(Rainfall Paradise)

wild wind in the rain

tossed and turned

outside my first apartment


a kiss, drops running down
my face is cold but held tight


I want to remember you like this
Our first rain kiss
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the ocean crashes like soft mountains tumbling
tumbling down beneath our cliffs
we look over mother Earth
and breathe in the salt of God


Point Lobos echoes
with our footsteps
birds call


I want to remember you like this
Our honeymoon return
Carmel
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Every time I try
to open up a little bit more
I feel the world welling up inside
I feel your arms around me
and I am home
I never want to leave
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the sunlight plays across the wall
flickers between leaves
the ducks laugh and air is full
of light
of fairy dust
floating up


Our place together
is where we made family whole
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Every time I try
to open up a little bit more
I feel the world welling up inside
I feel your arms around me
and I am home
I never want to leave
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ever since I saw your face
in the Caffeine Den Open Mic group
my heart has been on fire
I knew then I have to make this count
I know now that I have to make this count
I can't live without you
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Every time I try
to open up a little bit more
I feel the world welling up inside
I feel your arms around me
and I am home
I never want to leave

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Donald and Nikki Anderson. Our wedding day, Saturday September 13th, 2014...