HAIKU: IT TAKES REAL COURAGE

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

It takes real courage

HAIKU: PAINTING MY PORTRAIT

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Colored days passing

NEXT TO ME

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

I see you with the children
your heart is filled with love
your voice is soft and tender
like the cooing of a dove 

your smile is like the sunshine

HAIKU: THE SECRETS YOU KEEP

By Charles Robert Lindholm

The secrets you keep

in the shadows and darkness

FOR ME?

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I opened the door
she stood there smiling,
beautiful woman that she is,
with a sense of glee in her voice
she said, “these are for you.”

she stretched out her hand
to offer me a gift
she brought me flowers

YOU’RE AN INSPIRATION

By Charles Robert Lindholm

To a woman of beauty,
with a mischievous smile
and a seductive pose

with words that thrill me
in poems and prose”

A BLINDSIDE KISS

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

“A blindside kiss
from out of the blue
a blindside kiss
a gift from you”

I never expected
to be crossing this line
I never expected
her lips on mine 

I never dreamed of
tongues, tangled and twisted
and I’m glad she didn’t ask
for I might have resisted

A SPECIAL TIME WITH HIM ——————————————————————————————————-(A REMEMBRANCE OF DAD)

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

I PLAYED THE PIANO SOFTLY
TO AN OLD TIME GOSPEL HYMN
IT SEEMED TO BRING DAD’S MEMORY BACK
IT WAS A SPECIAL TIME WITH HIM

LOVE NOTES ON MY SKIN

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

I love the way
that You love me
You always make it
thrilling 

I crave the passion
in Your kisses

WHISPERED REASSURANCES

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I don’t know
how You can see me
from half a world away
and yet I know, You know me