Relationship
             no matter
               what.                                                            ­                            
                                    ­                                                 We              ­                                                                 ­                               we kiss,
         Fall in love with                                        we hug, we text,
   someone who sees the                                  we talk, we argue,
       wars within you                                        we laugh, we smile,
and  not only chooses to stay,                              we love.....
       but chooses to stand                                        that's us.
by your side and help you
              fight them.

                      I could go for one of your kisses right now.
                                                            ­                                 Jon York   2-19

I hope you wake  up everyday  knowing  

I need your voice. I hope you never stop

believing in  the magic  of  shooting stars

and  may  the  earth  keeps  you  grounded

enough to make the right  choices and may 

your dreams keep you forever in love  with  

imagination.

I hope you never settle for loveless commitments,

or  for just living day to  day with  sad  eyes just

to  exist,  and  when  your   heart  is  shattered

glass  beneath  your  tear  filled  hands,  I  hope

you  remember  every  war  you have  ever won.

It  takes one  moment to hate who you  are and

a  lifetime  to  remember  how  to  love  yourself

again  and ­ this  is  the  most  important  war  to  

ever win.
                                                            ­                             Jon York   2019

I love you, enough to  fight  for  you,

to compromise for you, and sacrifice

for you,  if  need  be.


Enough  to  miss  you  when  we're

apart, no matter what length of time

it is for and regardless if the distance.



Enough to believe in our relationship,

to stand by it through the worst of

times, to have faith in our strength as

a couple, and to never give up on us.



Enough to spend the rest of my life with

you, be there for you when you need me

or need my words, or just want want me

to hold you and never leave you.

                   I love you that much.
                                                           ­                                  Jon York   2019

If I could have just one wish, I  would wish  

to   wake  up  every  day  to the  sound of

your breath,  the warmth  of  your lips  on  

my   neck,  the  touch  of  your  fingers   on  

my skin, and  the feel of your heart  beating  

with  mine.

You're  the  only  one  who I wouldn't  mind

losing   sleep for, the only  one who  I  never

get tired of talking to, and  the only one who 

crosses  my mind  constantly throughout the

day.

You're the only one who can make me  smile,

and  the  only  one who  without  trying  can 

change my  mood without the intention to,  the

only one  who  can  affect  my  emotions  with

every  action  of yours, and you're  the  one  I

am not afraid of loving and the only one I want

to keep in my life.

                           Sounds like love to me.
                                                             ­                      Jon York  2019

Tell me your                                                       Our
               story                                                     worlds collided
     and start from the                                                and in
           beginning.                                                         an
      Start from where                                               instant
              you felt                                                     your ocean
      unloved and tell  me                                           had
           all the things                                            color because
              you're                                                           of my
        afraid to admit.                                                   sky.

  Tell me what you want                                     I have been
        most in the world.                               waiting for you just as
         I want to know                                      long as you have
                what                                               been waiting for me.
           makes you                                             I FOUND YOU.
              happy.                                               I WILL KEEP YOU.
                                                                       I WILL LIVE FOR YOU.
                    I                                                    a woman like you
          want to make                                             comes once
             you happy                                                    in a
                again.                                                   lifetime and
                                                                            we will teach
Let me love you.                                                each other                                
         Let your heart want me                              how to                
               Let's find out what happens                  love
                     when your're not afraid.                 again.

We have forgotten... True love, true friendship, is being able to crumble in each other's arms. We need each other's storms.
                                                                                             Jon York  2019

What                                                             ­   I
if the                                                           never
waves                                                      ­   want to
  get                                                         ­      stop
bigger                                                      ­  making
   to                                                            mem­ories
make                                                         with you
  you                                                       and know that
stronger.                                                   ­   hearts
                                                       ­            like ours
   Today                                                       are not
  is gonna                                                  designed
 ­   be a                                                          to beat
  good day                                                  separate
   ­   and                                                           ­ for
  here's why:                                                 long.
                                                           ­           
                                                                ­       They
   because                                                      been­
    you're                                                    ma­de that
     you                                                            wa­y.
and that's                                                    
   enough.                                                  I count the
                                                        syllables of your laughter
Good things                                                 and                        
    happen                           ­            wait for the line breaks of       
My love is real                                 your long deep breaths.
    we will                                   
    be okay.                                                            ­                                 
                                                           I may be a writer but
                                                             ­  you are a poem
                                                            ­  and you spill out
                                                          lik­e ink onto the paper
                                                           ­       of our days.
                                                           ­                                  Jon York  2019

