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Breathe I call to you my beloved Your unleashed whispers arrive Riding the tendrils of an approaching fog A dance of mist unfurling its fingertips of desire Coming ever closer to my pulsating heart I long for you, for all you have ever been To taste your breath, your desire, your heartache and your sorrow Would be my everlasting gift You come to me in many forms... hovering close by Beckoning me upward to that place between Heaven and Earth White hawk.....Your feathered wings outstretched I lay upon your back merging with you Entering your being Becoming you I feel our wings beating as we enter the sky together Gliding across powdery clouds A stillness... the air brushing our cheeks Our bodies rising and falling Dipping, curving, and diving Before climbing again Joy A quiet ascendance soaring into the realm Of Spirit and Soul Entering magical moments cloaked in ancient memories Our guardians are hummingbirds and owls Adorned in snowy white guiding us towards the velvet envelope Between space and time Undying light reaching out to the end of the horizon A merging of ALL..... Promise and Desire An everlasting illumination of hope Swimming in the naked air Being kissed by bursts of sunlight Peering through the gauzy sky My body basking in radiant warmth A quiet solitude A tapestry of pale rose, magenta, and mauve Reflecting my inner soul A call to BREATHE....Deeply...Fully Feeling the eternal connection Becoming one with the pulse of life Surrounding us all A deep reverence towards all that is Pink pearled strands of rain pierce the sea of mist and clouds A kaleidoscope.... columns of light and shadow Swimming through glorious turquoise universes I close my eyes and feel your embrace As we become one

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Bill Baker

Date: 11/21/2023 3:31:00 PM

I had to go back before I was at poetry soup to find this one, I hadn't read, Susan. What a beautiful blessing to feel the exuberance of becoming one with the white hawk and flying through the universe and eventually becoming one with all. Your imagery was exquisite and the flow as the wind blew was exhilarating. Thanks for sharing your beautiful thoughts with us through your eloquent and meaningful poetry, Susan. A FAV for my list! Congrats on your two poems in the Latest Anthology! YEAH !

Susan Lawrence
Date: 11/26/2023 8:48:00 AM

Dear Bill - A belated thank you for your meaningful visit to my poem ! You are such a gem to find this poem and read and comment . Thank you for the Fav ! Thank you for the gift of you and your presence and engagement! I appreciate you very much . Sending blessings to you and yours . Happy Thanksgiving to all . Flying with you through these words is a gift ! Hugs, Susan :)

Bill Baker

Date: 11/21/2023 3:31:00 PM

Have a Happy Thanksgiving, my friend. Hugs, Bill

Susan Lawrence
Date: 11/26/2023 8:50:00 AM

You too . I hope you and Sara enjoyed each moment. Yes the Anthology. Grateful to have my work included. Blessings , Susan :)

William P. Harris

Date: 3/22/2023 4:44:00 PM

Very beautiful

Susan Lawrence
Date: 11/18/2023 6:42:00 PM

Just seeing this lovely comment ! Thank you William Susan :)

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 8/18/2022 6:26:00 AM

Hi Susan, what a delight, meeting your loved one in the heavens and clouds and skies, and becoming one with each other as you wing across the upper cosmos, where angels fly and dreams are made simply superb my friend, Hugs and blessings, Jennifer.

Susan Lawrence
Date: 8/19/2022 1:31:00 PM

Jennifer, Your presence and visit is a gift. Thank you for taking this journey with me. I am honored and grateful. Big hugs my friend, Susan :)

Valsa George

Date: 6/16/2022 8:17:00 PM

This journey together in oneness is so exciting and exhilarating."A call to BREATHE....Deeply...Fully/ Feeling the eternal connection/ Becoming one with the pulse of life/ Surrounding us all.... ! This is the crux of the poem.... ! Susan, enjoyed your flight on the wings of imagination into the gauzy sky between space and time, enjoying quiet solitude...Simply beautiful

Susan Lawrence
Date: 6/18/2022 5:41:00 PM

Valsa , I am so very grateful for your presence. Your participation and your open heart. Thank you so much for your amazing wonderful comments and your spirit. Sending love and all good wishes to you my friend. Susan :)

John Watt

Date: 2/28/2022 6:32:00 PM

Susan, the flight and the warmth and the solitude you describe are both exhilarating and calming, covering the full dimensionality of life and nature and relationship. I am coming back to this one after having found it in the PS anthology and wanted to thank you for sharing it with us so we can take this ride with you. I have also enjoyed seeing your art at your website and am so impressed with your multiple talents. Your portraits sing, your abstracts glisten, and your poetry dazzles. Hugs ~ John

