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Jun 2018 · 546
Fennie
H J St Jun 2018
Today,... I was struck by a radiant spark
As if the universe gifted me new sight
She shared her quiet smile and affections
A view free and bright
A laugh sweet and smart
From 6700 virtual kilometers away.
She is a delicacy of energy and passion
An old soul of many lives
Illuminating life through kind acts
She shared with me so that I might
Get to know her gentle way.

Fennie is uniquely above.
Like her name, her loyalty is rare.
Like her art, she deeply cares.
As you share your selfless acts
She’ll gift you hers through selfless love.

As she wanders about in her beautiful mind.
She is like a true Leo
Moving fast and free
Caring, open and honest
Endearing others to sweetly see.
She is like true Impressionist Art
Creating sensations to move you close
Brushing thin and bold strokes with her touch.
She wanders among the world, cities, and now mine
All in an order to share her enduring shine.

I like her. I feel her flow.
She holds my attention
At 5 am or in her afternoon sun.
I wish to know her more.
If she grants me that wish.
I’ll behold it close.
For it is quite a gift
Just to feel her glow.
Lunisolar views are rare, gentle, bold and quiet.
Treat them with a loving kiss
You'll be gifted forever with bliss.
May 2018 · 3.1k
A perfect day ...
H J St May 2018
Finishing off a hot brew @ 5am before jogging to the gym.

Better yet ...
easing awake slowly
breathing in your morning dew
tracing your curves slumbering
between soft white cotton layers
spurred by your dreamy smile
as your cheek slumbers
atop goose-down clouds,
shifting closer
warm fingers search
cold toes tangle
backs arch
hips align
quiet eyes
embrace
to slowly awaken
our quiet space,
lips speak
of softness
cool whispers
and
warm currents
as nerves tingle
and shift atop
our navel's view
as we fall deep
into our fold.
...
time flips
as we slide
to sip
our hot brew
for 2.

As our morning roasted scent
glistens in the sun
we skip and stumble
through the day
sipping its treats
its gifts of torrents
and waves of time
to taste your full body shine.

Your whole body blooms
as you smile bright
your petals expand
eyes swoon.
As your smile widens
lifting you off the ground
tendrils shiver
fingers flicker
slivers of light
reveal what’s found.

Our touch tightens
as we enter the night
a moonbeam smiles
winds drift blue
skipping into slumber,
your tired eyes float
smiles relax
your body slows
knowing it’s comfort
exploring our intimate space,
its unknown intensity
a deep hue blue
of letting go
and holding on.

...
Waiting for her ... to cross my path ... to feel her essence ... and share this perfect day ... with me.

The question was:  Describe a perfect day.
H J St Apr 2018
Finishing off a hot brew @ 5am before jogging to the gym.
Better yet ...
breathing in your morning dew
tracing your curves slumbering
between soft white Pima layers
spurred by your dreamy smile
your fingertips dance
atop goose down clouds
shifting closer
to align our curve
toes tangle the cold
quiet eyes embrace
to awaken our space
seeking new warmth
nerves tingle and shift
aligning our navel's view
and falling in
to our fold.
... and then a hot brew for 2.

Taking in the day’s treats
as we stumble over its gift of time
and your full body shine.

Easing into moonbeam’s slumber
exploring intimate space,
unknown intensity
with a slow ease
of letting go
to move on.

...
Whew, wait, what was the question?
Sorry, I got lost in there, for our moment.
Thinking of no one in particular
Apr 2018 · 199
So far . . .
H J St Apr 2018
So far. . .
I am

Seeking a future turn
A new flow to hold
A slow trip to Plum Village
To slow my candle burn
Slowly sip upon your gaze
Gently slip into your fold.

So far . . .

I missed your knock on my door.
Your visit lost but I heard your steps.
Your shine and balance
seems lost and spent.
Stopping by to visit
To share and vent.
You knocked to say
You seek a new dance.
A solid arch above the maple floor.

So far . . .

N still dreams
Still dreams in LaLa Land.
She holds sway her shine.
A shine that melts everyman.
I'm still glad you're here
In this life and for awhile, in this space.
Frankl and Rumi still smile
At your lightness, at your grace
It's time re-enter from afar.
A visit to Cap d'Antibes is near
To taste the stars.