Did you know that I know you?
better than you know yourself,
and without doubt, more than
any single other body has ever
known any single other body
in the history of this world or
any other. I know  before  you
know when your heart reaches
out  and  I  know  without  you
requiring  the  assistance  of   a
glance  or  gaze  when  you  are
scared  or  lonely,  or  tired   or  
hungry, or angry or worried, or  
blinded by absolute excitement.

Did you know I am  yours?  Did
you  know  that  I will always be
yours?  Did  you know  I waited
my  entire  life  to  have  you  be
mine again?  Did  you?

I would do any, whatever and all
things  as   long  as  doing  them
meant  doing  them   with   you.

I  love  us  for  the  way  our  eyes
make  love  to  each  others   souls.
                                                          ­                           Jon York    2019

Sometimes
I wonder
if love is
worth
fighting
for, but
then I
remember
your face
and I am
ready
for war.

I cannot
tell you
how many
times a
day   I
wonder
where you
are, what
you're
doing,
and   if
you're
happy.

It's agonizing -- to love someone this much and be unable to express to them... to hold so much love inside that it's eating
you alive and to be completely helpless to do anything about it.
                                                             ­                               Jon York  2019

You are all things,
and in all things
I find you.

I see you in the ruffled sheets,
still painted
with the silhouette of morning.

I see you in the coffee that stains
the water that fills my cup.

I hear you,
your shuffled laughter as the sound
of each page turning in every book I read.

The sound of my breath,
echoing in my ears before sleep
and it's you
whispering between exhales.

You are all things
and in that,
you are never
alone.

In all things
I find you and in that
we are never
apart.

I cannot put a price, value, or worth on the quiet and calm that
you bring to the constant and deafening noise that always seems
to surround me.
                                                             ­                            Jon York  2019

Meet me

where the end begins,

in echoes,

where your world is me,

and my world is you.

Love is always greater

than the cost.

What you gain is always,

more than you lost.

                  I

think we were meant

         to be, but

         we did it

           wrong.

        I think souls

       have a way of

  of connecting without

      our knowledge.
                                                                           Jon York   2019

It's still you,                               Miss Me                Time Plays     
It's still you.                               Like Your                 Tricks        
                                                    Losing Me.       On Your Memory

Be you.                                        We're all                      Like Rain
Do you.                                         trying to                        I Fell
For you.                                 forget someone.                For You.


You Left                                       My Love                      I'll Meet
but Still                                          For You                   You Where
you Linger.                             Was Bulletproof.           We Began


Remember When                           I Miss                      Can't Sleep
You Were                                       What We                   Because
my World?                                  Never Had.
                                                            ­                              Something Is
                                                              ­                              Missing.
You'll Always                              You Were
be my                                          My Lifeboat,                  
favorite Almost.                         I Drowned.                She Warned
                                                          ­                                  Me About
                                                           ­                                 Loving Her
I'd Be here                                       It Still
if  She Asked.                                Hurts At
                                                           3  AM                     I warned
                                                                ­                          Her About
                                                           ­                               Loving Me
     I Almost                                    Come And
     Had You                                   Waste Time
     Didn't I?                                     With Me.                 We Exist
                                                           ­                              In Moments
                                                         ­                              Nothing More.

Sometimes I wish I could go back in life, not to change things. Just to feel a couple of things twice.

                                                         ­                            Jon York   2019

Do You know....the last time I was
excited to wake up was when you
were in my life.

The  last  time  I  felt  like  life  had  
wonder,or  exc­itement or  happiness  
to  it.....
--- was  when  you were  in  my life.

It's  like --- no  matter  the  weather
---   every  day  feels  like  winter.

And I keep waiting for summer to
comeback,  but  it  never  does.

Most  things feel out  of place these
days,  especially  me.

