Poems From a Tender-Heart

By Matt Swegler

For most of my life I have been an intensely private person. It's hard to share anything about yourself until you have embraced your true heart. While my mother isn't currently on Earth with her family and loved ones she still exists in Heaven. Being that both of my paternal and maternal grandparents were dead before I was born her death in 2001 hit me very hard. It turns out this sorrow would change me in a way that I never expected. A God-given talent that was dormant in me was awakened after her death. While in the grieving process I wrote my first two poems that didn't belong in the trash. Yes, since those first two I have written many more. Like the first two, I have dedicated each of them to my mother in Heaven.

Even now I don't consider myself special...I'm just being me. Your blue eyes remind me of a clear blue sky. If someone said those words to me for most of my life I would have corrected them and told them my eyes are more like the ocean, but not because it's possible to drown in their beauty. On the contrary, if you stare into my blue eyes long enough you could drown in the loneliness and sorrow that you see in them. If someone wondered why is that I'd reply when U see my blue eyes you are seeing the state of my heart. My blue eyes are relaying one simple message and that is my kind-heart longs for a very special woman to enter my life. Except for the last handful of years I didn't allow anybody to look into my blue eyes unless it was absolutely necessary. The main reason for me doing this is because I didn't want anybody to see the loneliness and sorrow in them. That was reserved for me and even I didn't like to see it. Therefore, even though I'm considered a descent looking guy I wasn't that fond of looking into the mirror. Now, I don't mind standing in front of the mirror and or letting someone see my blue eyes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Matt Swegler
• Release date: Aug 16, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476073606

Matt Swegler

I'm simply a humble country boy who wants to share his God given talent with the world. Hopefully, at least a few people will take a chance on me. Anyhow, I would like to thank everyone beforehand who has decided to purchase one of my books since it means so very much to me. By the way, If you liked one of my books I would greatly appreciate it if you would please recommend it to everybody that you know.