So far
I am
still pursuing my best self
humbling stuff.
Apr 2018 · 213
Will I reply?
H J St Apr 2018
I'm just a guy...

You've seen my photos.

Checked my age.

Read my profile.

Laughed at my views.

Hmm... she asks...

   Where does he go?

      Where does he stay?

Can he go the mile?

   Can he say anything new?


Hmm... I ponder...

Well, humility sitting at my side.

Does my outside match my inside?

Do they align?

Do I? Do I mind?

Do they lie?

Does it answer her ... 'Will he reply?'
Online dating can be so flat.
Sep 2017 · 392
Just texting in...
H J St Sep 2017
Just checking in to see how ya been.
I hope your day has been kind.
I hope you're able to unwind.

Please bother me
As you wish
I'll be @ your door
To gift you a kiss
And stay to adore.
Sep 2017 · 250
Written by
H J St Sep 2017
.... my original poems

Written to feel
Shared to heal
Hidden to affect
Revealed to connect
Words meet and moan
Posted to be known


Written by
....my children's glow
sweetening my heart
....my past flow
a river gifting air bubbles
....attracted to salt water
turned my blood brackish
....a stream dammed
soured a family apart.
Aug 2017 · 298
So far
H J St Aug 2017
So far. . .
Seeking a future turn
A new flow to hold
A slow trip to Plum Village
To slow my candle burn
Slowly sip upon your gaze
Gently slip into your fold.

So far . . .
I missed your knock on my door.
I lost your visit but heard your curse.
Your shine and balance seems lost and spent.
Stopping by to share and vent.
You knocked to verse.
To seek a new dance.
Take another chance.
To hold your arch
above the maple floor.

So far . . .
N still dreams.
Still dreams in LaLa Land.
She holds sway her shine.
A shine that melts everyman.

I'm still glad you're here.
In this life, in this space.
Frankl and Rumi lie so still.
They still smile at your subtle grace.
N
It's time re-enter from afar.
Time to visit Cap d'Antibes and taste the star.
Sip it slowly to bring it near.
It lives within to fulfill.

So far . .
My hamartia still churns my curse.
It flickers with ease to burn deep scars.
As it drips these words to script my verse.
Yet I hold my core tight.
For its moment to be.
Still seeks it might.

So far...
It seems true that a mindful universe
Seeks its purpose
It shifts and sways
To light my gaze.
Gifting sweet grace
To live my verse.
Jul 2017 · 180
A
H J St Jul 2017
***
A
Happy Birthday!
Enjoy the moments
The levitating nights
As love surrounds
To share its light.
J
Birthday wishes to A.O. (7/29/2017)
Jul 2017 · 252
HBD!
H J St Jul 2017
Welcome to 26!
You're past the quarter mark
Living life to its peaks
Sharing its sparks
Finding your mix
Continuing to seek
To grow your heart.
Love always,
Dad
Jul 2017 · 225
Sweet & Sour
H J St Jul 2017
...my original poems
written to feel
light
revealed to connect
life
shared to heal
scars
posted as known
afar
hidden to affect
you.

Written by . . .
..... my children's glow
.. sweetening my heart.
.....my past flow
..sours a family apart.
Humbling sweetness...
Tomorrow
Give more sweet.
Hold the sour.
Apr 2016 · 382
24 Years
H J St Apr 2016
It Was.

All Good.

Was it?

No Truth.

We Flew.

Flew High.

All In.

All Three.

Then Four.

Dreams Born.

Three Dreams.

Then Four.

Dreams Grew.

Dreams Lived.

Our Tides.

Tides Flowed.

Flowed Ease.

Then Time.

Time Flew.

Flew Bye.

Your Waves.

Waves Raged.

Waves Crushed.

Crushed Dreams.

Truth Drowned.

One Cloud.

Your Cloud.

Three Dreams.

Dreams Alive.

Suns Shined.

Shells Cracked.

You Slid.

Slid Off.

Again.

Gods Showed.

Showed Truth.

Truths Sank.

Dreams Sank.

---

I Felt.

Felt Cut.

Waves Cut.

As If.

I Slipped.

You Skipped.

Bad Trip.

As When.

You Tripped.

I Gave.

You Flipped.

Waves Crashed.

Gods Whipped.

Same Ship.

Hulls Cracked.

Cracks Deepen.