My  thoughts  were  destroying me.  
I tried  not  to think, but  the silence  
was a  killer too. I was murdered by
my own mind.

      But  I've  changed  irrevocably,
permanently.  My  soul  is   richer
and  my and my heart  is  fuller  in
brokenness than  it was without. I've
learned  true despair, and  it's made  
me  learn  to  appreciate   true  joy.

                                                     ­                            Jon York   2019

Relationships are harder now  
because conversations became
texting,  arguments  became
phone  calls, feelings became  
subliminal   messages,  ***  
became  easy, the  word "love"  
is  used  out  of  context,
insecurities  become  a  way­  
of  thinking, getting   jealous
becomes  a   habit,  trust   is
hard to  come  by,   being
hurt  becomes  natural  and
leaving  then  becomes  the
only option.

Sad  but  true,  so  if   you  have
something that's worth it...don't
take it  for granted. Fight  for  it
and  DON'T  LET  IT  GO!  

I want you to strip off all your
outer layers so I can see you just
as  you  are. And  I  don't mean
your clothing....
What I mean is that I want  to
see   your  bare  naked   soul.
And maybe then I can see what
you are really made of.
                                                             ­                  Jon York   2019

I'm
       drowning
            and
   you're standing
     three feet away
       screaming,
"learn how to swim,"

           It took
        letting go to
     realize that I was
         holding on
               to
           nothing.

          If I sit in
      the rain maybe
         I drown in
something other than
            my own
     thoughts of you.

         You told me
    you love the rain and
          now I never
     sleep during storms.
    not because I'm afraid,
             but because
       they remind me of
                 you.

             It's still you,
             It's still you.

In a house where the world is
dark, love always finds a way
         to create windows.
                                                        ­                 Jon York   2019

Take my clothes off one piece at a time.
Start where you wish, but do not stop
until there is nothing but ache between
us. It is amazing how manageable life
can be with only  one blanket  and  the
right two arms.

Why ever you wandered into this little
life of mine, how ever you found me, it
matters  not. Forget the way you  came,
I never want you to go back again and I
think it was the feeling of you that  told  
me  you  were  it.

Because I've felt many things in my life,
and  somehow, no  matter how great,  I
knew I could live without it.  Until I felt
you. There was something inside of me
that wouldn't let go. Not  just the feel of
you, but  the feel  I  had of myself.

I  promise  you I will  try harder  to  do
better. I have battled with things inside  
of  me  for longer  than  you know; I do
not  know  what  they  are or  why they
are  there, I  only  know  that  they  feel
manageable, and can be defeated when
I am around you.

In a house where the world is dark. love
will always find a way to create windows
and I  just  hope  it  is  freedom  you  feel,
when loving  me. I  just hope  it  is  home
you find.
                                                           ­                                Jon York 2019

Live by choice, not by chance,

Be motivated, not manipulated,

Be useful, not used,

Make changes, not excuses,

Excel, not compete,

Choose self- esteem, not self- pity

Choose to listen to your inner voice,  
not the random opinion of others
                    (especially those on FB )
---------------------------------------------------------------­-------------------------

I don't pay attention to the
world ending.
It has ended for me
many times,
and began again in the morning.

One of the most difficult tasks
in  life  is removing  someone
from  your  heart, but  sometimes
you just have to turn the page
on  certain people, but  if  you
loved, that was  a reward in itself.

You know, I don't think it's what
we say that keeps us up at night.
I think it's what we don't say.

Tangled thoughts, twisted words,
mixed up feelings, loving hurts,
you don't just miss the person,
you miss the feeling.
                                                        ­                          Jon York    2019

Would've,                                                        ­ Nothing

      Could've,                                        ­                  Kills  you

      Should've,                   ­                                      like your

didn't, didn't, didn't.                                               mind.
-----------------------------                              ­   -----------------------------

     You almost                                                      Peopl­e come
                                                                ­            
     convinced                                                        ­     and go,
                                                                    ­      
   me I mattered.                                                      th­at's life.
------------------------------                             ­    ------------------------------

   Nothing matters,                                            You deserved

               but                                                            ha­ppiness,

   somehow you did.                                                so I left.
--------------------------------                           ­    -------------------------------

