white sun suspended in air
an olive branch held
light changes everything
White Sun
Month: August 2012
Held At Bay
Written this last Tuesday in August
Written With/For dVersePoets #OpenLinkNight
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nothing prepares you for this day
scant feelings of rushed tears &
a sobbing soul
scant feelings of rushed tears &
a sobbing soul
somehow you keep holding
them at bay ~
pushed back &
buttoned hole
secrets of diagnosis
pinned down with yet
another pair of hands
without regrets
not for any part of the day
a closing and watchful eye
A Passing
I hear a sudden rush in the trees
a wave coming closer
then an afternoon shadow
all for a passing cloud
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
untie me & let me go
scattered vapors
rain forever free
Walking Down a Country Road
walking down a country road
scuffed heel shoe marks
the spot where I stopped
to gaze over the hallow
lost wonder
I walk down a country road
to find my way home
to find myself once again
to know who I am
it’s the only way I can
Sky Ryder
after last night’s rain
blue refreshed skies
5 eagles fly higher
sentries over the sky ryder
only seen by day’s moon
Summer Orange
the power of summer orange
delightful wings & cherished nectar
summer fills autumn’s bounty
Blue Sky Falls
blue sky falls into the earth
deep time lost in layered rocks
simple smiles of amazing grace
Magnificent You
as sunset falls into night
shadows mark the horizon
I imagine magnificent you
photo credit ~ by Melissa Vest photograph taken in Rogers, AR
Just Simply Love
beautiful white rose dear
held in a pink blush near
love finds a mere
soft joy
Forever Suns
forever suns held in blue
billions of stars twinkle
we believe in you
Abstract Painting Credit ~
Melissa Vest completed in her studio, Bella Vista, AR
Love Letters
writing #1
upon this holy ground
deep time of limestone & granite
only love letters over you
writing #2
like a funeral fire
white ember letters
marked upon the stones
laid in measured sacred offerings
Love in Waiting
Written this second Tuesday in August
For dVersePoets OpenLinkNight
Prompt of Love
stems in violet hues
rounded curves in glass and shadow
love in waiting
Writing Notes:
I had picked a large collection of summer time flowers and placed them in a clear glass vase of water. Overnight the water had been dyed from the pigments in the flowers. I took several photographs and enlarged them trying to enhance the view of the flower stems. I was surprised to find what looks like a lady in a long dress standing on the right side. This shadow brought me a gift today!
I.
stems in violet hues
rounded curves in glass and shadow
love in waiting
II.
scattered reflections in my day’s sun
examined in close meditation done
to discover questions and to find
answers waiting in mere words
longing to rework the unknown and to be heard
in some melody from the kind
of love that went
to the sidelines and remains now spent
III.
lost love
caring becomes heavy and strained
growing weary of heart break
how do we find our love again
starting over
can’t bear to hear the heavy silences
don’t want to feel the pain
can’t bear the loneliness
even when we are near
love is in waiting
sitting along the sidelines
all you can say is you want
to be left alone
i want to awake to star dust
of a midnight sky
dance in the moonlight
live within joyful moments
even in the full day’s sun
after a lifetime of now broken promises
all my thoughts and feelings collide
I melt into rounded edges
jimney cricket
look who is sitting near?
‘jimney’ cricket
it’s ‘mr grasshopper’
curious travlin’ the open road
Sand Plum in Blue
bounty of native plants
summer fruit balanced in blue
searching for beauty
Backyard Ending
a tree troll lurking beneath
peering into youthful times
& a storybook ending
just a backyard swing
~ for you & me
