'Behind Your Door' & 'Always'

Behind Your Door

Each night, in silent splendor,

I see you shut your door

And for a span of hours

The world sees you no more;

No more will you enrapture

Each crowded city street,

No eye will watch you passing,

No heart will miss a beat.

Only your door will witness,

Only your lamp will see

And together praise your beauty,

Each night unfailingly.

While I, in silent longing,

Will gaze upon your door

And fear that dread day dawning

When I’ll see you no more.

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Always

In exquisite abandon

I feast my eyes on you;

Your skin of golden honey,

Your eyes of boundless blue.

In curves of sweet proportion

And lines of pure delight

You glow with burning passion

Though locked in deepest night.

O rich and subtle beauty,

Articulate and true;

In lust and admiration

I write these lines to you

And in some quiet moment,

With soul and spirit free

Pour yourself a bourbon,

Lie back and think of me.