Devotion Longing Poems

Written: April 15, 2024, For Constance La France Y words Contest

Rumi Quote:  "Longing is the core of mystery. Longing itself brings the cure. The...

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The lotus blooms, a tranquil sight, 
Where once your eyes held warmth and light.
Now bathed in silence, searching deep, 
You chase a peace my heart...

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I'll be waiting in the wings
Hoping for what someday brings
And if you're quiet, I'll be too
That doesn't mean I don't love you
I always will, I...

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Father help me to be humble 
Help me
Help me to be
Father help me to be humble
And let your glory shine
O Lord my God
Let YOU so...

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innocence memorialized in candlelight
as we sit and dream in its gleam
of flickering and playful flames
timeless and free flowing
finding each other in the midst of longing
vigilant...

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When you saw me on the carrousel
You knew you had found love
You waited till I had fun with my friends
Before approaching me with steady steps;
When...

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With answer to call;
Grasping this rope, of loves pull,
Will you listen for its bell?

Heard eternally,
You are ringing in my heart!
Lovers sanctuary dwells!...

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If my heart were a rose garden
I would pick one satin rose
everyday,
for my ravishing ruby beloved,
whose heart beats in delicate violets,
whose gaze sings me lavender...

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Sitting here, blanketed, the night is so dark
I look through my window and up at the stars
But something is missing, my heart sends a cue
That...

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Old Mountain tales of love spin 'neath dawn's blush,
Elderberries, purple ink drop pearls, drawing me nigh.
Ah! Her laughter, a honeybee’s dance in summer’s rush,
Ignites my...

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Wink at me and melt my heart 
Like only you can do
Add your smile to it
And I'll belong to you

Indirectly I espy,
Your presence what I...

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A little poem overnight
Awake and still right here 
Past the time you shut your light
My thoughts of you stay near
The dreams I have do not...

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Usefulness is only deemed by someone who needs it 
You made me feel useful 
For once in my life, I meant something to someone 
Whether...

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Bluebird, how I love you
Come alight on me
Build your nest inside my heart
Where no one else can see
To think I've traveled all my life
But that...

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Hold me in your arms Bluebird
I need your comfort too
Tell me that you love me
Kiss me as you do
Open to each other
Communication street two-way
Sharing private...

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