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Tom Hoffman : Collected Poems (so far)

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Last Updated 5-14-2006


"You"
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Those beautiful hazel eyes,
that soft, creamy skin,
I don't think I'll look,
at another girl again.

The way that you smile,
the way that you walk,
I wish just for once,
we could sit down and talk.

But as I sit here,
with my pen of broken dreams,
it seems like the only thing,
holding me together at the seams.

My heart aches so much,
when I think about you,
but I live with the hope,
that someday I'll be with you.

I hope on that day,
all the people will see,
how much more there is to love,
how much more there is to me.


"Just One Kiss"
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Never before have I felt like this
Being around you is just like pure bliss
I need you now more than you'll ever know
I've never felt such a maelstrom of emotions from just one kiss.

I wake up alone day after day
It's cold outside and the skies are gray
My heart is heavy and all I can do is pray
My unwillingness to go on? I can not say.

I want to dance close like we did that first night
Pull you close and hold you tight
Whisper I love you, and gaze in your eyes
As I feel your heartbeat next to mine.

Tell me what it takes, what I can do
We could wipe the slate clean and start anew
I've waited my whole life to meet a person like you
I can only hope you feel the same way too.


"Wondering"
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As the pale moonlight shines on my floor,
I lay here thinking, dreaming, wondering,
I have many wants, big and small,
but all I need is to see you just once more.

I think about you day in and day out,
the first thought of the morning,
the last thought before I sleep,
could this really be love, there's no doubt.

I dream about the things we would do,
I dream about the things I want to share,
I dream about the things we would talk about,
and then I wake up, alone, afraid, and without you.

I go through each day wondering where you are,
I wonder what you're doing,
I wonder what you're thinking,
everywhere I go, I see you in that speeding car.

At night I cry myself to sleep,
I think, do you know,
do you care,
without you, I couldn't feel any less complete.

Whoever I see,
wherever I go,
I can only see you,
looking back at me.

So as the day turns into night,
I pray that you realize how much I care,
I hope, I dream, that you'll see that,
only with you will things be ALL right.


"Without You"
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As the night grows later and later,
the stars shine brighter and brighter,
yet I can not be any sadder,
as I am not here with you.

My eyes grow heavier and heavier,
my thoughts grow deeper and deeper,
yet I can not be any more lonely,
as I am not here with you.

I think of all the days that have passed,
and I wonder how did I do it?
But I can only think of one reason,
just to be here with you.


"Inspiration"
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Inspiration is a calm, cool winter's day.
Inspiration is a warm, clear, starry summer night.
Inspiration is the sun setting on the lake at dusk.
Inspiration is staying up all night to see it come up again.
Inspiration is seeing a waterfall trickle down from above.
Inspiration is smelling the flowers' sweet scent in the spring.
Inspiration is starting anew and never looking back.
Inspiration is what I get up for in the morning.
Inspiration is what I try to find as I go to sleep.
Inspiration is what makes you want to conquer the world.
Inspiration is what gives you an eternal moment of happiness.
Inspiration is what I find in you.
Will you help me find inspiration too?



"All in Good Time"
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When I see you come round the corner,
My legs stiffen I can't walk
Then my mind freezes
And I can't think or talk.

Whenever I see you I melt like ice cream
And everything gets hazy, like some sort of dream
When your beautiful, bright eyes connect with mine,
I get lost in them and lose track of time.

Just hearing your voice
And feeling your charm
Makes me want to be with you
And keep you from harm.

They say I'm a player
Which is quite untrue
when all I ever wanted
was someone like you.

All I can think of
Is how nice it would be
Just to spend some quiet moments
The two of us, you and me.

To talk with you would be great
To kiss you would be divine
What more could I ask for
When it's all in good time.

Don't take it fast
And it'll be fine
Rather take it slow,
Cause it's all in good time.


"Such is Life"
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Puffy white clouds
Dark ocean floor
What's in-between them
Time and space, nothing more.

We spend our lives searching
For some kind of meaning
To why we are here
And more than just fleeting.

We start our lives young
With so much to learn
People to befriend
And self-respect to be earned.

We move on to money
Earthly objects and things
Buying toys, food, cars,
birthday gifts and gold rings.

We look for that someone
To spend our lives with
Until the end of time
True love just can't be a myth.

Later we die
But first we are born
What's in-between them you ask?
Time and space, Something More.


"Decisions, Decisions"
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I fall in love with what you do and say
It happens all too often for me
Often times I know it by the end of the first day
But in the end, I can't stop it, you just walk away.

I spend my entire life looking for someone like you
Someone who thinks and acts genuinely as you do
Someone with that inner beauty and grace that is like no other
Someone I could talk to as if they were my own sister or brother.