       Our "almost"                                                  We were and

         will always                                                          t­hen

            **** me.                                                          we weren't.
---------------------------------                       ­        -------------------------------

     Your fingerprints                                               I miss how

           I have not                                                            yo­u

          washed off.                                                     wanted me.
                                                Jon York    2019

Miss somebody?                    Call
Wanna meet up?                    Invite
Wanna be understood?         Explain
Have questions?                     Ask
Don't like something?           Say it
Want something?                   Ask For it
Love someone?                       Tell Them

Watch your THOUGHTS, for

they  become WORDS, watch

your   WORDS,  they  become

ACTIONS, watch  your ACTIONS,

they  become  HABITS,  watch
  
your  HABITS,   they   become

your  CHARACTER,  watch you
r
CHARACTER , for  it  becomes

               your DESTINY.

KNOW THAT  A  DIFFERENT  VERSION  OF YOU EXISTS IN THE MINDS OF EVERYONE WHO KNOWS YOU.
                                                            ­                                 Jon York  2018

Dear 2019,
                      Please be kind.
                      The only thing I am wishing for is:
                      to be happy.
                       I am going to take time to heal.
                       I am going to learn( You never quit
                       learning no matter the age ).

2019 will be a year of complete  surrender  to  who I
once  was  and  who I want to be and  this  will  be a
year I  stop putting  off  prioritizing me. I  will  take
time  for myself and that doesn't mean taking baths
and eating healthy. ( but I still intend to eat healthy ).
I  am  going to  start  focusing  on  bettering   myself.
This  means  exercise  in  whatever  form I   like  best,
pushing  myself,  managing  my time  and  saving  
money  for  my  future.

( YES, a 70 year man DOES  have a future, at least this
one DOES and you can bet on that! )

My future is so bright, I have to wear sunglasses at night.
I am going to fall in love with taking care of myself, fall
in love with the path of deep healing, and fall in love with
becoming  the  best version of  myself  with  patience, with
respect for my own journey.

My SPECIAL THANKS and compassion and respect go
to those special friends, relatives,and loved ones who know
me, know what I have been through and am going through
(a war I am still fight in my head ) and how I have suffered,
they all loved me enough  to witness and feel my pain and
get me to 2019 in good health.
(you know who you are).  THANK YOU        Jon York   2018

Ever since our first kiss the only sweetness I crave
is the one that comes from your lips and when I
sleep, I dream of you. And when I wake I long to
hold you in my arms. If anything, you  make  me
more  certain that I want to spend  my nights  by
your side and my days with your heart.

When  a  man  loves a  woman  she  becomes  his
weakness. When  a woman truly loves  a man  he
becomes her strength. This is called the exchange
of power and if  a man expects a  woman to be an
Angel in his  life, he  must first create  heaven for
her.

You  truly came  alive when  my touch  ignited a  
fire   on  your skin,  the  heat  engulfed  you and
purged all your conscious thoughts.   Tormented
by   my  tongue,  playing  with  the  edges,    you
squirmed  and  grabbed   my  head,  begging  me
in a hoarse voice:   please. . .
                                            make. . .
                                            me. . .
                                           AHHH    

I  am who I  am  because  of you.   You  are  every
reason,  every  hope, and every  dream  I've ever
had, and  no  matter  what happens  to  us  in the
future,  every  day we  are together is the greatest
day  of  my  life and  you know  ****  well we'd
go crazy without each other.....

After all this time. .

                            Always.
                                                                                         Jon York  2018

The  conversation between your fingers and someone  
else's  skin  is  the  most  important conversation  you  
can  ever  have.  Pleasure for  a  woman  is  connected
through  her  heart  and  her  mind.  Touch  those and
her  body  becomes  a  wonderland so don't stop until
she's a  shaking,  crying,  sweaty,  and  sticky  mess.

Touch her in all ways non physical. Give her intellectual
******* in multiples and allow temptation to drip from
her  ears.   Go  down  on  her   thoughts  and  taste  her
perception.   Learn  her soul  and she  will  fill  the void
of  your   filthiest   imaginations. . . .