Susan Lawrence
Date: 3/2/2022 10:36:00 PM

Dearest John , Wow what can I say … you have made me smile . Really smile . Thank you for your visit and comments. So very happy you could visit my art website . I am working on a series of landscapes ( oil on wood ) to honor our Mother Earth ! I will have them up soon . I appreciate your presence greatly . Looking forward to reading more of your magic soon . Big hugs and blessings to you my friend , Susan :)

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 1/26/2022 3:35:00 AM

Wow, to say you are one with nature is palpable in this astounding work of art Susan. We are kindred spirits of nature’s realm. I loved this gorgeous tranquil poem one could use for meditation. Blessings xxoo

Susan Lawrence
Date: 1/27/2022 7:50:00 AM

Dearest Connie, So happy to have a kindred spirit in nature’s realm . You are a gift . Thank you for your lovely comments. Love and blessings to you always, Susan xx

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 1/6/2022 10:34:00 AM

You write in the methods of the Old Masters; and it is so unbelievably beautiful! WOW!

Susan Lawrence
Date: 1/7/2022 7:25:00 AM

Dear Caren, You are so very kind. I am thrilled you could journey with me in this poem. Sending hugs and all good wishes , Susan :)

Debra L Brown

Date: 12/22/2021 8:19:00 PM

WOW! I got lost in the poem, I felt I was there. Blessings ~ Debra

Susan Lawrence
Date: 12/31/2021 11:11:00 AM

So happy you could journey with me Debra ! Happy healthy new year to you and yours . Susan :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/5/2021 4:10:00 PM

wow, I just did a really short poem on a sky lark and merging with the sky and clouds, but this blows MY poem out of the water. YOURS is magnificent with imagery and beautiful details. Stunning.

Susan Lawrence
Date: 11/6/2021 9:15:00 AM

Andrea , In gratitude for you . Thank you for your generous comments . Big hugs, Susan :)

Christian Alexander

Date: 11/4/2021 6:48:00 PM

well penned piece, thank you

Susan Lawrence
Date: 11/6/2021 9:13:00 AM

Thank you Christian ! Happy for your visit . Susan :)

James Marshall Goff

Date: 11/2/2021 1:48:00 PM

Joyous and delicious, Susan, sensational images...

Susan Lawrence
Date: 11/3/2021 2:57:00 PM

Thank you James ! Cheers and gratitude Susan :)

Jan Allison

Date: 10/20/2021 8:42:00 AM

breathtakingly beautiful Susan, exquisite ink:-) hugs Jan xx

Susan Lawrence
Date: 10/20/2021 5:58:00 PM

Love and hugs to you Jan xx Thank you

Laura Leiser

Date: 10/16/2021 2:22:00 PM

Your poetic words set the mood so well with romantic mergings and feelings that you so exquisitely describe, Susan! Very ethereal and magical, and one just gets caught up in the moment! Well done! :)

Susan Lawrence
Date: 10/19/2021 5:51:00 PM

Thank you dear Laura for your lovely comments . So happy you got caught up in the moment ! Simple pleasures. Hugs, Susan :)

Besma Riabi Dziri

Date: 10/15/2021 9:41:00 AM

So quiet.. so serene the setting or dimensions you are soaring to.. ascending to other realms.. feeling "magical moments" that transcend world and time! I feel this power in your poetic words that met and rendered that spiritual and enchanting state of soul! What a unique poetry that speaks Wonders to the heart and mind! Thank you so much for sharing such a radiating Gem, Susan! My deepest regards and blessings. Love and hugs.