Same Trip.

Our Trip.

Rip Tides.

Your Waves.

Moved Us.

To Crash.

To Keep.

Sun On.

You.

No Tide.

No Dreams.

No Truth.
Enmeshment ghost cruise long past.
Affairs, like cuts, only scar.
Bad love bleeds cold.
Apr 2016 · 329
Butterflies stumble
H J St Apr 2016
We meet.
We greet.
As we assemble
Coffee and spoons.
You sit in beauty.
I stumble in pride.
Your curves tremble.
I tread lightly.
You shine light.
I breathe tight.
Over half winks.
Dry smiles.
And square drinks.

My head rambles.
My breath abates.
My voice scrambles.
My face straight.

I throw smiles of my youth
You tell me stories wide and bright.
My subtle lies of clean truth
Your clean lies under soft light.
Floating forward on a figure 8 path
Butterflies fight the sweet hot breeze
Dancing over barbs with a frail swath
Seeking strong love on a soft limb
They carry hurt with a brittle ease.
We hide our tender scars of late
Listening so softly to each word move
Talking with utter hope to simply placate
We shy close holding tender limbs
And propel back into to pain's groove.

My eyes dart
my breath aghast
This moment to be
of our future's past
This moment to be
of our first date.

Passing off stories of our past
I listen close to every word
Sitting composed at full attention
Soft smiles to pull you forward
Your voice a sweet feast
Butterflies stumble in
You catch me stare
Inhaling soft silence
We calm the air.

Wanting to know
I peek into you.
Opening myself
To reveal what's new.

My head disappears
My eyes dream
My shiny veneer
Begins to hear
Flutters stream.
As I seek your light
My chest slowly warms
To flickering glows
Of a faint moonbeam.
My heart endears
As I faintly hear
Butterflies stammer
to face their fear.

You smile freely
Clenching fingers tight
Butterflies take flight
Hoping what might.
To peek into me
Saying no to what
this night could be.

We float to hints of comfort
By sharing what's true
For all this fragile effort
I hope for date number two.
Re-print excerpt of a moment past.
To feel that moment
To make it last.
Mar 2016 · 271
To want to be
H J St Mar 2016
Do we to be wanted / when we want / to be wanted.

Do we cling to scripts / write new tales / fail our trip.

Is it a 'cheap trick' / to 'want you to want me' / in our need to self-inflict.

Do we want to be wanted / when we / want to be wanted.

Do we yearn deep warmth / of another / to soothe our storms.

Our ego screams / to be heard / to be seen.

Our ego wants more / to be the earth in air / yet it is only just a spore.

Is it there / more to give / enough to share.

I want to show/ but stay inside / play to the glow.

I want to lean in close /  inside your throes / feel your dose.

Is it enough / to inhale your scent / to calm my tough.

My warmth expands / as I yearn / to feel your warm hand.

My coldness shares / my doubt and fear / of love too scared.

We sit still / telling our story / yearning to fill another thrill.

We dig holes / deep inside / to keep ourselves whole.

We all want worth / to be / to be wanted / wanted since birth.
Seeking from outside
Bringing it inside
To fill the holes
Seems to be
like never
enough soil
despite our toil.
Jan 2016 · 300
My copyright left
H J St Jan 2016
I write for truth to strike.
Strike my I to lay low.

