To Love

To love … I give my heart and soul
In places where I lose control
That space in life that leaves me whole
To love … I give my energy
My hopes, my dreams, my destiny
It sets me free in fantasy
To love … my broken heart is yours
Those times when you have closed the doors
To happiness that was in store
To love … whose virtues I’ll defend
As seasons change and heartache ends
I know I’ll live to love again

© 2000 Jane VanDoe

To Death

To Death… A toast in tainted wine
Let glasses ring its somber chime
As shadows cast its name in black
To Death we walk… with no path back

To Death… whose fame has spanned the ages
Only love has penned more pages
Only time outlives its quill
To Death … To Death ‘till all is still

To Death… and to its secret kept
While all that live have stood and wept
To Death… and to its final kiss
I give a life… I shall not miss

© JVD 1993