My Highlighted Items

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Epic Efforts  [18+] Paul's personal glimpses into Troy and it's Greek protagonists by PaulZ ~ Je Suis Le Reve ~

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"Into The Valley..."  [18+] There has to be a better resolution solution, because this coin is too expensive! by PaulZ ~ Je Suis Le Reve ~

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Charlie's Cross  [E] Charlie's my father- I wish I could help him more! by PaulZ ~ Je Suis Le Reve ~

I'll never dance another dance,
I vow, until it be with thee.
So patiently I'll bide alone
in faith, 'til you can come to me.

Then oh so gladly will I rise
and greet your smile with tremb'ling breath.
I'll see my purpose in your eyes,
and know that Love has conquered Death!

So tell me if this vow I swear
finds resonance within your heart?
Is there within your life somewhere
the fertile soil where love may start?

For I would lay me at your door,
if only you would give the sign.
And I would ask for nothing more,
and never, ever, call you Mine.

The only pledge I'll ever give
is this: To kiss you every day.
My life, though mine alone to live,
my heart for yours I gladly pay!
~"For Brenda" 

Today I dialed your number on my phone
In ardent hope to hear your voice once more.
And when you answered, I, and I alone,
Escaped reality to find your shore.

Your precious waves broke constant o'er my senses,
Whilst brilliant sunshine blinded me with joy!
My beating heart was rendered thus defenseless,
As I became once more a throbbing boy!

And through your voice I found another season
Which heretofore was nowhere to be found.
If I abandoned you now, 'twould be reason
To brand my mind unhinged, my heart unsound!

Eternity thus narrowed by a trace,
As in your voice I found A Moment's Grace!
~"A Moment's Grace" 

My Portfolio

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Just Stuff  [E] Just things I've written for various "one-time" events, and what-have-you by PaulZ ~ Je Suis Le Reve ~

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INSPIRATIONS  [13+] Inspirations Inspired by INSPIRATIONS! by PaulZ ~ Je Suis Le Reve ~

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Flashes within my Night Sky  [ASR] Thoughts which have occurred to me, and will occur...Flashes in the dark... by PaulZ ~ Je Suis Le Reve ~

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Sigs and Whatnot  [E] sigs gifted to me, maybe a photo or two... by PaulZ ~ Je Suis Le Reve ~

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Paul's Dreaming and Destiny' Dancing  [E] Poems written by one of us, which inspired a response by the other! by PaulZ ~ Je Suis Le Reve ~

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Stretch Your Style Contest Poetry  [18+] Poems created for the Stretch Your Style contest! What a TRIP! by PaulZ ~ Je Suis Le Reve ~

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Stretch Your Style - 2  [E] Everything for the second stretch! by PaulZ ~ Je Suis Le Reve ~

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Flash Poetry  [E] All Flash Poetry entries here! by PaulZ ~ Je Suis Le Reve ~

Hard rowing is no good, you see,
upon life's vast and churning sea.
It blurs horizons; clouds my mind,
and leaves me with no hope to find
the island of my longing!

For should I search my whole life's span
in fervent hope to reach its sand
the only shores I'll ever see
will be the ones that cannot be
the island of my longing!

It seems when you reach for a star
to whisk you from the where you are,
you cause your dream to fade and dip.
Behind the wake made by your ship:
the island of your longing!

I cannot chart the course of life,
nor skirt its rocks and shoals and strife-
I bow therefore to life, anew,
in deep belief it leads me to
the island of my longing!
~"The Island Of My Longing" 

Finally today, I understand it,
how some, from life, just turn and walk away.
I sat there, and no longer could I stand it-
An empty heart to mark an empty day!

I think I'll walk towards the rising sun
'til this day's gone, and if I must, I'll run.

The reasons I should stay surround my mind
with all the needs my presence must fulfill.
They run in different currents as they wind
around my daily life, of their own will.

Yet still I want to walk towards sunrise,
away from someone else's needs and ties!

I have spent oh so much yet find I owe
another ounce of specie you won't spend.
The love I had, in your heart would not grow,
so how can this not therefore be an end?

An end, which has been living in your heart.
An end, to which, before, I wished no part!

But how can we continue in this way,
when we no longer laugh nor share our tears?
We both know you would never beg me stay,
and I for one, would give us no more years!

We danced our dance- we danced and sang our song-
The song was short, perhaps the dance too long?
~"Good Night"