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Poems From a Tender-Heart

Matt Swegler

Copyright 2011 Matt Swegler

Smashwords Edition

1. Blue-Eyed Country Boy

2. Why I Used to be Afraid of Girls

3. Embracing My True Heart

4. The Rainbow in my Heart

5. Ultra-Happiness

6. Once Upon a Time

7. What Lies Beneath the Surface

8. The Book of Love

9. The Burning Heart

10. The Quiet Guy

11. The Key

12. True Loves Touch

13. Our Saturday’s

14. Reflection

15. The Cry

16. The Ferris Wheel

17. The Greatest Super Hero of Them All

18. The Only Birthday Present my Heart Desires is to Spend the Day with U

19. The Most Stunning Woman in the World

20. The Knight and the Gorgeous Princess

21. El Shaddai

22. Lucifer

23. Smitten With U!

24. She Wore a Red Dress

25. Dreaming of You

26. My Home

27. Christmas Season

28. A Furry Sign from God

29. My Desert Rose

30. My Future Wife

31. Straw, Cocoa, Raven, and Ginger

32. Twas the Night Before I Received my Heart’s Desire

33. Fear

34. From the USA With Love

35. My Best Friend Forever

36. Hopelessness

37. My Beloved

38. Day Dream

39. My Heart’s Sorrow

40. Man’s Best Friend

41. Man’s Indifferent Friend

42. Your Eyes Are Brown and Mine are Blue

43. Thoughts of You

44. A Frightening Thought

45. Infatuation

46. Trick or Treat

47. The Christmas Tree

48. Valentine’s Day

49. Three Words

50. My Soul Mate’s Eyes

51. Flash Back

52. My Fantasy Girl

53. My Heart’s Inspiration

54. My Heart’s Treasure Quest

55. Our Holiday

56. The Vision That Halted my Tears

57. True Love’s Sign

58. Missing My Golden Hearted Lady

59. The Sweetest of the Sweets

60. Heart of a Poet

61. The Azure-Eyed Poet

62. Almost Paradise

63. Happily Ever After

64. The Prince with the Aquamarine Eyes

65. Wrestling With My Heart

66. Our Song

67. The Fairy Tale That Wasn’t

68. Her Heart

69. Our Wedding Day

70. Our Hearts’ are Tethered Together

71. My Secret Admirer

72. Infatuation’s Muse

73. Words so Sweet

74. Infatuation’s Fool

75. Diamond

76. Love’s Number

77. Wanted: Tender-hearted Lady

78. My Heart Calls Her Beauty

79. Love’s Heart Felt Trust

80. Our Lullaby

81. Three Close Calls

82. Reaching Out

83. Our Wings of Love

84. She Makes my Heart Smile

85. Our Beginning

86. My Heart Calls Her Precious

87. Love’s Window

88. One Woman Man

89. The Gift

90. Gorgeous

91. The Gentleman with the Lazuline Eyes

92. God Answered the Supplications of my Heart

93. Somebody in Ukraine Loves Me

94. Caught Off Guard

95. Sinister

96. Despair

97. Spared Once Again

98. A Majestic View

99. A Loftier Aim

100. Forever Spring

101. Fifteen Roses

102. January 7th

103. Heavenly Reminders

104. Future Tears

105. Something is Missing

106. Misunderstood

107. Healing

108. International Ladies Day

109. Mechanized Courage

110. Water Slide

111. Dessert Before Vegetables

112. Restless Inside

113. Sunshine

114. Woman’s Intuition

115. Gentlewoman

116. It’s Time to Live

117. Mamma’s Day

118. Dear Help Mate

119. No Isn’t Taboo

120. Sharing my Bed

121. Come to Me

122. Game Over

123. Princess

124. Time Machine

125. Smash

126. A Beneficial Poison?

127. Lingering Effects of Dissolution

128. In Demand

129. Unicorn

130. Essential Nutrient

131. Two-Player Game

132. Wicked

133. Silent Communication

134. My Dearest’s Vocation

135. Disrepair

136. Prelude To I Do

137. A Boy’s Oath

138. An Invisible Hand

139. Endangered

140. Ever Seeking

141. Esurient

142. Morning Stimulant

143. Alliance

144. More Than a Feeling

145. Living Doll

146. Anniversary of My Birth

147. Solitude

148. Secrets From Yesteryears

149. Inconsolable

150. Twenty-Six

Blue-Eyed Country Boy

Very seldom in my life have I ever thought of myself as unique.

Honestly, I would much prefer to be described as lowly and meek.

Many men since time began were born like me with eyes of blue.

So why in the world should my steel, blue eyes be unique to you?

By all means, I’m blessed and thankful to be a decent looking man.

Still, with my slim body, I certainly couldn’t be confused with Tarzan.

While my heart is tender other men possess heart’s just like mine.

So, how could any woman in the world see me and be on cloud nine?

When I close my blue eyes at night, I don’t have a harem in a dream world.

My only desire is to be extraordinary to one woman in this vast, big, world.

When I meet her, she’ll be my gorgeous princess with a beautiful heart.

I will be her romantic prince who loves and cherishes his Sweetheart.

Why I Used to be Afraid of Girls

When I was a very young boy, I had no interest in girls at all.

In fact, I preferred to be left alone so that I could play baseball.

Though most little boys in this world feel the same way as me

none of them were as petrified as little curly haired girls as thee.

Thus, I felt very uncomfortable when I was surrounded by them.

To be blunt, I felt more uncomfortable than a man condemned.

Though that might sound a bit harsh, I had compelling reasons.

While it’s true, some boys outgrow such feelings after many seasons.

But alas I never did so I became a hermit and when a girl came near me.

Well let's just say I was too shy to talk, but at least I didn't scream like a banshee.

Due to this I never really dated in school and was looked upon as quite strange.

Though I can't blame them for feeling this way, I still wasn't about to change.

Being that I was continually tormented inside by what that doctor did to me

and my mother's roller coaster emotional swings I would much instead flee.

Though after a while I was largely ignored by girls due to my severe timidity.

While my head believed that this was just great, my heart questioned the validity.

Even though it too had significantly suffered it still down deep inside craved affection.

While it’s true my head wanted this too, it was extremely scared of possible rejection.

So, it was comfortable with the status quo but never stopped searching for a way.

Sure, enough it presented itself once I had resolved some issues I wanted to play.

Perhaps that's not the correct word, but I was indeed ready at long last to try.

Being that I'm by all means not an ugly guy I still had to get past being a shy guy.

Which would not be a straightforward task since I had started this act from first grade,

but now that I had found the courage to be myself I hoped to avoid a blockade.

Now that I was more than ready to find my soul mate my past still haunts me

Even though at long last I was ready for love I just didn't know if it was to be.

Thankfully it was, but love was a terrible thing to find; thus, it doesn't come easy.

Of course, I don't believe in karma, but the entire time I searched my heartfelt queasy.

Thus, I couldn't help but wonder if I was of those who just may never find his soul mate.

Whatever occurs at least I can honestly proclaim that I'm no longer afraid of girls and or fate.

Embracing My True Heart

Fifteen years ago, today after my mother took her last breath and closed her brown eyes she was Heaven bound.

Sadness filled my heart to such an extent that I can say without hesitation never before have I felt such a deep, wound.

In the midst of the most enormous loss that I had ever experienced in my life an unexpected awakening occurred.

At that moment in the midst of sadness, I was ready to embrace my pure heart and could no longer be deterred.

