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Michael Meyerkopf
Completely - In Love - With You - Forever
As much as time defines a day
As much as words defines a say
As much as land defines a bay
I love you in most every way
Completely
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So young were we this girl and man
So young were we and best did plan
So young were we though time has span
And still I am where we began
In Love
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Life could change what we can see
Life could change what we can be
Life could change and stop the we
But joy’s defined at least for me
With you
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We’ve made it now through all the fears
We’ve made it now through all the tears
We’ve made it now and it is clear
That on we’ll go and count each year
Forever
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
Now and Again
Now and again we take the time
To look back far and wonder
Can we now restart the rhyme?
Is this a dream we’re under?
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The stars have been there since we two
And will for years arranging
On and on like me and you
Different, yet still unchanging
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Our life together grows and grows
With both sweet and sorrow
You can’t guess and I don’t know
What will come tomorrow
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All I know is that with you
My chance for sweet is grand
If sorrow comes I’m one of few
Who’s not alone to stand
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But when sweet comes as often does
It’s joy so fills my heart
With you my love as always was
Beside me from the start
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
They Two They Too
As two we were a perfect pair
And as that goes I’m not aware
Of a way we both could share
At least until they too were there
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They two I say with settled mind
Are not the same yet of a kind
When both will look they both will find
That towards the front is what’s behind
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As time itself tells of the past
Why joy itself can only last
As long as you respect the vast
Experience that helps to cast
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Tomorrow in a different light
Though some may squirm and others fight
But find again what’s often right
That each to own self’s true delight
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So from the perfect pair I say
To the two along the way
Respect the past most every day
But do your own thing as you may
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
The River
It takes some time the river does
To get from end to end
Back and forth and side to side
On and on from bend to bend
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Between each bend is life itself
Each span is held within
We may not know just where we’ll go
We can know where we’ve been
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By looking back we all can see
How beautiful it was
And learning more of who we are
Is easy now because
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We can take note of what has been
And where we all came from
And though we move on down the way
It is from here we’ve come
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And so the river flows on towards
Its end as it will be
On and on around each bend
Until it finds the sea
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
New
Once upon a time they say
As often’s gone to press
That things were better in the day
What’s now is now, but less
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But I’m not sure if all that’s true
As I have seen it be
I would not trade this time with you
For all that I could see
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It is with you that I am me
As if somehow reborn
It’s here and now I want to be
What’s past is past and gone
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
Mom
Dreams are made from hopes or fears
From things that we can see
They show us what’s already come
Not often what’s to be
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It takes the dreamer, friend or foe
To make the dream come true
So Mom it makes us really proud
To give this dream to you
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You always dreamed to visit here
To view the sands and sea
You asked us that last time with you
Now forever here you’ll be
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
Once More … with feeling
So many years yet seem so few
Could you say now that then you knew?
That we’d be here in love this way
That I’d be here with you today
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So many years since river’s edge
I said it then and I still pledge
To love you more and more each day
And show you in a hundred ways
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This one small token means so much
Because you don’t put stock in such
It’s that you know for me it’s true
The joy I get to give to you
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
Through The Years
Love is not what people say
It’s not a subject of a play
It’s not a wonder to behold
It’s not a story often told
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It’s not a feeling deep inside
It’s not a smile you cannot hide
It’s not a faithful loyal task
It’s not a question that’s not asked
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It is not measured by money spent
Or by what is or isn’t lent
It is by time alone you see
It is by you with always me
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
Once So True
If you listen to my heart
As it's done right from the start
It speaks of love for only you
A love that is and will be true
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What once was true is still yet so
And now is more true even though
The years have passed and we have grown
My heart is still for you alone
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And so I take this time with you
To let you know what still is true
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I love you more and more each day
And though it seems quite trite to say
I’ll always love you, I think you know
It still feels right to say it though
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
Choices
Choices made so often fade
And reasons soon forgotten
But I in life have what is right
And often wrapped in cotton
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Emotions also fade with time
If allowed to can be still
But I cannot exist without
What others often will
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Why they will I am not sure
It easy is to see
To keep it fresh requires less
Or more if it should be
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All I know is that I am
As how I need to be
And you are you or something else
But always you and me
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
From River’s Edge
With this ring to thee I wed
I say again what once was said
To love you more and more until
The very day my breath is still
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A promise is just words they say
It takes much more to show
So I’ll be here day after day
And then you’ll truly know
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You are my sun, my stars, my light
You are my earth, my soul, my life
I love you now as times before
From river’s edge, forever more
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Forever more, forever more
Are only words that’s true
From river’s edge and shore to shore
I make theses vows to you
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I’ll be here for you every day
I’ll try hard to respect
From river’s edge to parts unknown
To cherish and protect
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From river’s edge to parts unknown
From river’s edge and shore to shore
From river’s edge, forever more
From river’s edge, forever more
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
31 Years
Today is special not because
It’s been so many years
It’s not because some time has past
Just why because is clear
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I Love You So
The trees outside tell of the season
But still I am not sure
The way I feel belies good reason
If you step outside the door
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The ground is white the trees are bare
But me inside am not aware
Of cold foretold by what I see
Though it should be plain to even me
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Yet all I feel is warmth abound
No matter what is on the ground
My heart is filled with love for you
That’s all I know is truly true
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For what I see could be illusion
How am I to tell?
