SamadhiMuse

      By Kathleen A.                  3-11-79
                                                      Sunday
        For Dennis ...
           Only moments ago he was here sharing my love, so very
      near.  I still feel his presence though he's gone away,
      because in my heart forever he'll stay.
           When I tell him "I love you" every word is true; and
      yes it scares me half to death but I only stop to catch my
      breath.
           Even though my life's mixed up he shakes me down and
      builds me up.  My ways he seems to understand and truth he
      speaks without demands.  As his words come clearly across,
      suddenly I feel not lost.
           The words to follow are very real to tell him what it
      is I feel:
      By Helen Reddy ( edited by KH for DG )
              "To wake up next to you, to see your smile across
         the pillow as the sun breaks through.  In the early
         hours when the day is new.  To lie by you - that is all
         I'll ever need.
              To feel you everywhere.  To know and keep the
         silent secrets we as lovers share.
              You fill my world with wonder just by being there.
          To know you care - that's all I'll ever need.
              Holding you, the world beyond me seems to fly.
         The love is realized when I look in your eyes.
              To lie down next to you -- to know the meaning of
         the 'little things' you say and do.
              In the gentle hours when the day is through -
         alone with you.  That is all I'll ever need."

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

            To D.G.                            3-20-79
                 A hundred reasons not to cry -- why
            should I feel like I want to die?  So much
            of me I want to give and so much of life I
            want to live.
                 Number 1 -- it's NOT me.  His ex-wife
            he'd rather see.  Perhaps her hold upon
            him now is stronger than when they took
            vows.
                 So hard I try to not let down, I very
            seldom make a sound.  I do know though the
            hurt is real and jealousy I hate to feel.
            Am I playing just to win?  NO, that would
            be too great a sin.
                 Perhaps I am a risky one to put too
            heavy feelings on.  Another man in my life
            strong and then there's school that's
            coming on.
                 Softly, should I fly away even though
            [in] my heart he's stay?
                 It's true there are no guarantees but
            of life's treasures, none come free.
                                    kh

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —