relied upon
accept it.
heal.
it moves through…
you don’t know what
will be
if you give up
on that fire that relies upon
nothing beyond itself for
strength.
© r.e.l. 1/18/12
image by simeon schatz
Posted for Thursday Poet Rally 1/25-31/12 on Promising Poets Parking Lot
and then…
and then
it’s you, as you pass by…
in your hair
i’m not sure
but i think i see
an object of you
reflecting
burning your light
in the water…
© r.e.l. 12/27/11
image by simeon schatz
posted for Thursday Poet Rally 12/28/11-1/4/12 on The Poetry Palace
an idea
unveiled…
your eyes are the windows
to a lifetime
of wisdom
within
practicing…
you hear
what’s written on your face
arriving as you are
the flame in the fire
has an idea
what i’m thinking
r.e.l. 12/12/11
image by simeon schatz
Posted for Thursday Poet Rally 12/15-12/21/11 on The Poetry Palace
Received the Perfect Poet Award. Thank you, poet community! I accept… For next week I nominate Big Ape Diary 
-robin
imagining flames
teach me
the way you move
through silent instincts
i remember your words
waves moving
through me
to the space
that only imagination
and bodies feel
then minds are still
© r.e.l. 11/16/11
Posted for Thursday Poets Rally 11/17-11/23/11 on the Promising Poets Cafe
of red, of wood
laid out
your fire, the sun
that only looks directly at you
through reflection
of red, of wood
everlasting
in me
© r.e.l. 8/22/11
image by s i m s h a
Posted for Poetry Picnic 9/25-10/1/11 on Gooseberry Garden
star on a distant paradise
where are you now
in this moment, i ask
climbing a ladder to a distant cloud
that only i know…
floating on a bubble under a wave of life?
you are crazy
with the mystery you breathe
you are the pure energy
of love
… fire mixed with water
and raindrops inside sand
you are tears and joy forever intertwined
like a bird not knowing his wings
still… after all
you know you are
the one who saved me from a distant paradise
and you are true
© r.e.l. 11/4/10
image nightbird2
Posted on Poetry Potluck 7/10-7/17/11 on Jingle Poetry
only time, constantly
something right
brought me to
carry the fire
shut your eyes or look away
i’m only time, constantly
stopping only
in a memory
© r.e.l. 6/14/11
image of old clocks
Posted for Thursday Poets Rally 6/15-6/22/11 on Promising Poets
Featured in All Out Emotion on redbubble
the fire in you
how is the fire in you
the fire in me
at times when i least
expect it to be?
you lead
i follow
when your steam, your inferno
catches me…
in a moment i blaze…
and you know the truth
whether you
created your moment
for me or not
© r.e.l. 5/9/11
image by simsha
Featured in All Out Emotion on redbubble
Posted on Poetry Potluck 5/22-5/28/11 on Jingle Poetry
its vapors
as the mist, its vapors
turns my air
to its breath
i can feel that i knew you
once
before i knew…
you burned me
with your fire
inside:
i have always known you
and even when i did know
i didn’t know yet
yet i knew too…
that all along
you were building a mystery
that had dissolved into me
© r.e.l. 4/20/11
image of me at marin headlands by simsha
**featured in Touched By Fire on redbubble
posted for The Thursday Post 21.4.11 on Ethereal Heights
posted for Poetry Potluck 4/24-4/30/11 on Jingle Poetry
red
fire
me up
with your
sun
and your
soul..
like
the way
i sometimes
feel
the flame
pierce the
shield
i keep
around me
it feels good
to know you
do it
again
…
© r.e.l. 4/17/11
image “red sun”
**featured in All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical on redbubble
posted to Luna’s World week 3
posted for Poetry Potluck 4/17-4/23/11 on Jingle Poetry
will i last?
you changed my life
as i went numb
waking with your lightning storm
inside in my dream
your fire, outside
of me…
i wondered, silently,
will i last through this next moment
in your presence?
drawn to you, still
forever in my memory
© r.e.l. 3/13/11
image “stormyard3″ – a lightning storm
posted on Poetry Potluck-3/13-3/19/11 for Jingle Poetry
alive
i see you
in the mirror of my life
there in the twilight
not knowing.. not breathing.. just being..
who is to know what is real?
stealing myself
from the fire in my aura
you are alive with the heat that wraps around you in a field
of that which is alive,
yet not.
© r.e.l. 1/23/11
image ‘Red Tree Spirit’ by Ron Moss
posted for Poetry Potluck week 20: Peace, Relaxation, Spirituality on Jingle Poetry
my flame
flames
have a mind of their own
as they
silently listen
call to you
speak your name
invite you to gaze
into their
burn that
knows your secrets
i am listening now
and i set you on fire
to the beat of your glow
you wish for me
i am here
now blow out your candle
and feel what i say
© r.e.l. 8/4/10
in the fire
the signs never cease
to tell me
still you are here.
i want you to tell me though
that you still want me here
because you are lost now
and i feel it.
do you want me to stand
in the fire with you
and be the moon that shines
on your path?
your path now is like
an answer for me
even as you take
the wrong path
to find the right
where you know who you are
never running.
i am done with our other journey
where you close
expecting me to open you.
© r.e.l. 7/3/10
