Best Closeness Poems
some days you may
be low on strength
i’ll give you mine
life is bigger than cancer
we feed off each other
the closeness of our bond
finishing each other’s
thoughts and sentences
your smile your touch
there’s magic in the details
in the togetherness of you and i
in life being bigger than cancer
Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~THE POWER OF TWO~ 2020
AP: 2nd place 2020
Two circles linked within our hearts
Each a symbol chained in the orbital path
Of our love's infinite pathway
Forever to return united in the moment
As east is to west
And north is to south
As wind is to stillness
As fire is to water
As earth is to air
I am vulnerable
I am centered in your essence
To inherit your elements
From beginning to end with every molecule
I am empty to be filled
And filled to be empty
I am complete
November 13. 2019
Writing Challenge, November - Some Kind of Love - Poetry Contest
Sponsor by: Dear Heart - Wiishkobi Ode
Revised February 26, 2020
Free Verse on Love Poetry Contest
"Being alone with Spirit lifts souls with gifts of joy for hearts and light for eyes." Poet
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Whether I am embracing joy or buried in strife,
Your presence has been clear to me all of my life.
Through all years, I have sought to feel You even more
so truth continuously cements firmer within my core.
Your closeness - my awareness ~ I live zealously breathless
Whenever I need and seek precious time alone with You,
I close my eyes so all of the world leaves my view.
Focusing on a tiny white spot grows an ethereal light.
I see and feel vibrations pulsed exquisitely bright.
Your closeness - my awareness ~ I live zealously breathless
Within my chest palpitates a genuine, stupendous high
unlike any intoxication to be felt on earth's side of sky.
It is no longer air that I breathe, but Your glory I inhale.
You lovingly wrap me serene in glimpses of divine detail.
Your closeness - my awareness ~ I live zealously breathless
Compressive closeness
Enchanted vision crumpled
In collapsed distance.
Transparent closeness
Masked reality unveiled
In snapped relation.
Demanding closeness
Stifled freedom fragmented
In ego crisis.
Transgressive closeness
Nascent emotions smothered
In timed attraction.
Unscripted closeness
Unfinished story shelved
In dark memory.
December 10, 2017.
Written: January 06, 2024
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Shimmering swaths
of cerulean sea
ionize comely light
purple-tinged sand
strewn with tattered shells
during low tide,
summon imperial thrones,
tartly lovely youth
amid sparkling Tyrian swells,
whilst peering
solace amid
vibrant splendor
of landscape,
as serene slopes
and lucid pleas prevail,
I wait with ebbed breath
for an ethereal grace
to ignite a spark
of hope.
We haven't touched yet,
we're just syncing
over ariose love song,
as warm rain and clouds—bow
"Salut d'amour",
violins string opalescent tones
that rise and fall in pitch,
as a link to ink
an iridescent origami doodle
of a jewel-lit song,
summer nights of
ochre acrylics—a plethora
of fairy flickers and fireflies
amid a flurry of filigree,
to inveigle her into playing.
We draw on our kinship
as we float freely,
over crestfallen ocean
a pen swayed in time,
with an Elysian rim
on my horizon,
I whirl my love whims
and swirl the walnut wood
in disconsolate loops,
In a spice grist mill
sprinkles to spice my life.
Keys and gaunt codes
to demure this dalliance
served with Mirabelle tart
and for the sake of Muscat,
as the breeze tickles
those are my shutters
I fantasize about lying,
over her fastidious breast
as empyreal lee of
a sun-kissed knoll,
should she ever grasp
my hand and our
lips converge,
in an esoteric way
would we fit snugly?
as a dovetail joint in unison,
or would we plummet?
to our deaths
in shattered light?
8th place contest winner
the trust
the comfort
blurred line
between
the you
the me
the invitation
unspoken
implied
a nudge
a smile
a touch
acknowledged
proximity
the attraction
the closeness
mutual devotion
intimate
inseparable
a harmony uncommon
AP: Honorable Mention 2020, Honorable Mention 2022
Submitted on February 3, 2020 for contest STRAND SELECT C sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 2ND
You knew me before
I ever knew you.
A child so innocent
You watched as I grew.
Still of this world
I floundered and fell.
Thank you my Lord
You saved me from Hell.
The day that you touched me
My life became yours.
You guided, you kept me
From worldly lures.
I talked about life
How hard things had got.
You listened and told me
You loved me a lot.
As I drew closer
And followed behind.
Only to realize
You were changing my mind.
Remember that day, Lord
You reached out your hand.
You pulled me beside you
And that's where I stand.
Thank you My Lord
for all that you've done.
I love you and need you
No more do I run.
You knew me before
I ever knew you.
Your name is Jesus
And my name is Sue.