But what's the point of searching endlessly for a true love
Perhaps to find someone with whom to share my own felicity
Someone with elegance, intelligence, beauty, and charm
When our eyes meet from across the room, everyone feels the electricity.

Now I can't help but feel doubt and remorse
The method by which I search for bliss is quite indeed coarse
Yet this method I've known for all my life
And to change it now will not help my personal strife.

So when God has brought us together
And the world has torn us apart
I use my head for the small decisions
And for the big ones, I use my heart.


"Pains of the past, Promise of the future"
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Sometimes you want someone who cares
someone who is honest and loving and fair
sometimes you want someone who is right there

sometimes you want someone who feels the same
someone who doesn't want any hurtfulness or shame
sometimes it is the person who does not play the game

I wish I could say I was less judgmental
but this petty, cruel world has made me a bit mental
I just want to be with someone who is loving, and gentle

an amiable friend who wants nothing more
than to love and be loved, and still yet adored
but can that kind of love be found in a time not of yore

I wish and I pray for the girl of my dreams
I stay up late nights and my tears form a stream
yet I wake up each morning with a hope that still beams

a hope that only another day can become
the day that I find the girl that will not run
the one who will fit me like the moon and the sun

a beautiful maiden who is still yet untrained
a girl who knows not of the things I have pained
yet a girl who knows the wonderful sense I have gained

a girl who wants nothing more than to feel
the love that I have felt become even more real
a feeling that is overwhelming and stronger than steel

it is something inside you that makes you go on
just as sure as each new day is greeted by a new dawn
it is a feeling I was once given by the girls that have gone

and yet while each girl has come to pass
I learn a little more about how I have been crass
I try to learn from the mistakes I have made in mass

I told myself after I ran
I look and think like no other man
I questioned who I was and now who I am

I know right now just what I need
a girl who is mature and can take the lead
not one who makes every encounter a cumbersome deed

a girl like you could do me fine
someone who is passionate, caring and kind
just let me get to know you a little bit at a time

if you so choose I will take you out
we can go somewhere special and take the scenic route
I would treat you like royalty about that there is no doubt

I want just to experience your grace
as my fingers caress your supple face
while you take comfort in my tender embrace

we could fit together like the sky and the earth
our relationship would be like a new kind of birth
it would be filled with understanding, love, and worth

so now I ask you kind soul, will you please see
that I ask for this one chance to be all that I can be
and yet how much I can give you and how much you can give me



"What Ifs and Maybes" 4-17-2000
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all I ask for is someone who cares
some one who listens
some one who's there

I don't want to feel this pain anymore
I can't take it when it happens
when you walk out the door

it's hard to trust a girl like you
when I don't know how you feel
and if your heart is true

every time that I give a bit of myself
I end up getting hurt
the most hurt that I've felt

I want to put my trust in a girl
who wants to put her trust in me
and live an entire lifetime with total honesty

I want to meet a girl with breathtaking beauty
a girl who is intelligent
and maybe a little bit fruity

I need a girl who can be herself
a girl who brings out the best in me
someone who is filled with fun, energy, and glee

my perfect compliment, what a thought
could such a thing truly be
maybe it's called true love, no, not for me

I see that girl, walking down the hall
down the street, and across the room
but as much as I want to talk to her, I'm doomed

my cool sly manner, withers away
I can't even talk without stuttering
or in the same room even stay

and every time I give up on walking up to say
just a simple "hi, how are you"
I'm disappointed in myself so much it ruins my day

my self-pity is sickening
I can't even think
my life is getting worse, but now I can drink

I wallow in my depression
my life of loving others and being nice
what is it for, I ask myself, what the hell is it for

I go out of my way, to give my total attention
to people I don't even know
just so they can be a little happier

I don't know why I do it
it's just how I am
maybe I'm just a big old ham

I'm such a romantic
but no one can see
how much love and compassion, is inside of me

no one can see, how much I care
no one even tries
no one even dares

maybe I just act too crazy
maybe I act to cocky
maybe I am just a little too lazy

maybe I don't try to be what I can
maybe I don't try to be someone's super fan
because I'm afraid, afraid of being hurt again

the world if full of maybes
but if I don't try
I may never fly

so all I must do
is risk my over-inflated pride
and take a good beating on the emotional side

it can't be that hard
it shouldn't be that hard
why can't love be easy as making scrambled eggs

you see someone who just knocks your socks off
and you think wow, what if...
and then reality sinks in, and you just say, as if

this is turning out to be a jumble of my thoughts
mostly the deep down doubts I have about myself

and all I want is for someone to look past all my inadequacies
and see me for my good qualities
why can't anybody ever do that for just once

