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Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 21, 2022
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scent of jasmine

You.

It’s always been, given to me once
at the precipice of a love

filled with tales
grim
and others’ riding the backs of whales

I listen for you in the nightshade
of a heart asundered

by the mere mention of your name in pale
and indigo fibers

filled with stitched together riders

their hearts, gold through and through
just like the love I feel for you

A moment.

I pause to breathe
and exhale the scent of jasmine

realizing you’ve come to me in time

with the music I hear, for two, everytime to my heart
nearer, are

You.

Photo by Mona Eendra on Unsplash

#poetry, #connection, #contemplation, #flowers, #healing, #heart, #introspection, #life, #lovejasmine, #music, #nature, #pain, #poem

Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 18, 2022
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guide unknown

painted hills and magenta skies
call to me

to see
all that I once believed

as lollipops arise in your eyes
a special place in my heart

they do reside

inside
the love that goes out with the tide

and mingles with the salt and stone
a guide unknown

to those that know, a place called home

Photo by jennyfriedrichs, Pixabay

#poetry, #guide, #heart, #home, #known, #life, #love, #nature, #painted-hills, #poem, #sea, #tide, #unknown

Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 15, 2022
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iron leaves

guidance comes on the shoulders
of mountain tops

a reliance

on the love living inside my fingertips
short, and stout

they speak to me of dreams, unseen

a reality
forged from iron leaves
while the fragrance of love always makes me believe

in you, my love

Can you see me through the pain inside the loving breeze?

I can see you too.

it’s here, my love
where I will always wait for you

Photo by ArtTower, Pixabay

#poetry, #connection, #contemplation, #guidance, #healing, #heart, #introspection, #leaves, #life, #love, #nature, #pain, #poem, #poems

Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 13, 2022
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Hidden Inside, Published at Spillwords Press

I am excited to announce that my poem, Hidden Inside, is now available at Spillwords Press. A big thank you to Dagmara K., and the whole team at Spillwords for publishing this piece, and for their continued support.

Hidden Inside

I crumble like stone
into a void with no home

falling

I try to understand the pain
and trauma coming up

within a body and mind, a disease
no one can find

hidden

inside the elements of being
swimming upcurrent…

I would be honored if you would go here, and read the rest of my poem. Thank you!

Photo by Prettysleepy, Pixabay

#poetry, #body, #disease, #healing, #heart, #life, #love, #mental-health-awareness-month, #mind, #nami, #nature, #pain, #poem, #trauma

Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 12, 2022
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lavender lines, Published at MasticadoresUSA

I am so pleased to announce that my poem, lavender lines, is now available at MasticadoresUSA. Thank you to Gabriela Marie Milton, and the team at MasticadoresUSA for their continued support, and for publishing this piece.

lavender lines

tumbleweeds thread the head of a pin

while the size of our love’s always been
reminiscent of the dreams laden in your hands

like the flavor of morning dew
know that I’ve always seen you…

I would be honored if you would go here, and read the rest of my poem. Thank you!

Photo by AnnaliseArt, Pixabay

#poetry, #dreams, #emotions, #feelings, #healing, #heart, #life, #longing, #love, #masticadoresusa, #mind, #nature, #pain, #poem, #publication, #reminiscence