||||Paints With Words

Lines that etch your gentle face
the comfort of your warm embrace
the out pour of your total devotion
uninhibited honest emotion.
These cherished things
inspire my heart to sing
a melody of love.

The strength of character you display
providing protection every way.
Giving support in all I achieve
approval glances on a quiet eve.
These cherished things
inspire my heart to sing
a melody of love.

The twinkle in your smiling eyes
a whisper of awakening sighs
sensual stirring the morning after
teasing kisses and hearty laughter.
These cherished things
inspire my heart to sing
a melody of love.

Outpour of comfort when things are amiss
a heart overflowing with romantic bliss.
Your quiet resolve when we disagree
to end the argument peacefully.
These cherished things
inspire my heart to sing
a melody of love.

In a twinkling life for me had changed
all the colors rearranged
love’s profusion, passion’s heat
I’m overflowing, at last complete.
These cherished things
inspire my heart to sing
a melody of love.

With implicit trust I give my all
no doubt or fear, there are no walls.
Each day my love grows deep and strong
love that endures a lifetime long
These cherished things
inspire my heart to sing
a melody of love

Lyrics © Dorianna 201o

Music © Evan Paul 2010

This sonnet is now a musical composition as a result of a collaboration between myself, the creative and talented musician Evan Paul Kozaris and the a new singing sensation Stephanie Matos.  Listen to the musical production of Melody of Love above.

Side note: If you desire a personal recording of Melody of Love you can visit Evan Paul’s music site by clicking his name  Evan Paul Kozaris, where the song can be downloaded for $1.00

you were a champion of spunk
my companion..my joy
unconditional love
always at the door
a joyous tail wagging greeting
we traveled the country
from the east to the west
climbing boulders..walking beaches
exploring mountain trails
barely escaped the Javelina
because of your excited bark

6 pounds of tireless energy
right up til the end
fearless against your peers
five times your size
each new crazy adventure
you were an explorer
sniffing out the trail
settling right in like a pioneer
 never a bother
you were my daily cheer

16 years we were a team
I have to admit
life is a little boring
since your departure
you antics..full of personality
we fit perfectly
right from the start
you owned my heart
you will always be a part
of my memories..of my soul

©Dorianna 5/15/13

there is a river
flows deep & wide
this river is love
where truth resides
and lies cannot hide
vulnerability is strength
trust rules as king
purity of heart
what one must bring

until you brushed
my undernourished lips
with the honesty
of your honeyed kiss
that touched my soul
I’ve been afraid
would dare not wade
in the healing river
I’m now submerged

©Dorianna 4/26/13

golden leaves dancing
to earth in the fall
storm’s end in a rainbow
experienced in awe
blazing sunset paints
an ocean in gold
miraculous beauty
the eye to behold

scent of a flower
in full bloom of spring
a morning choir
song birds on wing
whispered ‘I love you’
an embrace for good measure
abundance of love
overflowing its treasure

baby animals frolic
in Mother Nature’s wild
gurgles of joy gushing
from an infant child
kiss from a lover
ease the day’s strife
unmatchable treasure
the beauty of life

©Dorianna 4/24/13

I write
therefore I exist

I am the voice of the elders
inspired by those who have gone before
I write of truth and expose fallacy
secrets whispered in the wind
or carried on wings of prophetic messengers

I paint my emotions with words
least the weight of those feelings
would crush my soul
writing the love songs
of lovers past and present
I compose the requiem
of broken hearts and shattered dreams

I etch the warnings on stone tablets
condemnation to my conscience
that my words may heal my errors
to restore my hope in a new day dawning

my words are the mirror
that reflects life
and my relationship to all things living
my words acknowledge who I am

I write
therefore I exist

© Dorianna 2013 All rights reserved

 you cross my mind
at the intersection
of decision and indecision
waiting for the light to change

Sitting at the yellow pause
contemplating me and you
not use to so much affection
frozen intentions ~ what to do

wondering will I stop
putting up a red light
building walls to keep you out
is that my decided plight

shall I run into your arms
flash the green let love grow
or sit at this intersection
pondering which way to go

must make a decision
before I’m thrown off course
love does not wait forever
this intersection will be crossed

© Dorianna 2013

I was created
the other half of you
destined to fill the hole
in your soul
to replace the missing part
in my heart
to complete you
by completing me

a harmonious union
we were two imperfect souls
the missing links
now connected
the puzzle solved
the answers reached
two souls evolved
perfected love
is now complete

© Dorianna 2013

Dance with me darling
to the melody of the Butterfly Waltz
an angelic tune played on the ivories
by delicate whispers of butterfly wings
spreading the arrow of cupid’s bow

myriad of angels raised voices do sing
tidings of love carried on wings
romance of hearts twixt you and me
spreading the magic of angelic love
blessed wedding our eternal destiny

© Dorianna 2013

I dance in the field
where last we lay together
nestled in the bed of velvet green
scent of wildflowers awakening desire

wild as the wind we were
stealing kisses and passionate caresses
in the sweet indulgence of Eros
dancing thru grasses tall, once more

I feel the warmth of your embrace
the magic of your tender kiss
remains a sweet taste upon my lips
bathing in the memory of you

© Dorianna 2013

I whisper your name
in the ache of midnight
spelling each letter
with the tears of heartbreak

© Dorianna 2012