Tag Archives: pain

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 7:15 am on January 26, 2022
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oblivion’s mistโ€ฆ, Published at MasticadoresUSA

I am so pleased to announce that my poem, oblivionโ€™s mistโ€ฆ, 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.

oblivionโ€™s mistโ€ฆ

words cut from stone, it is your love shown,
resplendent and full of life,
calling me, it does,
twice

once before time began to run, like the riversโ€ฆ

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

Photo Photo by WikiImages, Pixabay

#poetry, #dark, #heart, #hope, #life, #light, #love, #masticadoresusa, #nature, #oblivion, #pain, #poem, #trauma

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on January 14, 2022
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with all their scars, Published at Spillwords Press

I am super excited to announce that my poem, with all their scars, 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.

with all their scars

they say, life
is a performance
of sorts, played out
on the background of
perceived solidity

young children,
learning quicklyโ€ฆ

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

Photo by Jonny Gios on Unsplash

#poetry, #acceptance, #contemplation, #hope, #introspection, #life, #light, #love, #nature, #pain, #poem, #realiztion, #reflection, #scars, #shadow, #spillwords-press

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on December 24, 2021
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the flowers proseโ€ฆ

as the pain grows, it reminds me of the flowers
prose, blooming under the sun, and
often, on the
run

hiding in the shadows, and lurking just beneath
the surface, it rises like the tide, this
swelling in my
chest
it is
a

lifelong romance, just like the joy that lives on the other
side, when we abide, and take the center
in stride
we

come out, wide-eyed, with love as
our guideโ€ฆ

Photo by adriansiea, Pixabay

#poetry, #contemplation, #flower, #introspection, #joy, #life, #love, #nature, #pain, #poem, #reflection, #sea, #tide

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on December 22, 2021
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I gently wish upon a star, Published at MasticadoresIndia๏ฟผ

I am excited to share my poem, I gently wish upon a star, which is now available at MasticadoresIndia. Though this is my last poem of the year with MasticadoresIndia, I am very excited about being a regular monthly contributor next year. Thank you again to Terveen Gill, and the entire team at MasticadoresIndia for publishing this piece, and for their continued support.

I gently wish upon a star

heartaches, reminding me of earthquakes,
experienced in between the lines,
moving past mistakes

of a life, this life, lived in moments unsure,
and in others, grown taller
than the applewood trees flowersโ€ฆ

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

Photo by 13452116, Pixabay

#poetry, #beauty, #heart, #human-connection, #joy, #life, #love, #masticadoresindia, #pain, #poem, #romance

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on December 16, 2021
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shattering like glassโ€ฆ

walking into misery, watching it unfold, it envelops me
like a cloak, I

drown from within, you were just here, how could
it have beenโ€ฆunderstanding loses meaning,
as heart breaks into a thousand
pieces

shattering like glass, spreading out through the air,
diamond bits rest in my chest, throat stuck,
tongue thick, with
a mind
blinking
into
a
mistโ€ฆ

traveling back in time, unavailable, so will settle
on memories lying dormant
in mind, and
heart

though
they
do
tell the story of your love, divined

deep as the ocean is wide, you did your best, while
dealing with your pain
like a mime

and, while goodbyes are unnecessary, I would like to tell
you how much I love you,
one last
timeโ€ฆ

Photo by Nicholas_Demetriades, Pixabay

#poetry, #emotions, #feelings, #healing, #heartache, #life, #loss, #love, #memories, #mind, #pain, #poem, #reflection, #reminiscence

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on December 10, 2021
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the pages of our storyโ€ฆ

you whispered to me once, it came through
the trees, unseen, a beautiful thing
discovered
amidst
the

flowers, and turbulent troubles, left for the moment,
like leaves falling from the sky,
you remind me
of the
why

in existencesโ€™ cryโ€ฆ.calling to you and me, a
new whisper seen, and felt
in-between
the

pages of our story, lived, loved, and magically
created, like two dancers, entwined
in a kiss so
soft

subtleness

takes on a new form, as realization dawns, and two
hearts are, together, as one,
drawnโ€ฆ

Photo by miroslavkaclik, Pixabay

#poetry, #connection, #existence, #heart, #introspection, #joy, #life, #love, #magic, #mystery, #nature, #pain, #poems, #realization, #romance

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 yesterdayโ€™s delight, pushing us furtherโ€ฆ

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 November 28, 2021
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I call to the wind

in times of great distress, I call to the wind,
a friend, and constant companion when times are
grim

less known than before, part of the paradoxical
nature of love and loss,
shown

as part of a life lived

in its myriad fabrics and textures, feeling them with zeal,
I reel, and find a home in all
thatโ€™s realโ€ฆ

no hiding, now exposed, raw, vulnerable, and ready
to let go

of the pain, and sorrow, and simply sit in the magnificence
of love in all its shapes, and sizes,
bestowedโ€ฆ

I am at the Oregon coast this weekend, and it is beautiful. The above pic and poem were inspired by my time here, which I always treasure. Growing up by the ocean was a gift, and now living relatively close to the ocean once again fills my heart. Wishing you all a beautifully blessed Sunday, and coming week.

#beauty, #emotions, #feeling, #healing, #heart, #life, #loss, #love, #nature, #ocean, #open, #pain, #poem, #sea

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 weโ€™ve known,
truth, and deep pain, resonates
the sameโ€ฆand,

sometimes

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

we wonder

whatโ€™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 sayโ€ฆ

experience, not at bay, only ever, the presence
of a love that will never stray, and
always stayโ€ฆ

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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โ€‹โ€‹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 aboutโ€ฆ

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 weโ€™re present to all weโ€™ve done,
and give thanks to

a heart filled with love, that always wasโ€ฆ

Photo by geralt, Pixabay

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