Game of Seduction

Your seduction is a game
You know all the cards to play
With precise calculation
Just enough to keep me coming back
 
Every gesture,
Every caress,
Every touch,
Every glance,
Every last bit of my body is conquered
I am weakened to the core
And heightened with each rise.
 
Then with a whisper against my ear,
‘I can’t wait to see the expressions on your face
When I return to you 
And give you that sweet pleasure again.’

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This poem, along with others, can be found in my book Coffee Shop Sessions II: Moving Mountains One by One

Magic in the Mystery

There’s magic in the mystery
These feelings between you and me
 
Figuring out all the words to say
They get stuck in the way
Figuring out all the endless possibilities
Of the future between you and me
 
There’s something, no doubt
So, why try to figure it out
 
You’ve got to give it up
You’ve got to face it
Your hand in mine
Arm wrapped around my waist
There’s no other place
We’d rather be
Than right here
Just you and me

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This poem, along with others, can be found in my book Coffee Shop Sessions II: Moving Mountains One by One

Dark Italian with Cream

Thanks to Robert Charboneau for this poem. Although my blog and book are both titled ‘Coffee Shop Sessions’ this is the first poem that is actually about coffee!
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At Peace

On a winter’s night
I lay down 
Look over 
And dream I am lying by your side
 
Looking into your eyes,
Feeling assured
That this is it
This is how it’s supposed to feel
 
Two souls mutually feeling the same depth of passion
Who appreciate all that has taken place
To get us where we are today
To feel at peace
 
There’s no worry about the path forward
Only this moment is all that matters

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This poem, along with others, can be found in my book Coffee Shop Sessions II: Moving Mountains One by One

Get Lost in the Pouring Rain

So feeble
We fumble
Bodies tangling, intertwining
We get lost in the moment,
In the rush
Drifting off to our own space
 
No time like the present
We’re looking for answers in the pouring rain
 
If you could get by
For one night
Without looking for the answers
 
If you could
For one night
Love me just the same
 
Everybody needs something
To justify their existence
If we could
Just for one night
Get lost in the pouring rain
 
Everybody needs a reason
A reason to change
If we could
Just for one night
Get lost in the pouring rain

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This poem, along with others, can be found in my book Coffee Shop Sessions II: Moving Mountains One by One

Seize the Moment

It’s Sunday morning
I run down to the park
We lock eyes while you’re strolling by
Electricity ignites deep inside
 
Do I stop
Do you dare say hello
Do we say anything at all
 
So much we want to say
So much we want to do
So much we’ve longed for
To only have this passing moment
 
Let’s not waste it
Wondering ‘what if’
Let’s not go another day without knowing
How it will feel when we kiss

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This poem, along with others, can be found in my book Coffee Shop Sessions II: Moving Mountains One by One

War Stories

My war stories
My love scars
If only you knew, what would you do
Would it help you know me
Do you want to know me at all
 
Do you care to share your stories
Or do you want to keep them safe
Do you want to show your cards
Or keep them close to your heart
 
Let’s bare them all
We have this space
We’ll be safe
No harm can be done 
that hasn’t been done before
 
Look me in the eye
Tell me what happened
What made you this way
Tell me, love, it’ll be okay

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This poem, along with others, can be found in my book Coffee Shop Sessions II: Moving Mountains One by One

Great Expectations

My expectations are high
I want to find a love that will lift me to the sky
I’ve got this crazy idea in my mind
You’ll be the love I’ve been hoping to find
But you’re just a guy
Destined to make mistakes
 
We give and we take
Along the way
We hope for something more
But this is all we’ve got
I’m just a girl
And you’re just a guy
We’re both hoping for a love that will lift us to the sky
 
If we look hard enough we can see the stars
Do they shine in you like I want them to…

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This poem, along with others, can be found in my book Coffee Shop Sessions II: Moving Mountains One by One

Whisper In My Ear

Your words whisper in my ear
Your voice does things to me
That haven’t been felt in years
 
My heart races
My insides quicken
I want to hear more
 
I listen when I’m alone
To be safe from disturbance
I listen while at work
In hopes that no one notices 
The reaction your whisper creates
I listen before I sleep at night
You’re the last thing I want to hear
 
Blow by blow, your words hit deep
The aching and longing are no strangers to me
But nothing else does it justice
Not like they deserve
Nothing can explain
Or perfectly portray
These feelings the same way

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This poem, along with others, can be found in my book Coffee Shop Sessions II: Moving Mountains One by One

Countdown to Love

As little girls plucking petals 
one by one reciting,
“He loves me, he loves me not,”
All love and happiness rested 
on the count of those petals

If an even number, 
the girl is bitterly disappointed
While an odd count surely takes her over the moon 
with his undying love for her

If only as adults that love and happiness 
would be so definitively decided 
as with the pluck of a petal

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Listen to my poems on SoundCloud
This poem, along with others, can be found in my book Coffee Shop Sessions II: Moving Mountains One by One