Love

[gata_amore]

you are most blessed for being able to write 'prose' with such meaning and feelings... there is something about 'non-rhyming' poetry, that.. you KNOW comes 'straight from the heart'.. and no 'mental thought' for rhyming..... please?.. for us to be able to read more?... am posting one of only.. 'two'.. of MY prose.. and.. as you can tell.. does NOT have that 'personal feeling, touch' that yours does....... thank you for sharing that 'inner part' of yourself...
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love is......


the meaning of love, the definition..how to determine..
do you love, are you in love?
how to say, how to decide?

have always heard that..if you can say...
then is not true, ..is not real..as...
love has no meaning, no specifics.

love is unique to each individual...
is tailored and customed to each person.
is indefinable..indescribable.

to love....is..
wanting the other's total happiness
regardless of how it affects ourself.
to help fulfill the other..

to be loved...is..
being totally fulfilled..
to be accepted for what i am.

to love and be loved is....
caring, support, comfort, understanding..
listening..and hearing what is said and meant
sharing....in all that is, ... the other
looking beyond any faults and shortcomings
seeing the real person inside
being there, whenever, however is needed....
having all wants and needs, even those unconscious desires, met..

love is....fulfillment and satisfaction
acceptance, comfort, joy and happiness
committment, hope, promise
mutual sharing of feelings and thoughts
love is so much more than words can say...

love is....

 

[alexnell]

Bitter and brittle and careworn am I;
Too angry for tears, unable to cry.
He I loved left me without a good-bye.
Promised forever, alone with a lie;
I utter no word, no whisper, no sigh.
I sit in the dark--let time pass me by.

Michelle 1996

 

[meowman]

Of the three that I have written about Helen in the last week, this one is the most recent, but my least favorite. But, I share it here with you anyway. MINDY: I missed yours til' after my earlier post, but I wanted to say yours was jsut beautifully sad. We have all experienced the hurt of heartbreak and those experiences shows in each of our writings.
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I feel
You

I anticipate
You

I sense
You

I know
You

So completely
And harmoniously

I am embraced by your
Essence

Enveloped by your
Soul

Rapt by your
Presence

Hypnotized by your
Smile

As the rain clouds close upon me
Pelting me with their tears
My yearning for you grows
Unbound by our fears

The road is littered with debris
Remnants of the war
That has raged inside your heart
Burned by bitter scorn

Where no other man can tread
The place inside you I know so well
The destination at journeyâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s end
Captivated by your rhythmic spell

To this end
I shall reach
Your trust in me
Never breached

As ultimate wanting
Clutches at our hearts
When the final embrace comes
I will welcome you

Encompass you
Auraâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s meshed
Together as one

Understanding beyond perception
Your needs to be filled
Without doubt
Without question

As you burn inside of me
Engulfing my very nature
A rapture of our culmination
Crescendoâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s reached

In the ecstasy of your world
In the brief moments we share
There are no words
Need be spoken

A half made whole
As in one

soul

 

[alexnell]

I long to remove your name from my memory
But you wrote it in permanent ink
And no matter how hard I scrub
That graffitti can't be washed off my heart

I wrote my name in pencil
And your eraser has been busy

 

[gata_amore]

reading and hearing your poetry alexnell.. ?.. led me to this writing........ and i 'dedicate' it to you.. (hope you do not mind......... ?)....

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hollow promises



such hurt do her words speak
betrayal and pain
so bitter and angry
a tempest of rain

her words so describe
and tell of the 'storm'
that left her bereft..
and took away all that's warm

the roll of the thunder
and stab of light-ning
on the memories of raindrops
just enforce her feel-ing

non-erasable ink..
on HER heart she did write!
but in pencil HE wrote
'empty promises' of night

is no consolation..
of this i know true
for all of us others..
to speak up to you

but some, we do feel the pain
and hope... you will find...
with another you'll find peace
........ someday... and with time......

gata.. 05/22/01
(inspired by and dedicated.. to .. 'alexnell')

 

[alexnell]

You are such a sweetheart. I'm so touched and honored. No one's ever written me a poem before! Thank you.

I've been very fortunate in the years since I wrote those 2 poems. Shortly after I wrote Bitter, I was coerced into going on a blind date. I married the mystery man 3 years later and we will celebrate our second anniversary this October. He's a wonderful guy

who lets me be who I am

. He also puts up with my cat addiction, and has caught the bug himself. (Guess who decided to keep Nell, the former foster cat, instead of getting a dog?)

 

[mr. cat]

You "love poets" have so much to say! And you say it well. Thank you for your insights into that greatest of life's mysteries.

=^..^=

 

[meowman]

This poem was written by Helen. It is so beautiful that I thought I'd share it.


Drowned in the flames of desire
A caress of warm flesh through
Strands of gold

While the tension of want flows
Sweetly through my lips
In anticipation

An absence so long sustained
But for a moment that which was
Missing is only inches away from
Being fulfilled

An explosion of fire and water
Flows through my blood so
Furiously I can feel the crystals
Blind in my eyes

What was so pure the sun and
Stars drop from sight and are blinded
By the heaven created
With just the warm touch
Of the heat mingled between bodies

That first treasure that speaks
No words and utters no sound
And yet all who experience understand

What will come from such gold lined love?
Who knows...

What matters is the fire that burns now

 

[threeleggedkat]

Chuck; The more I learn about Helen, or should I say; the more that is revealed to me, the better I come to understand the DEPTH of your "feelings" for her. You two seem to be "cut from the same cloth" (emotionally) and perhaps are "Meant for eachother". My best wishes go with you and may they serve as silent

's to hasten your union. . .

Darlene
=^.".^=

 

[meowman]

She is my best friend and though we were, at one time, very briefly, lovers, our relationship has surpassed that into a REAL bond of mutual respect and admiration and love. Personally, I don't think her marriage will last, but Allen IS a nice guy, so out of respect for them both, if their marraige goes bottom up, it won't be because of me. I guess patience is a virtue. But, deep down inside, I honestly believe that she and I will, one day, be together. We know each other so well and can read one another so well, that I can't see living my life w/o her. Well, I'll share another poem Helen wrote in a new post.

 

[meowman]

A Poem By Helen Robst

When the weight of reality clouds the possibility of dreams
You can borrow my rosey glasses

When the shadowing world crushes your goals
You can join me on cloud nine

I will show you the way
But you have to travel it
I will help you conquer your obstacles
But you have to climb over them

I offer my hand
To push you
To guide you
And to comfort you
But you have to except it

I will always be here
You don't have to ask
You don't have to answer
You don't have to call my name
All you have to do is want me here

You have to swallow your pride
In thinking that you can do it alone
You have to locate your greed
And make it eat it's words
You have to accept the pain
And when it feels like you can't go on
You have to want me here

When it feels the road is too long
I'll take half the steps for you
When it feels the water is too deep
My shoulders can carry you
When it feels like your alone
I am here with you

I can push you along, but you have to be willing to budge

The world is a dark place
It will kick you when you are down
It will be the thorn in your side
When everything smells as sweet as a flower
And it will be me...
The sun in your sky
So bright that you can't look
The stars in the grayest night
Shinning through the clouds
The cool rain drops falling on a summers day

I am all around you
In your love
In your memories
And in your heart