Poem: Love at First Site

From the first moment I seen you eyes, I fell in love with you.

When I was young I was so in love, my eyes could only see you.
My heart pounded really hard every time I was near you.
Just the smell of your cologne drove me wild,
when you were not in site and made me think of you.
I couldn't hardly wait to be with you.


Your strong arms held me tight, I felt real secure and save inside.
When you gave your pretty smile I was real happy with you.
I waited and waited impatiently to see you again.
It took month after month that I finally got  to be with you again. 
I spoke very little in your mother's tongue.
Our communication was very limited. 
The first year we lived together we had communication problems,
because he did not understand my language and I did not understand his.
 So we sort of guessed what we meant to say.
 But we managed to work it out anyway.

By Gabriele Bales

Poem...........The Coward

The man I used to love                                                                                                                             has changed in so  many ways.
I met him long  ago.               
When our eyes met, my hands began to sweat.
I fell in love right away.

Everything  was fine at first                                                                                                                             but he slowly fell for his thirst                                                                                                                         and got drunk time after time.
The shame I endured, the cut downs I received,
I thought !                              
" Love will make everything go away".