I search to say my way.
I see my self float past.
I chase to stop and know.
I fail to catch and hold.
I choose old scripts to play.
I hear my past pinch tight.
I rub scars to heal cuts.
I want you to stop now.
I feel your blade hit me.
I writhe in pain to say.
I feel your voice cut deep.
I lose more light to care.
I want peace in its place.
I hear Will ask to stay.
I push Faith to take back.
I close in to cold sleep.
I drop low to gift pain.
I sink slow and go low.
I lie deep to feel right.
I curl up to reel hurt.
I bend ill will to air.
I cry for loss of light.
I stare at its full void.
I hold dark to be it.
I see it own no truth.
I purge to let it gush.
I tell Hope to let go.
I yell for it to stay.
I set it by my side.
I lie to lie so still.
I wait for me to be.
I say my bye to I.
I feel truth feel my lie.
I sleep deep to still time.
I lose love lost to life.
I stay to feel the end.
I just let go to stay.
... ... ... ... ... ...
I hear life be in me.
I find my self is here.
I stay dear to its beat.
I lose it quick to fear.
I ask my soul to stay.
I peer to see its view.
I claw to find my way.
I try to give to get.
I hear it say not yet.
I yearn for Will to tell.
I clutch it tight to move.
I ask souls to peel back.
I hear Faith stands by all.
I beg Hope to beg more.
I hear it stay so still.
I tweak each to turn me.
I tempt them to leave soon.
I swipe the fog long past.
I save dark as my friend.
I see my ghost give light.
I stretch to grasp it all.
I slow to feel love gift.
I shake fear hard to go.
I sway light to stay still.
I move dark to its side.
I find both come and go.
I sit next to my loss.
... ... ... ... ... ...
I let it all go now.
... ... ... ... ... ...
I lived a year to live.
I hold the old close dear.
I found it close my life.
I find it end me deep.
...             ...
I find it close my life.
I void the light to see.
I feel no air on me.
I step up but fall down.
I roll in to find new.
I see no true light shine.
I write just words to feel.
I hear words pain me deep.
I own my words to hold.
I see my words sell me.
I reel my brow in deep.
I blink one sad eye quick.
I shut one eye for good.
I clinch my chin close in.
I do no more to live.
I see no worth to give.
I close my self for good.
...    ...       ...            . . .
I gave too much to love.
I found it **** my good.
I felt it slice me deep.
I fell for the dark glare.
I kept cold to hold it.
I told it end me now.
I must not want the flow.
I must be stuck in no.
I fear year four shear me.

-- - -  . . -. .--....

I search old places to land.
I find no warm space known.
I hear it does not want.
I feel they say it now.
I lay low in dark voids.
I feel sad curse my light.
I seek a door to close.
I must move on and on.
... ... ... ...
I find a gift to give.
I give it to give love.
I stand next to my soul.
I feel I start to shift.
I may now find it all.
I feel it may fill hearts.
I read my end in mine.
I hold dear life's full gift.
I clutch to sense its grit.
I lean deep to feel whole.
I feel the warmth of truth.
I hear that you found you.
I slice and pack it down.
I feel love pain and all.
I grin to bring bright light.
I breathe slow in deep dreams.
. . . . . .
I write six words to stay.
. . . . . .
I write to find my way.
I write to know my truth.
I learn its shades of doubt.
I write six words to say.
I write to find a way.
Jan 2016 · 367
How to be
H J St Jan 2016
How to be
when we see.
Each other.

How to be
when we feel.
Each other.

How to be
when we sense.
Each other.

We simply
breathe deep.
Our hearts weeping.

We simply
leave ourselves.
Our minds refrain.

We breathe deep.
Breathe as though
We can not keep.
We just breathe
Breathe as though.
We can not let go.
Just breathe each other in
to give the gift
of high regard.
Jan 2016 · 396
Peek
H J St Jan 2016
How is it that you so easily peek into me.

How is it that you, oh, oh, so slowly ...

~Seek my attention with a gentle 'Please.'

~Stare sweetly opening doors to my privity.

~Throw smiles that touch me with fingertip ease.

~Tease my mind with scents to please my reality.

~Sip my poetic ink as if you know.

~Tap my lips and unleash my passion.

~Lean in clear to cross my shadow.

~Toss my steel echoes into oblivion.

~Drink my words to ******* aroma.

~Kindly peek into me, please.

~Peek gently past my persona.

~Peek outside of you to see into me.
Projection and shadows
are twins
who seek
to exist.

Wha?
Jan 2016 · 302
Smiles in the Sky
H J St Jan 2016
I know the week can feel so long,
Days scuff along on heels worn.
It can be hard to stay aloft in the sky,
Winds cut seams into open hearts torn.
Leaves turn in as you twist up to ask why,
Why does the sun hide to let the cold ride strong.

Is your purpose lost behind today's clouds?
Is your heart stuck in yesterday's sun?
No need to pine for the past.
Seek life forward to make it last.

The sky never truly falls.
It wanders and weaves through us all.
It whispers truth and waits to be near.
Even as winds die and rains appear.
The sky is just a show of your clear hues.
It's time's clothing in its best blues.

