natureโ€™s magnificence bestowedโ€ฆ

flowers hold a love
of their own,
petals, sepals, and
stamen, sewn, with
dewdrops of compassion shown

all
held together
in a gentle reposeโ€ฆ

natureโ€™s magnificence bestowedโ€ฆ


Photo by Glady, Pixabay


#poetry, #compassion, #flower, #life, #love, #magnificence, #nature, #poem, #reflection

Dance Away the Day, Published at MasticadoresIndia

I am so pleased to announce that my poem, Dance Away the Day, 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.

Dance Away the Day
as a tear
escapes my eye,
I resist
even more,
not wanting
to face
the deluge
needing
to pour forth

gritting
my teethโ€ฆ

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


Photo by Matteo Catanese on Unsplash


#poetry, #contemplation, #emotions, #existence, #feelings, #introspection, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #reflection, #trauma

the love we feel deep inside…

looking to the sky, I see wisps of dreams pass by,
hung to clouds, and curled up tight inside

they drift and float, as the land and sea
continue to roam, we

search far and wide, and continue to try,
clutching at dreams, portrayed in the mirrors
magic display, seenโ€ฆ

a reflection, and refraction, of lifeโ€™s mysterious
contradictions of mind, gleanedโ€ฆyet

stillness continues to elude us, as we hang our dreams
on the clouds that pass by, and search for meaning
outside, still

as day turns to night, and
the clouds disappear from sight,
the light burning on the horizon, bright,
reminds us

of the love we feel deep insideโ€ฆ


Photo by Fotocitizen, Pixabay


#poetry, #contemplation, #dreams, #heart, #introspection, #life, #light, #love, #mind, #nature, #poem, #reflection

we kiss time goodbyeโ€ฆ

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 goodbyeโ€ฆ.

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

our loving escapeโ€ฆ

love lost and unadorned, yet remembered, and
stored, for itโ€™s you, Iโ€™ve always adoredโ€ฆ

like butterflies have wings, you always see me,
as I am, not another iteration of a dream
romance

making my towards you, raising through the seas
of possibility, and tranquility, I look forlorn
at times

yet, know

youโ€™re always there with a helpful hand, guiding me,
through ordeals trivial, and those most plentiful,
and mystical

remembering this, gives way to a love
deep within

like sap running through the veins of a tree,
my heart pumps love throughout my
beings entirety

holding it in place, creating a soft and textured space,
for our loving escapeโ€ฆ


The opening line to this poem, and thus the entire poem, was inspired by a wonderful poem, titled November, by Simmi, of Rose-Colored Glasses? If youโ€™ve not yet visited Simmiโ€™s site, and read the poetry there, please do so, it is lovely.

Photo by Stergo, Pixabay


#poetry, #connection, #contemplation, #dream, #heart, #introspection, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #reminiscence, #romance

the dream tree…

the veins of the earth pour
through me, as I sit quietly, contemplating
the tree, me, and all I seeโ€ฆ

โ€ฆI wonder if this life is really meant to be,
or, if the me I see, is simply a reflection
of the dream treeโ€ฆ

cascading light reflects off the tree, and
I gather up memories bound underneath the sea,
and wish for another reality

where pain and pleasure go together,
like twins, conjoined in a love so tender,
kind, and altogether

reminiscent

of the mystery,
weโ€™ve spent our lives trying to out figureโ€ฆ


Photo by Bessi, from Pixabay


#poetry, #connection, #contemplation, #dreams, #introspection, #life, #love, #mystery, #nature, #pain, #pleasure, #poem, #reflections, #trees

your ever loving midst, Published at MasticadoresUSA

I am so pleased to announce that my poem, your ever loving midst, is now available at MasticadoresUSA. A big thank you to, Gabriela Marie Milton, and the team at MasticadoresUSA for their continued support, and for publishing this piece.

your ever loving midst

eyes,
shining bright,
just like the stars
on the clearest night

when you
first
came into
viewโ€ฆ

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


ย Photo by Robson Hatsukami Morgan on Unsplash


#poetry, #connection, #contemplation, #introspection, #life, #love, #masticadoresusa, #nature, #poem, #reflection

I give my heart to you

drinking in the sea water, I hear the bell toll, and,
indeed, itโ€™s my heart you stole

with a second glance, just the kind of romance,
making stories appear
much more than circumstanceโ€ฆ

I give my heart to you, as you walk from the sand,
into a land, ill-defined,
and yet, part of the current storylineโ€ฆ

waiting with bated breath,
your hand again clasps mineโ€ฆand

in that moment, we realize,
just how much love is left in the world
when weโ€™re togetherโ€ฆ

is divineโ€ฆ



#poetry, #connection, #divine, #heart, #life, #light, #love, #nature, #poem, #reflection, #relationships, #romance, #sea, #stories

an ode to you, I do then write

I look into your eyes, and see
reflections of our shared historyโ€ฆ

a puppy once, around the house you trounced,
with joyfulness in your heart, a beautiful dance,
as the birds swayed in the breeze, and looked on entrancedโ€ฆ

as you grew taller, I followed your lead, and
led a life full of joy and pain, both, yet
either way, when I returned from the day

there you were, ready to play, no dismay, only
love in your heart center on full displayโ€ฆ

an ode to you, on this day, I do then write
of your birth on this most beautiful nightโ€ฆ

I sing a song to you of love, passion,
and, though we had our struggles,
in the end, our relationship was ultimately full
of the most blissful compassionโ€ฆ

In response to the WDYS#105 prompt, from Keep it Alive, by Sadje.


Image credit; Charles Deluvio @ Unsplash


#poetry, #animals, #bliss, #companionship, #compassion, #connection, #friends, #life, #love, #poem, #relationship, #wdys105

towards the light of another dayโ€ฆ

I skip over puddles, one, two, three,
in the mirror images, I see, you
refracted back at meโ€ฆ

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 againโ€ฆ

tired, and tortured, I look to the earthโ€™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 dayโ€ฆ


Photo by distelAPPArath from Pixabay


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