I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired
I want to meet someone who makes me want to fly
someone who challenges me in my daily, cumbersome tasks

someone who will make me want to conquer the world
just so I can be with her, and hold her in my arms
and never let her go

someone who I can stay up all night and talk to
someone who I can talk to honestly
without having to worry about being judged

I want to feel complete
and I want to complete someone else
I want to feel love again


"That Perfect Moment"
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Life is never perfect, love
it's full of many pitfalls
the only time it's close to that
is when you're inside these walls

If you were here with me now
my hand would glide across your face
my fingers would run thorough your hair
and I would hold you in my sweet embrace

If I could just see you now
I'd hold you, oh so tight
and then I'd know, right then and there
that nothing else would feel so right

If I could just hold you now
the world could not prepare
for the kind of love we'd have,
no one else could even compare

If in this moment I could feel your lips
brushing up against mine
our minds would rush, our lips would lock
and we'd feel a stop in time

If I could just kiss you now
the feeling would be next to none
undying passion would unite our souls
and together we would be as one

If right now I could hear your voice
I'd whisper softly in your ear:
as long as we're together, love,
you will never have anything to fear

And really, if we were together
it'd be a gift from God above
and then we'd share the greatest gift
of something called true love

I count the days until we meet
and share that fateful kiss
that will show us just what is
and what could be total bliss

Untitled: 8-23-00
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Her hair shimmers in the sunlight
She walks with a grace that God himself envies
Her deep dark eyes are mystifying to all
She fills the room with a sense of calmness
Her smile could sooth the worst of problems
She shows her cleverness which makes the fox look ignorant
Her skin is as soft as a cats fine coat
She laughs with a lightheartedness that all can enjoy
Her lips are full and as inviting as a bed after a long day and night
She conducts herself in the most pleasant of ways imaginable
I love her for all that she is
I love her for all that she is not
I love her for what she wants to be
I love her because she loves me.


Daring Dreams 9-1-2000
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Dream a dream with me, my love
dream a daring dream,
a dream where happiness knows no bounds,
and our lives are filled with glee.

Dare to dream of no more lies,
and dream of sweet romance,
dream of the beginning of something good,
and dream of getting another chance.

I dreamt I met you once before,
and what a dream it was,
my hand caressed your soft face,
and I held you in a tight embrace.

I dreamed I kissed your soft lips with mine,
and then I felt a stop in time,
now I know love is not a myth,
and I know who I want to be in it with.

So dare to live your dreams today,
and cast all your worries away,
we will find a brave new land,
if you dare to take my hand.


More than just words 11-14-2000
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Words are but man's creation.
Feelings are a true gift from God.
Yet the best way for me to express those feelings is through words,
So it starts...

From the moment our eyes met, I knew I had to have you...
You had an unspeakable presence that consumed my entire consciousness,
Your lips upon mine, a kiss, art in motion...
Sweeter than a nightingale's song are the words flowing from your lips,
Each touch of your hand more soothing than a soft summer's breeze,
Each glance you give me fills me with a calmness unrivaled by all logical explanation,
Except, that I am in love with you...

I dream of just holding you in my arms,
And kissing your soft lips,
Gazing into your eyes,
Telling you that I LOVE YOU,
And having a feeling a total satisfaction and contentness in knowing that
You FEEL THE SAME WAY

I speak these things with all my heart and soul

And I would live to love you every day of my life, young and old.


"Like Butta" May, 2001
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Each time I think of you
I can't help but melt
the glow in your eyes
these feelings i've felt

The way that you think
the way that you act
the things that you say
and your charming tact

Everything about you
takes my breath away
and makes me want to see you
each and every day

When our eyes meet
and you get that silly grin
you make me feel alright
and happy again

Just being around you
is something i treasure
the joy that it brings me
is beyond all that is measured

I think of the moment
which truly is bliss
when our lips first meet
and we share our first kiss

A kiss full of passion
yet a kiss oh so light
a kiss that could never be
even any more right

The sweet vision of you
is now stuck in my head
when I lay down at night
and sleep in my bed

There's no other thought
that would please me more
than the one of us together
for it is you I adore

Just say the word
and I'll take you away
I promise I'll love you
each and every day

I love everything you are
and all that you do
if anyone is perfect for me
then it has to be you.



Don't you see? -10/16/03 First inspiration to write poetrry in over 2 years
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Don't you see what you're doing to me?
What you do to me?
My heart pounds like thunder
Whenever you come into sight.

Your presence is demanding of all my attention,
and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Your charisma is so powerful whenever I talk to you
That I forget about everything else going on in my life.

The look in your eyes turns my knees to mush
and your smile takes my breath away
Because the type of beauty you possess
I have never felt in such a way before.

