Tag Archives: reflection

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on November 18, 2021
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I love youโ€ฆ

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, canโ€™t possibly be reality, pulling
me down into this demiseโ€ฆ

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
sighโ€ฆ

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
adieuโ€ฆ

instead, remain together they do,
by simply saying

I love youโ€ฆ

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 12, 2021
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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

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 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

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, 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

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:23 am on November 2, 2021
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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

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 31, 2021
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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

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 24, 2021
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all things beautifully configured…

rocks covered in green,
the misty between,
sitting at the edge of the unseen,
wondering what this mystery is to meโ€ฆas

reflection gives way
to transgressions of the past,
and mind continues to flitter,
here, and there, I

sit quietly, watching and observing the
drama play out, without a shoutโ€ฆas

flitter turns
inside out, and brings with it some cloutโ€ฆnow

slowing downโ€ฆas

love arises from the center
of all things beautifully configuredโ€ฆ

In response to the WDYS#104 prompt from Keep it Alive, by Sadje.

Image credit; Sean Robertson @ Unsplash

#poetry, #beauty, #contemplation, #emotion, #feeling, #heart, #introspection, #life, #love, #mind, #mystery, #nature, #poem, #reflection

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 21, 2021
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the love we feel on this night

the moon
speaks to me,
languages learned
through discorded earth

traveling from afar,
I quest into
the understanding shown,
close to heart, and
yet still from afar,
Iโ€™ve learntโ€ฆ

โ€ฆthrough
distances purged,
I indulge in the urge, and
request more at the moons behest,
as seeing, sees fit
to offer more,
closing the distances met

between me,
and the seas,
trees, and flowers
blooming abundantlyโ€ฆ

realizing love
is at the center
of all things seen,
and felt in-between
the moons myriad phases,
and my truncated

belief
in this dreamโ€ฆfor it is

in the unseen,
where life lives in this moment,
as you and I hold hands,
wish upon a star,
say goodnight to the moon,
and swoon, as delight

lights
up our hearts,
and makes space
for the love
we feel
on this
night

in full bloomโ€ฆ

Photo by Manjunath H P on Unsplash

#poetry, #contemplation, #emotion, #feeling, #humanconnection, #introspection, #life, #love, #moon, #nature, #poem, #realization, #reflection

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 3:00 pm on October 16, 2021
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dusty, and delicious

dusty,
and delicious,
a fond remembrance

of times gone by,
a child of five,
eagerly awaiting,
pacing back and forth,
looking at the door, wanting moreโ€ฆ

creaks now sound,
pacing stops,
gliding towards the door, I go,
stop, and wait patiently, I see

in the mirror, me

smile brimming,
heart delighted,
rocking towards my heels,
glee from within, waiting on theeโ€ฆ

the door opens, oh,
the sound, as
light comes forth,
the wafting deliciousness
is smelled for miles aroundโ€ฆI

now bound up, and

over the table,
ready to dig in, selection
important, take only one,
towards me it comes,
biggest bites as possible
are just enoughโ€ฆ

โ€ฆuntil I succumb
to the last crumbโ€ฆ

In response to the WDYS#103 prompt from Keep it Alive, by Sadje.

Image credit; Jovan Vasiljeviฤ‡

#poetry, #anticipation, #childhood, #donuts, #life, #memories, #poem, #reflection, #wdys

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 14, 2021
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as love blossoms

Pixabay

seeing brokenness
within, without,
and everywhere about, I shout

at the skyโ€ฆeverywhere, I flyโ€ฆ

emotions high,
and the depths, deep, and dry

as spinning begins,
and the trees look at me
with a silent grin, speaking
of something Iโ€™ve missed, I stopโ€ฆ

digressโ€ฆpause, and breathe life inโ€ฆ

slowing down now, I see

the moonlight cascade
off the tree, and, just then,
something else stirs from within

full of tears, and ready
to beginโ€ฆthis pool
of light glistens
off a reservoir,
felt, yet never been called

to sit inโ€ฆwhile

the
moment
stretches out
to the east,
and west againโ€ฆand

head meets heart
for the first time,
they bond together just fineโ€ฆas

love blossoms,
they align,
and

time melts into the sublimeโ€ฆ

#poetry, #contemplation, #emotions, #feeling, #head, #heart, #introspection, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #reflection, #time