Clutch Life
Catch the wind to breathe it's life.
Hold Dark
Its sun-drenched clouds seep light into our gentle smiles.
Lead Fear
Cold winds love to push us hard over those granite miles.
Tap Love.
In time, all heavy snows weep and melt in a slow sweet while.

Give life's nectar and stings its proper due.
Sip its droplets til your lips drip pure.
Taste it's extract of sweet smooth dew.
Bend green twigs to tweak your fate and go far.
Endure its barbs and cuts to age strong scars.
Share a bench aside your dark shadows to see your true stars.
Tease it's winds of silent noise to tweak your sundial.
Feel life's web of deep love soak and blanket you.

As you learn to fulfill your life.
Its rain, its shine, all its might.
Know your sun's core holds all.
On days of slow motion snow.
Those days you feel your gentle fall.
Melt down what you feel and know.
Sip the sweet light awaiting your whims.
Let its warm winds caress your heart's skin.
On odd off days dance light to raise your shine.
On old dead days open inward to touch your kind.
Reach deep to your warm glow beat inside.
As you pine for smiles gloating in the sky.
Let them simply float high astride.
Their smiles gift you love outside.
Inside you, deep and warm, is love's true high.
For my children, wishing you a father's love of warmth, strength and protection as you live and lean into your life fully forward.
Jul 2013 · 597
Trust
H J St Jul 2013
The blurred road a head is foggy
ourselves still unknown.
We yearn to feel and fear
each other's past journey.

Ride with me through the night's cool dark air.
Straddling the bluff line road high above the coast.
We ride it with speed and a deliberate abandon of care.
Perched forward and fast, staying tuned to our future's unknown ghosts.

To fear and hold.
To feel and pain.
To brace then release.
To trust then move.
Then simply behold
all that is atoned.
Jul 2013 · 1.0k
Droplet
H J St Jul 2013
Waiting.

Our fleeting moments in this bubble shimmer.

I see.

These subliminal and true moments we share.

Your voice.

I hear hints of your presence and scribble them dear.

Move light.

These words of our essence exists with me in here.

Flow bright.

Contained in a droplet that moves me near.
Jul 2013 · 710
Circling
H J St Jul 2013
At that time,
of our early circling,
orbiting around our
newly formed space.

I sought to trust
a simple flow
again,
a signal,
tho distant,
to believe,
in shine,
in glow,
in a belief,
that we can restore,
by holding on.
and letting go.
Mar 2013 · 221
Hey
H J St Mar 2013
Hey
Your kiss.

My kiss.

Just bliss.

Still miss.
To the warm hearts
who show me
what good love is.
Mar 2013 · 946
Your flow...
H J St Mar 2013
You're present
when I hear this song.
As if our moments in time
and futures unknown
should belong.

One hears the sound of water
that you hold so dear,
Washing away regret with
all that you fear.

Its rhythm flows
with a simple dark ease,
Facing your story's past
to erase or appease.

Its tempo jumps deep
to be fully fluent,
Voicing your love of life
and become its servant.

Its beat rises to meet
your way of being,
Allowing each climb
to be fleeting.

The song takes its time
to bring us through,
To savor each moment
as a beautiful view.

C. . .
I hope you
like this song,
this ballad.
Oh, I hope I got it right.
I felt your presence,
heard this song,
and wrote this ditty
just tonight.
Blackmill-Spirit of Life
Mar 2013 · 2.1k
Sweet Moonbeam
H J St Mar 2013
It felt so real.
Late, late @ night, blissful and boreal.
I thought it was a dream.
Sent from a sweet moonbeam.

I was deep in dreams at around 3.
It was a  sweet sleep... just as you wished for me.
I felt a warm touch, like a soft whisper, slow across my cheek.
Not a straight line, but light, lofty, smooth and oblique.

A smile radiated to my right.
A light in my dark night.
It was you!
YOU!  
Celeste!
My light on the horizon from the northwest.
It was you!  
Brisk, fresh, strong with courage.
It was you!
Full of life and ready for your next voyage.

I absorbed your smile,
its radiance in the lunar cold.
I just felt
a waiting, a wanting
to behold.
I drifted back to sleep
at first into slumber.
Smiling
Breathing
Easing
Into a dream-like stupor.

I took your hand into mine
as I entered into sleep's dark fall.
I held you tight
to have your back
whenever you call.
I sought to receive you
through your celestial ray.
To be your sunshine
your warmth
your beau
on every day.

