Perspective with purpose

Moments to wish for
touches
glances
breaths

feelings to overcome
lies
urges
tests

dare to be present
feeling
living
breathing

to yield thoughts
judgments
bitterness
seething

age lends perspective
obscures
visions
pursuits
of haste

reminds of mortality
grandeur
purpose
nobility
laid waste

time renders all
intentions
shown false

desires
fade quickly
windows
to walls

chances to dream
then live
in this
state

glances back
gazing
why
did I wait

the artist
the dreamer
the boy
the man

the painting
the vision
the frolic
the plan

today
they blend
finally
become one

not so many
days left
to have joy
fun

each moment
to live
so deeply
a father

a teller
a giver
a pillar
a lover

steps to take
fully
whole
complete

the dream
to now
live

appears
at my
feet.

Frown with a tear

Tonight was a 
new place
for this heart 
to end up

facetime chat with a 
precious face
overflows
my cup

games and play
contests 
ridiculous joy
laughing

just watch me
she shrieks
Daddy roars
clapping

she's learned now
to text
found icons
emojis

sent
hearts and kisses
ice cream
candies

as our time came
down
to the end of
our night

she sent me
three last ones
that burned
in my sight

unlikely she knows
her father ponders
every moment
he misses

the moments at good night
he yearns
for sweet hugs 
cuddles
and kisses

feeling this heart
now crushed
with a memory
so clear

seeing her
last three emojis

a pensive face
a sad face
a frown
with a tear

Who is this man
this person
under
it all

the essense
indellible
forever
eternal

under the artist
actor
writer
lover
friend

what does it mean
where does it go
this life
in
the end

who survives
remembers
tells
feels

what heart
lips
touch
reveals

screen gives
but
a timid
brief
glimpse

page tells
yet
turns
fades
slips

memories
conversations
laughs
warmth
all grow
quiet
still

crowd
drifts
flowers
fade
earth
settles
until

all that
remains
lives
breathes
forever

the life
the blood
the voice
the love

of a father.

Perish the periphery

Where you are
now
here
with me

breathless
awake
looking
to see

old dreams
present
alive
breathing

new flesh
vibrant
flushed
reaching

strong locks fall
hinges creak
doors swung open
treasures
we seek

warm winds
rush
soft light
touches
gentle lips
brush
my heart
gushes

trembling
we graze
inhaling
we meet
meshing
we clutch
loving
we treat

all our past dreams
still alive
in our hearts

as new present passions
entwined lives
to now start

radiant
ready
waiting
to fill

reticent
no longer
eager
to spill

lavish loves
laughs
lifetimes
of kisses

volumes
libraries
eternities
of blisses

one simple step
over
one single line 

two pasts to one
new destiny
define

two loving hands
holding
mine
yours

two tender hearts
melting
together
pours
 
into all that is 
us
as you are given
you see

my heart
my eyes
my kiss

all
of
me