Dreamkeeper

I will hold your dream for you

Gently wrapped in a blanket of love

Tucked in my heart of hearts for you

Trust in me to keep it safe

And when you lose your way

And your heart is heavy with sadness

From a life that has worn you down

Know that your dream is never lost

Nothing is lost that is held in love

No earthly wound can touch

A dream that is nurtured with love

So tenderly by the heart of another.

Bettina Mann

November 9, 2006

Gentle Bird

I want to be the gentle bird

That soars upon the wind

To take my strength from sunlit skies

And leave my tears behind

I want to take to open skies

With laughter on my wings

And choose my way with no set course

To see what the current brings

I want to look upon the land

In wonder and with awe

To know no matter what my path

It always leads me home.

Bettina Mann

December 4, 1999

Love's Embrace

Love dances on the edge of dawn

On gentle morning breezes

And lights upon my heart so still

To tempt me as it pleases.

No ray of sun could be so warm

As love's sweet breath on me

And I am safe in its embrace

For all eternity.

Bettina Mann

June 29, 1998

A Single Rose

Melissa's Song

Alas, it grows in solitude

A perfect single rose

And yet it is so much a part

Of everything that grows

Each petal curled so preciously

And yet so proud and strong

A testament to nature's wealth

Where nothing can be wrong

You once were like that single rose

Facing the world alone

Your beauty precious from inside

A love that you had grown

And like the rose you could not stay

Your spirit had to fly

And though it hurts to see you go

I know this is goodbye

The rose's fragrance lingers on

Its memory is sublime

It's you I sense when the wind blows in

Upon the wings of time.

Bettina Mann

June 29, 2003

The Path

My path has taken a turn

I look back and see you watching me go

The sadness in your eyes almost draws me back

But I know that I must go forward

I know that this is my journey

I must go alone

Be safe

Feel comfortable

Wait no more.

Bettina Mann

December 18, 2003

Letting Go

I look into your eyes

And see all that is in me.

I see the pain and heal myself

I see the love and I embrace it.

I long to feel that love with you

But you cannot be there.

Your pain is still a part of you

Your love lies dormant as a rose in winter.

I want to reach out and help you

You turn away in your pain

You hide in the cave of your despair

Looking outwards for your truth.

It is time to let you go

And find your own way

To free you from this bond

That ties you to my love.

I take with me the memory

Of your precious gift of love

That showed me who I am

And brought me home again.

Bettina Mann

November 23, 2003

Two Hearts as One

When love’s sweet song

Sends warm and tender breath upon my soul

I feel that neither time nor place

Will come between two hearts that are as one

When love’s great depth

Brings gentle waves of comfort over me

I know that nothing in this world

Will come to break this bond that makes us one

When love’s soft grace

Leaves quiet kindness resting in my heart

I know that neither hurt nor pain

Will stay within these hearts that love as one

Two gentle hearts will always be as one

Bettina Mann

September 21, 1999

Bettina Goodwin