I  have  
     survived
  100%  of  my
   worst days
         so far,
       guess  I'll  
           just
      keep going.
                                                                                   Jon York   2019

I'd rather
            live  a  life  of

                'Oh   wells' 

             than a life of

                 'What   if's.
                                                           ­                                    Jon York   2019

Sometimes
                      all   you really
                      need is a hug or
                      someone to just
                      tell you everything
                                 will be okay.

                      Okay, or some
                       rough  *** or
                           whatever
                 as nothing grows into
                          something.

                  Forgive my fingers,
                        for when they
                        find your body,
                     they  always  lose
                        themselves.

                         I always practice
                         safe ***, I always
                          tie her to the bed,
                          so she doesn't
                          fall out.

                         I love what you are...
                         what you do  to me, and
                         how you love me,
                         always trying so hard
                         to please me and I
         understand exactly what and who you are.

                                                           ­                              Jon York   2019

Souls tend
          to  go  back  to
              who feels
        like home. Time
     tells  us  if  it  is  love.

               My heart
         is  so  full  of you
                   I can
             hardly call it
               my own.

         After all this time?  

                           Always.

               With her I
        can  breath  again.
               Not that I
          couldn't  before.

                     But it's
             different now,
                     she's
                  different.
                                                                ­                      Jon York   2019

I have
   absolutely
     no desire
        to be
      average.
                                                                                Jon York   2019

The entire sum of existence is the magic

of being

needed by

just one person.

Help me to find

you when I search

for you.

I come to you

searching for courage

and comfort

to carry me through this day.

Thank you for being

near me when I reach

out to you for comfort.

And when I fall apart

you always put me back together again.                     Jon York   2019

Fifty years, a lifetime for some but for me the blink
of an eye as true love is the ripe fruit of a lifetime
and those fifty years have seemed to me but a few
days.

The love I have had for her , like great loves,  lives
on and on and I love her more today than yesterday
and our love, forever warm and still to be enjoyed
is forever panting and forever young.

In the light and warmth of love our life grows
strong and comely, a better dwelling nor a sweeter
I have never found knowing that the heart that has
truly loved never forgets and loves on to the close.

No matter what beauties I saw on my way back to
you, they were but visits but you are my home and
chance cannot change my love nor time impair
knowing that love beyond the world cannot be
separated by it as great  loves live on and on.

Let us tend love's fire until the end knowing that
youth is but an hour, beauty a flower but love is
the jewel that wins the world and as age enriches
true love these five words I swear to you; I'll be
there for you and know that I'd live and die for
you but my words can't say what love can do
and as you breathe I want to be the air for you.

Somewhere there waits in this world of ours the
crowning glory of loving and being loved and
what is earth with all of its Art, Poetry and Music
worth--compared with love found and kept,
defining love as two souls in one, two hearts
into one heart knowing that he is not a lover
who does not love forever.
                                                        ­           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

If ever
you run away,
let it be
with me,
                                                                                          Jon York   2019

Do
    more of
      what
  makes you
      happy
        so I
got lost in her,
       and it
  was the kind
        of lost
   that's exactly
           like
   being found.
                                                                            Jon York   2019

They can keep

their ordinary love.

I want to drown you

    in passion and

devour  you  every  night.

Don't close your eyes baby.

I  want  to  see  you while

you  come  apart  with  me

inside  you.    And I  want

to  come  apart  inside  you,

while  you  watch.  I  want  to

forget    my  name  while   I'm

busy moaning  yours.  Delicious

torture at my skilled hands. Your

mind  and  body  awakened...alive...aroused

for me.
                                                                                       Jon York   2019

BADASSERY
                     noun
Engaging in seemingly impossible activities and
achieving  success in a  manner that  renders  all
onlookers completely awestruck.
                                                                                              Jon York  2019

Where  your  world  is  me,
and my world is you, that's
               where I want to be.

No   amount  of  time   spent
       with you is ever enough.

           I   just  want   to  enjoy  
                            life with you,
         that's all I want because
                                        in you
            I have found both love
                          and friendship.

  If  you  will collapse into  me
  just  once,  I  promise    you'll
             never have to fall again.
                                                                                           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

Everything
        you
        can
   imagine
      is real
        and
        your
         only
        limit
          is
       your
      mind
         so
     Dream.
       Plan.
        Do.
    Repeat,
    because  
     mindset
          is
   everything
    and only
     you can
      make
          it
     happen.
                                                                                        Jon York   2019

The best love
is the one that
makes you a better
person, without
changing you into
someone other
than yourself.
                                                                              Jon York  2019

I  won't  let pain
turn   my   heart
into    something
ugly. I will show
you that  surviving
can  be   beautiful.

