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Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on February 5, 2022
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amber clouds

amber clouds, with darkness traced, a
a silver lining placed, in your
heart and mine,
forever

and
beyond
time, they
move in the sky

uninhibited by
mind, collecting dreams
from children
playing on
the

shoreline

sand settled in heart, a complex emotion,
takes us
apart
one

piece at a time, as tears fall from images
held dear, and we
move on

past
fear, into
another land
completely

held with awe and esteem, are the sky’s dreams,
these patterns traced
in the sand
and

collected by hand, so
sweetly…

Photo by natureworks, Pixabay

#poetry, #clouds, #dreams, #emotion, #fear, #heart, #hope, #life, #light, #pain, #poem, #sea, #shore

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 8:00 pm on January 25, 2022
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love is all there ever is…, Published at MasticadoresIndia

I am so pleased to announce that my poem, love is all there ever is…, is now available at MasticadoresIndia. Another big thank you to Terveen Gill, and the team at MasticadoresIndia for their continued support, and for publishing this piece.

love is all there ever is…

gathering up the reminiscence lost, I
travel the world, wide and far,
searching

and dreaming of the nature within…I…

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

Photo by 21539618, Pixabay

#poetry, #contemplation, #despair, #emotion, #feelings, #heart, #hope, #introspection, #life, #love, #masticadoresindia, #nature, #poem, #reflection, #reminiscence

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on December 28, 2021
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the shadow and stone…

waves break against my eyes, reveler caught,
in-between the shadow and
stone

feeling

the breadth and depth of this universal context,
shown, stars hanging off yonder, while
we continue to plunder, is it
any
real
wonder

about the pain beneath our feet, radiating up, and
through these bodies and minds,
not an accident, rather
something far
greater,
given

in-kind

it is
a love dispensed
from the
depths
of

the seas…

please, then, let us rewind this love transposed,
though, oft bemoaned,
know, it is always
present, and
bestowed…

Photo by MDARIFLIMAT, Pixabay

#poetry, #connection, #contemplation, #earth, #emotion, #introspection, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #presence, #reflection, #seas, #waves

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 5:00 am on December 8, 2021
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may this song be sung, Published at MasticadoresIndia

Recently, I was invited to be a regular contributor to MasticadoresIndia. I have accepted this invitation, and am very excited about this new opportunity. I would like to thank Terveen Gill, and the entire team at MasticadoresIndia, for thinking of me, inviting me to be a regular contributor, and always supporting my work. I am honored.

Here is an excerpt, of the first of two poems that will be published this month at MasticadoresIndia.

may this song be sung

tears are like open wounds
that never lie, on that, we can rely

and, try as we might

we are never truly sure,
only ever, may we relish in the fervor
of yesterday’s delight, pushing us further…

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

Photo by PiotrZakrzewski, Pixabay

#poetry, #contemplation, #emotion, #feeling, #introspection, #life, #loss, #love, #masticadoresindia, #nature, #pain, #poem, #resilience, #standing

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on December 5, 2021
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the flame of hope and love…

heartbreaks are full of rain, and the setting sun,
is just the same, as senseless tragedies,
they came

knocking at our door, waiting, and watching
for us to bring the
thrum

of a life lived underneath the trim, and drum
of absence embroiled, and
shunned

weeping like the flowers on a midsummer morn,
we call to the heavens, wanting to know
more

about the reasons existence pulls the chains and
chords, while we fight against our inner-
discord…as

remembering seems like an eternity, we draw
on every piece of light left available, and
take it all in,
keeping
the

flame of hope and love alive, as we abide, and
continue to unwind
time

now…resting easy in our hearts and minds….

