 rascalruss Show Low, AZ age: 60
| ONE NIGHT
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You’re not my ‘Life’,
Not my ‘Everything’,
You’re just you...
You’re not my ‘Wife’,
Not my ‘Forever Thing’
But, you’ll do...
If you think that we might
Help ‘Each Other’ through,
We’ll share one night,
We’ll make it right;
Then, maybe, too...
I’m not your ‘Love’,
Not your ‘Devotion’,
I’m just me...
Not ‘From Above’,
Not your ‘Whole Ocean’,
At best, a sea...
Although ours is not
A common ‘Destiny’,
We’ll share one night,
We’ll make it right;
Then, maybe, three...
You’re not my ‘Wealth’,
I’m not your ‘Treasure’,
We’re both just poor...
We’ll toast our health,
We’ll drink our pleasure,
Hearts won’t get tore...
While our ships lie on the harbor,
We’ll share the shore...
We’ll have one night,
We’ll make it right;
Then, maybe, more...
Then...maybe...more...
Russ Miles © 1978
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 alicekathleen Fresno, CA age: 63
| Not too shabby! Reminds me of Jim Croce, think I will call my x lover and leave a few lines on his recorder.
If words have any power....
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 jadedmoon Boca Raton, FL age: 39
| I’m not your ‘Love’,
Not your ‘Devotion’,
I’m just me...
Not ‘From Above’,
Not your ‘Whole Ocean’,
At best, a sea...
Although ours is not
A common ‘Destiny’,
We’ll share one night,
We’ll make it right;
Then, maybe, three...
I really enjoyed this verse.

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 1frantastic Pecos, TX age: 66
| I think if someone said to me..."you'll do til something better comes along"...I would say "let me help you out the door to find them"....
I prefer being wooed...not "may as well make the best of it"....but even though it may be a lie to be told I'm special...it makes the medicine go down when there's a little bit of sugar in that bitter water of loneliness....
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 alicekathleen Fresno, CA age: 63
| Elvis sang to me,
"One night with you,
Is what I'm now prayin' for,
The things that we two could plan,
Would make my dreams come true"
In his mumblng sweet voice.
Forty years or more later,
The record is lost,
The voice is one with
The dinosaurs,
Oh for one night with you
On the back side of the moon.
[Edited 6/14/2008 6:24:26 AM]
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 rascalruss Show Low, AZ age: 60
| Once a King,always a King...
Once a Knight, with the right Queen,
I not enough...  
Thanks Darlin's for your precious memories & comments. 
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