Poems a'la Stevo

by Steven Shapiro

If I could go to sleep tonight and dream of you through the night,
If I could wake up tommorrow morning and see you smiling right at me,
I'd never need a diamond ring to light my eyes,
The sun would still be gold, but not as gold as your heart,
The moon would still be bright, but not as bright as my face when I see you,
Oh yeah, because the very best I see is in you, oh yeah oh baby,
If I could swim across the ocean and see you waiting for me,
If I could fall off a mountain and see your there to catch me,
The tundra would be cold but your love would keep me warm,
The owl would stay up late but so would we be as we would dance through the night,
Oh yeah, because the very best I see is in you, oh yeah oh baby,
The sun would still be gold, but not as gold as your heart,
The moon would still be bright, but not as bright as my face when I see you,
Oh yeah, because the very best I see is in you, oh yeah oh baby,
The tundra would be cold but your love would keep me warm,
The owl would stay up late but so would we be as we would dance through the night,
Oh yeah, because the very best I see is in you.

"My Good Nothing"
Steven Shapiro

Thinking back to what has never happened, but could have happened,
Confidence is down to the abyss but so are my regrets,
Everyday I tried and received a handful of nothing,
Yet nothing was the same, nor will it ever be,
Pondering now, a handful of nothing might not be quite a sting aftereall,
For what I see ahead, for the sunlight I see in what is still an obscure future,
Rays of light would be nothing if nothing had not crept into my heart,
Perhaps the lost confidence, which supposedly had washed away from self pity, never left afterall,
And the path I now choose to walk ahead, brings not self hope, but faith in all the steps I take,
And what lies ahead, is a gift brighter than all the paths ends, I've lurked on in the past,
And the nothing I have, is what is left to be lost,
And the one alterity this walkway, and walksways of the past,
I go in with a smile knowing that only nothing is there to go away,
And losing the nothing I have is getting gold.

"What You've Meant"
By Steven Shapiro

As the days scatter by, one by one, none satisfies me without at least a trace of you,
Always standing proud, you are, with a smile wide, and a heart majastic like a lioness,
Your presence almost seems perfect, as you float gently in my eyes, and your sweet voice softly glides through my ears,
A whim could you be, I don't think, yet you often seem to fade, to the sadness of me,
Standing alone in the dark, counting the hours that go by without a word from you,
I ponder how I can carry myself through such a time of lonliness,
Yet you always creep back, and my face slowly lights up like Heaven,
Though existing memories of your disappearance linger, the gift of you being hear itself is a moment I cherish, like the stars above,
For you are not a dream, for my heart could not feel so fragile and content if you were,
But what you've meant to me, could only be a dream, before you touched my heart.

"He Has Loved You"
By Steven Shapiro

Holding on to his dreams so tight, he wonders what to do,
He looks at you in your eyes, and feels your heart and all he wants is love,
Oh how can he make you see, what thoughts he has for you,
Someway you must see, how long he has waited,
How hard he has tried, just to find the right time to tell you,
He wants to be your shining star,
He just wants you to touch his heart and feel what he has to say,
For all the years, while you have waited for the perfect light,
All this time, he has loved you, oh yeah, he has loved you,
You've always wanted to share your warmth,
And everytime you try you seem to fall,
But let me tell you my friend, he is not far away,
He is standing right by your side and he does not want to step away,
He only wants you, to be in his arms,
And hold you tight, never let go, and fly far away,
He wants to be your shining star,
He just wants you to touch his heart and feel what he has to say,
For all the years, while you have waited for the perfect light,
All this time, he has loved you, oh yeah, he has loved you,

"Wishing Upon A Star"
By Steven Shapiro

Looking in the darkened sky, I look past the moon and into the stars,
And I make a wish, beyond my reach, but my hopes are still high,
and suddenly, there you are standing by my side, and you give me your hand,
Your smile is bright and all my saddness is put aside,
Cause all I'd like is to be with you just one of these days,
And we will dance in the sky far beyond our dreams have reached,
And as I look deep in your eyes, all I see is your love,
And with your love, all my troubles are faded in the past,
and my heart has found a home,
As I look into the sky, all I wish to the twinkling stars is to have you in my arms,
And I hold you tight, and you hold me back and we realize this is what we have waited for,
As I wish for you, upon a little star.

"There Are The Nights"
By Steve Shapiro

There are some nights when I'm in doubt,
I see myself with my hands full of regret,
There are those nights when I am lost,
And I cannot find my way through the storm,
But there are the nights I see your face,
And all my faith has been brought back to my heart,
And then the night has turned to day,
There are these nights when I'm alone,
and I know that no one is there for me,
There are some nights when I'm in need,
And I feel I need your love to breath,
But there are nights when you are there,
And I know I can walk in the air,
It's then the night is here no more,
There are these nights when I am scared,
And I need to guide myself to be safe,
There are the nights when I go blind,
And I need to take your hand so I can see,
But there are the other nights when I am holding you tight,
And you whisper in my ear and say you love me,
It's then the night becomes my friend.