* * * * *

I reflect back on
my nights of empty dreams.
I held my thoughts,
as suspended in time,
to protect my heart,
and face my mean.

I sensed your presence and awoke to your signal
Your glow filled my dark room and tapped my soul.
Your distal touch tried its all
To awake me from my nocturnal stall.
It was your simple attention to your awakening it seemed
That simply tipped my trust
of feeling, of wanting,
for fate to create,
an existence
with a sweet moonbeam.

I now ease
into sweet sleep
and deep dreams
of my sweet moonbeam.
Written on the very early morning of 3/12/2013
after getting your picture on my iPhone at 3am.
At that time,
of our early circling,
orbiting around our
newly formed space.
I sought to trust a simple flow again,
of a signal, tho distant,
and to believe
in shine,
in glow,
in a belief,
that we can restore
by holding on
and letting go.
Mar 2013 · 146
Tweaked and Freaked
H J St Mar 2013
Wha?!?
Where didja go???
Are you there?!?
Didja leave me!!!?
Please say no...
Oct 2012 · 1.8k
You have my attention.
H J St Oct 2012
Sí.  You do.

When You . . .

Pour me your 'cuppa'.
I taste your morning.

Text me your emoji.
I know your expression.

Spout out your wit.
I laugh out loud.

Show me what you see.
I behold your clear view.

Awash me in your color.
I'm ablazed by your vibrance.

Throw me your smile.
I throw one back.

Send me your music.
I feel your mood.

Choose your words deliberately.
I absorb your meaning.

Share your day.
I simply smile.

Take me with you.
I see your world.

Ask me to 'Please S'Plain.
I value your sweet inquiry.

Seek to understand.
I feel worth.

Kinda like our bubble.
I breathe more air.

Fall for the make-believe.
I fall for it too.

Just sayin the truth.
I admire your honesty.

Reply with warm understanding.
I adore your  sweetness.

Share your insight.
I de-code.... reflect.

Breathe with inspiration.
I feel alive.

Send me your portrait.
I stop and stare.

Unveil your expressions in Face Time.
I'm drawn to touch the screen.

Show your sweet vulnerability.
I admire your courage.

Speak your true voice.
I know your choice.

Respond with Yeah! & Yah!
I feel your shine.

Feel like falling.
I hold you.

Share your fear and pain.
I help you to regain.

Tip toe with ambivalence.
I hesitate and wait.

Say 'What are we doing here?'
I doubt. I wait... I wait...

Take 1 step in, 1 step out.
I ponder poetry to pull you in.

Shuffle in and out of the room.
My heart rises and falls each time.

Promote healthy boundaries.
I respect them.

Throw me your x.
I feel your affection.

x softly and slowly
I smile and blush.

Risk your heart.
I trust (again).

Reveal your pure humaneness.
I endear to you.

Touch me.
I dissolve.

Brush my cheek.
My breath slows.

Kiss my chin.
My self opens.

Breathe me in.
I take you in.

Reveal your true presence.
I understand your existence.

Adore my presence in your life.
I adore your presence in my life.

(c2j2c)

ps.
C
Our fleeting moments in this bubble shimmer.
These subliminal and true moments we share.
I see hints of your presence and scribble them on paper.
These words of your essence exists with me in here.
J
Aug 2012 · 610
Hello Erehsihsa
H J St Aug 2012
Hello 'Erehsihsa'
Hope your Tuesday was fun and worthwhile,
Hope your Wednesday is sunny and clear,
As everyday passes, you give away smiles,
Because that's what happens when 'Ashishere'
This was a quick hello to someone on OkCupid. We shared a few hello emails. It didn't progress.
Her login name confused me until she replied with her name as Ashley.  Lightbulb switched on and this short verse came to be. I sent it to her in an email. I don't recall a reply. It may have freaked her out. Oops.
Aug 2012 · 2.3k
Subtle lies of butterflies.
H J St Aug 2012
Butterflies do stammer
on first dates.
Thinking of what,
What to say.
My head rambles.
My breath abates.
My voice scrambles.
My face straight.
I throw smiles of my youth
Tell stories wide and bright
My subtle lies of clean truth
With utter hopes to placate
My eyes dart, my breath aghast
This moment to be
of our future's past
This moment to be
of our first date.

