THE SEA
Plunge deep into my warm
and sensual sea,
Explore the depths of beauty
there with me.
All breathing is suspended
while you're here,
You must rise to the surface to take air.
Then you're drawn beneath the waves
to greater depths
Throwing caution to the winds
and risking death.
TO MY
LOVE
When I was sixteen, each day was
tinged with gold,
And the lie that love was free
not yet been told.
The thrill was in the hunt, a kiss, a dance,
A bold attempt to flirt and each
shy glance.
When I was seventeen, it was a
time apart.
A time when love was not in bed, but
in the heart,
A time to try in innocence my
wings,
To think of boys who would be men - a time
of dreams.
When I turned eighteen, then I was
really psyched,
Like Will Rogers I'd never met a
guy I hadn't liked.
Sometimes I'd play the
vamp, sometimes the dunce,
In mad attempt to date
six guys at once.
And suddenly, at nineteen,
that all changed.
It took one look and I would
never be the same.
The difference so subtle
that at first I didn't see -
The difference was
I'd found someone who loved just me.
And then
commitment came as easy as a breath,
And I will
keep that pledge until we part in death.
Copyright 1998 Judy Sadler
