8DaveWonder

What Love Is

When it’s really cold like this
And you jump-up to give-me-a-kiss
My very heart begins to melt
It’s as if I’ve never felt

What Love Is…

Your lips so soft
and oh-so-tender
A song from your heart,
And you’re the sender

And until I kissed your lips
I could not remember

What Love Is…

It’s your passion and your embrace
It’s your soul making my-heart-race
It’s how you hold me tight-like-this
It’s how you mean it when-we-kiss

You close your eyes
And your heart just pounds
My head it spins
as I go round and round,

about,

What Love Is…

When it’s really cold like this
You’re the warm-fire when-we-kiss
If my heart spoke a language
We both knew
We’d share that feeling
through-and-through
That language would simply
Have no words
Because what happens
When it does it occur,

that’s,

What Love Is…

©8DaveWonder

16 Feb 2012, 7:03pm

love relationships

Gasp

when was the last time that you

gasped?

looked into their eyes
held all your feelings like a

clasp…

enjoying that single rush,
when the moment seems to hush
the quiet
the burst
the passion
and your thirst
like needing air
but you could breathe
because you

gasped…

in that moment you felt
the passion
like a gush of water
from some stream
not like in real life
but in a dream
flowing through you so furious
and so fast
a shooting star inside your soul
that made you

gasp…

if love could be experienced
in one breath
where you lived and loved
and really had nothing left
until the next time when your
whole world begins
to shake…
you look up into their eyes
you’re wide-awake
you yearn to know if your love will truly last
and then you feel that shooting star
inside your soul
and
begin
to,

gasp…

©8DaveWonder

3 Feb 2012, 6:16pm

Your Secret Hiding Place

So many words and pictures
about a woman’s breasts and curves
So little said about what happens in bed
With a woman’s back and its allure

My journey begins behind your neck
As my fingers gently glide
I begin to massage your lower back
And hear your soft-murmurs from inside

This place…
This curve…
your lower back,

Is pure…

Delight…

I could run my hands forever
Up and down your sensuous skin
I can start right near your bottom
And feel the passion as my head spins

So many words and pictures
About cleavage bras and lace
That’s just because they’ve got us looking
And rarely mention your special hiding place

For sure the view from the front side
Is great for eyes and play
But ask a woman would she like a back massage
And watch what her eyes and soul will say

Your very own secret hiding place
A hidden treasure left intact
As my free hand roams,
My kisses comb…

Every inch of your beautiful back…

©8DaveWonder

4 Jan 2012, 10:50am

Swoon

I wonder if I’ll ever swoon
Look starry-eyed up at the moon
Walk and feel my heart just pounding
Feel, if-this-is-love it’s just astounding

I wonder…

I wonder if I’ll ever feel my body nervous
You know, that feeling when your mind is curious
I think of you and my heart beats fast
My thoughts my feelings cannot surpass

How my mind has conjured meeting you…

Tell me, does your mind go into some hyper-drive?
All the cells in your whole body they come alive
Like some kind of chorus from your heart and soul
You’re in there somewhere desperately wanting to know…

Is this love?

How did love get into this conversation?
Am I fool to think I understand its translation?

I know I think about you day and night
My heart has convinced me we’re just right
I look at Life and it seems enthralling
Am I just numb because I am falling…

In love with you?

I wonder if I’ll ever swoon
Look starry-eyed up at the moon
I know when I do look into your eyes
It’s like Life has said “Here’s the best surprise…"

I reach down to kiss your tender lips
Take my hand and caress your finger tips

And yes my heart is truly pounding,

And if this is love,

It is astounding….

©8DaveWonder

28 Dec 2011, 9:44pm

Lost in One Another

How 'bout we run away together?

And I mean run...

Where there's no-way anyone can find us

not even our shadows from the sun

We could leave real-late-at-night

After the moon has said good-night

Where there's no star we haven't missed

Come up for air after we both kissed

How 'bout we run?

