train whistle

The train whistle calls me to you
I ache to feel your arms around me
protecting me, like a snug cocoon
I long for the touch of your lips on mine
as our tongues explore the passion of a kiss,
our bodies intertwined in understanding
that no one, nor nothing, would come between us again
and you gently reach out to me
in your sleep and pull me close
I know I am safe
but I lay awake in an empty bed
as the train whistle echos through
my empty heart

Goodbye to Love

I've never been in love
I'm afraid to fall in love
and I'm afraid I won't
I loved you. I loved you very much.
but I never fell in love with you.
I thought we were soul mates
but you never fell in love with me
so I never fell in love with you
but oh, how I wanted to
back then. But now, I don't know.
I don't know if I can trust you with my heart;
I know I'll be heart broken
in the end.
because in the end, my friend,
we must always say goodbye.

by Shawn Ann Murray ©2014

someone tickled my heart
I started to fall
hoping to finally feel
this thing called love
it was all a game
leaving me heart broken
without love
and my friend

Copyright 2013 by Shawn Ann Murray

ice-blue

I saw you today
or someone who looks like you
but he didn't have your eyes,
your dancing vivid ice-blue eyes
that looked at me with love
I can only see your eyes
in photographs now
and they no longer dance

Copyright 2012 by Shawn Ann Murray

the world is not ending

the world is not ending,
it's not even pending,
nothing is that important,
nor are you that brilliant,
that the world must stop,
while you lose your top,
get angry if you must,
scream, rant, cry and cuss,
take notice, someone might,
but to hurt another, you have no right,
worry yourself sick,
and watch the seconds tick,
the rest of your life away,
as the rest of us play,

by Shawn Ann Murray ©2011