Tag Archives: light

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on November 21, 2021
Tags: , , , , , , , , , light, , , , , ,   

​​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 3:00 pm on November 20, 2021
Tags: , , , , light, , , , , , , , wdys#108   

sweet, like sugar cane…

the key fits the lock just right, as it did
on that fateful night, when we first met,
feeling free

were we

to explore, understanding our hearts’ galore,
combined

that first step, in a multifaceted romance,
with

deep feelings lasting centuries, unbound, limitless,
and grounded in a love,
bleeding

found under a field of compassion, where flowers
grow tall, and their hearts sprout everything,
no doubt

nay

resoluteness, replaced all doubt, and what did sprout,
was tender as a supple branch, blowing
in the afternoon breeze

and, as I reach for my keys one last time, I reminisce on all
the love we felt within, and know
time will move on

yet what will remain is the key just the same,
the one we used to unlock years
of passionate embrace

and a love that was sweet, like sugar cane…

In response to the WDYS#108 prompt from Keep it Alive, by Sadje.

Image credit; Photomix company @ Pixabay

#poetry, #connection, #heart, #life, #light, #love, #nature, #passion, #poem, #reminiscence, #romance, #time, #wdys108

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on November 9, 2021
Tags: , , , , , , light, , , , ,   

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 October 31, 2021
Tags: , , , , , light, , , , , , , ,   

I give my heart to you

drinking in the sea water, I hear the bell toll, and,
indeed, it’s my heart you stole

with a second glance, just the kind of romance,
making stories appear
much more than circumstance…

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

waiting with bated breath,
your hand again clasps mine…and

in that moment, we realize,
just how much love is left in the world
when we’re together…

is divine…

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

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 30, 2021
Tags: , , , , , , , , light, , , , ,   

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 26, 2021
Tags: , , , , design, , light, , , , ,   

a mix of glass diamonds…

time slows down, just like a train
entering the service station, as
light refracts off a mix of glass diamonds…

cut differently all,
as colors bleed through them,
and out the other side,
pouring love into the universe, by design…

we watch

with rapt awe and attention,
as love is transmitted via the chrysalis,
through the atmospheric tension,
and into the hearts of every part of living creation…

Photo by Pixabay

#poetry, #attention, #creation, #dark, #design, #life, #light, #love, #nature, #poem, #shadow, #universe

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 19, 2021
Tags: , , , , , , light, , , , ,   

on this most gorgeous day…

Pixabay

I climb
from the sea, a
journey from underneath,
scraping, and crawling
toward my destiny,
I mind

the feelings
from the deep, as
they speak of love,
light, and the twisted return
of all that burns

me
from
beneath…as

spinning becomes relatable,
just like the tree tops
swaying in the winds dismay,
as they play together
in the midst
of all that’s lovingly displayed

for you and me,
on this most gorgeous day…

#poetry, #connection, #emotions, #feeling, #humanity, #life, #light, #love, #nature, #poem, #trees, #wind

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 16, 2021
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , light, , , , ,   

a magical black hole

Pixabay

a dream,
mind conjures, as
intuition blossoms, and
reflects upon
conditioned aspects
of time borrowed…

harsh

as they seem
we grew through
the pain and agony…

trials and tribulations
abound, as we recount
each moment, and, at times, drown

in the feelings
swallowing us whole,
like a magical black hole….

spinning vortex,
light withdrawn,
senses expand, reaching
out for a hand

to hold onto at last…

breathing in life’s energy,
we wrestle with time,
and the nature
of the agonies
written upon
the sands
of our collective destinies…as

light shows back up,
speaking in the language
of love lost, pain healed, and
compassion given out, to all those that shout,
curse at the skies, and wonder why…

as deep inside,
we recognize our face
in the collection of pictures
we see in the mirror

of our humanity,
as we (re)adjust within
and get ready to again begin…

#poetry, #contemplation, #dark, #emotion, #feeling, #healing, #humanity, #introspection, #intuition, #life, #light, #love, #mind, #pain, #poem, #time

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 9, 2021
Tags: , , , , , , , light, , , , ,   

I hold a yellow petal

Pixabay

fight, fight,
fight, as the feelings
keep coming up,
a tirade that just won’t stop…

bleeding
from within,
associated
with a long ago, lost grin…

sans

the yellow petals
falling from the sky,
one at a time

making me
second guess, the minds
association
with the feelings
bubbling up, I stop

breathe in the aroma,
natures pandora, scent
from above, below my feet,
feeling beneath,
taking it all in

I almost feel free…

close the eyes,
concentrate
on the arising tide,
detach from them,
one at a time

I remind

myself
of the love
all around,
as I bound, up, and over
all the feelings,
plaguing my dreaming…

lightness of being
is now
what I’m feeling, as

the mind clears
itself of these fantasies,
and I hold
a yellow petal close to me,
and give thanks

for now, I’m truly seeing…

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

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 5, 2021
Tags: , , , , , , , light, , , , , ,   

Smolder Now and Forever, Published at Spillwords Press

Photo by Juan Encalada on Unsplash

I am super excited to announce that my poem, Smolder Now and Forever, is now available at Spillwords Press. I big thank you to Dagmara K., and the whole team at Spillwords for publishing this poem, and for their continued support.

Smolder Now and Forever

gazing,
and praising
the reality
you see,

while
knowing
the broken
bits of ember
are aflame
again…

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

#poetry, #contemplation, #emotions, #fire, #heart, #introspection, #life, #light, #love, #nature, #poem, #publication, #reflection, #spillwords