Tag Archives: Love

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 22, 2021
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Helping Hand

Surpassing
the grandstand,
I withstand the pull,
as my heart
continues to fill

with

an effervescent joy
at all that is employed,
by the gentle touch of a stranger
helping another, who finds themselves
in a little bit of trouble.

Looking into their eyes,
cascading ripples
of love are seen
moving from one to
another
as the realization dawns
that the stranger is our brother.

Mistaken,
we are not, as the soul
we see
is a mere reflection of the

We.

Take heart then,
and don’t fall apart. Rather,
withstand the pull
of another’s desire, and lend
a helping hand
when you can.

#poetry, #connectedness, #connection, #helping-hand, #humanity, #life, #love, #poem, #poems

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 21, 2021
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Caress

Photo by Maheima Kapur on Unsplash

Transfigured
and transformed
like a star
that’s met its last
act of resistance,
and takes the
final curtain call.

We
move through the world
with hopes and desires,
fed by the
gravity of tomorrow.

Pulled into it,
we dance alongside
the wheel of time,
as it turns, and
witness a mirage
and a beauty,
which is one of a kind.

A simple caress
from the morrow,
beckons us
with a will borrowed
and called
forth upon its own sorrow.

And, then?

At destinies chance,
we glance back
and thank
the helping hand
guiding us,
just like all the rest.

#poetry, #beauty, #connection, #destiny, #humanity, #life, #love, #poem, #poems

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 20, 2021
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Atop

Image credit; Sean Robertson @ Unsplash

sitting atop,
ponder the new,
while existence
comes into view

In response to the WDYS #82 prompt from Keep it Alive, by Sadje.

#poetry, #atop, #contemplation, #existence, #introspection, #life, #love, #poem, #poems

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 18, 2021
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Haiku #25

Photo by Belinda Fewings on Unsplash

tranquility is
the essence of being, as
we reflect back love

#poetry, #haiku, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #poems, #relfection, #tranquility

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 17, 2021
Tags: , glory, , Love, , , ,   

Glory

Photo by James Day on Unsplash

Mesmerizing is
the sun, radiating love
and breathing life
into my being.

I often stare up,
wanting to catch a glimpse
of that fiery ball
in all of its
glory.

#poetry, #glory, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #poems, #sun

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 3:00 pm on May 16, 2021
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Tanka #12

Photo by Arun Clarke on Unsplash

lights shine in night sky,
an owl sings in the distance,
crickets echo, day
contemplating existence,
be still and take it all in

Photo by Sébastien Goldberg on Unsplash

#poetry, #existence, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #poems, #silence, #stillness, #tanka

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 pm on May 15, 2021
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Haiku #24

Photo by Matt Gross on Unsplash

Water, transfixed in
mind, ruminations abound
as life mirrors back.

#poetry, #contemplation, #earth, #haiku, #introspection, #life, #love, #mirror, #poem, #poems, #rumination, #water

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 14, 2021
Tags: , fatherhood, , , Love, , , sons   

Bold

Photo by juan pablo rodriguez on Unsplash

Does language
ever really capture
the love we feel
completely?

Do stars
drop from the sky
and nestle us
with great surprise?

Pondering
these questions,
I think about the boys,
grown up so much now;
it’s hard to believe
as I still see their shadow
in my rear view.

On different paths,
are they,
yet learning more,
they are,
about themselves,
and, yes,
everyone else.

A miracle to behold,
is the gift
of being a father
to two young men
so bold.

They touch my heart
in so many ways,
at times,
it’s impossible to impart
the fullness
of this beautiful gift,
especially when we are apart.

Be that as it may,
for today, it’s enough
to know
that they live within,
and will stay there
forevermore.

#poetry, #fatherhood, #heart, #life, #love, #poem, #poems, #sons

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 13, 2021
Tags: , grin, hamity, has been, , , Love, , , smile   

Grin

Photo by Amanda Sofia Pellenz on Unsplash and Photo by Baptista Ime James on Unsplash and Photo by Conner Ching on Unsplash

With every step I take
there is heartache,
like I might
break.

And, then, just around
the bend, I
see you grin, and
my ache turns into a
silent has been.

#poetry, #grin, #hamity, #has-been, #joy, #life, #love, #poem, #poems, #smile

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 12, 2021
Tags: , 28-5, , , intruige, , Love, , , , wdys#81   

28-5

Image credit; Victoria Strukovskaya @ Unsplash

I knock three times,
yes,
it’s 28-5.
It seems I’ve got
that right, yet
there’s never an answer,
and I wonder
what might be the matter.

I pace
and think,
and think and pace,
clearing my mind
of all those escapes, and
preconceived ideas
of what I’m missing, while
staying present
to the glow that’s forth giving.

And, just then,
I hear someone
from behind the door,
calling someone
from beyond
the shore.

And yet,
no one’s there,
and I wonder
about all that’s fair,

as our

hearts
mingle in a dance
of inquiry,
hidden from view
behind
a barricade
of life’s fullest and most
interesting mysteries.

In response to the WDYS #81 prompt from Keep it Alive, by Sadje.

#poetry, #28-5, #heart, #inquiry, #intruige, #life, #love, #mystery, #poem, #poems, #wdys81