the Jua Kali Word Factory

falling always hurts or so they say

and I fell hard the instant that we kissed

and yet we were so high that winter’s day

we fell beyond the world and into bliss

in orbit all is calm and beautiful

and yet you find you’re falling faster still

as beauty spins below, immense and full

you see what lies ahead and feel a thrill

for Gillian is Best and Beautiful

another year will simply prove this true

my heart and soul remain under your rule

a dance; a joy familiar and new

for if, like us, you fall both fast and high

in orbit you will race across the sky

…and so you need to know a thing or two

which makes me smile for I have things to say

of joy and light and fun and hope and you

and why my love grows stronger every day

it’s you, you see, so beautiful that I

can never quite believe when I turn

and see you lying there and so I sigh

and dream of kissing you and thus I burn

Aflame! Consuming fire has come to me

and I have found that passion does not die

with you, my utter joy, my love, I’m free

our future stretches out towards the sky

and so you see you’ve never known how much

my smitten heart rejoices when we touch

July 2010

A gift I give to you whose life I share

Although aware that nought could pay my due

Unrivalled joy compels me still to dare

And here unwrap my heart, my soul, for you

No loneliness remains, nor stain of grey,

For beauty now doth reign and I have peace

I dream of you and dreams now rule my day

At night I find all burdens are released

So what is thirty now? The clocks are still;

In tale of years I now count only five

For I recall the moon on Bradgate’s hill

‘Twas with your kiss that I became alive.

But then how can I give what’s not my own?

For into one our loving souls have grown.

Feb 2008