Gay Love & Romance

What is a tear but a drop of fear? Salty like the ocean Sweet like an emotion Dreams roll down in streams Teardrops & wet spots Sometimes they break your heart On the window teardrops are real Accuse me of acting how I feel They won't take it back I've said things that recriminate The ideas I disseminate In defiance of compliance Not one decision do I regret  Our gay love is a fact Teardrops water the lawn Long after you're gone Droplets rain down unthrottled In puddles & bottles A tear is filled with fear A sob is a mascara smear Teardrops & wet spots  They flood the heart With oceans of false notions Teardrops in every beer Salt on the edge of every glass  Sometimes they break your heart Teardrops & Wet Spots.

You're having an emotional crisis because you haven't been laid in so long. Impulsively & without telling anyone, you go to Fire Island for the weekend in the off-season. You plan to have a gay affair. Not just sex. First stop. The Meat Rack, a super cruisy stretch of beach. You're cruised, drugged & mugged in broad daylight. Through mental fog, you witness a murder. You run. Later you have that affair. Your lover's best friend is the killer. He calls you a coward. That strikes a nerve. They tie you up. Nobody is coming to help you. If there's a drop of courage in your soul, now's the time to find it. Last Ferry on Tubi. Gay thriller rated TV-MA.

If I could make you love me I would. But I'm not that good I can turn a frown into a smile Reverse the flow of the River Nile Force the clock to tick-tock backwards Compel the rain to fall upwards I can be in 2 places at once Take a risk and a chance If only I could make you love me But that's up to you  I can build the tallest tower Fertilize the sweetest flower Mesmerize the masses with truth Tell a tall tale impossibly huge Coax the heart to go pitter-patter Convince the mind that you really matter I can catch the biggest fish Yet I have only one little wish I can calm the 7 seas Or rip a wrinkle in reality So powerful am I. But under scrutiny Also foolish & somewhat puny If I could make you love me I would. I guess I can try again. (3/30/2024. Gay Love & Romance) Theme Song for this Poem I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - 1968 The Supremes & The Temptations

I'm not ashamed Of what I did last night Or how I feel right now How you rocked my world I'm not ashamed The morning after a night of laughter You reached around on the couch What you found was so far out I felt the wow! but no guilt The hardest rock where heart is built There was no walk of shame Only a drive of pride I'm not ashamed at home alone Or in a crowd of throngs My thoughts are private They concern the thong I found on the floorboard -- Hello. It's me. I had a great time. Are you okay? I found something in my truck. Your thong. Yeah. I can keep it? I was hoping to use it as an excuse to see you again. I mean. Next weekend ? It's a date. -- 🎵 I'm not ashamed of what we did last night. The day after a night of laughter. How I feel about you. I'm not ashamed. I'm not ashamed 🎵

I wake up with a smile Inside a brand-new vibe Something so bright can't hide What's wonderful & right Another 4-letter word L-O-V-E Forbidden but understood implicitly It's hidden. The heart is cloudy Then I realize you really do love me My old smile has a new vibe I wake up. You're on my mind By my side a rising tide Your sleepy eyes are flowers & wine My face awakes with a grin Same one I went to bed with I whisper sweet-nothings for the win Every bit is true. Not a myth A new vibe revives an old smile Your secret name is a 4-letter word L-O-V-E Something so hot can't hide Love & romance My heart shines bright All because of last night An old smile has a new vibe. (3/30/2024. Gay Love & Romance) Theme Song for this Poem L-O-V-E (LOVE) -- Al Green 1975

8/17/2022. When you've already written a poem to describe the moment.

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What says my heart today? Get out of the way Careening into a quagmire of desire My pickup is topped off Your company is enough Let's journey to a solar eclipse Under which I will kiss your lips Precisely we know the time & place But our lives are subject to fate We have backup spots arranged In case of clouds or rain I will read in the darkness A home-made poem of happiness -- All the bad times we ever had We held each other's hand When happy heart turned sour All of a sudden. I was your lighthouse Beacon of lovin'. Good times & sunshine Give it a minute. I was a meteorologist Now look at us  Kissing on the lips under a solar eclipse  In darkness & happiness You're the one I love -- ************* Theme Song for this Poem The One -- Terri Clark

Another misty morning in paradise Remember long ago I rolled the dice Took a chance. You came through I'm sitting next to an open window Coffee & pleasant thoughts of you Another minute goes by smooth Another revelation of truth I'm lounging here all alone But I don't feel the loneliness In the past or the future We made plans to expand The only love that would ever last Another week deeper in romance Risky warnings are ignored They cried Wolf so often before My fears spoke through habits No love was good enough They all up & left Oh shut up your whining Another risk I take in paradise An open window I roll the dice We got plans for the future Coffee & Pleasant Thoughts together.

