Oh to be loved and not lusted,
To be seen as a soul, not a body to borrow.
To have hands held with gentleness,
Not with hunger that fades tomorrow.
Oh to be known beyond the surface,
Beyond skin, beyond fleeting desire.
To be chosen in quiet moments,
Not only when hearts burn with fire.
Oh to be cherished slowly,
Like a song remembered for years.
Not a moment of passing passion,
But a love that outlives fears.
Oh to be loved and not lusted
To be valued, whole and true.
A heart held with intention,
A love that simply says: I choose you.
Though he is can be as quiet as an ash tone of gray,
I still see he and I still ongoing in near future someday.
I love him for how he makes me satisfactorily unclean.
Loving You Is an Art ????
Loving you is an art,
Not just words, not just emotions,
Not just romance.
It is like carving a linocut,
Each stroke, each cut—
Careful, gentle,
So I do not wound the sketch,
The same way I hold your heart,
Responsible not to hurt you.
Loving you is an art,
Like stringing beads with patience.
And when the thread breaks,
And the beads scatter
I do not leave them behind.
I gather them, mend them,Like
The way I would gather your broken pieces
And heal them with love.
Loving you is a design,
A vision that sparks in my mind daily,
A creation I bring to life,
Over and over again.
Loving you... is my masterpiece.
Love is as pure and white as the first snow.
It is so clean and pure, it makes us feel like we want to soar into the sky, flying high like our love makes us feel.
Love is always near to our mind, making us feel comfort all the time.
Love is never mean, and always has their love top in their mind.
Love is comforting like a favorite chair, it makes us feel so beautifully.
Love can last forever and ever.
So, hold in your loving arms, and walk a loving and happy life.
Thank God for finding your pure love in this life.
One can love
evil or good? No.
Love is always pure --
even evil will endure
not simply because
so commanded by God
but because, for true love
only Pure Love is true --
Greet me--Spring sprite,
fresh, docile smile,
whose whispers woo
with hymns of lover's tune.
Enamor me with fizzy phrases;
As doting night enthralls,
with stars,
the bashful moon.
Cove me within
thy bossom's veil
of plusing neverending
blazing charm.
Congenial hover, as clouds do
to pacify and gently soothe
the brassy, heated,
brazen flaming sun.
Dreach my dreams
with valiant gales
of furor baron's
kisses gained.
Like Nature's gift of life,
revive the plains' drought
with cloudburst of
Heaven's inundating rain.
I dream of you in shadows deep,
In quiet moments where I weep,
For all the love we could have known,
Had life not claimed my heart as stone.
I loved you then, I love you still,
But duty bound my wandering will.
I walked the path I could not flee, And left our dreams beneath the sea.
Your voice, it echoes in my mind,
A distant song I cannot find.
I feel your touch in empty air, A ghost of love that isn’t there.
The weight of family pressed me down, To wear another kind of crown.
I chose the road I had to take, And broke my heart for others’ sake.
Yet in the quiet of the night, I long to hold you, hold you tight.
To whisper words we never said, And breathe the life we left for dead.
I see your face in every star, A light I chased but couldn’t spar.
The ties that held me kept us wide, Two worlds apart, two souls denied.
Forgive the man I couldn’t be,Who loved you more than you could see.
For in my heart, you’ll always stay, A love too deep to fade away.
In Rhythms & Silence- Rajit
You say whatever it is, I can talk to you
But I'm finding it hard to believe it's true.
For you make me feel like a complete fool
When I reach out, and you lose your cool.
Where exactly did I go wrong?
What did I do that everything is now crumpled up?
Was this our fate all along?
And were we just something that I made up?
I don't know how to say, but if I may,
To me it is clear as day, that even when in my deathbed I lay,
I will say, that I love you.
For it's only you, that I've ever laid my eyes on.
But deep in my grave, buried should my heart be
Down, down below where no one can ever see
For dreams can come true, fantasies can not
And this chapter ends in a sad note, that's the plot.
But if love is to let go, then why is it so hard?