We meet
We greet
We hide our anxiety
Wading through tension
Behind smiles and drinks
We tread lightly
With humorous winks
Passing off stories of our past
Sitting composed at full attention
I listen intently
But you catch me stare
Hmmm, with each soft word
We calm the air.

Anticipating discovery
I peek into you.
Opening myself
To reveal what's new.

You smile freely
Clenching fingers tight
Butterflies take flight.
Hoping what might
You peek into me
Saying no to what could be.

My head disappears.
My eyes dream.
My shiny veneer
Begins to hear.
A flutter begins flight
As I seek your light.
My chest slowly warms
To glows of moonbeams.
My heart slowly endears
As I faintly hear
My butterfly's subtle screams.

We attract hints of passion
By sharing what's true.
For all this fragile effort
I hope for date number two.
Enter the space to learn love, rehearse, practice, fail, discern, try, fall, walk, climb, ease, erase, trip, climb, impress, run, stay, stay in, center.
Trust the space.
11-08-2012.
Aug 2012 · 2.9k
Romantic or Authentic?
H J St Aug 2012
Do women want romantic or authentic.

What do I know, I'm simply an imperfect guy.
Do I know what is more romantic and why
Do I know what is authentic and can I cry

Romantic or Authentic
Is it being at your favorite cafe
Or walking on your favorite trail
Is it listening to the Fray
Or is it feeling alone and abit frail

Romantic or Authentic
Is it cuddling on my couch
Or huddling in a rainstorm
Is it mending your recent Ouch!
Or dancing with awkward form

Romantic or Authentic
Is it holding each other's glance in a crowded bar
Or holding your hair lightly after too many shots
Is it allowing chance to connect from afar
Or revealing our weak side as we become besot

Romantic or Authentic
What will be adored
What will be remembered
Will it be our public shine that is scored
Will it be where we stumbled and clamored


Breathe slow . . . . . .
Breathe deep . . . . . .
Breathe as though . . . . . .
You can't keep . . . . . .

Romantic and Authentic.
I would hope we see each other's shining moments until we fade.
I would hope our memories linger even when frayed.
I would hope we bring our best selves with full abandon.
I would hope we both learn to dance in tandem.

Authentic and Romantic.
I feel it is not just about me
Or just about you.
I feel it's about moments shared free
And feeling what's deeply true.

Authentically Romantic.
It starts as a bubble
Not immune to trouble.
It contains a droplet
Not created by a bracelet.
It's a belief that feels thin
But it needs both feet in.

Romantically Authentic.
Our space becomes a quiet hue.
So white it's blue.
Our true selves expand
Centered and contained.
So fragile and clear
Let's hold it dear.
First written with an empty chair across from me.
I then re-read following the first glance.
The 1st date is now real, not just make-believe.
Now the empty chair won't be left to chance.
Aug 2012 · 6.8k
Chivalry
H J St Aug 2012
Courtesy is easy
Winks are cheesy
Being there to hold your hair
Your worse day with the flu
Chivalry come true.
Jul 2012 · 2.5k
Peace out . . . okcupid.
H J St Jul 2012
What am I thinking about on these hot summer days
besides your cool, coy, cheerful gaze.
Oh, I'm moving forward but still pondering on
of your sparkle in the distant northwest horizon.
I'm thinking of those twinkles in your smile
that travel 1000s of fiber optic online miles.

I'm saddened to read your goodbye... and see you go
You, and your online profile... that is... this thoughtfulbeau.
I'll miss your Hi!, Hey!, Yah!, Yeah!... and your full smile
your patience for my replies... and willingness to stay online awhile.
I'll miss your  attempts to banter... and our brief chats
your witty answers... and allergic opinion about cats.

Sigh. . . .
With your goodbye and turning off the dating light
I could choose to wallow in my own spite.
I feel the loss but not rejected or hurt
I'm filled with positive regard and a connective comfort.
Such as nectar turns into honey by a bee...
you sweetened my besotted feelings into endearing bounty.
So it feels right
knowing your heart
has found its light.

A local love
who hears your voice
respects your choice
and hopefully fits
like a warm glove.

So keep your lights bright
to keep each other warm
through the cool and comforting
Portland nights.

Peace out... ;o)
Written and posted in 2012 w/ a 2018 grammar edit.

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