Are you game?

Or do you want to watch our relationship

turn out to be the same?

How 'bout we run away together?

And I mean run,

Where our hearts they beat so fast

Being nervous shedding clothes

Trying to make our kisses last

We should just go...

Pick a place that fits our dream

Pack some clothes float down a stream

Laugh and giggle about what-we-forgot

Let our passion keep-us-hot

Get so lost in one another that we don’t care,

Because when our lips they part

We stare...

at each other

Forever...

©8DaveWonder

17 Dec 2011, 5:09pm

The Question

I think why we stay together
Is in part because we’re-not-through
there’s a part of you inside-my-soul
and part of me inside-of-you

I think the idea of separation
Brings the loss of what will we do,?

The question isn’t will you get over me,

But will I get over you?

Sometimes I think I’m over you
And sometimes I think I’m not
When you tell me that you love me
It’s such a warm and loving thought

Why is it that it can be so good?
And then sometimes it’s not-so-good at all?
Why is it some days I want you next to me
And some days I will not take your call?

I think the idea of breaking up,
Seems like we just could not make it through…

The question isn’t will you get over me,

But will I get over you?

I’ve been through this with someone else
and getting over them took some time
It was like a love-crazy-broken-record
That just played endlessly in my mind

Does anyone ever find that someone
that just really excites them to-no-end?
You can’t wait to see them in the morning
And late at night see them again?

Is it all just fantasy from the movies?
Where we see true-love on the screen
But when it comes down to real life,
We have no idea what it really means?

I know that we love each other,
But I know as well there are doubts inside us too,

The question isn’t will you get over me,

But will I get over you?

©8DaveWonder

13 Dec 2011, 6:41am

Oh-So-Soft

"How would you describe her?"

"I'd say radiant"

"Radiant?"

"Yes, radiant like the sun but oh-so-soft...

"Like the feeling of a feather that you run your hand across...

"Like looking in her eyes and wanting to get lost..."

"Lost?"

"Yes, lost like in never-land...

A place that you understand

She keeps her heart...

She keeps her touch...

and

You yearn to be with her so much..."

"Really?"

"Really yes, it's just my guess

She's not from here

She melts my heart

She's radiant

and

Her love is always-on

and never off..."

"Never?"

"Yes, never...never like the sun,

but oh-so-soft..."

©8DaveWonder

10 Dec 2011, 11:00am

I Felt the Pull

I could feel the end was coming
to a perfectly good romance
your passion was like a magnet
looking for a second chance

I felt the pull
I felt the pain
I felt your tears
come down like cold hard rain

I could feel the end was coming
to a love-affair that consumed
sensuality dripping from-the-front-door
and clothes strewn in every room

I felt the pull
I felt the pain
I felt your laughter
In every box-car on that train

I could feel the end was coming
to something that felt surreal
hot-hands and smoldering kisses
Only what I could touch I knew was real

I felt the pull
I felt your heart
I felt everything
around me start-to-fall-apart

And then the end came
like the train had come to
a giant-screeching-halt
We both knew that we were guilty
and quickly-dispensed with placing any fault

I felt the pull
I felt the pain
But if I had a wish in that one moment,

I would do it all again…

©8DaveWonder

3 Dec 2011, 12:33pm

Before You Say Good-Bye

I was watching you this morning

You had a nervousness I hadn’t seen

Last night when we talked-so-deep

I woke up hoping it was not a dream

You seem just a bit more distant

Something I sensed and felt-a-sigh

I so-hope that you meant what you said

Before you say good-bye

It’s hard sometimes to read you

But other times you’re so loving and so real

I guess what’s hard are your reflections

Or understanding just-exactly how you feel

I know how I feel when you hug me

I know your kiss can make my soft-heart-cry

Sometimes I don’t really want to know the-answer

Before you say good-bye

I guess when we’re so intimate

And laugh and talk into the night

It’s hard to think of us not-together

Somehow that just does not seem right

I know that you say you love me

And I can’t even tell you why

But my love for you consumes my soul

And I hope you never say good-bye…

©8DaveWonder

29 Nov 2011, 5:24pm

daughters fathers friends relationships

To Caroline

When that bullet came I left my body
And a memory floated up to me
It was you and I walking with your stroller
And my heart was happy as could be