I am going to undress you, touch you, taste you, because
I want you wet and hot for deep and fast and slow and
sweet. I want you under me and on top of me as well as
sitting  and  standing.   I  want  to  see  your  baby  blue  
eyes  when pleasure makes  you  light  up.

I want to hold you when you come down and try to find
your breath. I  want  everything with you  knowing  you
like a gentleman who  knows  when not to be gentle and
I   will   stimulate  your  mind  first and  go  slow. . .take
my time and make you feel my desire. . .and  let it build.

A delicate little being, slightly insane you are. Your soul
as dark as your heart is pure. . .but I wouldn't change
that  for  the  entire  world.
                                 ­                                         Jon York   2018

I just want  you,  that's  all.
All your smile, your funny
laugh, your, moods, and
everything. I just want you
and I'm ready to do anything
to be your everything.

You kept your eyes locked
on mine as you opened your
robe slipping it from your
shoulders, exposing your
body to me. your eyes showed
me a mixture of hunger and
desire of such intensity that you
were both excited and a little
frightened. You took a shuttered
breath as I gathered you into
my embrace.

It  was then I  realized   that  I
was truly crazy, madly in love
with  you  as  I   whispered  to
you ,"give  me a   little  bit of
rough ***  mixed  with  some
****, slow and sweet *******."
                                                    ­                          Jon York   2018

Every girl wants a bad boy
that will be good just for her
and every boy wants a good
girl that will be bad just for
him.

Morning    whispers,    legs
entwined, the tickle of your
skin in  the  soft  light  that
traces  softly through these
sheets  as  I  touch   you  in
places   you   never   knew
existed, and I've never been
happier
in this place,
      with you,
      with me,
       with us.

I want  to  be  the  only  hand
you ever need to hold and I'm
ready  to  do  anything  to  be
                      your  everything.
                                                                                 Jon York   2018

The biggest lesson I've learned
this year
is that no one is really your friend
or truly loves you
until they've seen every dark
shadow inside of you

and stayed.

Not everyone gets
the same version of me.
One person might tell you I'm
an amazing beautiful soul,
another person will say I'm a
cold - heart ted ******* - believe
them both. I act accordingly.

No one is more hated than he who
speaks the truth, and if you want to
come into my life, the door is open,
you want to get out of my life, the door
is open. Just one request... Don't stand
in the door, you're blocking the traffic.
                                                        ­                     Jon York 2018

Not everyday is a good day, live
                           anyway.
                           Not all those you love will love you back,
                           love anyway.
                           Not everyone will tell you the truth,
                           be honest anyway.
                           Not all deals are fair, play fair
                           anyway.
                           Not all lovers will be trustworthy and true
                           to you, be true to them
                           anyway.

It is always important to know when something has reached
its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn't matter what we call it;  what matters is to leave in the
past those moments in life that are over and a simple truth?
realize we'll never have today again.

In this life a steady love and a place to call home are more
precious than all earthly possessions and wealth in the world
and we have to realize a happy soul is the best shield for a
cruel world while never loving  Nostalgia more than you
love today.

Never apologize for having a heart as big as the ocean to the
people who would rather stay puddles and accept the fact
that some people didn't intend to let you down. Their best is
just less than you expected while knowing that far too many
people are just looking for the right person, instead of trying
to be the right person.
                                                         ­                            Jon York  2018

I don't know how else
to say it,
so I just say she
makes
me
MORE.
more alive,
more aware,
more sensitive.
more loving,
more passionate,
more sexually aroused,
more creative,
more understanding,
more caring,
And perhaps the best thing
we can do for those we love
is to make them more.
Always so much more than
they ever thought possible.

I need nearly nothing,
       so very nearly.
I need to be loved,
       and I need to give all the
       love that I have,
            away.

                                        ­                                          Jon York  2018

You realize that a $3000 watch
and a $30 watch tell the same
time.

A Michael Kors wallet and a
Forever 21 wallet hold the same
amount of money.

A $950,000 house and a $100,000
house host the same loneliness.

A Ford will also drive you as far
as a Bentley.

True happiness is not found in
materialistic things. It comes
from the love and laughter
found with each other.

And sometimes the smallest step
in the right direction ends up being
the biggest step of your life, so
tip toe if you must, but take the
step.

