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Is it possible?
of you I must ask
for a good man to lose his way
and into lonliness be cast?

To carry such a heavy weight
for years upon his shoulder
and not realize its true cost to him
until he has grown inside weary and older

and what if his only dream was love true
just like the dream you hold inside of you
for one to care for him with all their heart
and for him to care in return and do his part

For I am a simple man inside
now with my heart open wide
like a flickering flame seeking shelter
my whole life feels now so helter-skelter

For I'm at a loss now to know what to do
or where my heart should go
to whom my heart will be rescued from blue
and finally cease its tossing too and fro

I am bound by law and ring
to one who's let me go it alone
one who's lost sight of the song I once did sing
who spends her time upon the phone

And just a simple true life I ever wanted
just one of kindess and humility
and not one so lonely and haunted
in a lonely desert land of futility

While dreams once held so tight
have vanished in the night
one dream remains
has weathered all the rains

To be loved truly like brand new
to walk hand in hand with her too
To embace at least twice each day
in the morning and when the sunlight goes away

And with her I wish to forever stay
to find happiness and love in each day
a love that will never wilt or go astray
these simple things I still pray

That she will regard me without suspicion
and bless me with her loving intuition
an hold me closely to her heart
shower me with love foever from the start

And me I will be honored to have her be my care
to gaze into her soft eyes and to play gently with her hair
to sit and cuddle with her at night
and to promise to love instead of fight

Life need not diminish as time long
I hope our love is like a beautiful song
that guides and mends and embraces
and never steers the other wrong

And happy things we will do
like walk in the park or visit the zoo
or dance until dawn to our favorite song
and pray that our lifetime together is long

Anything we do together will be alright
we'll always be close and tight
laughing and smiling by day
and bound by a kiss goodnight

I've been lost all so long
and fought to remain strong
but this life I chose was wrong
and now I know I just don't belong

I broke my heart a thousand times
and have put it in love, children and rhymes
but it has all led somehow to this sorrowful conclusion
a culmination of carelessness and confusion

An now as i struggle to find a break
I don't wish to repeat the same mistake
I want only a love shared and true
one heart shared by two

Its time to take a chance I say
as my life ticks away
I can no longer wait for my ship to come in
to waste more of life would be a sin

A good heart should not rot in sadness
it should have a chance for gladness
and as there must be a God above
somehow I still believe in love

And stake my life upon its call
for love true I'd risk it all
and gladly take the chance
to rise or fall

Because without love
there is nothing
without true love
there is nothing at all

©  James T. Adair