Each will draw their own conclusion
Though many times not well
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So trust your heart as I will mine
And tell me what you feel
“I love you so” is not a line
It’s the only thing that’s real
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
10 Years from Now
Did I just hear 60?
Now how can that be?
You’re only a few years
Older than me
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Was it 10 Years ago
I wrote you that song
10 years ago, Really
It can’t be that long
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But I’m sure I heard 60
So I guess that it’s true
Just how many years younger
Am I than you?
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Our kids are all grown
And now off on their own
But look at our hair
It’s mostly still there
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Enough of what’s past
Let’s all look ahead
So 10 years from now
What will be said?
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Will it be about fishing
Or golfing or such
With David most likely
I’d say -- Not so much
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More likely about vineyards
Or maybe the beach
As long as the dollars
Keep both within reach
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Or maybe about grand kids
One just never knows
It’s Lindsey and Evan
That’ll say how that goes
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And Livia will just be
Hitting her prime
I’d start now at the gym
To be ready on time
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I’m sure you’ll look back
If the fates will allow
And say what a great life
I’ve had up till now
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It’ll only get better
And better you see
At least if you’re smart
And just listen to me
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What makes life worth living
Is all in plain sight
Your friends that have gathered
And come here tonight
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To wish you the best
And tell you they care
And say that in 10 years
They hope to be there
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The things you should cherish
Of things big or small
Is not money or fame
But this most of all
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So David we love you
And this I avow
To be back to celebrate
10 Years from now
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
31 Years (reprised)
Today is special not because
It’s been so many years
It’s not because some time has past
Just why because is clear
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In all my life I never felt
As when you are with me
You said it just the other day
You make me feel care free
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You make me feel so safe, it’s strange
As I know of things to fear
It’s just that knowing having you
Is why I know it clear
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I try so hard to let you know
Although these words are weak
I write them down for you to see
And less of me to speak
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So thank you for the love you give
And thank you for these rhymes
But I must say that most of all
I’m thankful for your time
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
Sunny Day
There is no more to say to you
Than I’ve already said
And yet opposed it’s not enough
As what I feel instead
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And then I pause and think again
That’s not entirely true
I know you know just how I feel
It’s what I love with you
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Perfect I’m not as you have said
It’s me you think of though
So thank you for just being you
To let me love you so
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The sunny day with all around
So glad was I to see
You sitting there so soft and sound
And looking back at me
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
Happily Ever After
Once upon a time is said
To tell how it begins
It was so very long ago
They started out as friends
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Their lives’ path flowed together through
Stables, roommates … kennels too
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Though not so common, as some tales do
What started as a friendship grew
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It’s hard to know just what will be
In the story’s final chapter
But in the end I’m sure they’ll say …
And they lived happily ever after
Where Are We Now
What have we made
In Miami Dade
Where were you then
When time was in
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What have we lost
At what a cost
When a neighbor’s friend
Could be your end
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Can you still say
Hello today
I can’t help feel
That it’s not real
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Where are we now
Do we know how
To find the truth
And sell the proof
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I am not sure
I know the cure
But all must fight
For what is right
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And for each lie
Ask who or why
Or when or where
Or how, be there
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How will we know
If we should go
Or should we stay
Another day
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Is it too late
To stop the hate
Please tell them no
Don’t let them go
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
By Morning Light
As I have seen by morning light
What’s often hidden by the night
We dream as well by what we’ve done
And more and more by what’s to come
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I see in you much more than sight
For all is you and you are life
And if I even can describe
I am not sure but sure I’ll try
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The feelings that I get when you
Lie with me and we are two
Can’t be said with words today
But there’s tomorrow, another day
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Not sure another day will help
To say and say just what I felt
To lie with you our heads to sleep
But all I know is what I’d keep
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I’d keep with you till all is done
I tell you now you are my one
Not sure that says what’s all to say
It might just wait another day
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Tomorrow I will be with you
I know that that is nothing new
I know what is to be will be
And by the morning light I’ll see
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
Latest Poems
Lady from Jersey
There once was a lady from Jersey
Whose whole world went all topsy turvy
She met a young man
Who hadn’t a plan
But is now trying to be all out doorsey
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
Lady from Boston
There once was a lady from Boston
Whose world I was randomly tossed in
She still seems to care
And is always aware
Of whatever problem I’m lost in
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
As I see Now
Looking back, is what I said
Is still a way, to look ahead
I see a way ahead, and how
To see and be, as I see now
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For what I see, is future past
How it will be, and be at last
And as I look, ahead I see
How I can be, the only me
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For I have not been, someone else
Unless we don’t count, me myself
For I myself, I have not been
Unless we count, now and again
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I feel myself, again you see
To be the one, and only me
That other guy, is not at home
I feel myself, at last alone
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But not alone, at all with you
To thank you now, is nothing new
Because of you, I am today
And hope that I can, stay that way
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As I see now, of what you said
It all resides up, in my head
I can control, how it will be
I have the strength, as now I see
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf
This
I love you for much more than this
Though this you will agree
Is not so bad though I admit
Not everyone can see
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Can see what I see every day
It's so much more than this
Though this again I have to say
Is high upon the list
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But not because as you may think
For reasons cast in sin
But because it frames you so
And shows you from within
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From deep inside and all throughout
From all that you would do
And I just want to scream and shout
When ever I'm with you
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But not because you look like you
But as I've said of this
It just shows truly who you are
Top upon my list
© Copyright 2000 - 2017 Michael Meyerkopf