I want to wrap my arms around you and hold you tight
I want to lay my head on your chest and feel your heartbeat
I want to spend hours talking with you about everything and nothing
I want to go everywhere and do everything possible with you

So much about you feels different
Something about you feels right
The way we mesh works
And I want more than anything for you to feel that way too

I'm tired of this hopeless existence
In a world of people who are everything but themselves
You are a breath of fresh air
In a world that has jaded me to a depressing state.

I woke up this morning and it was just a normal day
And as the hours passed
I thought about how perfect you are for me.
And it turned into a spiritual rebirth in my life.

You made me realize how great I can be
How many amazing things I can do
The lives I can touch, if I tried,
And I'd do it all for you, just say the word.

But it's all just a dream,
Just an unreachable ideal
Just something that will never be
Or will it?


Desire – 11/4/2003

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Have you ever wanted to be with someone

who made you feel alive?

someone who was everything you ever wanted

love, will our time ever arrive?

 

It has been too long since I've seen you

every day seems longer than the last

how long until I see u again, love

God, will this day ever come to pass?

 

I crave the sound of your voice

I long for the smile on your face

I ache for the look in your eyes

and dream about your sweet embrace

 

I've never met a person just like you

you are unique in every way

I want to tell you how much I care for you

but to say this, I'm too scared to say

 

I think about you every day

and dream about you every night

visions of what we could have, my dear

make everything so right

 

Tell me you feel the same way too

and tell me that you care

tell me you want to be with me

and that you will always be there

 

Let it go and come with me

just give yourself that shove

lose yourself in total desire

and fall for me, my Love.

 

 




Then there was You - 2-22-04
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My happiness had faded
My patience was through
My thoughts became jaded
And then there was you.

I searched the skies hoping
And scanned the crowds looking
when I never thought to look
in the places closest to my heart.

When our eyes met that night
My heart pounded in my chest
And my breath became short
Your beauty was enchanting

I met you again, that night...
For the first time.
Poetry could do no justice
To the perfection of that moment.

I have never been so inspired
I have never been so enthralled
I've never crushed so much
From the moment when I called.

You are more addicting
Than the most addicting drug
Because what you gave me
Is intoxicating love.

I pray for the moment
When I see you again...
We'll forget the future
And we'll forget the past

There will only be now.
I am lost in your eyes
Our lips touch, and
Feel the deepest of passion.

The world beyond us
Will slip far from here
And nothing else will matter
Not doubt, not fear.

Where it goes from there
Will be up to you
You'll have all my Love
And all my soul, too.


Where are YOU? - 3/6/2004
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Tears run down my face, again
my heart breaks a little more
my stomach sinks a little farther
anguish consumes the fibers of my being

why can't anything go right for me
what am I doing wrong here
my only crime was loving You
and You destroyed me with ease

all I want is to fall in love
fall in love with someone new
someone who loves me back
someone just like You

a thousand faces pass before me
girls of all places, faces, and races
some cute, some hot
some beautiful, some ugly on the inside

But no matter how many girls I meet,
whenever I meet You, it happens
there's that spark,
and I fall in love all over again

everything about You amazes me
You leave me breathless
You leave me speechless
all the words in the world
don't begin to describe Your beauty

the world around us stops
whenever I look into Your eyes
and when You smile
I just about pass out

something is different about You
You're not like the rest
You say just the right things
at just the right times
we connect whenever we talk

You call me a names
and You joke constantly
but it's so endearing
and I fall for You more

no distance can seperate us
no person can drive us apart
any event can only make us stronger
there is nowhere but here for us

all I need is that look in Your eyes
and the feeling of my hand on Your cheek
and my arms wrapped around You
holding You close, never letting go

we live in a timeless, limitless place
where nothing else matters
but Your sweet kiss,
our time together,
and those three words.



"Rythm" - 10/17/2004
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Feel the rythm inside you
feel surrounded by the beat
don't stop this feeling insde me
and let me feel the heat.

The sun will rise and fall
as the waves crash to the shore
this rythm inside me continues
and my fears linger no more.

I start this day anew
with the determination to go on
this hope inside me goes stronger
as I contine my search for you.



"words unspoken" - 10/17/2004
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You think my wanting to be with you is out of desperation?
I've spent the first part of my life without you;
now that i've met you, and come to love everything about you
there is no one else i'd rather be with for the rest of it.

When I look into your eyes it cuts me to the core.
Volumes could not speak of the comfort your look brings me.
Contentment in the touch of your skin, your soft embrace,
and the sound of your voice... you complete me.

I know what love is... I have felt it inside me...
unfortunately, I have yet to be able to tell
what it looks like, sounds like, or feels like within someone else.
I can only have the faith that you feel this way about me too.
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