Remove the shards
Of shattered glass
From your arteries
The heavy blanket of
Hot sweaty
Shame from your
Rounded shoulders
The shackles of
Past betrayals
From
Your ankles.
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Find your heart in
The empty, the full
Deep in desire.
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Flow free this love
Like cascading waterfalls
Into all the broken open
Spaces of your soul.
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The creases, bumps
Lumps of your head.
The lines, wrinkles,
Crepe paper of your skin.
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Fill all the tributaries
Of veins with
Kindness,
Tenderness.
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Pour into
Soft eyes
Aching, yearning,
Searching for this
Thirst to be quenched.
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Rush like a tidal
Wave, a storm
Surge your
Passion to all.
.◆
Soak into your bones
Saturated, drenched
This flood that
Spills
Over.
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Who do you want
To be in the open spaces?
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Who will be there
When you arrive?
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This
Luscious
Ocean of
Liberation.
I don’t know if today people always attached to a cell phone find time to enjoy the emotions that a poem can convey.
Poetry plays a central role in allowing human beings to regain their spiritual and creative dimension. A poem is not invented because it comes from the soul. We all feel the need to express our feelings and some decide to start writing words that at first glance seem to make no sense but actually help to make us think, to make us think and imagine.
Thank you for these insightful and meaningful reflections about the importance of poetry in our lives, Aldo, especially during a time of cell phones, I Pads, lap tops, keyboards. I agree completely that poetry speaks to something essential in the human spirit. The experience of writing and reading poems can open places inside of us that an essay may not be able to go.
Beautifully written poetry.
Thank you so much, Joel. I appreciate your kind words.
Poetry always touches me and grabs a hold of my imagination. From that, it is I that owes you a debt of gratitude.
Strong Ink with a bit of darkness and sadness yet whispers of hope twirl around the edges of the story
Thank you so much for your reflections, for sharing your experience of this poem, Larry. Yes, sadness, hurt mixed with much love and hope.