44 Lyrics from a Kindred Spirit of Love’s Redemption In Repetition

By Henry L. Coakley II

In this first collection from Henry Coakley, discover 44 lyric poems written in homage to the theme of love. Some poems are written in couplets or stanzas; others are written in prose style. Coakley incorporates rhythm and imagery with a range of content, but it all comes back to love as can be seen in the poem “Cana:” Cana be the one? Cana enjoy you smiling and laughing as we’re having fun? Cana hold you? Cana console you? Cana love you? Cana woo you to the point that the L word has more meaning? Cana feel your touch that I crave so much? Cana see you daily as the highlight, like needed sunlight in my day? Cana be the one to listen to your heart on a part of each day as it syncs to mine?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
• Release date: Jan 16, 2018
• ISBN: 9781483468334

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Introduction

Hello. At the onset, I ask permission to take your mind on a journey. I do hope the travels bear sweet fruit at various places throughout the spells of this odyssey. Also, welcome to minutes of moments from my life that I have the fortune of sharing in this collection.

Note:

Just one in play can rewrite the direction of a love story. With a lot of them having like themes in this anthology, they also show new or renewed bonds, each set to an internally recognizable beat as you like, musically scaled, on message signing love life’s way.

The fact that I know, like most people do in life, timing is everything. To this, I am privy. At the time the original pieces were written, they worked wonders in given situations with known personally acknowledged causes. All passages were well suited in apt acceptance of life’s connections in real time. Although a lot of these poems are revised renditions of the original works, I do hope you enjoy reading the passages in a similar way as I found like enjoyment in the adornment given while writing this compilation.

1

Cana

Cana be the one? Cana enjoy you smiling and

laughing as we’re having fun? Cana hold you? Cana

console you? Cana love you? Cana woo you to the

point that the L word has more meaning? Cana

feel your touch that I crave so much? Cana see you

daily as the highlight, like needed sunlight in my day?

Cana be the one to listen to your heart on a

part of each day as it syncs to mine? Cana fold your

body into mine time after time? Cana sway back

your hair, exposing more of the beauty in your skin’s

glow to see you more clearly? Cana

have a lifetime of your worries only to make them

into our greatest story? Cana be the one you desire

in the midst of your greatest glory? Cana be the

light on the path to see you through the mightiest

themes within your dreams? Cana admire you from

a distance only to come closer for more enjoyment

of some of the same thing? Cana be the torch

lighting the way as a mainstay to the brightest

moments of your day? Cana see you in the

moonlight providing enticement and incitement while

leading us through the deepest depths of the darkest

storms? Cana covet you in your heart only to,

further strengthen each impending step of

your day? Cana be the man enveloped in your love

as I’ve always wanted to be since the day you said

hello to me? Cana see your motivated direction and

lay down the foundation to bridge the gap,

soothing you while smoothing your transition? Then

in hopes of adding unspoken quality in just the

right quantity, cana be life’s little intermission, bringing

you a needed bite from the kitchen? Cana be?

2

The Petals of a Rose @-}-;—

Here’s a rose symbolizing a risen sun in thought like a scented spark turning up the light within the heart. Then symbolically, in my mind, each rose petal is like an assorted collection of memorable pennies, each holding a fond memory intricately placed as a natural requirement, showing the best of loves interlace. This adding to the entanglement of our romance, forming various moments of notable value in inspirational thoughts, all greatly illustrated, vividly arousing, and mentally inviting, as if to be awakened for the first time like Dorothy being amazed while coming out of the initial daze in OZ. Then brilliantly felt by the senses integrating gently, also tangibly in touches only just the way you like. And this is how I will define the value of time when it comes down to spending life’s minutes accented with daily beloved instances with you.

Your time comes to me as the finest wine ever to provide such a succulent sensation flowing through my lips. The flow then touches my palate in savory droplets not to be missed, and I’m thankful for moments spent like this. For example, it’s like the start of a workweek on a cloudy Monday morning, and after you’ve spoken, the