Susan Lawrence
Date: 10/16/2021 9:21:00 AM

Besma, Honored by your words and heart and soul. I cherish your inherent understanding and perception. You have traveled through space and time before and will again. You are a messenger of light and hope. Thank you for your presence. Love to you and many hugs, Susan :)

Arturo Michael

Date: 9/17/2021 11:05:00 AM

Great spirit in ink...Wonderful

Susan Lawrence
Date: 9/27/2021 6:19:00 AM

Arturo...so happy to see you and thank you !! A belated response. I have been away for a while. So much in life and feeling very inspired . Sending hugs and all good things to you and yours. Susan :-)

Anitha Jayasankar

Date: 9/13/2021 10:41:00 AM

Dear Susan, I came here twice before to see if you have written any new poem... I hope you are doing good my dear sweet friend... Thank you for your inspiring comments on my poem... Hugs... ~ Ani

Susan Lawrence
Date: 9/27/2021 6:18:00 AM

Dear Ani, Yes I am alive and well. I have been away for awhile consumed with life and work and making art and family. Feeling inspired ! Miss all of you and reading you emotional lovely poems. Hugs and love, Susan :-)

Harry Horsman

Date: 9/5/2021 10:27:00 PM

Wow, there are so many aspects i love about this wonderful poetry, in fact all of them, the personification i relate to so well, the 'swimming in the naked air' stanza stands out for me...Love your imagination and desires, Susan.

Susan Lawrence
Date: 9/10/2021 7:53:00 PM

Dear Harry A belated response to your lovely comments and visit . Thank you my friend . It is such a pleasure being part of your realm . Hugs and blessings, Susan :)

Weston Gregory

Date: 9/2/2021 5:49:00 AM

well written, each verse creates intricate feeling coming together on a heart throb. I like it a lot.

Susan Lawrence
Date: 9/3/2021 7:59:00 AM

Weston, Honored by your visit. Thank you. Looking forward to reading some of your poems ! All the best, Susan :)

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 8/30/2021 1:36:00 PM

This one made me sigh. Beautiful. ;0)

Susan Lawrence
Date: 9/3/2021 7:58:00 AM

Hi Richard...sighing is a good thing !! Hugs, susan :)

Quoth Theraven

Date: 8/28/2021 4:18:00 PM

Hello Susan, Words really don't do justice, for such a romance. A spirit took hold and blossomed in lofty air, in a poem called Breathe. Could there really be two gifted in you, painter and poet? Finding it hard not to let down my guard. Heart keeps asking for a cease and desist. Stuff like this, I thought I'd never miss. -Richard

Susan Lawrence
Date: 8/30/2021 12:43:00 PM

Richard....Your words ..in gratitude for you. Yes it is real. The journey continues. A delight to find you. Fly with me again. Hugs, Susan :)

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 8/28/2021 11:03:00 AM

Your emotions are almost tangible in this mesmerizing write, your captivating and talented poem is outstanding - when you fly high and are one with nature and creation, when you mention 'A call to BREATHE deeply, fully, you remind me of my yoga teacher, but then of course Yoga is being one with the universe in absolute tranquility and reverence of LIFE. Kudos dear Susan a breathtaking poem. Hugs and blessings. Thank you for a very kind comment on my short poem.

Susan Lawrence
Date: 8/28/2021 2:19:00 PM

Dear Jennifer, In gratitude for your visit and your wonderful heartfelt comments. You joined me in flight and together we soared together ! Each moment is a gift in time and space. Yes BREATHE ! Sending hugs and blessings back to you, Susan :)

John Watt

Date: 8/26/2021 5:29:00 PM

This really is exceptional writing, Susan, worthy of all the high praise below. The images and word choices are extraordinary and the emotions represented and deep. The elements of nature all support the sense of awe and wonder. I love the lines "Entering magical moments / Cloaked in ancient memories". This is a lovely dance that the reader doesn't want to end. A fave ~ John

Susan Lawrence
Date: 8/28/2021 2:16:00 PM

Dearest John, So grateful for your visit and humbled by your comments. I am so very happy you could fly with me into the realm of past, present and future. Honored by you faving it ! Looking forward to more of your poems. Hugs and blessings, Susan :)

David Kavanagh

Date: 8/26/2021 1:21:00 PM

Wonderful writing Susan, you set the bar so high for us aspiring poets, I'm delighted you can still see and feel the world with such light, was a pleasure to read, cheers David

Susan Lawrence
Date: 8/28/2021 2:13:00 PM

David, In gratitude for your visit and comments. I am so happy you could take this journey with me! Yes I see the light and appreciate beauty in even the shortest moments in time. It is all a gift. Best wishes to you, Susan :)

Gordon Mcconnell

Date: 8/25/2021 1:25:00 PM

Such a lovely penning Susan, full of great imagery and insightfulness. Blessings, Gordon

Susan Lawrence
Date: 8/25/2021 1:57:00 PM

Dear Gordon, So nice to have your visit! Thank you. Glad we could journey together. Sending blessings back to you. Susan :)