Best Heart Swells Poems
I remember the day I got the call.
My world fell apart.
I had lost it all.
I remember the day you were taken from me.
I knew your beautifull smile I would never again see.
They said it was a mugger and you put up a fight.
I should not have let you go out that night.
It seems like just yesterday we fed eachother our wedding cake.
When I remember that memory my hands start to shake.
I sit in my cabin on this mountain with the sky so blue.
I won't leave. This's where I spent my honeymoon with you.
My family wants me to go back into that world, so cold.
I'm not leaving this mountain.
It's where I'll grow old.
They say your gone and will never again be.
Well, I hear what your saying. Yes, I know your talking to me.
You sit in the chair and drink my tea.
My heart swells up when you smile at me.
They say I've gone insane and see things that aren't there.
If I'm on this mountain here why should they care?
I love you more then I did when we first found this place.
I remeber everything about you, your ellagince and grace.
Why am I not in that world full of anger and fear?
I want to be with you on this mountain here.
Christmas fun
Angel wings
Snow in Sun
Sleighs on dells
Joyful things
Tinkling bells
My heart swells
The choir sings
Love here dwells
12-28-19
Where Mind Soul And Pen, Often Dance And Play
In a sad blindness, one may yet find hope
Sweet romance is in truth a healing balm
What in Life, can we truly ever hold
True to Heart, an old poet's solemn vow?
Drowned in passionate depths of our deep love
Come to me Love, so that tender heart swells
O' broken heart, tis now thy time to mend
In thy love-realm I would gladly live and die!
Caressing Virgin soil, with soft caring hands
I beg to yet again kiss thy sweet precious lips
As cool winds grace soft emerging twilight
Where Nature's beauty and man's design meet.
There Winter's lonely fallows deeply dream
Where weeping willows in silent peace grow
Seeds sprouted from deep within mother Earth
Fair maiden, forever this true love holds.
Wide eyes absorbing true magical scene
Waterfalls in rainbows where we shall play
I am laid bare, naked with nothing to hide
Shall we believe in that promise forsworn?
Robert J. Lindley, 8-27-2019
Verse
Note: This poem was composed from titles of my own poems, for the twenty title contest. Only after composing did I see that it was to be titles of other poet friends. Intended to rewrite but was very ill for several days, forgot and saw the contest closed before I could rewrite using my poet friends' poem titles. I wish I had read the contest instructions better, But still I decided to keep it as is and post it. My mistake but I had truly great fun going over hundreds of my poems to find these twenty titles.
Yesterday I was oblivious and carefree,
looking forward to seeing you,
talking with you on the phone -
your teasing voice glimmering with laughter . . .
Today my heart is a deep abyss
that knows no bottom;
I cannot find you in the darkness
for you have slipped beyond my reach.
No one can share my pain and loss;
only I carried you within me,
nestled just below my heart,
your forming body responsive to my voice and emotions.
Others may be familiar with this grief;
but mine has its own individual, bitter taste.
You are one of a kind,
no one just like you in all the universe.
My heart swells with aching sorrow;
you passed in the deep of night
with no one by your side,
alone,
except for the angel who came
to escort you from my world to His.
Waves of loneliness sweep over me;
I am capsized!
My baby boy you will always remain
although you grew to be six feet tall,
an independent, self reliant man.
There is a loneliness I know very well . . .
each birthday,
every holiday,
it stands beside my bed
waiting for my eyes to open.
It is my companion through every day,
raising its head at unexpected moments
to remind me that you are dead.
I could not bear this loneliness
if One did not walk with me
who knows it better than even I do,
God who gave His Son for the world.
Copyright, November 16, 2014
Choose a Topic Contest
Heartbreak and Loss Topic
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You sit alone on the shore
And play with the sand
My heart swells at your sight,
I long to take your hand
I send out gentle waves
that lick your dainty toes
Desire lights your eyes
Longing to leave dry land
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Yes, you’ve heard my call
I see you rise and give in
Trust me to be gentle
Until your heart I win
My current is so strong
Able to sweep you away
In time it will be unleashed
But first, to wet your skin
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Liquid hands are exploring
The curve of your thigh
It sets you to quiver
Emboldened by your sigh
Slowly, I move on higher
I smile as you gasp
You feel liquid passion
On breasts no longer dry
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I can’t wait to claim you,
hands now are in your hair
I tug on the tresses
trailing your body bare
You resist no longer
It is time to possess
Ah, what sweet surrender
As I ravish you there
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I glide and move inside you
In my world below
I feel the swell rise
My passion I now will show
I push you to the top
Light as a breath of air
I know you are ready
The strength of love to know
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My waves come crashing now
Each stronger than before
You’re shaken in the depths
Swept by the mighty roar
I beat down upon you
You scream out your release
You ride each surging wave
Beg me to crash once more
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You lay spent in my arms
As you look at the sky
Where the jealous Sun King
Dazzles to catch your eye
He reaches down his rays
And kisses your body fair
But you’re here in my arms
There is no use for him to try
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Content, you let me touch you
And do all I please
My hands and lips all over
You smile as I tease
Slowly, oh, so slowly
You start your journey back
I’m left here to send you
Kisses on the salty breeze
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Eileen Manassian Ghali
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Cardboard boxes, full of surprises;
celebratory treasures rest,
beneath the evergreen branches;
stacks of color.
