MY BEAUTIFUL ASSISTANT

SOME DAYS I GET WRITER’S BLOCK

IT SEEMS LIKE THE WORDS GET OLDER AND COLDER

THEN I LOOK AT MY ASSISTANT’S BEAUTIFUL EYES

RIGHT TO MY LEFT, OVER MY LEFT SHOULDER

I THINK IN A PAST LIFE SHE WAS QUEEN OF THE NILE 

I COULD SEE ALL OF EGYPT IN HER BEAUTIFUL SMILE

IT’S TRUE WHEN THEY SAY

BEAUTY CAN OPEN UP DOORS

ONE LOOK INTO MY BEAUTIFUL ASSISTANT’S EYES

AND THEN YOU GET THE FEELING LIKE THE WORLD IS YOURS

TIME AFTER TIME I SIT AND WRITE WITH MY FRIEND

THE BEAUTIFUL WORDS OF POETRY

AS BEAUTIFUL AS MY ASSISTANT

AND THE WISDOM AND SMOOTHNESS OF HER PEN

ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY OR AN INSTANT

BEAUTY TAKES TIME TO DEVELOP, JUST LIKEN MY BEAUTIFUL ASSISTANT

SOME THINGS YOU JUST CAN’T BUY

I RUMINATE ABOUT YOU AND I ALL THE TIME

MY MOTIVES ARE OSTENTATIOUS

STRAIGHT FROM THIS HEART OF MINE

I AM MAUDLIN WHEN IT COMES TO YOU

THE PROCESS OF WRITING YOU COULD NEVER BE RIGMAROLE

THE WORDS JUST FLOW AND COME RIGHT OUT FROM MY SOUL

WOULD NEVER TRY TO ESCHEW YOU

TO THINK OF YOU GIVES ME HYLCYON FEELINGS

IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO GET ME THROUGH

I HOPE YOU THINK I’M A WINSOME TYPE OF GUY

MY FEELINGS FOR YOU RUN THROUGH MY VEINS EFFLUENTLY

STRAIGHT FROM MY HEART

SOME THINGS YOU JUST CAN’T BUY

“IT’S NOT THAT BAD”

THERE’S SOMETHING IN LIFE I’VE ALWAYS FEARED

FOR PRESUMPTUOUS REASONS

LIVING FROM A WHEELCHAIR

WITHOUT FOOTBALL FOR LIFE

I FELT I JUST COULDN’T COPE

BUT NOW I KNOW

WHERE THERE’S A WILL IN LIFE

YOU CAN FIND HOPE

I FOUND THAT IN MY LIFE I CAN WIN

EVEN FROM A WHEELCHAIR

I OWE A GREAT DEAL OF GRATITUDE

TO THE FACILITY THAT I’M IN

BEING STRAIGHT TO THE POINT

NOT BE TOO DRAMATIC OR OVER EXAGGERATE

UNIVERSAL INSTITUTE MEANS GREAT

I’VE LEARNED NOT TO THINK ABOUT THINGS IN MY LIFE I USED TO HAVE

TO MAKE IT EASIER ON MY MIND

BECAUSE LIVING FROM A WHEELCHAIR IS NOT THAT BAD

UNTIL I CAN SEE YOU

THROUGH ALL THE DARKNESS I’M COMPLETELY BLIND

I HAVE NOTHING BUT MEMORIES TO EASE MY MIND

HOPING ONE DAY YOU I WILL FIND

MEMORIES OF YOU KEEP MY MIND PONDERING

I HAVE TO SEE YOU AGAIN TO STOP ME FROM ALL THIS WONDERING

JUST THE THOUGHT OF YOU BRINGS TO MY FACE A VERY BIG SMILE

YOUR BEAUTY MAKES ME WONDER

IN YOUR PAST LIFE YOU WERE THE QUEEN OF EGYPT

OR SHOULD I SAY THE QUEEN OF THE NILE

LIFE WITHOUT YOU MAKES ME FEEL SORT OF ENTRAPPED

OR IT’S LIKE I’M CONFINED

TO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR BEAUTY I HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY BLIND

NOTHING BUT BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES TO GET ME THROUGH

THAT WILL HAVE TO HOLD ME OVER

UNTIL I CAN SEE YOU

A STRANGER TO ME AFTERALL

A STRANGER TO ME

APPROXIMATELY FROM WHAT YOU SHOW ME

YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PERSONALITY

WE NEVER BUMP HEADS OR COLLIDE

YOU CARRY YOURSELF WITH A LOT OF CHARISMA AND PRIDE

I CONSIDER YOU A VERY GOOD FRIEND

WHO IS VERY GENEROUS AND CONSIDERATE

BUT A PERSONALITY THAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL

IT'S CONTAGIOUS AND TRANSENDS

IT'S HARD TO BE AROUND YOU AND NOT GET HYPNOTIZED

SO I TRY NOT TO STARE INTO THOSE BIG BEAUTIFUL EYES

AS THE SEASONS TURN FROM WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER, INTO FALL

I'M GLAD YOU'RE MY FRIEND

YOU'RE NOT A STRANGER AFTERALL

Watching from afar

It’s hard to not let the feelings show

You were always somebody I wanted to get to know

Somehow I’m so glad

I waited to take a chance to get better acquainted

Your beauty exceeds all limitations

Every time I look in your direction

I feel overwhelming sensations

I have to learn to separate my feelings inside

They all bottle up

Then they all start to collide

I hope I’m not wishing too much and it really can’t be

Maybe I’ll have to come back to earth; Back to reality

I guess my feelings have to stay open

I’ll try to bottle them up and keep them on a shelf

In a little jar

But until then I’ll be wishing and waiting

And watching you from afar

To the human eye                                                   

What we have is very complicated

But the type of love we have can never be jaded

It’s no doubt even if we’re the only two that can comprehend

Our feelings are on the straight and narrow; We have a love that’s real

Cupid’s arrow just won’t bend

We’ve always been there for each other- Physically as well as mentally

At times, when I needed a friend you were always there for me

Sure people can say they’ve been together with their spouse longer

But I’ll tell you what

You’ll never find another love that’s stronger

Over the years, we’ve been through a lot of changes

Everything happened the way it was supposed to, I would never want to re-arrange it

True love can never be prolonged

Because no matter what situation you’re in

It just goes on and on and on

Old folks may look at what you and I have together and criticize

But they can never criticize our love

Even though its very complicated to the human eye