Invaluable Love

Too valuable to toss aside
too good to throw away
And so you hold it deep inside
in hopes somewhere, someday-
a soul will walk across your path
who sees the world your way.

A soul who finds the beauty
in both the rainbow and the rain
A heart that finds the threads of love
in life's tapestry of pain.

And when you find that soul
you must hold on with all your might
to keep this light within your life
in days of darkest night.

Hesitant Walk

 

We feel

our way to love-

hearts taking baby steps-

through fearful, uncertain minefield

of life

This is my first official foray into cinquain.  I only recently discovered poet Adelaide Crapsey and I'm loving her poetry, as well as the form.

I Carry Your Heart With Me

 

(e.e. cummings)

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in

my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
                                  i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

[When I'm going to be away for awhile, I post a few of my favorite poems in advance.  I only recently started reading e.e. cummings' poetry.  This is one of my favorites so far. ]

My Heart's Always Ready

 

My heart's always ready

when you come home

They ask-

Aren't you lonely?

but I'm never alone

My heart's always ready

Please don't ever doubt

My love is a pillar

you won't be without

When you're trapped by the world,

ensnared in her web,

battered and damaged

by unkind words said,

There's one place

you'll always be safe from the storm,

where human inhumanity

can do you no harm

My heart's always ready,

my arms ever wide,

the hearth always warm

when you come inside

So go where you must

on adventure's wide sea,

knowing your voyage

won't take you from me

Inevitable Road

 

Georgia's frigid winter rain

falling down upon my head,

it's cold overwhelmed

by my heart's silent dread

You made a promise you'd be home

by January's cold last light

That was hours ago

Still, you're nowhere in sight

We smiled and waved as you left

late night December 28th

We knew you'd be back

We took it on faith

It's part of life with you,

all the coming and going,

but it's not always easy

to love you not knowing

You follow the road

wherever it leads,

while we're left behind

with all of our needs

It's enough just to know

you're out there somewhere,

and thinking of us,

to know that you care

So we keep our vigil

We hold down the fort

We wait patiently

'til your ship comes to port

The choice was made for us

an aeon ago,

but we'd make no other

knowing all that we know

So our candle burns

as we patiently wait

'til the curve in your road

brings you back to our gate

The Gift of Time

No candy cane is sweeter

than the taste upon your lips.

No falling snowflake softer

than your stirring fingertips.

No tone of bells so resonant

as your voice within my ear

no presence is more welcome

than your being, drawing near

No star could shine more brightly

than your eyes' revealing glow.

No fireplace is warmer

than the love that you bestow.

Sweet harmony, you bring to life

a gift of precious worth,

gives time with you a value

unmatched upon this earth.


(The picture is of the star Betelgeuse, taken by the Hubble telescope, a star nearing the end of it's life cycle.  It brought to mind, as so many things do, the value of time.  The original image can be found here:  Hubble)

Yearnings

 

No earthly gift could rival your smile

no worldly treasure compete

with the warmth that you bring when you stay just awhile

to the way that you make life complete.

Your hand's soft touch is poetry found

your warm embrace a song.

Your presence brings a love unbound

though you cannot linger long.

I count the hours when you're away,

the minutes 'til your return

knowing that somehow, some way

you'll feel my heart's sweet yearn.

Patience

 

Our hours end in love's soft flow

I dare not ask you not to go

For though I know you honour me,

you cannot heed soft-spoken plea

Life takes you elsewhere, off in time

You must obey its gentle rhyme

While I exist in silent faith

'Til you return and love awakes