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    Matters of the Heart and Soul: Released and Free
    Matters of the Heart and Soul: Released and Free
    Matters of the Heart and Soul: Released and Free
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    Matters of the Heart and Soul: Released and Free

    By Dan Rizzo

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    As morning breaks,
    The sun highlights the ocean,
    Separating the shades of green
    From the deep and the sandbars,
    Reflections sparkling across the breakers.
    I move closer,
    Hands moving slowly.
    A soft moan,
    Eyes still closed,
    A soft smile crosses your lips.
    You know I am here
    Dan Rizzo



    The raw emotions that often accompany love have the potential to not only wrap us in unbridled happiness, but also leave us defenseless against the heartache that can sometimes occur when we willingly give our hearts to others.

    In a collection of contemporary poems, Dan Rizzo shares in-depth reflections that explore many of the feelings related to love and the pain of broken promises. From mesmerizing emerald eyes to a passionate love that binds two souls forever to forbidden inner-thoughts that overshadow a dinner conversation, Rizzo takes others down a joyful, sometimes sorrow-filled path where he subtly encourages others to persevere through heartache to find the one thing we all crave most in life: true love.

    Matters of the Heart and Soul shares poems created from one mans journey through love, loss, and the belief that one day, his soul mate will find him.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateFeb 16, 2017
    ISBN9781532015922
    Matters of the Heart and Soul: Released and Free
    Author

    Dan Rizzo

    Dan Rizzo currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is his first book of poetry.

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      Matters of the Heart and Soul - Dan Rizzo

      Three Special Roses

      Being in love with you

      Is such a wonderful feeling.

      I treasure each moment

      We have together

      And wait with anticipation

      For our next

      Special moment.

      Love is so beautiful.

      Love is romance.

      Love makes me see

      The beauty that surrounds me.

      Your love

      And my love for you

      Are captured in the

      Peacefulness of a

      Walk on the beach,

      Love under the stars,

      A candlelit dinner,

      Dancing till sunrise,

      The simple beauty

      Of a rose.

      I love the image of a red rose.

      It speaks to

      Pure romance,

      The essence of love,

      Just like the love

      I have for you.

      I give you

      Three special roses,

      Three roses red,

      So you will know

      How special you are

      And what our love

      Really means to me.

      One rose

      Stands tall in the center—

      So proud,

      So beautiful—

      Because this rose

      Is the love rose,

      My love rose for you.

      My love for you

      Does not stand alone.

      What we share

      Is more than

      Just one rose of love.

      The love rose

      Always has by its side

      Two roses in kind,

      So precious, so pretty,

      And equally as beautiful.

      These are the roses

      Of trust and friendship.

      My love for you

      Is not complete

      Without the trust

      That binds us together

      And gives us the strength

      To be open, to share,

      To be vulnerable,

      Without fear

      That we give

      Without risk

      Of rejection.

      The rose of friendship

      Is so important to our love.

      It is so much a part

      Of what makes

      Our love work

      And what makes us complete.

      It is important

      That we are

      More than lovers.

      We are more than a couple

      With stardust in our eyes;

      We are best friends.

      The rose of friendship

      Is yours because

      You make me feel safe.

      You protect me

      And help comfort me.

      You are there for me

      In the good times

      And when life

      Is not going so well.

      You are my best friend,

      The one I come to

      When I am blue;

      The one I come to

      To share my happiness.

      You are my first thought

      Whenever I have something

      To share.

      I come to you never afraid

      To say what I feel

      Because you will

      Always be there for me,

      No matter what.

      These three special roses

      I give to you, my dear.

      The beauty of the rose

      Reminds me always

      Of the beauty

      Your love gives to me

      Each and every time

      You are near me

      And touch my soul.

      Three special roses

      May come to you

      On any day

      At any time,

      Without a reason.

      They come only

      To remind you

      How beautiful you are

      And what your

      Love means to me.

      Think of me always.

      Girlfriends

      A woman needs friends

      To care for her,

      Comfort her,

      Pick her up when she is down.

      To fill a special need,

      A woman needs girlfriends.

      I have a life partner,

      The one I love.

      He gives me joy—I love him so.

      He is my everything!

      I give him my all;

      In fact, he is my best friend.

      We can share, we can talk,

      We can be open, and we can cry,

      But no matter how complete he makes me,

      There is still a need he cannot provide.

      He cannot be a girlfriend.

      The closeness and friendship

      I share with my partner,

      No matter how

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