Into my world she came,
because of her I will
never be the same.

From her first look
into my brown eyes,
she knew that there
would be no more lies.

It was as if she felt
my need for her and I
could sense her need
for me.

Able to read me like a
book, just from her first
look, she knew what to do,
what to say and how to play.

We both have hoped and
prayed for this moment of
being united with the one
that we  have been waiting for.

Together we are one, for this
we have waited so long and
now we both know that
our past is gone, and for now
we have found one another
and will give the most we can
to what we have.

The love between us grows
stronger everyday, and we both
know it is a love that is here to stay,
and this be all I need to say.
                                                           Jon York

The years, they have come and gone so
fast, nothing seemed to last, like the loves
that have come and gone and when
we are young and wish the time didn't
pass so slow, as we get older, we wish
things didn't move so fast, and that the
nice things would last just a little longer.

In  65  I was seventeen, somewhere
between mean and lean and I didn't
know much, but most don't when they
are only a teen and my first love, dear
Anne  was so young
and sweet,and she never missed
a beat, so soft and tender, a real
credit to her gender, and one day
she just disappeared and I can't
remember if I even got to say goodbye.

In 69, I was twenty-one and made my
living with a gun, in a no - win situation
called Vietnam and life was no fun.

Surviving 13 months of daily combat
I give thanks that I was trained by the
best -  the ( Marine Corp ) but the battles
in my head would never  let me rest when
I returned home.

The decorations they came, but I would
never be the same. coming home to a very
mean and angry Country that was fighting
an unpopular War and didn't seem to care
any more about their returning warriors
and just closed the door.

In  77   I was twenty - nine, aging like a
fine wine but waking up in a Hospital room
in Joplin one day from an automobile
accident not knowing what to say,except
"what happened to me ? ","where am I, and
"who am I ?"

"You can't walk" the nurse said and the
pain so great, I felt that I would be better
off dead and I was discarded as a crippled
by my wife and I was forced to begin a
new life which would be filled with strife.

Learning everything again that I already
knew like walking, talking and being a
human being was no fun at 29 but it had
to be done, because I had no where to run.

In 1980 I was recovered and strong
after rebuilding my body and I was
on my way to embark on a new way
of  life and I had something to prove to
myself and not to anybody else.

In 1990, moving to another State,
with the idea that it was not too late
for a new start, and this time I would
have a new part to play.

I learned what the War had done to me,
and that our  freedom never comes free,
and that I needed help in my head,
or I would end up up dead.

In 2010 I am  sixty - one  and wonder
what I have done with my life. Where
did the years go, gone like a vapor
in the air and all you can do is simply
stare in the mirror asking yourself
"is that really me ?"

Then this Angel came out of nowhere,
this beautiful lady who needed me I
thought as much as I needed her.

It took 61 years to find her and we
were together for two years in a union
that I thought would last forever, but
for her the truth was never.

She lied to me for two years about her
past and her intentions so she could use
me and keep herself amused.

I couldn't see what she was doing
because my love for her was so strong
and she just wasn't equipped to handle
so much love and it didn't take her long
to find someone else that could keep
her amused.

When I found her,I thought that real
love was unstoppable and that it would
always find you and that you could not hide.

Instead I got taken for one big ride by this
Kansas Queen who also turned out to be
very mean and who thought that she could
get away with it clean.

Together I thought that we faced the World
with our hearts in each others hands and I
thought that we knew that the others love
was true.

But upon discovering her lies she only
made me blue because her lies were so cool
and so very cruel it made me think I should
go back to school.

With her lies she professed her love for me
and I smiled because she made me happy
and she let me know if I made her mad or
made her sad.

But she appeared much to my surprise
to be glad when I opened the door for her
to leave and I was even more surprised
at how fast that she hit the door running.

Was it to another man who was waiting and
knew she was coming but that's all right
because it really doesn't matter because I was
glad and fortunate to see her scatter.

So we must be prepared for changes that
come at us so fast often leaving you to wonder,
"how long can I last?" and leaving you
wondering "how did I last this long," when
so many times you thought you were gone.

She told me everyday for two years
that she loved me and that that she
would never leave me saying to me that
I was the "one" that had been sent to her
by Jesus, and in the end I was just numb
and must have looked pretty dumb
because I believed all of her lies which
resulted in so many cries.