Always remember                                  
that you are free to                                  
do what you want                                      
but you are never                                        
free    from   the                                            
consequences    o­f                                        .
your   actions.   So
always choose to
do good.

You     only     have                                     There are three solutions
control  over  three                                   ­  to every problem: Accept it,
things  in  your life -                                   change it or leave it. If you
The  thoughts  you                                      can't­ accept it, change it.
think,  the   images                                      If you   can't   change  it,
you  visualize,  and                                 ­    leave it.
the action you take.

Your  words  mean
nothing when your                       Society has become so fake
actions   are    the                                               that the truth actually
complete opposite.                                                        ­    bothers people
                                          Jon York   2019

You walk in, and
my heart beats different.
                                                                                           Jon York   2019

You and I . . . we are embers from the same fire,
we are dust from the same star, we  are  echoes
of the same love.

I  love how you are deciphering  the  code  you
left  yourself before  you came  into  this  life.

I  love  your  renegade  soul  and I  love  your
ever-deepening baby blue eyes as you peer into
the heart of your own darkness.

I  love how you're  making  yourself  more
receptive to truths in their wild states.

I  love how you can  lose yourself  in  passion
but never shirk your commitment to the good
and the  true.

I love how you  never  bare  a  grudge against
the mountains that are in your way but  rather  
just work  to  get around  them.
                                                   ­                                           Jon York  2024

Sometimes  I  come  to you searching
for words from you that will give me
the courage  and  comfort to carry me
           through another day
                
     And   if  I  have  lost  faith  in  you,
      even  for  a  moment, I  know that
               you will restore it.
                                                                                        Jon York   2019

If you want to fly with the eagles,
don't swim with the ducks.
                                                                                      Jon York    2019

My lips, full of dangerous intentions,
fiercely claimed her... assaulting  her
senses...shocking her heart.....I tasted
                      the esctasy.
                                                                                           Jon York   2019

Be you.
   The world will
           adjust.

The  pain  you  feel
  today, will be the
   strength you feel
       tomorrow.

        The  distance
   between    dreams
      and reality is
      called   action.

       What consumes
             your mind
              controls
              your  life.

            When life
           gets  blurred,
                adjust
           your   focus.

             Be  thankful
      for  what  you  are  now,
                 and keep
           fighting  for  what

               you want to
              be   tomorrow. 
No matter what happens, no matter how far you seem to be away
from what you want, never stop believing that you'll somehow make it. Have an unrelenting belief that things will work out.                                                                  ­                            Jon York   2019

She is beautiful
but you really cannot
comprehend it until
you understand that
    she is the result
   of the pieces that
    she refused to let
    life take from her
               and
  I noticed her face,
    and yearned for
    her body but fell
    in love with the
   soul that dwelled
            within.
                                     ­                                                         Jon York   2019

A woman needs a man

who  looks  at  her  as  she  lies

before him and thinks to himself...

         what kind of noises

would I like her to make today?
                                                                                            Jon York   2019

We do not
choose who we love.
But rather our souls
  choose for us.

     A soft kiss
between our souls
as my soul thirsts
       for yours.

  Let my words
       kiss you
    when I can't.

  Some souls just
understand each other
   upon meeting.
                                                        ­                     Jon York   2019

Life
           is
          like
          ***,
      you can
         either
       lie back
           and
          let it
         *****
           you
             or
         you can
             get
          on top
             and
             ride
              the
              hell
               out
              of it.
                                                                            Jon York   2019

It  will all  fall  into   place,

just be patient and positive.
                                                                                          Jon York   2019

You cannot
convince people to
love you. This is an
absolute.   No   one
will ever give you
love  because  you
want   him  or  her
to  give   it.     Real
love   moves  freely
in  both  directions.  
Don't  waste   your
time   on  anything
else.
                                                                        Jon York   2019

We always have a choice and
it is our choices that show what
we truly are far more than our
abilities so when you get the
chance to sit it out or dance,
give faith a fighting chance....

I hope you dance and remember
that it is your choice, it is your
life and what we do comes
from what we think.

We always have a choice, we
can let circumstances harden
us or we can let them soften
us and make us kinder, it is
your choice so remember that
the truth is that you are
responsible for what you think,
because it is only at this level
that you can exercise choice.

