Dakota Summer

1970 - Phoenix, AZ

It was a sixties summer... 1967

Peace, war, love, hate

All in the air

That Dakota night I was

Driven by peace and love

To that hilltop nightclub

To your table

To ask you to “...dance with me”

We have never stopped

First we were friends

Then your heart so big

Found love for me

A war and hate called 

I had serve the cause

Right or wrong

The distance made our love

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

Grow stronger

I carried your beauty

Your letters close

In my heart

Then many years' 

Work and school together 

All the while your beauty

All the while your forgiveness

All the while your tenderness

You gave me a son and daughter

Both shared your beauty 

Both shared your heart

Both shared your thoughtfulness

Son Tyler and Daughter Samantha Campbell

We mellowed to one

A bond formed 

From your hard work

From your patience

In the September of our years

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

You are all around me

Every day, every minute of my life 

My beautiful darling hero