I want to tell you a story,
Not of heroes and knights
Or of lovers at night,
But of children at play…
The scent of flowers in May,
Swaying bright and gay.
I want to share the feeling,
Not of pain or burning desire
Or of sadness etched in human needing’s…
But of a sunrise in December,
And of its rays glowing warmly in amber,
Bringing sweet tidings.
I want to give hope,
To sing of spiders and how they grope
Of a caged bird fling free
And a blind cat on a hunting spree
Of a wounded eagle in flight
And how wolves prey at night.
I want to tell of legends,
Not one that that will touch you as it ends
With emotion and thought,
But one that will leave you to sought
For meaning lost and hid
Where dares not cupid
I want mine to be a story
Not words or rhyme in prose or poetry,
Written in haste, full of empty say,
Or blue paste in shades of black-gray
But one with letters in perfect synchrony
Put to echo softly in symphony…
I want to make you dance,
To make you feel bliss
Like the touch of a lovers kiss,
To hold you deep in a trance
To make you feel love, empathy
And walk the path of harmony
I want to speak
Not shout or yell,
Rather stand on a mountain peak
And look deep down into the souls below
And my story tell
Just pour out the words like a living well
I want you to feel the dew in April,
To see a world with no peril
To wish the wind would blow no dust,
Or nights be cold in August,
Not to have you make a wish
But just sit-watch-listen-live…
Mine will be a story-
Of when doves cry,
And babies dream to fly-
When lovers are sly
And the moon shy
Of a sunset in July
The midnight gloom when stars go blue
Of a man and a woman
Of a child, of a dream, of human-humanity-
….of you, of me.