Best Be Still My Beating Heart Poems

hummingbird wings
beating swiftly --
my heart when near you

1/10/22
Entered in Damned I Be's Haiku contest...

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I recall how we once strolled
together; how our hands met,
firmly clasped, yet gentle, as
would two puzzle pieces we fit – 

Saw the greater picture...the 
landscape mountains, then down
life's slopes, our sparse valleys
far greener than others for the
closeness we shared. We were
a true panorama when it...

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I call my apartment (my home) my nest,
with this and that collections and beloved stuff displayed:
Oh, when within my nest I am not stressed,
where my art supplies, books and papers are arrayed;
and it is a place where my soul-   can rest.

There is...

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Inspiration
Deep within the mind it plays
Bounces around your heart
Scatters a picture which you care to see
To live to breathe
Inspiration
Without, we are blind
See less than the ignorant
Possess only a blank portrait 
Lacking the needed brightness 
Inspiration
Fondly seeks us 
Discovers who we are
We live, we breathe
Life...

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"The Beating Heart and Our Skin"  

When the heart of a 
people stops -
blood brothers
and sisters -
when does God 
walk in?

there is no 
waiting patiently 
when children 
are taken 
by the monster
who grins

when does God 
walk in?

to assuage 
the Hell burning
non-discriminatory
in the lower levels
stoking...

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TU AMOR — Y COMPARTIMOS UN CORAZÓN PALPITANTE---

Si tuviera que conformarme con alguien;
Sólo alguien que cree como yo.
en el Dios del cielo;
Todo poderoso creador;
Tú, mi amor, creo que te elegí;
Porque con todo mi corazón eres mi amor;
Ya sea que estemos juntos o separados, eres mi...

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Sometimes a normal life can become epic,
But this thing called fate has a bag full of tricks.

Every day in my village, out of the window,
I saw the face of a graceful belle who had the sun’s glow.

I wanted to confess my love for her but...

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Its a deep kiss that always curls my toes

Its the whisper of a secret that no one else knows

Its the touch of the hand that clenches with mine

Its that look in your eye that gets me every time

Its that smile on your face as you...

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A heart so big
She couldn’t help herself
She’d give and she’d give
Just couldn’t help herself
Just couldn’t say no
Never seen the reason why
It never hurt to give
It only hurt to be stolen from
Toys that were given to her where stolen
Clothes that were bought for her were stolen
Relationships...

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I will never leave you
No matter what you say
I’m willing to stand by you
And take it all the way
So this is to my blue eyed babe
Take my beating heart
Take it now babe, today
And we will roll out a brand new start
I know that you have...

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Beating Heart

Holding it in my open hand
Showing you my pain
Look at my heart
Watch it beat
Time after time
In a perfect rhythm
Does it only have one beat left?
Does it have a million to go?
Look at my beating heart
It has seen so much
Lived through unimaginable pain
Count the scars
Look...

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17th November 2020

Beating muscle beneath frail skin,
Rigid bone beneath strong muscle,

A warm full of life fleshy heart,
Thumping with feeling and passion,
Taking a stand on your sleeve,
No lies can be told in flesh and blood,

A cold, worm filled, empty rib cage,
Cracked gnarled and hollow,
Hiding away beneath...

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 Something is in my heart’s heart
Died this morning I must restart
Pounding in my chest, nothing left
For my muscle now abstract art 

8/29/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2019...

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i believe i am part breath
so i dare to second guess
i am a beating heart
that belongs just to you
(which I always knew)
i send a telegram to you
from here and now
back to May of 1885
just to have a year with you
and i keep remembering 
how i...

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