Sweet Trouble

From the moment we met,

I knew you would bring trouble to my life

How could I have guessed it would turn out to be

a trouble I would crave?

I know I should resist the temptations you offer

And save the two of us from the potential heartache.

But each time I see your sweet face,

my heart skips a beat

And I find it nearly impossible to resist your many charms.

Whenever you're near, I find myself getting deeper and deeper into trouble;

Trouble that brings so much happiness I welcome it with open arms.

© 2008 TDK

The Best Days Of Your Life

I'll be the thought in the back of your mind

Leaving me the one mistake you'll always regret

Even though you're gone and I'm crying

I'll always be the girl you can't forget

The best days of your life

Were the days you had with me

Too bad you just let them go

Because you were too blind to see

Every time someone speaks my name

Or you catch a glimpse of a teddy bear

You're going to get lost in memories

And wish I were still there

The best days of your life

Were the days you had with me

Too bad you just let them go

Because you were too blind to see

You'll never find another woman

Who would have been your friend forever

You already had the very best

But you still longed for something better

The best days of your life
Were the days you had with me
Too bad you just let them go
Because you were too blind to see

© 2008 TDK

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Written using a line prompt.

This is where push comes to shove

And you have to choose between lust or love

This is where you thank the stars above

For the one who fits you like a hand in a glove.

This is where you say goodbye

And never let them see you cry

This is where you want to die

Though no one else can ever know why

This is where the heartache

Fills every moment you're awake

This is where you can't forsake

Those vows you were so proud to take

This is where you put away

What you want so bad to say

This is where you just can't stay

No matter how much you want to play

This is where you need to be strong

And remember where you still belong

This is where what's right and wrong

Must rule your heart and push it along.

© 2008 TDK

Love Story

All my life I dreamed of what true love should be

But I'd begun to think it wouldn't come to me

Then I met a man who touched me deep inside

But he wasn't mine, so my love I had to hide.

The spark of love lay smoldering within my heart

For many months, while he and I were far apart.

I never dared to hope he'd felt it, too

And was also feeling lost and blue.

Then I returned and saw him with his wife

So I was sure I'd never have him in my life

But then one night when we sat talking alone

He told me of the love for me he had known

From that moment, the spark erupted into flame

As we discovered our dreams had been the same

The more time we spent together, the more we knew

We had to find a way to make the dream come true.

For now we get together whenever we can--

We've love to share and our future to plan.

Soon the path will be clear for him and me

And our love at last we'll allow the world to see.

© 1990 TDR

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How do I stop loving you?

How do I turn off feelings stronger than I've ever felt

Just because they aren't "right"?

Though I'll hide it deep within,

My love for you will always fill my heart.

© 1988 TDR

Is It Me?

I want to ask if I am the woman in your poems--

The one to whom you can't admit your true feelings--

But I'm afraid to know the answer.

If I am the one, what will it mean to our friendship

And where will it lead?
Will the pain of what can never be

Become less merely because it's shared?

© 1988 TDR

Memories

My mind fills with thoughts of you no matter where I am.

I remember your smile--the way it spreads across your face,

putting a twinkle in your eyes.

I remember the depth of your emotions

as they are reflected in your eyes and voice.

I remember the softness as I ran my fingers through your dark hair.

I remember that our love can never be.

© 1988 TDR

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With each look at him,

I feel desire welling up in me

Until I could nearly explode with wanting him.

Then, when I can stand it no longer,

I go to him, taking him into my arms,

Nearly content just to feel him next to me,

Yet knowing I'm fueling his flame of passion.

As he loves me, the world all fades away

And nothing matters but what we share.

That is when I find true peace and contentment.

© 1988 TDR

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Love seems so fleeting for us--

Growing in leaps and bounds

During those stolen moments,
Yet dying quickly away

Once we come together openly.

© 1988 TDR

Eternal Damnation

Destined for eternal damnation--soul black as the midnight sky.

What we're doing is highly immoral, against the beliefs I thought I held.

But now I don't even care!

Just being with you for a moment brings a warmth to my body unmatched by even the brightest flame.

You bring an honest smile to my lips that bathes my face in light.

How can this be sin?

A "good girl" like me would never dare go wrong,

and what we share together is too good to be bad.

© 1982 TDD

Heaven On Earth

Heaven on earth--

When you hold me in your arms, I can't think of anywhere I'd rather be.

Stars in my eyes hide any wrong in our togetherness,

letting me see only the love deep in yours.

Secrets in our smiles no one else can share draw us closer, creating a special bond.

Passion burns within me each time you're near, building into a flame I can't control, kindled by each touch of flesh on flesh.

As your lips meet mine, the flame erupts like a blazing inferno and my body feels as though it may explode or turn to ashes if I can't get away.

Yet I don't want to escape your love, for it adds an excitement to my daily life I never dreamed possible,
And I know this flame will burn forever.

© 1982 TDD