by JM Dragon
Stars shine above and give me the confidence to say
How I love you each day.
Come rain or shine please be mine
No Longer Alone
I’ll never doubt it when they say angels have wings
Maybe because I need you to fly right down beside me
For in dreams I loved you for eternity
Will you be mine in reality?
When I close my eyes
I’m on top of the world
With you close in my arms
No longer alone
I have you sharing our souls
All I have to offer is my love
No fortune can I bring only me
With an offer to stay with you each day
Caring, proud, tenderly sharing our lives
You are my one and only treasure
When I close my eyes, I’m on top of the world
With you close in my arms
No longer alone, I have you sharing our souls
Forever devoted I’ll wait
Who knows when that heavenly burden will cross my path?
To heal those wounds each moment alone continues to ooze
God speed you here my darling don’t make me wait another minute, hour or a day
When I close my eyes
I’m on top of the world
With you close in my arms
No longer alone
I have you sharing our souls
My Mama Told Me
My Mama told me you got to be good in life;
My Papa said you have to try
I didn’t believe them going out on my own;
Being good wasn’t part of my life’s mysteries
There was a life to live, places to be and people to meet
I did it all and didn’t care how or who was hurt on the way
Telling myself being good wasn’t part of the deal
Years took their toll, as I split from town to town never knowing you see
That you had to want to be good to be allowed to stay free
I floundered and cried, I’d even sadly tried
To end it all one day
Until I met you and all I could feel was you inside me
Telling me the darkness was nothing at all
To break away and live to be free be good that’s all it takes
Being good wasn’t an option in me or so I tried to tell myself frequently
However, with you by my side, I gladly surrendered to all that you taught
For good was in you to lighten my way and I’ll never fail
Because you showed me the way allowing good in my life, sharing and caring
Eventually reaping the rewards you thought lost in your life
My Mama was right my Papa too but it took me a while
To find what was missing and see the real me
That thankfully others saw and faithfully stand by me today
I found out all you need do is care and it will be returned a thousand fold
For I’m prepared to break down the best fences built
And ask nothing in return because the greatest reward
Is the goodness that friendship helped build.
Improbable Protector
From the tips of your ears, fingers and toes
There’s a map I have of you
All of you with every breath and beat of your heart
Watching you shake your head
Then that smile,
This is just for me
Some place deep inside
I’ll be waiting and together we know
No matter how long it takes,
You will be mine completely,
Loving you for eternity,
Improbable protector of my heart
Your clothes peel off as you take a shower
My eyes wonder at the sight relishing every splash
Deliciously exciting, demanding my attention
I’m amazed at your power you take me ensnaring me in your tower
No matter how long it takes,
You will be mine completely,
Loving you for eternity,
Improbable protector of my heart
Sometimes the road is rough
It takes us to the far side
Darkness might greet us on the way
Love never leaves me behind now
That you are part of my heart
Luminosity invades like a brilliant star
Scorching me inside with your light
No matter how long it takes,
You will be mine completely,
Loving you for eternity,
Improbable protector of my heart
Echoes of loneliness can invade
Recalling times and other ways
Now I know for sure that you are here
To accompany me through all my days
No longer lonely but filled with tender love to share
No false promises can ever be good enough for you
No matter how long it takes,
You will be mine completely,
Loving you for eternity,
Improbable protector of my heart
Take your time now darling
As you watch me leave for a time
Because you know, I’ll be back
No one can ever replace you in my heart and the love we share
In every way in any way, I’ll not let anyone take you away
What I feel is real and will last eternally
No matter how long it takes,
You will be mine completely,
Loving you for eternity,
Improbable protector of my heart
About the Author
JM Dragon
JM Dragon is a New Zealand citizen, living in the beautiful Canterbury countryside. JM Dragon loves to garden, travel, write, take care of her animals, family, and pursue her business interests—Affinity eBook Press.
She is a keen reader of sci-fi, crime/mystery, classic and romance, which helps to feed the imagination for her own stories.
Currently published by Affinity eBook Press NZ LTD, her books include Do Dreams come True, Fix It Girl, In Name Only, The Destiny Series, Circus, and 2015 GCLS winner The One.
You can contact her by email at [email protected] or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/julie.dragon.
Erin O’Reilly
Erin O'Reilly: An accomplished author with several published works, including her newest Amazon bestseller If I Were A Boy and Sapphic Readers Award winner Deception, to name but two. She also, from time to time, collaborates with other authors on successful series. Her focus as a writer is to develop strong characters that make a dramatic impact on her storylines.
She is the technical Director and CEO of Affinity eBook Press.
Contact Erin at [email protected]
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-one
Chapter Twenty-two
Chapter Twenty-three
Chapter Twenty-four
Chapter Twenty-five
Chapter Twenty-six
Chapter Twenty-seven
Chapter Twenty-eight
Chapter Twenty-nine
Chapter Thirty
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