Bellies smiling, hiding
delectable, culinary delights.
My child-heart swells with joy,
while palates dance a waltz.
Emotion rides on clouds of serotonin.
Christmas builds
another miraculous memory
and the old year, ends with elation.
My taste buds are sent sailing on a warm sea,
of cocoa and cinnamon spice.
Come To Me Love, So That Tender Heart Swells
Gone, our days dancing in the splashing rain
Awaiting the great mists of transcending time
My love, you taught me to ride a hurricane
Within the mind, a storm blasts out flashes
Consider the moment you wake this coming morn
Walking streets paved with nameless stones
Grains of sand, pretending to be boulders
Cool winds grace the soft emerging twilight
Memories of crossing fires and true romance
Hold my loving hand gently in your hand
Your gold hair hung just right on your shoulders
Thou art bright crimson-in rose red-lit bloom
Those sounds that now arrive in early morn
Those were golden days of splendor
Sit beside this gentle flowing stream
Morning dew glistens in anticipation
When I slumber where rushing waters play
River laps softly, a rainbow sings
Once I sought but love ran away
Climbing that hill, your heart within my soul
Hears that whisper, lovers in epic romance
You are my life, longing for you
The view, where led that path not taken
Who knew your forever was, a lover's query
Yet hope promises a new dawn each day
Dawn burst forth, earth was drinking its new rain
Goddess of my passion two hearts a'praying
Sunshine embraces my soul, drinking from mercy's cup
In sky's thundering heart, weeping for your sweet hand
We are but a mere blink, Fall sets to turn
Huge blue eyes that speak, seek fairness and love
On the high mountaintop I see the stars
We walked the night sands, moon shining down
Nights so love-locked in your arms, fill up a scroll
Caressing virgin soil, with soft caring hands
I am laid bare, naked with nothing to hide
Robert J. Lindley, 1-13-2017
Romanticism
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Beautiful Scenes, Golden Gifts True Love Brought,
third poem of three.
True-love ...
Depths that heart swells,
longings that birth hot flames
night-gems, true eternal treasures
True-love.
With desires born, heart wedding sweet love dreams
songs, a most eager spirit dares sing,
heart swelled so near to bursting at its seams
gems of life's most precious of renderings.
The beauty of true heart, its greatest song
scenes of gasping nights and her hottest kiss,
love with joyous fervor that brought along
sensual heat and most heavenly bliss.
She that beauty's sharpest eyes sets apart
a rare gift that mortal longing desires,
for nothing greater rewards seeking heart
and nothing on earth lights hotter fires.
Goddess, both rejoicing in love-born fires.
United by love that never expires.
Soft-touch ...
kiss that invites
concupiscence, and more
nights, hot waves of raging desires
Soft-touch.
Robert J. Lindley, 10-10-2020
Cinquain, Sonnet, Cinquain
(CSC)... three of three
Final poem in series
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My love,
It is midnight and I lay alone.
It will be a while before we see each other again,
Or even speak.
I went for a drive tonight, like we often do,
Except this time I was alone.
The tea was bland without you.
I am unfulfilled, restless.
My chest feels tight, but also bottomless;
You give me sorrow and despair.
The colors of the world have faded,
My drive is dull and without life.
When I see a vehicle pass, or turn a corner,
Even if it isn't like yours, but especially when it is,
I get butterflies -
Though I know it isn't you.
Laying here, my skin tingles with yearning,
It craves your touch.
My fingertips are reaching for something that isn't there,
Anything - your hand, back, chest, lips...
Eyes closed, I can see you gazing back at me,
That expression so filled with love and kindness.
I feel your arms around me,
So safe and warm.
Each time my phone dings I wonder if it's you,
I am flustered, my chest thumping hard.
If it's not you,
I'll close my eyes and hear your voice,
So soft above the crackle of fire,
I'll smell your skin, sweet like honey.
My heart swells into my throat,
Pressure rises in my temples.
I find myself fighting back the tears.
It's the thought of you,
The memory, the feeling.
If that was all I had of you,
It would be enough for me to feel loved forever.
I pray for you, and for us.
I am so grateful.
I love you.
