Linda L. Franklin

The waves gently lapping at my feet
As my worries leave my soul
No cars, no buses, no trains
The wind blows through the leaves
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When you’re upset
When you’re down on your luck
Know that I Care.
When you feel the world
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Most everyone seeks it
From time to time
is it something you touch
or hold in your hand?
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Months ago I became attracted to you
I thought you had integrity,
Poise, Charm and a kind heart
You seemed the perfect match for me.
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Whether we want it to or not
It seems that things are forever changing.
Changes can be big or they can be very small.
Our thoughts change with the direction of the wind
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When we were young,
We believed in fairytales and happy endings.
Through the years we held on to believing
That love was always going to last.
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How do you learn to trust?
When the one you loved betrayed you?
When all the trust has been destroyed?
When the one you loved
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Every day I’m with other people
Yet I’m alone
Maybe I’m in a crowded theater
A baseball stadium or a concert hall
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So many times we think that Love can only survive
In the boundaries that we have set for it;
But
Love doesn’t care
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</>A friend is there
Even when you can't see them
A friend is there
Even when you can't touch them
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Our eyes met across the room
You smile and my heart melts
My mind rushes - who is this person
And where did they come from?
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Though the years I have caught glimpses of you
At times I thought I had met you
You invade my dreams, my waking thoughts
My soul cries out for you
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You stole my heart
Like a thief on the Nile
Our love, it has no boundaries
As it crosses borders and miles
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Where does love go?
Once you tell someone you love them.
Once you’ve told them
That they were your one and only
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You came into this world
With high expectations
But sometime during your life
It was lost
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My life just didn’t start when I was born
It is interwoven with those who have come before.
Many people make up who I am
Some I have met, but for a few short years
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Just me and the pots and the pans
In my own little world
With my hands in the water,
My mind goes around the world.
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I was born into this world
As no-one of importance except to a few
I grew and grew
Through living life's experience's
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</>As I walk in this life
Taking the journey through time
You’re there
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Baby when I look at you
I am in Awe.
You take my breathe away,
With the love I see in your face.
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