It’s risky taking unknown steps
Blindly heading into tomorrow
The odds can be against you there
Are you headed for more sorrow
Roll the dice
Take a chance
Gamble on new love
He fills your dreams
Both night and day
The time has come
To go out and play
Roll the dice
Take a chance
Gamble on new love
This time your luck is true
No more feelings of blue
Roll the dice
Take a chance
Gamble on new love
You’re ready for new love
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – gamble
Can we even fix this
Is there an easy way
To fall in love again
Distant for so long
It seems we are strangers
if only we can rectify
the space between you and I
and find a way to embrace
what we discover as the start
of something brand new
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – rectify
It sat in the corner
Covered with dust
Back in the shadows
Forgotten about
For too many years
Does it still even work
I reached gently back
Through the cobwebs
To retrieve the object
Wondering of its worth
And rusted condition
Does it still even work
I weigh the options
Of picking it up
And looking for signs of life
Knowing it might be too old
Too battered and worn
Does it still even work
Hesitation aside
I gently grasp it
Felling the faintest of hope
A gentle spark of life
Wondering if this is really love
Does it still even work
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – object
The way the stars shine
They dazzle my eyes
The sound of the water flow
Lulls me into peace
The sliver of a moon
Sets a perfect mood
Your hand in mine
You pull me into your arms
And softly kiss me
You leave me astonished
By your gentle passion
And I feel this is the start
Of something once in a lifetime
“I have to be candid,
I have to speak the truth,
I love you”
She said to him.
He only said “No.”
Her heart stopped
For a second
That seemed like an eternity.
“You haven’t known me
Long enough to love me”
He added.
She swallowed back tears
“I know what is in my heart”
She told him with renewed confidence,
And he breathed
A heavy sigh.
“You don’t have to say anything,
Just know that I love you”
She said in almost a whisper
And kissed him softly.
He reached out to hold her
And they slept in
Each others arms.
He smiles at her
She silently acknowledges him
He sends her a free drink
She sends an approving nod
He slowly approaches her
She gestures to the open chair next to her
They talk for hours
He turns on the charm
They laugh and dance
She feels like a school girl
He walks her to her car
She succumbs to his kiss goodnight
And thus their story begins…
I used to be so focused
On anything I’d do
But now my mind wanders
Often thinking about you
My thoughts are distractions
That pull my point of view
Away from what I’m doing
To thinking of what’s new
You came into my life
Like a runaway train
Now my thoughts all scatter
Running round in my brain
Whatever you’ve done to me
One thing is quite clear
I’ve no desire for it to end
I want to keep you near
An apprentice at love
Doesn’t have a clue
Knows not of the pain
That heartbreak can bring
Loves with abandon
And trusts completely
If only we could all
Look at a new love
With a pair of apprentice eyes
Maybe we’d have
A better chance
Of finding a second
Love of our life…
The cusp of the crescent moon
Points to my destiny
Somewhere in the world tonight
He thinks of me when he sees it
We share this vision tonight
So that we may meet tomorrow
Let your love awaken me,
Send my body into a renewal –
Becoming the woman I desire to be.
Just your touch can change so much.
Bring me into the spring of my life
Where new awareness blossoms.
If only you would let it be,
Let your love awaken me.
Leigha Robbins 