Stay humble....the holes dug for
us in the ground are all the same
size.
                                                      ­                           Jon York  2018

You will always
be enough for me,
not even the
greatest dreamer
could convince me
that there is more
to life than
loving
you.

I think part of the
reason why we hold
on to something so
tight is because we
fear something so
great won't happen
twice.

In the end
I would rather
be able to say
I loved too much,
than not enough.
                                                         Jon York   2018

That sparkle in your eyes that I know
is just for me and.the warmth of your
skin and your breath on my neck that
quivers within is where we begin.

The touch of your hand and the smell
of your hair and the strength in your
stare from your blue eyes so fair tells
me to do with you what I may dare.

The kiss of your lips from a body so
fair and the stroke of your touch from
the one I love so much arouses me
enough to take you there remembering
that a kiss seals two souls for a moment
in time.

The sound of your laughter is like that
of a child but the compassion in your
embrace is nothing but wild and the
beating of your heart against my chest
puts my mind to rest when thinking
about tomorrow knowing  that you
will bring  me happiness not sorrow.
                                                         ­                  Jon York  2018

One life on this earth is all we get whether it is enough
or not enough but all  I want kisses is from you without
question marks and if at some point one lingers I want the passion we share to make the question marks stand at attention, straighten their backs and transform themselves back into exclamation marks locking themselves to our lips.

The obvious conclusion would seem to be that at the very least we are fools if we do not live it as fully and bravely and beautifully as we can and try to embrace what is so evident.

Sometimes in life you must look through the barriers to see the beauty and you must look beyond the walls to the heart waiting
on the other side, and forget all the reasons and all the voices telling you to stop.

Look through the pain, the heartache or the waiting and see, and for the first time see all that lies beyond and just embrace it.

When the cold wind blows, I will close my eyes, calmly  knowing
I am anchored to you and because of you I feel myself slowly but surely becoming the me I have always dreamed of being and I embrace it.

I hope with quiet sincerity that the final words that ever leave these lips of mine will always be, "I love you."

                                                          ­                               Jon York   2018

I want to feel your breath
in a slow but speeding
up rhythm as I enter your
body, filling you with my
love.

I want to feel your skin and
the goosebumps on it as you
are reaching that peak of
pleasure and I feel the final  
movements of your your
body under mine which is
almost still.

I want to hold your hand as
you squeeze mine when you
are absolutely satisfied
because your body has told
you so.

I want to see you smile when
you, worn out from making
love to me are being carried
to the shower by me where...

the warmth will sooth us back
to life, warming me like sunlight
and soothing you like rain and
burning  us both with passion
and stealing away the pain.

                                                          ­                    Jon York   2018

I remember waking up

to you not knowing what

to call it when you rolled

into me,

when you melted and took

shape around my chest.

I didn't know the definition

of this, the breath of a moment,

but I'll take it: I'll take it over

and over again, breathing dreams like air.

And I kissed  you and on my lips I tasted

the sea and the sea has always been home

for me.                                                              ­           Jon York   2018

I only want

two things in

this world.....


I want you.

And I want us.                          
(some ****, bacon and chocolate would be nice too.)


     I  seriously

wouldn't mind

     if you just

    grabbed my

       face and

       kissed it.                             Jon York   2018

Fall in love                                      the key

  with the                                     to happiness

person who                                          is

    makes       ­                                     lower

  you love                                     expectations

the person                                        lower

    you are                                     nope, lower

      when                                       there you go.

you're around

      them.

                                            ­                                    Jon York   2018

Listen to not                                       Only you know my

the words                                                 secret desires.

I speak                                                 Only you have seen my

but the beat                                               hidden passions.                                

of my heart and                                  Only you have my

the rhythm                                                 complete trust,

of my body                                                abiding respect,

that knows                                                  total devotion  &

only                                                            loving adoration.

your tune.                                               Only with you

                                                                         am I free.

                                                                                     Jon York     2018

She's in the sun,
the wind, the rain,
she is the air I breathe,
every breath I take.

She sings a sweet
song of hope and
cheer, and of a place
where there's no more
pain and no more
fear on the beach  
where our souls
unite and are
together and home
again after so long.  

