If your voice holds no flame, just the echo of night,
A hollow refrain with no spark to ignite,
Then let the stillness rise, let the quiet remain—
For a word without fire is a breath without name...
Then let the stillness rise, let your whispers take flight,
For the dark cannot teach, and the void gives no light...
And if your words burn, but they blaze for your name,
A wildfire of pride that consumes without aim—
Then hush now, my soul, lest you fan your own shame,
For the self-willed are dust, and their embers betray.
Speak not for the sake of the sound in your chest,
But to carry the light that the Heavens have blessed.
For the lips that confess with no hunger, no awe,
Are but shadows that dance on a temple’s cold wall.
Oh, speak with the light or surrender to Grace,
Let the Divine fill the unspoken space.
For the holiest tongues know when to be still,
When silence is worship, when love is the will.
Oh, the Divine fire glows,
Where the humble heart goes,
In the quiet, it shows—
More than speech knows.
Whispers in tears of velvet squares apposed to yellow sunshine.
I can only sense in shades of the most prominent colours of the rainbows
I sit watching the crowds of people walking faster than he knows
You are untracable in waterfalls cascading trumpets playing all goes
We walk hand in hand to keep the demons aways from the scarecrows
Look at the diamond how prescoius it looks with all the colours of universe in rose
Sorry if this doesn,t catch your imagination but my time flies faster as time flows
Persist my friend because one day the arch of your back will bend and tomorrow you will be smaller and you will dose
Relinquish your arms and follow the sound of the tambourine bouncing in your head once it will say how it bows
Polite people follow me because I have dared to dream about the way that sorrow shows
Into your anguish tainted by members of the elite to watch you try once again in tatters as she grows
I feel complete in actions and intent while my dog snoozes for teztimecwill pose
Yes the whispering tears of velvet squares apose to yellow sunshine butvreme ber the white light alwaysxand forever glows.
Missy Glow said she has giant cat swing; I did not expect this
It must have cost her a fortune, I say to my curious sis
We both go back together to take another peek at this swing
I try to get a price, but she pretends she does not know a thing
It came from my fellow, a sweetheart, an angel, my new beau
I want one for myself, so I try to get his number from Missy Glow
He won’t take your call, he does not know you, she says expertly
I am so irritated I can barely swallow my crumpets and tea
Morn-faced, on the inside
Now this dark forest glows.
Love one feels! First smiled upon.
As warm. As deep. Heart knows!
Love glows brighter than Full moon
Past an admiring whistle and a cat call,
she walks elegant standing tall,
night lamps dazzle the rain wet street,
the moon stays bright feeling upbeat,
the glow of love on her face is evident,
her countenance, brighter more radiant,
bouquet in hand he gave her with a kiss
the joys of love that bring inner bliss,
he had asked on one knee, and a caress,
.. and she with a smile had said ‘Yes!’
after “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” by Robert Frost
The leaves don’t ask
to keep their fire—
they flare, then give
themselves to fall.
I’ve tried to hold
what light I could,
but even morning
knows to let it go.
Heart glows
Inner joy peaks
Bliss beats cascade within
Rapture unbound engulfs our form
Heaven
12-May-2023
__________
Song of my heart Poetry Contest
Sponsor: JCB Brul
O' silhouette
come down
dance with me
in your dark
close to me
as I step you embrace me
darkest lover kindness flows free you look at me
Silhouettes Darkest Love Glows
Unbreakable hearts
touching reaching
in the dark come closer be
in me in your heart of hearts
closer you be embrace
the embraceable be
darkest lover kindness flows free you stand by me
Silhouettes Darkest Love Glows
5/12/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2023
REAL BEAUTY
Surface beauty in a human being
May be seen as a great asset
But is this always the case
Beauty is not lasting
Character of love
That always glows
Makes us worth
Precious
Gems
Copyright, Kathryn Search
The forest glows with natural magic;
Burgundy passion bursts taking the air,
dark curtain rises on a love affair;
Surrounding you the vision hypnotic
showy against a dark sky dramatic;
Drawn to the serenity found out there
the forest glows;
Admire the view charm is panoramic;
With a gaze you instantly want to share
a simple truth but we stay unaware;
Emotions erupt so enigmatic,
the forest glows.
Across the meadow of goldenrod blooms,
I listen as Autumn's wind sings a melody.
A sweet song for the soul in majestic notes
as withering leaves tumble to the ground
creating a lush carpet of russet and scarlet.
Cattails have dried along the pond's edge.
I hear morning songbirds as they take wing,
upon long flights to a milder climate.
I shiver from the slight chill in the air
but soon the sun's fingers will touch me.
I'll welcome their warmth and to it I'll cling.
I've arrived at the orchard, with basket in hand.
Apples to become pies, await my picking.
It's the time of harvesting ripened fields.
In every view of Autumn, I see nature's glow.
Autumn paints her canvas with bold colors
and her beauty abounds upon Mother Earth.
It's a bittersweet season of cascading leaves,
but one whose scenes are etched in my mind.
It's the gloriously golden time of the year.
December 17, 2022
Still-Life Autumn Scene Contest
Sponsor: Eve Roper
twinkling of fireflies
brings enchanment to the night,
with magical glows,
they flash in colors of gold
their allure is such delight
3-12-2022
Firefly Tanka Poetry Contest
Sponsor: JCB Brul
That Secret Place That Glows
Now alone she ponders the persuasive reality of emotive vulnerability
The stranger vanished while magical moments persisted and lingered on
Sleight of hand is a nemesis obliged to invoke the dynamics of incongruity
Undeterred are elements of rapture like sand dunes on a distant blue lagoon
Instants in retrospect revealing acts of what transpired provokes no surprise
Depicting scenes of tough roller coaster rides and confrontations with woes
Seeking solace from failed endeavors the heart harkens to own the prize
Courage trump defeat leading her love to that secret place that glows
Penned:
08/03/2016
West palm Beach
Florida
USA
Sometimes my heart glows
like a beacon it shows
shining brightly through
the night and also in daytime it close
it strikes a shining pose
it's strikes like lightning shows
Like zagged ridges rolls
between towing down like running waters
from the stars to the ground
Sunshine sun flows
Moonlight nights as my heart glows
9/6/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021
New Life Given And Glows Of A Golden Crown
A pity, stark indifference and sad
Paths taken into that darkness and woe
It is not that world and all life is bad
As willful blindness we let evil grow
In course of that we build a blacken room
Mold iron shutters to deny the light
Glorify our dancing in that black tomb
And learn to love evil that parades at night!
Yet if eyes are opened we can see
Just how deeply we into darkness fell
Fathomless horror found we seek to flee
Away from those blinding gates of Hell
Realization wakes to light's sweet breath
Salvation leading to a clear road seen
Away from eager hands of fated death
And former life that was truly obscene!
Rising to dawn's glow and a golden crown
We again find life and love's blessed touch
Walking from our former shallow renown
We may again paint with a joyous brush!
Robert J. Lindley, 8-29-2021
Romanticism,
( Treasure Found In True Light )
Note_
Written this morn, born from a soup-mail
conversation here with a dear friend.
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