Tag Archives: Life

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on November 18, 2021
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I love you…

heart broken into a million pieces,
agony inside, the time in-between
now and then, set aside

for a moment, like an eternity, dreaming
of other scenes, can’t possibly be reality, pulling
me down into this demise…

watching your hand leave mine, fingers outstretched
into another time, breaking solidity,
besides

the filament continues to flicker, wavering
in the night sky, pulling me towards belief, I
sigh…

remembering your face, holding you in arms, wide,
trying to make another sky

and portal to an alternative world, where the two
remain together, not ever bidding each other
adieu…

instead, remain together they do,
by simply saying

I love you…

Photo by Noel_Bauza, Pixabay

#poetry, #agony, #connection, #contemplation, #emotions, #feelings, #healing, #heart, #introspection, #life, #love, #nature, #pain, #poem, #reflection

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on November 16, 2021
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a love gleaned…

tiredness is present, like a gift from the heavens,
head in the clouds, I dream of the absence
found

in-between the margins of peace, tranquility, and
the pain bound

together

like dreams come to me, instead of sleep,
filling the space with images profound…

listening to my heart first, becomes
the knowledge bestowed, controlled, not,

instead,
the loud drum,
and thrum,
vibrations
come

towards the vistas trees, in need of sanity, destabilizing
the wishes seen, and, providing us all with a
love gleaned…

Photo by MarPockStudios, Pixabay

#poetry, #blessing, #dreams, #emotions, #feelings, #heart, #knowledge, #life, #love, #nature, #pain, #poem, #vibrations, #vistas

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on November 14, 2021
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love blossoms over the sun…

I’m covered in a blanket of darkness
as the wind caresses my skin,
and opens me up again

wide, as the sky is deep, I pause
and breathe all of life in…

closing my eyes, I try to remember

why
and where we last met, as love arises
within

towards
the thinness, atmospheric tension, begins…

a tranquility, and calmness beneath the sea, stirs,
and a tremble in the earth shakes
the reverie combined,
mirth

set aside for the dawn,
as love blossoms over the sun…

Portions of this poem may have been inspired by love warmly from aroused, by calmkate. If you’ve not read Kate’s poem, check it out when you have a moment, it is lovely.

Photo by MilanLA, Pixabay

#poetry, #connection, #dawn, #emotions, #feelings, #humanity, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #sea, #sun

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 8:00 am on November 13, 2021
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underneath my skin…

as fingers caress the tree,
there is glory seen, as the feelings beneath,
keep coming for me

one, after another, they try, me,
to
set free…
and I resist, more common
persist

running against the grain, terror scratched skin,
gritting teeth, pain from within

arises again, and
again…as

the
wind breathes…and, I

relax back into the flowerbed, smelling the roses
red

I take ease, notice the bees, relate my love for them,
not
too late

to grow roots straight into the earth, becoming
one with the soil, and the beauty enveloping me,
I roil, as

pain subsides, and I continue to surmise
my love of this beautiful planet, felt beneath,
within, and underneath my skin…

Photo by qkcreativity92, Pixabay

#poetry, #contemplation, #ease, #emotions, #feelings, #hardship, #introspection, #joy, #life, #love, #nature, #pain, #poem

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on November 12, 2021
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nature’s magnificence bestowed…

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

all
held together
in a gentle repose…

nature’s magnificence bestowed…

Photo by Glady, Pixabay

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

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 8:26 pm on November 9, 2021
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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 teeth…

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

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on November 9, 2021
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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, seen…

a reflection, and refraction, of life’s mysterious
contradictions of mind, gleaned…yet

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 inside…

Photo by Fotocitizen, Pixabay

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

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 November 6, 2021
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our loving escape…

love lost and unadorned, yet remembered, and
stored, for it’s you, I’ve always adored…

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

you’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 escape…

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 you’ve not yet visited Simmi’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

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on November 4, 2021
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the dream tree…

the veins of the earth pour
through me, as I sit quietly, contemplating
the tree, me, and all I see…

…I wonder if this life is really meant to be,
or, if the me I see, is simply a reflection
of the dream tree…

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,
we’ve spent our lives trying to out figure…

Photo by Bessi, from Pixabay

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