We choose only once, we choose
to be warriors or to be ordinary
and know that a second choice
does not exist, not on this earth,
so love yourself, trust your
choices and everything is possible.

If you start looking at life with
joy, sadness starts disappearing,
so know that you cannot have
heaven and hell together but you
can only have one, it is your choice
and remember, life's not about
hoping and wishing, it's about
doing, being and becoming.
                                                      Jon York    2018

I
    can't
  explain
     how
        I
      feel
  but I can
    find a
     song
      that
       can.
                                                                                            Jon York   2019

The  best  love
is the one that
makes  you  a
better person,
without changing
you into someone
other than yourself.
                                                                                         Jon York   2019

When I found her
I learned that she
was not something
wild to tame but
something wild to
                run with.
                                                                                            Jon York   2019

I want to
consume you...
leave no crevice untouched,
   no ounce of flesh untasted;
                    ravish you
                       and leave you
                a heap of
          trembling limbs
      and fiercely beating heart,
          as your body
is rendered useless
             in my wake.
                                                                                               Jon York   2019

Hearing someone you love
            laughing
                  is
           easily one
                 of
             the best
               things
          on this earth.                                                              Jon York   2019

"I am simply thankful for your existence,"
I wrote.
"Whether I am meant to be a part of it or not."
                                                                                Jon York  2019

To tell you
        the truth, I don't
             have much
                    to
                   offer.
             But I'll still give
          you everything I've
               got, even if it's
            barely a thing at all.
          I'll give you late nights,
                long hugs, sweet
        messages, wonderful poems
                about you and I,
       and I'll give you morning kisses,
       back rubs, chest rubs,
    body rubs, a workout in the shower.
      And someone who will
                  always be
      there for you, a hand to hold,
                somebody to
                   lean on.
        Just know you have all of me.
                              I
                           hope
                            that's
                         enough.
                                                                               Jon York   2019

Get up every morning
and remind yourself,
'
' I  CAN  DO  THIS'
                                                                                    Jon York   2019

I can
explain
it to you,               but            
                                              I can't
                                              understand
                                              it for
                                               you.
                                                                                                Jon York   2019

I'm certain  I  love
with the entire force  of the  universe
and it feels  too  much  to  ask
another  human  to take that  in.
                                                        ­                                       Jon York   2019

ILOVEYOU; I wrote it
with  no    spaces    so
there's    no    room
       for anyone else.
                                                                                             Jon York   2019

You,
with those
morning eyes.
And that
morning voice.
In those
morning sheets.

         I
    didn't
   stand a
   chance.

  Remember
    the time
      when
        the
   covers on
    our bed
    were the
      only
     shield
  we needed
   against the
    terrifying
   everything                                            What is done in love
        that                                                ­                               is done well.
surrounded us?                                                              ­   Jon York   2019

If you don't

                     have a seat

                      at the table.

         You're probably on the menu.
                                                                             Jon York   2019

Fall in love with
the person who shows
you their soul.

The world is so guarded
and fearful, I appreciate
rawness so much.

People  aren't
as beautiful as
they look, as
they walk, as
they talk.

They are only
as beautiful as
they love, as
they care and
as they share.
                                                                                             Jon York   2019

Your
     smile.
     Your
      eyes.
      The
      way
      you
     laugh.
      The
      way
       you
      walk.

         I
     could
      stare
        at
      you
     forever.
                                                                                               Jon York    2019

Our connection is seamless,
your desire to feel beautiful
is   bigger  than  the   sun,
and my desire to love you,
swallowed your desire like
the horizon.
                                                        ­                                       Jon York   2019

Open your eyes
          so that you may see
                    the world
                 around you, the
            beauty that surrounds
                           you.

                Open your ears
             so that you may hear
                 all the joyous
              sounds of your world.

                  Slow down so
             you have time to revel
                 in your glorious
              world and breathe it in.

               Forget those painful
           memories as  you  try  to  
                  realize there is
               no   joy   in  re-living
                  unpleasant times.

                       Always try to
                remember, the main
                           cause of
                problems is solutions.

                  Start a new diet -- no
            more eating your own words,
              swallowing your own pride
        or putting your foot in your mouth.                     Jon York   2019

DRESS CODE: naked
                                                                                                 Jon York   2019

Two   souls  are  sometimes
created together and in love
     before  they're  born.
                                                                               Jon York   2019

We have our own
language,
you and me.
One that doesn't
have a word for
goodbye.
                                                                           Jon York   2019