Follow Me

 

~ Follow Me ~

 

If I told you

that I couldn't promise the sun would always shine

but I could promise you would always know warmth

my love like warm amber on an onyx night

would you follow me?

 

If I told you

that I couldn't promise the moon would always come out

but I could promise my heart would always shine

lighting the way for you

would you follow me?

 

If I told you

that I couldn't promise when the wind blows, it won't bite

but I could promise you shelter

wrapped up in my arms

would you follow me?

 

If I told you

that I couldn't promise some days won't taste bitter

but I could promise that life together would be sweet

and that we would always crave each other

would you follow me?

 

I will seek out beauty to share with you

but when it hides, dancing just beyond the shadows

I can strike up music of our own

you will still feel the warmth, see the light

feel the breeze and taste the love

if you will follow me.

 

© Dahlia Ramone: October 4, 2015

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia Week 33.8

Topic:  Shadow Dancing

 

Bonus Points:

(Hard, 2 puts): Incorporate the title of a James Patterson novel

("When the Wind Blows")

(Easy, 1 pt): Include a birthstone (amber, onyx)

 

 

 

 

A simple love story

 

"Those tomorrows waiting deep in your eyes

in the world of love that you keep in your eyes

I'll awaken what's asleep in your eyes

it may take a kiss or two"

 

(excerpt from 'what are you doing the rest of your life')

~ a simple love story ~

Fervent wishes make haste in the sky

blowing in the wind, deliver or die

heart in a lurch, awaiting reply

poised to stop, if it all goes awry

 

All on the table, as the sun sets

time slips away while the moon frets

was it enough? Besieged by regrets

should have done more, lest he forgets

 

'Call me' she whispered; though barely a sound

her plea was felt from miles around

she thought herself lost, but he knew she was found

he emerged from the shadows as doubt ran aground

 

'Silly girl' he chided, 'why can't you see

you are the sun and the moon and the earth to me

tomorrow is waiting, so if you'll agree

we'll just slip away now, content as can be.'

 

His eyes met hers, so she'd understand

she saw, reflected, what Fate had planned

with a smile and a laugh, she took his hand

knowing their future together would always be grand.

 

 © Dahlia Ramone: September 13, 2015

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia Week 30.8

Topic:  Call Me 

 

Bonus Points:

(Hard, 2 pts) Incorporate a lyric from Peggy Lee

(excerpt above, from song in video

Not Peggy Lee, but hey - she covered it too)

(Easy, 1 pt)  Include the phrase "blowing in the wind"

 

 

 

Dawn

~ Dawn ~

 

In the morning hush, under clouds of blush

love stirs and stretches, in no rush

coffee for two, balcony with a view

just leisure kisses to pursue



Moments of glory, love's inventory

just the beginning of our story

a future to fill, with touches that thrill

endless moments where time stands still

 

Because you knew that our love was true

and because I am one with you

our hearts will endeavor to beat forever

as body and soul, we come together.

 

© Dahlia Ramone: September 12, 2015

 

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia Week 29.8

 

Topic:  Because I Am

 

Bonus Points:

(Hard, 2 pts) Play an online game (I didn't)

(Easy, 1 pt) Include the words:

'self-praise is no recommendation' (I didn't)

 

 

 

 

 

and they wished for 'forever'...

“The Kiss” Auguste Rodin, 1889

“Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score;

then to that twenty, add a hundred more:

a thousand to that hundred: so kiss on,

to make that thousand up a million.

Treble that million, and when that is done,

let’s kiss afresh, as when we first begun.”

~ Robert Herrick ~

***

In the span of a heartbeat

our past and future met

dancing circles around the stars

for the universe to behold

we became the reason

that time dared not exist

while sun and moon promised

to always come out when we kissed

‘forever’ was a lullaby

whispered on the breeze

its meaning held as lovers meld

and hearts and souls unite

and we will look back

to a hundred years ago

to the first kiss, and the tenth kiss

and the kiss where we lost control

to idyllic sighs and all love implies

we’ll think “those were the days”

but in the span of a second heartbeat

our future again unfolds.

© Dahlia Ramone, August 28, 2015

This was written for Blogophilia Week 27.8

Topic: Those were the days

Bonus Points:

(Hard, 2 pts) Incorporate a quote or line from Poet Robert Herrick

(Easy, 1 pt) Use the words “remote control” (I didn’t)

Dragonfly Whispers

~ Dragonfly Whispers ~

In the space between gravity and the moon

whispers ride on the backs of dragonflies

liaisons between two hearts

iridescent in repose

Alight upon the water, swim into its soul

become its reflection – merge as a whole

answer the needs its truth will show

carry forth its wishes, change the river flow

Gravity cannot hold a heartbeat in flight

when the moon seeks to deliver fate

dragonfly wings match the hearts’ rhythm

as the whispers fall into place

  

© Dahlia Ramone: August 9, 2015

This was written for Blogophilia Week 25.8

Topic: Gravitation Cannot Be Held Responsible

Bonus Points:

(Hard, 2 pts)  Incorporate a quote from Daniel Kahneman

(I did not)

(Easy, 1 pt)  Include a word said in French

(I used this quote instead):