I Want to Love You

I want to spend my life with you.

I want to wake up next to you.

I want to cry with you.

I want to laugh with you.

I want to grow old with you.

I want to share my dreams with you.

I want to see the world with you.

I want to conquer life’s mountains with you.

I want to take care of you.

I want to protect you.

I want to hold you.

I want to, forever and always, love you.

Carol Darlene Owens © 2011

Our Kids

When they take their first breath,

It takes our breath away.

When they take their first step,

We always remember that day.

The first day of kindergarten

We turn away to cry.

How excited they were,

They wouldn’t understand why.

Then there was their first date;

Oh, how fast they grew.

It seems like in a blink of an eye.

Wasn’t it just yesterday they were two?

Then the day we always knew would come;

They are now all grown.

Through their teen years they survived,

And now they have a family of their own.

When we look into our grandbabies’ faces,

It takes our breath away.

We see how much they look like them

And we brush our tears away.

Carol Darlene Owens (2011)

What Kind of Friend Are You?

Who have you been there for in your life?

Have you helped anyone deal with strife?

Have you been there when they needed to call?

Have you been there for a friend at all?

When someone needs you are you there

Or do you really even give a care?

When someone needs you to listen, do you hear

And show them there’s no need to fear?

Are you the one who will behind their back

Talk about them without knowing the fact?

Are you quick to make judgment on what they do

And don’t give them a chance to explain to you?

Perhaps you should see if these things

A familiar sound to you brings.

Is this how you treat the people you say

Are important to you in every way?

Perhaps someday you will need someone too

And they will be too busy for you.

Perhaps it is time to step back and see

Just what kind of friend you can really be.

Carol Darlene Owens © 2011

Internet Friendship

To share a word, a thought, a care.
To listen, comfort, a moment share.
A friend far away is always there,
As close as your desk and chair.

Carol Darlene Owens

Oh, Little Bird

Oh, little bird sitting in the tree
Steading yourself in the breeze.
With colors of yellow and gold,
Oh, what a sight to behold.
Oh, little bird flying across the sky
With grace and elegance you glide.
Without speaking a word,
We admire you, oh, little bird.
Oh, little bird, with innocent beauty
You go about your daily duty
Flying hither and yon
Until the day is all but gone.
Oh, little bird, as you fly away
Will you return another day
So we may watch with wonder
Your glorious beauty and splendor.

Carol Darlene Owens

Friend

The person who knows your darkest secrets
Someone who can read your innermost thoughts
A shoulder always there when you need to cry
Listening without breathing a sigh
Always there when you need advice
There to help without thinking twice
True to you until the very end
This is the person you call your friend.

Carol Darlene Owens

Words For You

With pen in hand,
The words start to flow,
Written on paper,
Before I even know.
With feeling in all
That is written down,
I'm never quite certain
How it will sound.
I just let the pen go
To do its job.
The words may hold
A laugh or a sob.
No matter how many
Or how few,
From the heart,
They are written for you.

Carol Darlene Owens