Tomorrow

You are seducing me with a sweet persistence.

I can not hold out much longer.

I feel and see you constantly,

and when I think about tomorrow,you are all I can imagine.

My heart surrendered to you the first time we met.

So why have I not been acting the way a lover should act?

Pride is the answer,

but pride comforts a man temporarily, like a strong drink, 

and I am growing tired of the hangovers.

                                                                                               -Toltev

The Leap

I know you will be there.

Your soft touch, your gentle presence.

But I am like a child on the side of a pool,hesitating to jump into familiar arms.

My longing for you has grown beyond the fear,so I must jump.

Ready or not,here I come.

            -Toltev

Falling

I lose myself in you sweet Lover,the way rain is lost in the sea.

I long for your touch,and the subtle whisper of your breath.

Tell me who I am, so I may return to the clouds,

only to fall for you over and over again.

                                                                                                           -Toltev

Request

I ask you please sweet Lover,

help me to unfold my many petals,

so I may fully bathe in the energy of your Light.

Your warmth is my love,and your smile is my Light.

         -Toltev

Guided

You amaze me in the colors you choose and the forms you create.

Your imagination inspires me and floors me all at once.

I am guided by you, the way a rose follows the sun.

I feel you when I smile and even see you through my tears.

Your love cries with me and comforts me when I am lost.

Your subtle ways are more intoxicating than any drink or fruit.

You leave me spinning for days with every embrace.

I am addicted to your presence, the more I taste the more I need.

Kiss me again sweet flower.

               

                                                                                         -Toltev

Russian Themed Box

The person this was made for, studies Russian history as a hobby. Images on this box include, Russian stamp, Tolstoy, Cossack man & woman, the Kremlin, Russian imperial eagle.

Box was made on 12/24/10

Odds and Ends "Alice" Box

Handmade gift box. I covered a small box in chess board pattern paper,along with illustrations from Lewis Carroll's "Alice In Wonderland". Illustrations were hand cut from a durable, 30% recycled paper, and colored by hand using Prismacolor Premier colored pencils.