What’s left over
What remains
The ones I count
The ones I claim
Vivid reminders
What I live without

Tokens of affections
Scattered at my feet
Symbols of an empty heart
That no longer beats

Keepsakes of a memory
Vanished in a moment
Remnants of a lover’s token
Shattered and broken
Never again to be
Never a word spoken

I know just how to love you
I know just how to be
I know just how to hold you
But I don’t know what to do

I know that I can call you
I know just what to say
I know my words may haunt you
But I don’t know what to do

I know just where to find you
I know just where to look
I know just how to reach you
But I don’t know what to do

I know my tears remind me that it was always you
I know my heart still tells me just to follow through

I know just how to love you
I know just what to say
I know just where to find you
But I don’t know what to do

I refused to believe
I promised myself to smile
I said it would never hurt
That it would only last for awhile

I pretended to laugh
My heart wouldn’t say so
I denied what I heard
I just couldn’t let go

When you were no longer around
I could no longer play the clown
Left with only a silent sound
A tiny tear fell to the ground

In the hush of the evening
In the gentle quietness of the night
When dreams become real
And words flow smoothly
As you relish all of her charms
While you hold her in your arms
And you know that is where you belong
You begin your lullaby of song

Friends that are close
A family that needs you
A satisfying career
Life’s contentment

Moments shared
Carefully chosen words
Expressions of sympathy
Joyful generosity

Many others can be listed above
But nothing matters
If you’re not with the one you love
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It doesn’t matter whom you go to bed with
But it does matter whom you wake up with

I find it impossible to remember
I find it impossible to forget
Left with only a burning ember
It glows, still within me yet

Hearts that were turned upside-down
Was it all a game?
I still carry it around
A torch with a blue flame

Was the fantasy real
Or was the reality just a fantasy?
Were the moments spent surreal
Or just a passing frenesi?

Where are the hearts that were taken?
Where have they gone?
Will they someday awaken
Or have the seasons moved on?

There may be other summers
Many I am sure, countless numbers
But my heart refuses to let me ignore
The summer of ‘64♥
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” Though nothing can bring back
The hour of splendor in the grass
Of glory in the flower
We will grieve not
Rather find strength
In what remains  behind
…Which haven been must ever be”

William Wordsworth

This personal advice I offer to you
About love and marriage I know to be true
Before you decide to commit to “I Do”
Reflect on this thought a moment or two
For I will tell you what it’s all about
Never marry the one you can live with
Marry the one you can’t live without

Lost love never reclaimed
I remember her face
I remember her name
I picture our moments together
I thought I’d never forget her
But young love fades like the setting sun
I remember the girl, but I never knew the woman

Those dreams of days gone by
The days that seemed to fly
The days without a care
The days we used to share
It only takes a moment and they’re no longer here
We can never return no matter how much we care

Oh how I miss the long ago!
The places we used to go
The times we spent alone
The special moments only we have known
I miss the me and you
And the things we used to do

But that was once upon a time
When I was yours and you were mine
And we were lovers, just we two
When nothing else mattered, but me and you

Now you are gone and I’m left alone
To remember each moment on my own
And as each twilight slowly appears
I see your memory through my tears
Oh how I miss those tender years
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“The saddest thing is to be a minute to someone
When you’ve made them your eternity”
Sanober Kahn