Oh, to have the hugs and closeness of a companion,
To hear laughter of happiness,
To see youthful smiles on tender lips,
To scent a fragrance worn,
To feel the warmth of entwined fingers holding hands,
Walking hand in hand in sunshine, rain showers,
In enjoyment, wanting to be together,
To be close to each other.
Oh, to park on a beach of an ocean watching a setting sun
Bring on evening hues, darkness and night time lights,
To play board games helping pass long hours of an even longer evening,
To kiss wantingly, tenderly and know that a beautiful
Vale is just over the hill to be explored.
Oh, for the closeness of a companion.
W.C.Hull © 25-08-1995-E
My son Kevin is a fine young man
With a positive attitude and the motto “yes I can”!
His energy is amazing and there’s no challenge too great
Results oriented like his mom, he’s a winner out the gate
Anything mechanical a piece of cake for gifted hands
Fast cars his passion as we watch from the stands
A Navy vet for which we are proud
Lots more to tell but there’s too big a crowd
This message should be perfectly clear
I will always hold my son Kevin dear!
Closeness
a ripple of chance
in an ever
changing pulse
~tides shift~
seasons shed her shape
warm caresses disperse
poetic forbearance
rests
outside the dearth
Walk with me, although your hand
Extends through strands of wire
Beaded with thorns; be careful now
But let us walk
Talk with me, although your words
Must pass through cords of steel
Binding these limbs; be careful now
But let us talk
Sing with me, although your song
Sounds faint through walls of stone
Keeping us apart; be careful now
But let us sing.
Translations of Urdu couplets and poems by Momin Khan Momin
Perhaps
by Momin Khan Momin
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
The cohesiveness between us, you may remember, or perhaps not.
Our solemn oaths of faithfulness, you may remember, or perhaps forgot.
If something happened that was not to your liking,
the shrinking away that produces silence, you may remember, or perhaps not.
Listen, the sagas of so many years, the promises you made amid time's onslaught,
which you now fail to mention, you may remember or perhaps not.
These new resentments, those old rehashed complaints,
these lighthearted and displeasing stories, you may remember, or perhaps forgot.
Some seasons ago we shared love and desire, we shared joy ...
That we once were dear friends, you may have, perhaps, forgot.
Now if we come together, by fate or by chance, to express old loyalties ...
Our every shared breath, all our sighs and regrets, you may remember, or perhaps not.
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Being
by Momin Khan Momin
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
You are so close to me
that no one else ever can be.
NOTE: There is a legend that the great Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib offered all his diwan (poetry collections) in exchange for this one sher (couplet) by Momin Khan Momin. Does the couplet mean "be as close" or "be, at all"? Does it mean "You are with me in a way that no one else can ever be?" Or does it mean that no one else can ever exist as truly as one's true love? Or does this sher contain an infinite number of elusive meanings, like love itself?
Being (II)
by Momin Khan Momin
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
You alone are with me when I am alone.
You are beside me when I am beside myself.
You are as close to me as everyone else is afar.
You are so close to me that no one else ever can be.
Keywords/Tags: Translation, Urdu, Momin Khan Momin, love, uplifting, visionary, spiritual, soulmate, close, closeness, unity, farness, afar, memory, remembrance, forgetfulness, remember, forget, forgot, time, silence
For a study, you get admission, By various documentary submission
To the school, every day you visit To acquire knowledge, like deposit
Exposed to several question Engaged to practical action
Subjected to several test To bring out your best
Ultimately you face examination To consider you for a promotion
Finally you may get a pass You become a new class
You may get a title That is not the end of the battle
Just to get a title, so many stages! Getting His closeness takes ages!!
Above poem is adapted from the eBook “NONE TO MATCH! NOR TO MARCH!! AND OTHER POEMS ON GOD ” by Mr.V.Muthu manickam. Copyright is held by V.Muthu manickam. Tweet him at :@mpvmuthu5
I know you are always with me
as minutes gather, form together and mesh
then don't be afraid
then all at once, time stands still,
infinite nights dictated by moonlight
I know you never give more than can be handled
allowing for time forgotten, to be reclaimed and remembered
then go ahead, meet the challenge
recounting moments captured from memories
I know you will be with me through the hardest times
Blending with each other, complimenting one another
then trust me, ask me, let me...
I will not let you fall... too far,
enhancing the beauty of mother nature's symphony
just enough to get your attention
I want to hear you breathing
Not just know that you're alive
Proximity is vital
For my beating heart to thrive
The spoken words a niceness
You won't hear me complain
But the silence in-between them
Life's invisible refrain
I want to feel you breathing
Just the warm breeze on my cheek
As you lean across to whisper
Something precious and unique
I'll smile and nod agreement
As your face it pulls away
I know you cannot be here
Yet I long for you to stay
I want to see you breathing
In the winter's Christmas light
A gift that we've been given
Amongst other gifts this night
If only, in this season
When the nights draw into black,
All this distance in-between us
Could draw breath to bring you back