Life will blindside you when you least
expect it so we have to learn to expect the
unexpected and learn to love and not hate.

In the beginning she showed me that I
could love, taking away my hate but in
the end she took away that love
and brought back so much hate.

Because of her lies I will never be the
same because it was all just her game
that I lost but I will never play that
way again and I will never lose like
that again.

I will survive and live to see another day
and another love will come my way. 

Just do what you have to do to survive
while you are on this crazy ride................                  
Jon York        wrote 2010,    edited 2012

My life I thought was
so uncertain, as if I was
drawing a curtain just
wanting to be alone.

Facing changes that no man
should have to face,
but able to get back up,
survive and start again.

Just floating about as if
life wasn't real, trying to
figure out what was the
the deal, then it all started
to get real.

She showed me that I could
not make it alone anymore,
that I needed her love and
that I could love and not hate
anymore. She showed me the
door to understanding and faith.

So much beauty in this world,
touch it, feel it and be part of it.
There is no need to hate and
we need to realize this before
it is too late.          
                                     Jon York

Do you like what you see,
when you look in the mirror ?
Or does the image just bring a tear.

Does the person that you see,
just want to be free of the
guilt for what you have
done to yourself, and of all
of the things that you didn't
do when you had the chance
to dance.

Just missed by a fraction you
tell the image, and why did
you let it slip away, why didn't
you take action ?
Were you thinking that the chance
might be back someday ?

Tell the image," the time is now,
do what you have to do,
to get it right.
Now is all that we have, don't
live in the past, let it shape you,
and give you a direction.

Learn to love what you see in the
mirror and this will set you free.
Try to understand what you need
to do, in order to love others.

Our time here is so short,
listen to what you hear,
and get rid of your fears.

Hold life to be dear, and
let it be clear that it all is
up to you, what you have to do.

Learn to respect what you see
in the mirror, and be thankful
that you are able to understand
the image that is looking at you.
                                            Jon York    2010

It is here and gone,
in the blink of an eye.
We live and then we die,
in between there are times
we hold so dear, but we know
that death is always near.

Sometimes life just goes so
slow, other times it moves
way too fast, and nothing
ever seems to last.

When we are young, we
want to be older. As we age,
we wish things would slow
down a bit, and we want to
be young again.

Time is like vapor in the air,
here one second, gone the next,
and you can never get it back,
no matter how hard you long.

When you are here, live life
while you can, be thankful
for today, because there is no
certainty that there will be
a tomorrow.

Learn to love as if there were
no tomorrow, enjoy what you
have, be it little or big because
we don't know  how long it may
last. Time just goes so fast.

We blink and forty years is gone,
our kids are grown, with kids of
their own. Our parents are gone
and we wonder, "did I say goodbye"?

Our youth is out the window, and
we sit and wonder, " how did I miss
all of those years", but we always
seem to remember the tears.
And we wish that we had known
that it would be like this.

We try to look at what we did,
while we were here, and look
around us to see what we hold dear,
and think what  could have been,
if things had been more clear.

Whether we lose or win, it is very
clear that we will never be here again.

Love like there is no tomorrow,
for there is no certainty  the
sun will rise, or you will be
here to see it.

Realize that what we are doing
right now is all that we have.
Savor it and live life while you can.

Enjoy the present, forget the past,
make what you have now last,
because it just goes away so fast.
                                                           ­  Jon York

I am just glad to be here,
in this place with the one
that I hold so dear,
this beautiful Angel that
came out of nowhere, with
so much to say, I give
thanks for this day, because
I know that she is here to stay,
and we know together we
will win this race. I am so
happy to be Where I am Today.

I look at her and just don't know
what to say, except that my love
is true, and so are you, and that
you will never be blue.

For her I changed my life, this
lady that will be my wife,
together our lives will never
be the same, because it is the
start of a brand new game,
and eternal is the flame.

It just gets better every day,
and I still look for the right words to say,
so for now I just hope and pray that
tomorrow that I will be given another
day, with her by my side, and the
only three words I ever need to say
are " I love you".

Loves, like the years,come and go
so fast. A blink and they are gone.
But we know this one is meant to last.
However long we are together we
both know we have to forget the past.
We must live these precious moments
in this place that we are in right now,
this place Where I am today.
                                                           Jon York