Robert Edgar Burns Poems

Why did our paths have to cross
So very very late in life?
I would have fallen for you,
And taken you to be my wife.
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David was a repentant man.
He confessed all his hated sins.
But he simply could not forget them.
What he said bears repeating again.
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Someday I will certainly paint you.
Mona Lisa will curtsey, then bow.
This masterpiece yet to be painted,
But I’m sure I will do it somehow.
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I hope the sun will start shining,
Again for you real soon.
Of this thing I am certain.
It will come from behind of the moon.
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Our shells may drop, and crash on the floor.
The breath from lungs will be seen no more!
Absent from the body, what’s that mean to me?
Well, I’ve gone to see my Lord in Eternity!
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Hootie Who, Hootie Who,
Was all he needed to say.
But Hardy Harr was what came out,
And so he ruined the day!
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If you hold onto a kitty cat,
And he tells you sir, “meow! ”
Well, what is he really saying?
Is it something like “feed me now? ”
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The starlight peers between the leaves
As branches sway back and forth.
A gentle breeze enhances,
This view seen from my porch.
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I close my eyes when I kiss you.
For I know then that all will be right.
In closing them I protect them,
From your blinding and heavenly light.
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If I had never known your name,
I would have loved you just the same.
Had I not gazed into your eyes,
I still would have been tantalized.
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