Dakota Summer

1970 - Phoenix, AZ

It was a sixties summer...1967

Peace, war, love, hate

It was all in the air

But that Dakota night I was

Driven by peace and love

To that hilltop nightclub

And your table

To ask you to “...dance with me”

And we have never stopped

First we were friends

And then your heart so big

It found love for me

Then war and hate called 

And I had to go

To serve the cause

Right or wrong

But the distance made our love

Phoenix, Arizona - With sheepdog,
"Mopsy's Aerial Motions"

Grow stronger

And I carried your beauty

In my heart

Then the many years of work and school
Together 

All the while your beauty

All the while your forgiveness

All the while your tenderness

All the while your love

Along the way you gave me a son and daughter

Both captured your beauty 

And your heart

Son Tyler and Daughter Samantha Campbell

We mellowed to togetherness

A bond formed 

From your hard work

From your patience

Now we are in

The September of our years

And I have never loved you more

I will never love you less

I want to dance with you again 

As we did that Dakota night

Many years ago

And I will

I want to hold you again 

As I did that Dakota night

And I will

Your beauty is all around me

Every day, every minute of my life 

I Love you

My inspiration

My hero  

My heart