Arrival of fall, rustling of leaves
Strangers walking down the alley
Far reaches from the city grounds
A girl, a charmer arrived in the fall
The planet on its tiptoes danced 16 times
To welcome new chapters in her life
In the trouvaille, I found a friend in a stranger
A friend I never knew I needed,
In my journey to love myself
The courage flowed like river from her words
Her aura that outshines moonlight
In longing of someone, she counts the stars
A hidden sadness behind the beaming smile
A hidden pain behind those eyes
In her happiness, the gunnen rises on me
Went through ups and down
She always fought the demons in her mind
A figure who loves “tea”, to be debutante in her prime
Have friends like poison ivy
But she knows how to live life
Allow me to let that pain go away.
Allow me to supply you with consolation.
Receive me , authentic and raw.
Accept the warmth of my tender plea.
I’m unveiling my soul , vulnerable and bare,
to let you behold me, without disguise or care.
If your heart resonates , listen to its gentle tone,
and love me for who I am , entirely my own.
But if your heart doesn’t sing in harmony with mine,
Liberty awaits,set me free from love’s confine.
Spare me the sorrow that an unrequited love brings,
And let me soar , unencumbered , to love again.
Love’s journey, not it’s destination , defines us.
Heart to heart we live as one inside this castle for two
soulmates for life we hoped, but we never really knew
Hands interlocked, shoulder to shoulder , we toiled all day
only the bathe in the night by a moonlight's inlay
Heart to heart we loved each other like never before
believing in each other no matter what God had in store
Lips to lips we kissed like children in the garden of love
seeded and homegrown we grew like flowers, beloved
Heart to heart we grew old together and lived as one
walking side by side we savored every moment in the sun
Face to face we watched each other grow and change
knowing that I love yous were always in our vocal range
Heart to heart we shall live until God takes us both away,
to that Castle in the sky where we will live forever this way !
Love, Mystic Rose
Light through window-
my friend waits
on another table
but affections stirred.
Seasons ago
our lives got in the way
of what could have been.
Still after a few minutes
she comes to me
and for a moment
we’re together.
Old conversations shared
find new life
and now she’s part-time
caring for her daughter
at home
(I saw her daughter once
at the restaurant once)
and yes I’m still writing.
She wants to buy
my next book
just like the others books
She pats me
on the shoulder
remnants of love
shared as if
it never died
and a tree outside
regains its bloom.
May 31, 2022
Unity Consciousness Contest
Heart To Heart With My Saviour
Jeannie Flinn Furlong
So, Jesus! You rose. I recall those three days.
Your "life"! Continued with more enduring "love"
True bravery simplified following. New ways.
I imagined a small white shimmering "dove"
John beaming "joy" from his human connection,
Watching that newest Spirit, few had known of.
Pure anointment delivered God’s protection
You spread "hope" with "grace" for all by each true word.
My faith grows fuller, feeling your affection.
People learned. Knowing you from stories they heard.
Three in one: Father, Son, "Holy" Ghost. I see.
You began small. Next in flight with a white bird.
I know, Jesus. You are my reason…it’s key!
For heavenly ever after… you… and me.
June 30, 2021
Your voice
fills my cavity
with the fullness
that streams
from vast desert skies
where raindrops fall
like tumbling notes
pelting my heart
with pitter-patter rhythms
of a grand Aria arising
from tremulous rainstorms
that quench
my irresistible thirst
for your enchantment
I drink soaking wet
from the artistry
of resonate nightingales
breached on the precipice
of wonderment of us
Your touch
carries me
across
thresholds
of heaven
earth
universe
for the hearts capacity
to hold a singular place
or direction
for the home of
the infinite being
of us
Your kiss
journeys
to the farthest
part of me
the innermost
mind of me
the library
of novels from
a million stories
with words
boundless and eternal
about us
Rewritten February 22,2022
Winter Love Poetry Contest
Sponsored by JCB Brul
Heart to heart
together
we as one
Like sun and moon
inseparable
and never losing touch;
With one another
heart to heart, our love
will never
die
Heart to heart ...