Photo by MabelAmber, Pixabay

#poetry, #contemplation, #emotion, #existence, #healing, #heart, #heartbreak, #hope, #introspection, #life, #light, #love, #mind, #nature, #poem, #time

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on November 25, 2021
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the presence of love

loving is hard work, relating all we’ve known,
truth, and deep pain, resonates
the same…and,

sometimes

it does burn, scalding from within,
as we look up, transfixed, by the night sky,
cool, placid, not dim

we wonder

what’s hidden in those galaxies, far away, as we try,
offering solace to our hearts, giving those we love
another start, to

make their way into the galaxy next door, buried
in a love so deep, we often ignore, yet, opening up,
we create the possibility of another
shore

waves lapping upon the heart, cooling the burn, healing
the pain, and offering us more hope than
we can say…

experience, not at bay, only ever, the presence
of a love that will never stray, and
always stay…

Photo by WikiImages, Pixabay

#poetry, #emotion, #feeling, #galaxies, #healing, #heart, #introspection, #life, #love, #nature, #pain, #poem, #presence, #reflection

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on November 21, 2021
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​​a heart filled with love

heart opening up to new realities,
I see much more today than any other day,
when dismay was more present, the gifts all around,
did sway

in the breeze gently, head down, furious pace,
lost, and wondering where to turn about…

looking up, the sky always tried to offer solace,
and a way to stay

keeping the pain at bay,
and as

clarity dawned, after much work on heart,
and many tears did
pour forth

cleaning and cleansing all the broken parts,
offering a healing in the light, when at its darkest
was the night

a shining, there was, and meet it, I did, where
time stops, and we’re present to all we’ve done,
and give thanks to

a heart filled with love, that always was…

Photo by geralt, Pixabay

#poetry, #broken, #darkness, #emotion, #feelings, #healing, #heart, #insight, #life, #light, #love, #nature, #pain, #poem, #realization, #whole

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on November 7, 2021
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we kiss time goodbye…

apart, a distance kept, past regret,
and other mysterious combinations of lives lived
instead

the love of a lifetime, and beyond all lifelines,
blossoms, as we touch the sky, with hearts filled with
love and joy

once, we bid adieu, not knowing whether our paths
would cross again, we, two

souls separated by circumstance, now fly high,
transparency by design, seeing each other
for the first time, we rely, and

cross the crowded city center, enter each
others arms, hold close, as the
stars align

and we kiss time goodbye….

In response to the WDYS#106 prompt from Keep it Alive, by Sadje.

Image credit; Gennaro Leonardi @ Pixabay

#poetry, #connection, #emotion, #heart, #joy, #life, #loss, #love, #poem, #romance, #wdys106

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 30, 2021
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towards the light of another day…

I skip over puddles, one, two, three,
in the mirror images, I see, you
refracted back at me…

always loving and kind, despite the pain
sitting on the surface
of our contoured purpose,
reaching deep within,
looking amongst the worn out travelers, sin

arises, seems raw, and depletes me again…

tired, and tortured, I look to the earth’s very nature, for a sense of purpose

realizing
the feelings, and thoughts, go against the grain

like the trees, bare, and scorched of their outer skins, while flayed and portrayed

in the myriad contexts,
where love is at the center, not grim,
more compassionate, to the travelers
making their way

towards the light of another day…

Photo by distelAPPArath from Pixabay

#poetry, #connection, #contemplation, #emotion, #heart, #introspection, #joy, #life, #light, #love, #nature, #pain, #poem, #purpose

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 24, 2021
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all things beautifully configured…

rocks covered in green,
the misty between,
sitting at the edge of the unseen,
wondering what this mystery is to me…as

reflection gives way
to transgressions of the past,
and mind continues to flitter,
here, and there, I

sit quietly, watching and observing the
drama play out, without a shout…as

flitter turns
inside out, and brings with it some clout…now

slowing down…as

love arises from the center
of all things beautifully configured…

In response to the WDYS#104 prompt from Keep it Alive, by Sadje.

Image credit; Sean Robertson @ Unsplash

#poetry, #beauty, #contemplation, #emotion, #feeling, #heart, #introspection, #life, #love, #mind, #mystery, #nature, #poem, #reflection