June 2021 – George Ruddock

A Summer’s Evening

Hand in hand on a summer’s evening
Nature is our guide
While we are walking and talking
On how love can’t be denied

So many memories belong to you
A night by the Tyne Bridge
Creating the time to start anew
Like fresh snow on a mountain ridge… Read the rest

Why do we long for the past
“The good old days”
That went so fast
Why didn’t we change our ways?

Do we really want … Read the rest

The wind of change
Slowly blowing round my soul
Telling me it is time
To listen and take control

So many years in one place… Read the rest

What can I do
To stop my heart
From loving you

How can I ignore
The call of love
And not open the door

How do I kick
A habit like you?

How do I stop
Loving an angel like you?

How do I live
A life without you?… Read the rest

How often do we find time?
To think about the past
Lost friends, lost loves
Doesn’t it feel like a crime

Always moving forward
No … Read the rest

You opened your arms
And gathered me in
So bewitched by your charms
I knew I couldn’t win

You opened your arms
And grasped my … Read the rest

You touched my soul
Like Spring always turns to Summer
With you I am again whole
And life is a wonder

Till you captured my … Read the rest

I have only ever searched for love
Nothing else can measure
The beautiful song of the dove

I want for nothing
Except the warmth of … Read the rest