Labhrás

Labhrás Aug 8

I still wish to call you love
My fingers twitch at the end
of every line I write you
But now, I just use your name
Because to me
It feels one and the same
Love is synonymous with you

Labhrás Aug 6

My garden

Fields of flowers
Planted in my mind
A garden for me(for us)

Memories and hopes
Marigolds and hydrangeas
Sunflowers to turn and admire you
As we walk along exploring.

My life, my world, my love, my loss
All contained in this little plot
A garden curated yet a bit of chaos
Maintained but allowed to grow.

Please take what you wish
Take care of it
Allow this piece of me
To flourish also with you
They will love our care
Together rather than alone.

When you aren’t there
to wander my field of flowers
Colors become more muted
Daffodils and Lilies, Irises and gardenias
All droop a little lower
But I still see you there
Flowers and memories.

Labhrás Aug 6

Soul storm

Lazing about under the soft glow of a lamp
Rain ticking away the time
Thunder shaking the window pane
Summer storm rolling by.

Waiting on a reply,
I know,
Nothing will come.
Learning new patterns
Forgetting old ways
Loving so fully
Ever the same.

The storm out side
It batters my heart.
Rain matches
My tears.
The shaking windows
The lungs heaving sigh.
The streets silence
Echoed in the self.
Drops on the window
A ticking second hand.
Tick-nothing
Tick-nothing
Drop-nothing
Tick-nothing
Drop-nothing

Labhrás Aug 6

Spiritual

I’ve never believed in God
Or fate explicitly
But spiritual
I can say I truly am
I find our world to be
Full of energy
Between the humans
And between the trees
We make our spaces sacred
By revering the world around
Of course an old dark church
But also the dark bar or forest green
Is it the space alone?
Echoes of past inhabitants?
Human and space meeting spirits?
Or more likely
All of the above
Creativity inspired is the human prayer
Spiritual beyond any bounds
The musician prays by sharing songs
The poet with their pen
The connection from heart to worldly spirit
Binding and setting free.
And as for fate
Spirits connection is felt
Though it can only go so far
The human nurtures
And expands the energy
To keep ‘fate’ alive.

This is an old one, but now that I’ve typed it into here I think I really like the ideas. I may come back and revise it soon and help it have some flow. These are my beliefs concerning spirituality to this day. I have never been religious but I am deeply spiritual.

Labhrás Aug 6

See a tree?

How often do you admire the trees?

Take in the trunk
Rugged and life carrying
Sturdy for all to see

Appreciate the roots
Gathering and supporting
the wonder above

Feel the bark
Protective and unique to each
Beautifully intricate

The lichen
Decorative to the bark
Embellishment

Gaze up at the branches
See how they stretch across the sky
Embracing the world

Get lost in the canopy
Birds and animals call it their home
I see a soft blanket

Give thanks to the trees
The world owes them a lot
Give thanks to the trees
You will learn to better love

How often do you admire your love?

Labhrás Aug 5

Sacred porches

Sitting on our big southern porch
Friends and a jar of moonshine

Quietly enjoying the stillness of life
Watching the people walk by

Leaves blow in the wind
The big oak groans

The summer breeze wicks
The humid air off our skin.

Storms comin’ someone says
Just before the water washes away the earth

The rain pounds the soil and our roof
Music by the instruments of nature

We are left in camaraderie
Slow comments, gentle conversation

Together in our shelter
A little ark our own

Labhrás Aug 5

I wish it was forever.

Sticky summer nights
Skin touching skin
Thin sheets disguise our shapes
Moving discretely underneath
Window open
Breeze moving
Limbs tangled, intertwined
Mouths and eyes locked on each other
Something new
Something beautiful
Slowly learning
Slowly opening to each other
The days, weeks, months move fast around us
But time stops when we’re together
Love leaves us lost to the world
Though gives it life in our eyes
Feeling fully
Loving together
All the care is shared
Never a better match in the world
We know to see the start of the rest of life
Never
Alone

I wish I was right
I wish it was forever
The timing wasn’t right
I wasn’t right.
I’m
Alone

Written last summer. Edited this one.