They say your life passes before you
But I found really that's not true
You actually remember the special people
And on that day I remembered you

The relationship between a dad and daughter
Is something a dad and daughter would only know
I have missed those days we took our walks
As I watched my young girl grow

I know you've carried on my last name
And now that I’m gone it’s so unreal
I wish I could spend one more day on Earth
To hug you close and tell you how I feel

I know that day in Dallas
It changed your life and it changed mine
I just want you to know this one thing:

I love you,
Caroline...

©8DaveWonder

25 Nov 2011, 9:39am

With You

I turned to look to where the sun had set
My mind it simply could not forget
Your eyes your smile your sensual touch

With you,

There’s never-ever way too much…

The sun it sank and with-it went-my-heart
It’s hard whenever you-depart
You walked away after our deep-long-kiss

With you,

There’s so much that I always miss…

Is it love or hunger or both on prowl?
The sun is gone but I watch anyhow
I wonder if you’ll turn back and maybe look

With you,

I know my heart-is-hooked…

I walk and wonder am I too much in need?
Am I giving my heart up to let yours lead?
I admit when I’m in love I really fall,

With you,

It’s just that I want it all…

I’ve been down love’s road a time or two
How many more times until my heart is through?
My soul has a secret it won’t let me forget

I’ve been in love,

With you,

Since we first met…

©8DaveWonder

19 Nov 2011, 2:59pm

Friends

How many count them,

Do you really call a friend?

Really, count them...

And tell me where your fingers end

I'm not talking about acquaintances

Or people you stop and wave-to-Hi

I'm talking about those people that you know,

Where you never want to say good-bye

How many?

Really how many can you say?

Where you can tell your darkest secrets

And with your friend they see the light of day

Tell me with who you let your guard-go-down

Where you can feel-at-ease and dance around

In your living room to a romantic tune

Lay down at night look-up-at-the-moon

Laugh together like kids in a cool tree house

Then both stay quiet as a small church mouse

Hoping you can stay there Forever...

And no one will ever come-and-look

As you both anxiously discover

more about each other,

Like the next chapter in a book...

How many?

And which friend when you hug them

You know it will not bug them

Not any time of day

Not ever when you say

You Like them

Or Love them

That you never want to be-above-them

But just be-with-them

Side by side

along for the ride,

of a Lifetime...

Being-goofy, being-silly, crying-being-mad

And the next moment laughing so damn hard

That when you look at them you're really glad,

They're your friend...

How many?

Listen, you know this

Deep down inside your heart

We can name these

Maybe one or two

Possibly several or a few,

But for sure we all need more,

More friends just like this...

Friends who love you for who you are

Like kids who share

And wish upon a star

We hope and dream that we don't miss

to share our lives and have happiness...

These friends are really those bright stars

Illuminated across the evening sky

Just be honest and say we tried

To be a friend just like this,

To love another whether hit-or-miss

And realize each one of us

That this road only truly ends

When we don't need any hands or fingers

To count all of those

That we call

Friends...

©8DaveWonder April 2009

19 Nov 2011, 2:24pm

love relationships

Waiting

You know I waited here so patiently
And unfortunately you never came
I thought for sure it would be different
But instead it was more of the same

I realized while I've been standing here
That what I hoped you'd be is-in-my-mind
It's so great when we're together
But it's not like that all the time

It's really all kind of fairy-tale, isn't it?
To think we can live happily from afar
Sometimes I think I'll marry you
And sometimes I'm not sure who-you-really-are

I catch myself sometimes crying
Some times laughing silently to myself
This relationship has been such a good book
I hate to just put it back upon the shelf

As I gaze out upon the skyline
I wonder "Does it really have to be this hard?"
I give my all I'm at your beck-and-call
But now I get dealt this tragic card

I'm a romantic, what can I say?
I think of kissing you passionately right here
Instead the loneliness begins to seep in
As I fight away my tears

I will leave this place in a moment
And I'm sure we'll talk sometime-when
But my heart will not be in it

And truly it may never be again...

