I Look At You

I look at you, the soft blue gentle eyes
That sparkle like the stars that grace the skies
My heartfelt prayers, my wishes every night
Were just to look at such a precious sight.

I look at you and you look back at me-
At all this love, I wonder can you see?
I just can’t hide, no matter what I do
How much I’ve always been in love with you.

To really be this close to you- what now?
Aren’t you the one? Can love be ours somehow?
If I could breathe would God give words to say
A lifetime dream is coming true today?

I look at you, my presence made you smile-
It’s Heaven even if it’s just a while,
This moment I’m the luckiest of men,
With Heaven known I’d gladly die again.

I look at you, at every little line
That haunts my heart with wishes you were mine.
My heart, a pen that reaches for each trace
To draw the dream of your most perfect face.

I look at you and brand in to this heart
Your picture so that when we are apart
I’ll touch my chest and feel what love is there,
My dearest love, in to whose eyes I stare.


John H. Bidwell