:wild::clapping: Congratulations again! I loved. Soon I will post some more of my poems.ty ashtanga
This is a Real Love
what is a man?
a name? a face?
a genre?
the totality of everything everyone has ever said?
papparrazzi waits outside his door
fans fight to get closer to his side
most recognizable man in HIStory...
strong views from every side,
lovers and haters
invasions of privacy
the constant circus
obstructs and hides him
deeply from full view
and makes him the one
that nobody ever really knew
in his presence
lovers love him more
haters love him for a while
there's not one he cannot penetrate
with his rockstar smile
take a lesson from the man
holding nothing back
giving it full every time
leaves everyone guessing
of the man we're not addressing
cleaving to an image in our heads
eyes are clouded by the pizazz
this man we cannot see
is Human just like you and me
a scale that tipped out of balance
showing a lopsided view
of this man who we never knew
screaming his name from all four corners
is all that we who love him can do
when he tried to show more
stones were hurled to break him
his messages got twisted
hands clasped over ears
distorted his image
so his words would not ring true
the gate was shut
doors had been closed
for a time
there was nothing more to us
he was willing to show
still we echoed his name
it bounced from all four corners
and his broken heart overflowed
the door cracked open
and now is our turn to show
we are the ones he loves
and won't burn out
when the wind blows
how can we possibly convey?
the solemnity in our souls
that reaches out to him to say
you are real and it's you we feel?
what power can be called on
to show that we too are real
and have only one goal
so in his heart of hearts
he will know
Michael, you are dearly loved.
ty dim and ashtanga. ashtanga i look forward to seeing your new ones. mitm your poems seem intense? hope you are ok.
Great poems everyone! Thanks for sharing! Wish I could get inspired to write something...just haven't in years.
What good would words do
kept close to ones heart
to paint a minds picture
of the breath of a sleeping child
or a moonbeam mirrored on
the surface of waters
stilled in sleep.
and in my darkness
words create light
But what light can come
of words covered by the puss
of your wounded heart
words etched into the sticky surface
of your pulsating organ
that throb to the beat of
some distant drum
my heart or yours
When will healing come
I want to tear those words out
that you've kept so hidden
Tear them from the hearts flesh
and leave them exposed
give them air to breath and be heard
I want to tear them from the wounds
so that healing can fully begin
Don't leave them locked beneath the scars
battling sinew to be renewed
set them free.
Tell me what is on your heart.
Faith
Some say that faith is the assurance of things hoped for.
But for me faith is not about being sure.
It is about uncertainty.
Faith is “hanging on” when there is no assurance—
Only hope.
In that dark place, all-alone,
I cling to a luminous gossamer thread—
One strand of hope that I am not forsaken—
That in the darkness “God is”.
There is comfort even in uncertainty.
For in that place, all of humanity is unified.
It is where we stand, naked before God
Aware that we do not know
Rapt in wonder
United in awe.
The atheist, the Christian, the Buddhist—
All are one as we regard the great mysteries of life
Faith is not being “sure”
Faith is being wide-eyed with childlike anticipation
Faith is holding on.
And when troubles besiege me
Twisting my mind with doubt
Filling me with fear
I cling to hope
That silk thread hanging in the dark void
God is with me, all around me
In the darkness
Holding me in uncertainty
Until the light envelopes my luminous thread
Like the sun obscuring the stars
I walk back into life
Comfortable in the illusion of certainty
Until I meet with God again
In our sacred place
This is faith.
Thank you friend That's a heartfelt compliment.ape, i re-read your poem again today, and am so stunned by it. i can really live in this one for a time. it is just amazing to me how you expressed this. it is unbelievably vivid.
^ good one :flowers:
backward's land
what planet do i live on?
mother's don't raise jerks
how do innocent babes transform?
has warmth drained from sunshine?
the world is supposed to be wondrous
is our garden forever lost?
when tenderness suffices, why the rod?
showing care's a moment's toil
what's become of the human race?