One you and your love,that was my dream.
I was crazy about you,I was waiting for you.
I dream that you were mine only in my heart.
I was just telling you that you were just my love.
I was late in saying to you that I was dying only you.
Do not find the courage in your heart keep it in your heart.
My world and my luck all I was about your love.
Who has left in my heart now.
Thy your name was in my heart.
I don't desire to dwell in beautiful temples
made by your hands
I desire to dwell in every room of your heart
I don't desire the blood of sacrificed animals
or the good works of man
I desire obedience to my commands
I don't desire your empty religious practices
I desire a heart that is on fire with love for God
I don't desire to be visited only on Holy days
I desire to fellowship with you every day
This is why I laid my live down for you
Silent Songs: written by Stephen J. Vattimo
August 15, 1996
I have put my yes near your eyes,
I have put my heart near your heart,
We have counted stars side by side,
And painted rainbows on rainy days,
Just to add colour to the bleak.
Together we wrote down our dreams,
We weaved an intricate web of destiny,
Spun the webs of fate,
Created something so beautiful,
No gem could be put to it.
It is a perfect duet,
whenever you sing your heart to me,
And I pour my feelings to you,
Nothing but the stars above,
Know the magic that bids us,
When we are heart to heart.
"Why do you love me, Dear?" she cooed.
"You're cuddly, cute, and sweet," he said.
"Your mama's cat is too," she cried
and made some distance in the bed.
"Just teasing, Hon! I wasn't through,"
he reasoned with his peeved young wife.
"I'd be a wretched, lonely man
without you to complete my life."
"Now, why do you love me?" he asked.
Her answer: "You're so good and kind
and very easy on the eyes.
A man like you is quite a find."
He smiled. "Such precious words, my love,
but you've described our pastor too
and other men we both could name.
Why was it I you chose to woo?"
"Your point is gently made," she said.
"My HEART chose you, and yours chose me."
Mere words will never be enough
to tell what eyes of love can see.
Date: January 29, 2018
Contest Title: Eloquent Banter: You Tease me So Nicely Placed 1st
Sponsor: Edward McCall
January 7, 2019, entered in Mark Toney's 2019 Poetry Marathon,
mile 10 placed 7th of 10
September 10, 2020
entered in the Strand Completely Your Choice (7) Poetry Contest
Children placed in foster homes are
swiftly shuffled from heart to heart.
Breaking links in a chain of love;
goodbye; precedes every new start.
Wary eyes scan every fresh face,
trying to catch a glimpse of hope.
But intolerance and half-truths;
aggravates their plight, so they cope.
Love sounds like an empty promise;
delivered by a silver tongue.
For it's either misunderstood,
or disbelieved in hearts so young.
They've been suckled on hope and fear,
feelings felt from an early age.
And on realizing their fate,
they oft succumb to inner rage.
They remain undesirable
right up to their eighteenth birthday.
Upon which; labeled a burden,
they are abruptly sent away.
When all is said and done, I want to be able to look in the mirror and love the
woman
that stars back at me.
#Mafata.D
Close to his mother's warm naked breast
cradled a little treasure of a child
The peace of mind that only the small seed can feel
Thoughts and love shared in deep silence
03.04.2014
A-L Andresen :)
Sing sadness now and again, but still sing
Kneel for forgiveness, yield weaknesses, kneel
Raise your head high for the banner you raise
In your heart keep me always, let me in
Made honor your sacrifice, courage made
Mined hope from ashes, life lessons you mined
Pain gained from your sorrows, gained strength from pain
Time lost before is never wasted time
Carry love, sing, a joyful tune carry
Rejoice in my love, in all things rejoice
Lead your hymn solo, and me you will lead
Praise many virtues, though tis love you praise
Love never leave you empty handed, love
Mine heart is golden, treasure always mine
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This is what is called a Shadow Sonnet, beginning and end of each line must be identical or
a homophone. Harder than I expected.
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