Dennis S. Martin's Blog, page 220

A Weakness for You

I’ve always been
          The kind of person people can rely on,
Through thick and thin
          The one who would be strong.
Just like a rock
          Offering a hope to hold onto.
If I have a weakness,
          I have a weakness for you.

I was alone
          Didn’t think I needed anybody,
Just like an island
          In a sea of blue.
You came along
          Took my heart and melted it to water,
And I found my weakness.
          I have a weakness for you.

All I have to do is close my eyes to see
Every little thing you are.
Everything I’m hoping for and long to be
Is waiting for me there in your arms.

Don’t say a word,
          Words don’t matter when we are together.
We’ll dare the world,
          Darling, just we two.
I’ll face the fire
          Knowing you and I will be forever.
If I have a weakness
          I only have a weakness for you.

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Dancing in the Dark

Turn out the lights, dear,
Say goodnight and send the guests all home.
Now it’s just the two of us
Left to dance and spend the night alone.
Somewhere next to midnight
We snuggle close and let the music start.
It’s just you and me and we’re
Dancing in the dark.

Talk about forever…
Talk about the way it was back when…
Lighter than a feather
When the feeling comes around again.
We don’t need the sunlight.
We know when the arrow hits its mark.
We can spend the whole night long
Dancing in the dark.

If we have to wait,
We won’t hesitate,
We can find a quiet place to rest.
Let the world go by,
We won’t question why,
We won’t have a reason to confess.

Hearts are beating stronger
Waiting for the evening sun to set.
Grand anticipation,
Not a single notion of regret.
Walking hand in hand now,
Music playing softly from the park.
It’s just you and me
And we’re dancing in the dark.

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Hastily Waiting

I learned in the Army
How to hurry up and wait,
Learned never to volunteer,
And I found out about fate.
I learned how a chance can fall
Right out of the blue.
So here I stand hastily waiting for you.

You can’t imagine how hard it is to wait
For your life and your mind to change.
I rush to your doorstep whenever you call
No matter how awkward,
No matter how strange.

There was a time when
The world turned much slower,
But that changed the moment we met.
Now I’ll spend a lifetime
If that’s what it takes
Hastily waiting without regret.

Every moment I stand by your side
And revel in your company
Is worth all the waiting
Outside of your threshold
To know just how good life can be.

Maybe one day you’ll wake up
And somehow realize
How my heart has always been true. Til then
I’ll quickstep to see you
Whenever you call,
Hastily waiting,
Waiting for you.

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It Will Come to You

Never know when it will come
Or where it might appear, or
Exactly what to do when it arrives.
Only know the longing grows
To wash away all fears
As those feelings long-forgotten come alive.

And the world stops spinning 
Waiting for forever,
And the multitudes boil down to just you two.
There is nothing sweeter on this side of Heaven.
If you wait for it, it will come to you.

I was lost outside the crowd
When I first met you,
Sunk as deep as one can go and still survive.
Then your love lifted me up
Out of the quicksand,
And those long-neglected feelings were revived.

Now we stand before the world in testimony.
No more room for doubt
And no need to explain.
We’ve survived the storms
Growing strong together,
Walking hand in hand
Through all the joy and pain.

And the world stops spinning
Waiting for forever,
And the multitudes boil down to just you two.
There is nothing sweeter on this side of Heaven.
If you wait for it, it will come to you.

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Highways

We could go to Denver,
Maybe San Antoine,
Take a trip to Memphis,
Slide back to Bayonne,
Motor into Detroit,
Drive out to the coast,
Spend some time at Disney,
The place we love the most.

Love to see the canyon,
They say it’s awfully grand,
Take a stroll down Bourbon Street
Walking hand in hand.
We could breeze the Gulf coast,
New England in the fall,
Cruise the Shenandoah
Until we’ve seen it all.

Life is filled with highways
Made for you and me,
Running to forever
To where we want to be.
We can find the future,
We can make a friend
Traveling life’s highways
Until we reach the end.

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Swells of Silence

Remember the good times we used to know
Back when the world was our friend.
We were invincible, running through meadows,
Thinking that we’d never end.
Talking and laughing with two million people,
Dancing from twilight til dawn.
Now we are lost in these deep swells of silence
Wondering where our love has gone.

Your eyes would light up. Oh, how they’d sparkle
Whenever I entered the room.
I couldn’t wait for the sound of your laughter
To carry me over the moon.
Sweet conversation with no hesitation
Was always so easy back then.
Why can’t we get past these deep swells of silence
And get back to where we began?

It should be easy.
It should be simple
To bring us back into the light,
But all I keep hearing
Are deep swells of silence
Echoing into the night.

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Over and Over

Seems like we’re caught in a crossfire
That neither of us wants to end.
I keep confessing my love for you,
But you say we should just be friends.
I’ve walked through that portal a million times,
But you closed it just like before,
And I just keep falling in love
Over and over.

It’s not your fault.
You have to be who you are.
It’s all on me and my grand obsession.
Common sense can only take me so far.

Sometimes you can be such a temptress
And I can’t resist a reprise.
Your ways and your wiles drive me crazy
Until I melt into your eyes.
There’s nothing on this side of heaven or hell
To make my heart stop wanting you.
I just keep falling in love
Over and over.

Next time I’m hoping you’ll see it,
You’ll want to be more than friends,
Come to my arms for a lifetime
And we’ll cast our fates to the wind.
But if you can’t offer your true love
My heart resets where it begins,
And I’ll just keep falling in love
Over and over.

My heart keep falling in love
Over and over.

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Let It Go

He said, "We will last forever."
She said, "'Til death do we part."
He said, "You are my everything."
She said, "You have all my heart."
He bade, "What more can you give me?"
"I have no more", she replied.
He said, "This is not enough!"
She said nothing as she cried.
"I don't know what you want from me,"
She uttered through her bitter tears.
He mocked and scoffed, "I shouldn't have to
Tell you after all these years."
She clings with hope for some resolve;
Confused, bewildered by his take,
But both are silent, mute out of respect
Each for the other's sake.
But they both know that it's over,
Curtain's fallen on the show.
The end has come...
No curtain call...
It's time to let it go.

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A Fulfilled Life

Finding one’s passion and pursuing it 
is the first step toward a fulfilled life. 

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Putting Out Fires

Sometimes the flames crowd
The distant horizons as though
The sunset is scorching the Earth
With her dazzling brilliance
Consuming the hills and the forests
Surrounding in every direction.
Little to do, when the fires lose their mercy,
But stand back and watch
As they dance in the dark.
Hoping they stay at a tolerable distance
Lest we are caught in her horrible rage.
Ready to run as she grows ever closer,
Feeling the brush of her heat on my cheeks,
Praying the Heavens to open their bounty
And drown her passion with torrents of rain.
Standing and staring transfixed
On her beauty. Longing to know her
In intimate ways, yet fearing her fury
That grows ever stronger.
Torn by emotions... Lost in a daze,
A groundswell of longings that grows ever higher.
Do I become one with, or put out the fire.

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