Would this change of heart have happened if the most important woman in my life wasn’t now residing in Paradise?

Perhaps, but if her death didn’t occur when it did then my heart would have definitely paid a hefty price.

To me, one that would have undoubtedly devastated my heart for the rest of my lonely and unhappy life.

Suffice it to say without that hugely monumental event occurring I might have never met my future wife.

Thinking of this for merely a second or two is more than enough to make my heart very sad and blue eyes teary.

Thus, I’d like to think that My Heavenly Father took my mother away to so that my life wouldn’t be so dreary.

While her death brought intense sadness into my life, it’s precisely what I required to seek what my heart desired.

Of course, since I’m not omniscient and omnipresent I certainly have no idea whatsoever would have transpired.

Still, I’d like to believe that God The Father called my mother home so that I’d meet a very, beautiful, white dove.

After all, what else could a soft-hearted, man think when this tragedy opened the door for him to meet his true love.

The Rainbow in My Heart

The bow of vibrant colors that God put in the sky after Noah’s flood looks so majestic after a very, fierce storm.

Of course, everybody surely knows that it serves as a comforting reminder that the weather has returned to the norm.

Now, to a romantic heart that senses things in this wondrous world that others aren’t even aware that exist.

To it, the rainbow up high above has yet another purpose that the black-hearted in this world would just dismiss.

Nevertheless, a person who possesses a tender-heart remains undeterred and steadfast until the pot of gold has been found.

The stone-hearted people who live on this planet believe that this romantic gentleman’s brain is extremely unsound.

What the romantic heart seeks is infinitely more valuable than all of the precious jewels and metals that have even been unearthed.

Again, the cold-hearted scoffers would remark that this guy must have at one time in his life if not more fallen headfirst.

Gentleman, I assure all of you that I’m entirely lucid it’s just that to my romantic heart true love is the real pot of gold.

In retort, I should have known that this fellow couldn’t stay away from his fairy tale world he must have eaten some bread mold.

Sirs, think of me however you like, but the moment that a rainbow forms in my heart I will have found my beautiful dove.

To my heart, this is what happened when I felt an instant connection with U since U are without a doubt, my true love.

Ultra-Happiness

It’s nearly impossible to feel completely happy when your heart is sad.

While there was a sense of emptiness, my life was far from bad.

My heart just instinctively knew that something important was missing.

I longed to feel a deep connection, which can be expressed by kissing.

My heart longed for a passion that could be felt with a single, loving touch.

While my romantic heart was still a slumber, it longed for this so so much.

It fully awakened when I listened to my heart and just wrote what it felt.

Thinking about my life without an exceptional woman in it made my heart melt.

It felt like a snowman stranded in the middle of a scorching, hot desert.

My romantic heart full of so much love to give longed to end the hurt.

When I read a specific passage in Genesis, my head finally realized life needs to be shared.

Even with this eye-opening revelation, my head was so very scared.

Still, it knew that the kind-heart deserved to be so very content.

My heart was incredibly happy that the head was no longer in dissent.

Now my heart with the head’s blessing was free to seek it’s one and only.

Of course, that meant that at long last my heart would no longer be lonely.

How long it would take, I had no Earthly idea, but I longed for it to be fast.

However, no matter how many years it took my heart desires would remain steadfast.

It was indeed worth the incredibly long wait when God brought U into my life.

From that first moment, U entered my life I somehow knew you’d be my future wife.

Along the way, I have learned that with true love there is a feeling just short of joy.

That fantastic feeling for the rest of my life I’ll cherish and enjoy.

What I feel ever since U came into my life all throughout my body is ultra-happiness.

Without God bringing U into my life my heart would still be filled with immense, unhappiness.

Once Upon a Time

Tales that began with once upon a time inspire a little girl to dream about being a princess and meeting a handsome prince on his white steed.

Meanwhile, when a little boy hears a fairy tale, they fantasize about being the hero who fights the bad guy since that's indeed the warrior creed.

The little girl waits with bated breath as her handsome, fearless prince fights off horde after horde of enemies so that they can at last meet.

As for the young boy, he relishes every second that he's wielding his sword and or in hand to hand combat since he just loves to compete.

In the distance looking out a tiny window the little girl watches oh so very intently as her ultra-brave, prince defeats all of his foes.

Now that every bastion of evil has been vanquished and defeated the mighty and nearly unbeatable hero begins to noticeably slow.

The little girl's heartbeat suddenly begins to quicken since her handsome, seemingly invincible prince has started to move so very feebly.

While the warrior has a he-man physique, he's

Reviews for Poems From a Tender-Heart

[Karolina · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Quiet your mind and let yourself hear the soul speak: the sincerity and simplicity of genius.