A while back I left meaning
At the river bank of seeming
And gathered myself to trust
Dark and light
I learned how to fight
By giving my faith to LOVE
He took me deep and wide
Cleaning all I longed to hide
'Neath the sheath of TRUTH
The fire was roaring
And I began soaring
As the chains of deception were loosed
Down, up, over, under
The lightening struck and I felt HIS voice THUNDER
Shaking the foundation of my soul
I yielded to the push and pull
Wanting to be wise in spite of being a fool
To the world system of structured holes
For so long, my eyes were fixed
On the laying of the bricks
To see how it all works
The wrong tends to rise
In the systems we devise
.....quirks, quirks, and more quirks
What on earth made us believe
That we could keep what we receive
And do whatever it takes to ensure entitlements never leave
OUR FILTHY GRUBBY HANDS
UGH! I am so tired of the struggle
...I want, I need, I should have, I'm not happy with what I have
...........I should have alllllll I want, when I want it, and
....................GOD, you should want me to have it.
There! I said it!
So, if I continue with LOVE
I get the blessings others aren't aware of
Enjoying intimacy so deep my heart swells in capacity
Or, I can lay the struggle down
And try to keep all the temporal things I have found
In the accepted veracity
...of fallen men
Yesterday, the answer was clear
But today, my friend, I am here
In the thick red clay...that clings to my boots
Although I walk in peace
Matter tries to stick where the Spirit gives release
So I can allow enemies to believe they have valuable loot
....I worked hard to gain
No...it was given..and I will let it go.
Written by Trudy Schrader on 01-22-2019
A heart swells,
oozing with love,
having fulfilled, re-fulfilled
and over-fulfilled obligation.
But the mind now weakens
from the weight of this swollen heart
and the pressure must be released
before it explodes.
As they engage in battle;
mind versus heart,
one resists the power of love,
the other embraces balance
and they become an intertwined braid of strength;
a natural phenomenon,
the one of harmony.
by Ana Espinola Collins
The morning is hectic, with a hodgepodge of family
I'm washing up dishes, while others are napping
A clatter of dishes, ...oh,.. something is broken!
Someone starts laughing, and all is forgotten
Good smells from the kitchen, from the turkey, now roasting
while Crosby is singing, and presents are opened
The children are teasing the calico kitten
One of the youngest, is having a tantrum!
Into the bedroom, I go like a flash
to tidy my hair, and put on a dress
A moment's exile.....a moment to smile
One moment alone....a refuge, a groan
I'll take a deep breath, escaping the mess
One minute to sigh, unwind and restore
Then open the door, to the sounds I adore
The family came home ....It is sheer, utter madness
The family came home, and my heart swells with gladness!
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12/26/15
What Christmas Means To Me
I came alive the moment I met you
I don't know how I breathed before
You made my life complete dear
And I'll break when you walk out the door.
My boy.
You are special beyond comprehension
So perfect you can't understand
I'll be eternally grateful knowing
You were mine and you held my hand
My boy.
I would die for you dear in a heartbeat
You give more than you can ever know
Such a beautiful soul, my heart swells with pride,
As I stand back and I watch how you grow.
My boy.
Tired my dear, I have watched you sleep
I have cried as I stroked your face
I'll blink and I will be without you
Not here in my happiest place.
My boy.
Live life and love and be happy
Safe in the comfort and joy
Of knowing I will always be waiting
For you my dear, my dear boy.
My boy.
Her heart swells with ecstacy
When he plays basketball in scorching heat
Dodges the ball here and there
With a sly smile dwelling everywhere
Before scoring the goal, he lifts his head
Throws a glance where she with everyone, treads
Drunk, deep blue but cosmic cross eyes
And she colours love in them
Her heart pounds with misdirected love
He jumps and goals and her heart go wild
For he: a stretched Straw lands back on the court....
Like a ball rolling far and wide
Game resumes and to shed his sweat..
He flips his shirt up and low
A scare-crow figure peeps through belly
Then a daring crow comes, sit and poops on his head
He is all bones and; flesh of a pound or two
But she sees six packs flashing her eyes
And her heart swells with ecstasy
Near the end he pours water on his face
With his head high and his eyes closed
The grey shirt turns black with water and sweat
And her heart gets high with adrenaline fret
The water drops find their way out of the black silk tides;
With black lice as passesngers on-board
One nook of supposedly voluptuous lips
Hangs upward, baring sidelines of his dental scheme
A days old seed there; stuck in-between
Sows directly in the soft soil of her heart
And she can't see seed's surrounding black sea,
As her heart swells with blind love and ecstasy
Falling through the holes of Time,
I bequeathed what once was mine
The Hands Of Fate are quite unkind,
As Destiny hath me confined
In torture Towers- abuse of Power!
While in my cell I quiver- cower!
With Guards dispatched, a plan I hatch
To escape within the hour
Though, Lo! I compose perplexing prose
To make a point that no one knows
Who I am, or my haunting woes,
But, oh, my hope doth grow and grow
Though my Heart swells and heaves
The broken Love's I haven't grieved
Locked in a past I cannot leave,
But in myself I do believe!