If love is so fragile, then how can it tear me apart?
You broke my heart, but I can't blame you
For I should've known this is what I'd be going through.
I don't know if this is the chapter's ending
I've seen far too many surprises that fate has been sending.
But one thing's for sure, you're not mine to keep
So I'm bidding goodbye to my love, before I bury it deep.
My love of love keeps me alive
My love of life is boundless
A special feeling has invaded my soul
The times I feel it are countless
Am I a bit different, am I unique
Are there others feeling similar
Wish that everyone could feel this joy
Love makes life so much simpler
It's the way the world was meant to be
Damn wars weren't in the plan
Love thy brother has been the theme
Since this crazy old world began
Every nation needs to get back on track
D'ya think I'm wasting my breath
Don't think this is how it was meant be
Who needs all of this stress
Life should be simple, live and let live
A familiar and sweet old refrain
Let's banish all the wars and the hate
So only real love remains
In a world with bad folks and their sins so deep,
There are good people, like angels, they quietly keep.
Featherless angels, so gentle and true,
They help, they care, and they comfort you.
They're not from the sky or some far-off place,
Just regular folks with a friendly face.
With hearts so warm and hands that mend,
They're there for you, a true, loyal friend.
When life gets tough, and you're feeling low,
These angels show you which way to go.
With kindness and love, they light the night,
Guiding us all to do what's right.
Featherless angels, they harm no soul,
Their actions make us feel whole.
With faith, they lead us down the way,
Spreading goodness and light each day.
In a world full of problems, where wrong and right fight,
Featherless angels shine with their gentle light.
They remind us that being kind is the key,
To a life of joy, love, and harmony.
So let's be like them, both me and you,
With kindness and love in all we do.
In their actions, we find our goal,
To be featherless angels, healing every soul.
perfectly pure love
exists in the minds of youth
sweetest innocents ~
expectation emerges
painful truth tests and confuses
HEAT
Burn the dross out of gold,
Refine and purify,
Until nothing common remains
To scorch the soul
Into a flame of anger
Or selfish desire.
Leave behind the foolish thought,
Then the gold of pure joy
And pure peace
Bring the sweet glow
Of pure love
To enrich the soul.
Copyright 2000, Kathryn Search
Amazing, His grace falls across my soul
Lifting me up, stirring such perfect light
Assuring me of One who will console
Breathing hope into me so I’m alright
He silences all doubt so I feel whole
Yearning for love that will always requite
Listen to His whisper – gentle peace
This wonder of pure love will never cease
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Soft memories of you
fill my soul, yet the pain of regrets lingers
Causing the softness to crack and shatter,
falling through outstretched fingers
One great love we are afforded in life,
sitting I watch mine walk away
Should have known past kisses,
the tale your lips spun I’d pay
Within a blue mist our story plays out,
remembering deep emotions
Shadows from our past then turn
and twist, like the turbulent grey ocean
A mixture of sweetness and chaos,
yet the words never mattered
Thought our love absolute,
yet I had allowed my thoughts to flatter
As questions linger, overcome by
grief and their transgression
Never excepting what was true,
the deepest of all confessions
If our paths were meant to be,
then they will cross once again
Then the toxicity of our past will fade,
permitting the light of pure love in
Unmerited favour that day
Altered the course of my behaviour
The palace in my heart was restored
The kingdom in my life was reborn
Even though I was torn between two opposing forces.
The outcome of this brutal event
Mirrored the cost of redeeming time
It was a darkness more than night
But in the aftermath, it was a brightness of eternal measure
This unique treasure that was hidden in an earthen vessel
Surfaced at the appointed time!
It propelled me to awake from my passive behaviour
This ambition to love turned into darkness
But in darkness the light of pure love burned with accuracy.
The love that was spawned from agony
Developed from a darkness more than night
It called for a bright light because if it was going to live again
It had to outshine the darkest night
Then only was it a love of divine origin!
This ambition to love turned into darkness
But in darkness the light of pure love burned with accuracy.
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