Like windows to another world
I see reflected in your eyes
the burnished golden sky unfurled
pure beauty of these caramel skies
the quiet passing sweep of time
the volumes spoken without word
and faint the distant tower chime
full seven times its voice is heard
but in this place that I have found
there is no sense of being late
and in this heaven I look around
convinced I’ve found at last my fate
this land where earth and sky have met
no difference ‘tween sun rise or set.
All you did was blink
a split second closing
of eyelids and lashes
a weightless instant
no time to even think
space and time are bent
in colorless splashes
from eternity spring
a million thoughts
and it’s then I realize
the power of your eyes.
The rain beats down on the rusty tin roof
torrential pellets pinging then running in
floods down to the ground, forming pools
of dark shadows soaking up the light of
your world, the evidence of the dark sky’s
love - In this quiet moment the feelings
wash away and here; the physical resides
over the emotional, this wetness hits
my skin and I discover a link between my
soul and my body, captured in a rain drop.
a greater love I’ve never known
convinced I tell the world alone
the bitter pain that scars my heart
I bear no more because I’ve lost
the joy that shone and fell apart
and lies beneath an icy frost
a love once warm, once vibrant, waits
and darkness end- the hopes and dreams,
‘twere spread by greater brighter fates
pure bliss in peril but so it seems
an answer here may hidden be
if in rewind these words you see
Guest Post By My Daughter:
I look at the flowers-
so beautiful;
and I look at the clouds
in the sky,
and I say to you,
when will my life begin
when will my life begin
- Kate Hurley, Age 5
I wish I had some way to
roll back the clock, to
take a few steps back, to
find some way to beg to
do over what has been done to
you. Because I want to
take away the hurt and to
wipe away the tears too
long held upon your face to
kiss your tender lips and to
rewind life’s choices back to
the day when we were … one
I hate to see you feeling sick, when you just
want to die because maybe it would bring relief
to your fevered mind, and I wish that I could
take your pain and I want to show you how I
care about you, and how I would think nothing
of doing everything I could if it would make
you feel better, because I love you that much.
coffee in my hand
the morning sun peeking out
my arm around you
I knew I shouldn’t think about
those things I couldn’t change
but everything inside of me
wanted to rearrange
you hold me and my care
flies in one swift motion
for somehow in your hair
lies a magic potion
and when I breathe you in
I breathe the worry out
the secret lies within
the love that is throughout
the fiber of your being
your love so pure and true
I am left confirming
how deeply I love you