©8DaveWonder

14 Nov 2011, 4:32pm

love relationships

The Seconds of My Heart

Is that your watch I hear ticking?

Or is it the seconds of my heart?

I only seem to keep track of time

When it is that we’re apart...

When I am alone with you

It seems like Time stands still,

It’s like we’re in a slow-motion movie

But every minute it’s a thrill...

It’s tough when we’re not together

My mind doesn’t really understand

It’s trying to make sense of this missingness,

But my heart it has-no-second-hand

I just know when I’m not with you

It seems like something really is amiss

In Fairy Tales they say what breaks the spell,

Is a long enchanting kiss...

So next time we’re together

Let’s kiss real slow-and-long

Then space and time will stop all together

While we’re living our own love song…

©8DaveWonder

14 Nov 2011, 2:12pm

Drifting with the Clouds

There is a time when you need

Reflection...

Walk alone without

Inspection...

Let your thoughts drift without

Direction...

Like the majestic bright-white clouds...

In matters of love and life

And such,

Sometimes you wonder

"Is it too much…

To be loved down-deep and real?”

You ask yourself “What happened?”

When your skin

Was dying-to-say out loud...

As big and billowy as the clouds...

"I love you..."

You know this feeling,

So big-and-full your head is reeling...

Like your heart-is-going-to-burst,

You don't know which will get-there-first...

You just know it's some kind of thirst,

That you can't drink enough of...

So you take a walk and you

Reflect...

You don't really know what to

Expect...

You get away from all the crowds,

Walk alone and just for now...

Let the matters of love and life and such...

Go drifting with the clouds...

©8DaveWonder

13 Nov 2011, 10:20am

The Opposite of Love

Some people think

The opposite of love

Is hate...

That’s a big mistake;

When you’ve loved someone

With all your soul,

And poured everything

From your heart,

When you’ve loved-someone

So deeply from the start

And then love-leaves-you,

Like a soul-shattering-pain-of-glass

You’re hoping soon that-this-will-pass

Wondering how the hell

Did your wires-get-so-crossed?

The opposite of love

Is not hate at all

The opposite of Love

is

Loss…

©8DaveWonder

12 Nov 2011, 2:22pm

My Favorite 45

I remember holding that shiny vinyl
Like it was something magical for me
I’d put it on the record player
And conjure-up all that I could be

I’d hear the Beatles…
I’d hear the Stones…
But truly it was the magic
Where the heart-of-life ran through my bones

How did it work really?
How did this tiny disk do all that?
Each time the needle hit that 45
My body filled with joy right where I sat

Then one day they disappeared
Those special records all their own
I miss that good black-magic
And the way I felt at home

Then one day you came along
With music that turned my ear
I thought I’d never hear this magic
And when I did it brought a tear

When you said you loved me
Your words pierced into my heart
I keep playin’ you over and over
And never want to be apart

I can listen to you each day
It’s your love that makes me feel alive
Those tiny little records have come back to life,

And now you’re My Favorite 45...

©8DaveWonder

12 Nov 2011, 2:06pm

When My Heart is Falling

When I think it
I know exactly how I feel

When I say it
sometimes it sounds a bit unreal

When I look at you
I feel my skin begin to blush

When my heart is falling

I want to paint it with a brush...

When I hold you
My heart is pounding like the sea

When you whisper
I want to feel you next to me

When I kiss you
My blood begins to rush

When I love you

I want to paint it with a brush...

©8DaveWonder February 14, 2010

8 Nov 2011, 9:27am