I'll see her in the
clouds above,I'll hear
her whisper in my ear
words of her love for
me and that we will
be together before
long but until then,
I just have to listen
for her song.
                                                           ­           Jon York   2018

Being your first love cannot be
described in words, you just
had to be there to understand.

But to also be your last love after
so, so long apart is somewhere
beyond infinity that simply cannot
be expressed by any words except
by two: first and last.

Love is the most healing force in
the world, nothing goes deeper
than love.

It heals not only the body, not
only the mind, but also the soul.

We both knew it. Time, distance,
nothing could separate us because
we both knew it was right, it was
real.

And the reason we have stayed
together in our minds is because
we give each other something that
nobody else can.

Every love story is beautiful but
ours is my favorite.                                               Jon York      2018

Don't fear the pain,

use it,

keep it there,

beside you,

and maybe,

just maybe,

it will give you the words to say in a poem,

or the notes to play in a song,

for sometimes

it is flying with what hurts,

that gives us the colors to paint with.
                                                                                        Jon York    2018

They can
crush
a heart or
heal it.

They can                                                                 If you
shame                                                                    can touch
a soul or                                                                 her heart
liberate it.                                                               without
                                                                                 touching
They can                                                                 her, then
shatter                                                                      you can
dreams or                                                                melt her
energize them                                                        heart just
                                                                                     by
                                                                                   saying
They can                                                                 her name.      
obstruct
connection or
invite it.                                                                         Jon York  2018

They can
create
defenses or
melt them

                               We have to choose our words wisely

Does the sun promise to shine?

No,but it will, even behind the
darkest clouds it will,
and no promise will make it
shine longer or brighter,

for that is its fate, to burn
UNTIL IT CAN BURN NO
MORE

So is to love you forever my
promise to you?
No, but my love for you will
remain even in on the darkest
of nights, and no promise could
make it grow stronger or last
longer,
for it is my fate for my love
for you to burn  UNTIL I CAN
BURN NO MORE.

                                                          ­          Jon York   2018

Life has been trying to crush me                    WHAT IF          
but only succeeded in creating
a diamond.                                                         Everything
                                                      ­                 I have been through
 Those who                                                       and I am going
 don't believe in magic                                    through now
will                                                             ­   is preparing me for,
never                                                            ­      what I asked
find                                                             ­                for?
  it.

Because                              ­                               I feel so much
I have known despair                                      that it is hard
I value hope.                                                         for me
                                                              ­                 at times
Because                                                    ­        to feel anything
I have tasted frustration                                        at all.
I value fulfillment.

Because
I have been lonely
I value love.                                                            ­  Jon York   2018

"I'm fine." I lied.

I used to dislike being
sensitive because I
thought it made me
weak, but take away
that single trait and
you take away the
very essence of who
I am.

You take away my
conscience, my ability
to empathize, my
intuition, my
creativity, my deep
appreciation for the
little things, my vivid
inner life, my deep
awareness of other's
pain and my passion
for it all.

You will never know
the value of a moment
until it becomes a
memory and realize
that any fool can
know, the point is to
understand.
                                                   Jon York   2018

Each day is a sentence in the
story of your life and each
day you make the choice of
whether or not that sentence
ends with a period, a question
mark,or an exclamation point,
or even if the sentence is worth
ending at all.

Before you can live a part of
you has to die as you have
to let go of what could have
been and realize that we are
what we are today because
of the choices that we made
yesterday and it doesn't matter
how hard it was to make those
choices,what does matter is
that we did.

Choose thoughts that give
you the emotions of being
alive and excited about life
and know that you are where
you are and that you are who
you are with today because of  
decisions you made yesterday
but also realize that you can
change your tomorrow today.

You cannot change where you
came from but you can change
where you are going and know
that you cannot continue down
the same path that you have
been on if you expect to arrive
at a different destination.

Life is not lived with intentions
but with action and the past
cannot be changed but we must
carry our choices that are  made
in only brief seconds hoping that
we are taking our life in the right
direction that we want it to be  
knowing that we will be paying
for those choices in our remaining
time here.                                        
                                                   Jon York   2018                                                
.