Nothing is what I was doing Minding my own business Thinking my own thoughts Suddenly an apparition Enters into my heart Dream or vision? I speak without precision My mind's eyes visualize They kiss without alibi Without looking either way  I grab you tight in the day Light of knowing true love Even when it's far away You're what I'm thinking of Suddenly kissing in a day-dream Makes my body start to steam Nothing is what I was doing Minding my own thoughts Suddenly You're In My Heart. ************* Theme Song for this Poem Welcome To My Heart -- Backstreet Boys

I'm looking out the window Of my apartment You motion I should meet you In the basement I signal -- Call me You shrug -- No phone You point to your heart To your mouth. To the basement I think that means You have something to tell me Down I go. Face to face What is it? A kiss & a note card You'll be late for work You can't come up. But you want to Another kiss & some fooling around Then off you go. I read the card -- Apology If Ever I hurt your feelings by accident And you don't say anything Will make it up to you after work Feelings is all we have You're my Forever Love --

You come out of the closet at age 30. In song you apologize for being a jerk to all your ex-boyfriends before you fully accepted yourself as gay.

I loved it. The sibling rivalry between Alex & his HALF sister. When they stumble on the money, Alex & Richard have a "Trump" party. They shower themselves in cash. Drunk on greed & wine, they pass out on the floor spooning. Until half-sister bangs on the front door bright & early.  Such Good People on Tubi. Comedy. Normal gay married couple living their fabulous lives together. No coming out. No gay trauma. Just gay characters.

Let your mind rest for a while Thoughts are racing to nowhere fast They keep you awake. Slow down Focus on just one to relax The only Love that would ever last Standing the test of time My mind is exhausted The heart is rejuvenated By your delightful smile My fountain of youth Since you placed focus on me My pen unloads a mountain of truth Let your mind rest Easy in my arms confess I'm not your first or the last Rest your fears on my pillow Time convinced us both Love is propping us up So many chances we lost Subtract it all & what's left?  Ours is The Only Love That Would Ever Last.

Neither one of us is perfect Let's have lunch. Talk about stuff Take a walk around the park Again with loops & circles Both of us are searching For what? Day & night every minute Comfort knowing you have limits You speak to me like no one else You hurt my feelings by accident And that breaks your heart Both of us have doubt Neither one is perfect Either one could walk out At anytime You might meet someone I may never see you again Either one might fall out of love What we're so afraid of So both of us make the effort Neither one is perfect Hand-in-hand. Loops & circles. (3/23/2024. Gay Love & Romance) Theme Song for this Poem -- One Direction -- 🎵 If you like to do the things you know that we shouldn’t do Then baby, I'm perfect Baby, I'm perfect for you 🎶

Your boyfriend brings home a "stray cat". He comes between you two figuratively & literally. Fun is over. He is asked to leave. Feeling like you were once the stray cat, you break up after he leads you on about a trip together. He backs out. You're the last to know. You travel alone. Yet somehow your relationship has grown stronger.  I hope they get back together after the journey quest. It reminded me of last summer. I traveled to Rehoboth Beach for a few days somewhere gay. My boyfriend couldn't go & lost his phone while I was there. Still I had a great time. I got it out of my system. And while apart, we grew closer.

I'm not single When you said I was That hurt my feelings Thought we were a gay couple Complicated & confused Long-term on the down-low For 20 years so it goes  I see what you could have meant I have so much free time Your wife & children consume yours Financially I live alone independently But think about it Why didn't I move to Florida or Nags Head? Because you asked me to stay To keep seeing you on the regular  You promise to make it so good I don't stray You're the only reason I'm here Are you love-shaming me? Like I was family-shaming you I was jealous I wanted to spend more time with you Today you felt guilty You have less time to give to me So you minimize our love I'm not single I haven't been since I committed to gay monogamy A long time ago  You are my pretend wife My true love Away for long stretches Tending to other loved ones You love me too I'm inspired. You're my muse Embrace & trust what we have  I'm not single We are a...

Words on a screen Echoes & shadows of you & me Thoughts & dreams All speech is rhetoric My love is optimistic And real as concrete It massages your tender feet Like notes of soft music Calm the savage bear Just enough for dinner Dress me up. Take me somewhere Verses in a poem Rhyme & rhythm uneasy alliance Smeared all over the octave The thrill is high octane Your eyes back-fire My hands express desire I will shut up now Dim the lights. Pull the shades Let the music play Duet of Love & Romance 2 steps in circles we dance The heart has found a home Thoughts & dreams of you & me In this free-style poem Feel free to fall in love. (3/22/2024. Gay Love & Romance) Theme Song for this Poem Let The Music Play 1983 🎶 You won't get away 🎶

You (Paul Rudd) don't have any guy friends. You place an ad for a platonic bro friend to hang out with. Your gay brother tries to help you. Everybody feels sorry for you. Including you. They don't trust your new bro friend when he borrows money. You think it's over. No more friend for you. Then he shows up at your wedding. Your fiancée invited him. He used the money to buy billboards advertising you as a realtor. Your slumping career turns around. Plus he pays you back. Sometimes people are trustworthy. Sometimes a friend is just a friend. Just what everyone needs.