a soft little voice
rises out of the dark oblivion

do I listen to this voice,
break open my shell?

Beloved, may Your eternal flame burn in me.

A fire that purifies and
illumines the darkness within
my thirsty heart.

my love
it has been a year of sharing life together
waking up together
cooking and eating together

holding hands and going for walks
brushing away your tears
laughing together from our bellies

may these words be a blessing to you and me
so we may continue to live out our vows to
be faithful and loving as long as we both shall live

I am grateful to be walking this journey with you

writing a poem
in this virtual community
called hello poetry
is like coming home
after a long absence

I long to be engulfed
by your warm embrace

Breathe your breath into me
let my heart beat in time
to *yours

i do not remember what i have lost
but there is a a feeling of loss that i cannot fill
a void that spreads beyond my reach

a vague memory of something i cannot trace
faint glimmer of something that should be
but is no longer with me

the feeling leaves me confused and numb
is this grief?

what we had is lost and gone,
I choose gratitude instead of bitterness.

the love we had could quickly turn into
resentment, fear and anger.

for our daughter's sake and for my own serenity,
I choose to practice love and tolerance.

I am choosing to be grateful for what we shared,
and present to the life created out of that love.

just for today, I embrace it all. the pain, joy, tears and laughter.

I mourn the loss of our marriage,
but love remains.

sorrow washes over me
as I mourn the loss of childhood,
but then sadness turns into a smile
as I remember that I get to let my kid be a kid

the more my ego dies
each moment becomes
more beautiful

the one I knew
is dead and gone
lost at sea

pulled out
by the tide
drowned at sea

only to return
as not walking corpse
but a new man

you did not
rise like the Phoenix
out the ashes
but rose out of the water
baptized by the trial at sea
into a hardened sailor
with a sensitive heart
because of the suffering you bore

being lost is relative
and in some ways
you found yourself
for the first time
when you were
lost at sea

you said you loved me
and now you ask for space?

what happened to till death do us part?

a cold silence
seeping into broken dreams
redeemed by love

thoughts fragment
until hardening to cement
locking me in fear

hoping against hope
to find my way
back to you

nothing is as freeing
as aimless wandering
*i am free

always seeking
and moving

never still to really
just be

forever more
love abides
even in
the dark
lonely places

no words
can describe
the love
blooming
in my
soul.

my love for you deepens
one day at a time.

each moment of love illumines
another till it shines forever.

love simply is
given without expectations
holding my baby girl

love is listening
to you snore

love is patiently waiting
for you to calm down

love is being able to just be
and present to each other

love is opening ourselves
to this very moment

love simply is

.                                             love is
                                              o
                                              v
                            love is love
                            o        
                            v
                      love     love
                      o          o
                   love is love
                      e           e

bask in a love that frees
a love like that first ray of sunlight,
after a cold and dark winter.

a love that is freely given and helps us grow,
and not the codependant and addictive love
that binds and controls.

I laugh and dance in the sunlight of God's love
that makes me whole and safe.  
no thing or person can ever take away this freedom,
unless I give it away.

love lost
last breath
new life
given birth
hope sprouts

Creator You dance in my heart
as You've never done before.

Day by day I am becoming a little more free.

I am grateful to be alive and to be drawn closer to You.

I am awakening to the music that's always been inside of me
that I've slowly become deaf to.  As I awake, I dance with You
and realize You've always been dancing in my heart.

My body moves in rhythm to the music of creation and I laugh
and laugh.  I embrace You as You embrace me closer as two long friends,
two long lost lovers.  You are Love, and I am immersed in You.

Lover of Life, Your love does not erase my identity,
but help me simply be.  Alive to all of reality, embracing pain, joy, tears,
laughter and all the things in between.

My heart sings and my body dances in time to Your music.

You are a Taoist sage
in a tiny green body.

You are a voice crying out
in the wilderness like
John the Baptist.

You direct me towards
the connection of all things
large and small,
seen and unseen.

Your laughter cuts through
the arrogance of my youth.

You call me to a deeper wholeness.

May the Tao that cannot be named
flow in and through you.

Thank You. I Love You.

O beloved, Your love is not a drug,
a substance that keeps me bound and trapped.

In my experience,
Love is not a compulsive impulse,
but a feeling of coming home.

In being loved and loving,
I become a little more free to
once again be the little boy that loves freely

Your love is not addictive, because
no drug can free me from the ******* of self

Beloved, my love for You grows from mutuality and commitment
A love that frees

Beloved*
help me
open my eyes with loving attention
so I may see the world with a lover's heart.

I am awake  to life
opening my heart
loving fiercely

my body
            wants
                 to move
                               in
                   rhythm
        to your
heart

some days I wish I could fade into nothing
but then your love reminds me to stay
I plant roots and let love grow in me

in dark periods of my life
my thoughts lead me to
seeing my life as hopeless and pointless
I tried to hurry the end multiple times

today, my thoughts wander around my head
leading me to wonder about how
I am still alive
answer: grace

I hope I do not squander this
great gift I've been freely given
and remain grateful
by passing it on

I sit and breathe
wishing peace, happiness, and freedom
for myself

I sit and breathe
slowly wishing out
to strangers, friends, enemies, and all beings
peace, happiness, and freedom

I sit and breathe
letting the metta grow
my heart expands just a little
as I sit here and now
with all my joys and sorrows

may I be at peace
may I be happy
may I be free from suffering

may you be at peace
may you be happy
may you be free from suffering

may all beings be at peace
may all beings be happy
may all beings be free from suffering

moments of clarity
come and go

spiritual awakenings are
always happening now

my world falls apart with one word

as my world crumbles,
the Divine Lover whispers my name.
three words are spoken into my heart,
and my heart sings even as I walk through the death of love.

I get up even when I don't want to
God thank you for my life
and the courage to keep putting
one foot in front of the other

your light exudes a mystical glow
things are revealed and yet still hidden
I love walking through the night
under your magical glow

may the forces of gravity draw us near
the ocean tides swell till a wave brings
you home

you are like the moon with its ethereal glow
a beacon on a dark night

no matter how far I am
I can stare at the moon and
know that the same moon light
that shines on me shines on you

may the light of the moon draw us near
to the magnificent glow of the sun
without getting burned

stay awake
listen deeply
awake within
and breathe
embrace life