not merely a nebulous
when do you feel like offering
your flower?
sporadically, on a silent moonbeam?
or do you hold a grudge
that makes me want to
tempt you
to change…
to be heroic…
i want to throw you the rope
that will guide you to your
clogged and tender words, unspoken
you are not merely a nebulous, a hazy unknown
you are you
so, speak
don’t lay dormant crying unheard
the truth is that we do care.
reach for it anyway
© r.e.l. 12/21/12
it. all. matters.

it all matters
my fragile soul broken, speaks
to me
hiding once…
don’t you realize that
we are already healed?
delicate you are, beautiful moment
elapsing yet not
your possibility never forgotten
saved in my heart, as you…
the flower that i pass
knows how to live
as time stops
in its waltz
it tells me–hide with me
in my competence
that needs no prestige
only being,
only tenderness
© r.e.l. 4/13/12
Posted for Poetry Picnic 4/15-4/22/12 on Gooseberry Garden
your way across

a strange rain in june
my petal stretching out
to you
when you reached for it
i leapt
and prayed
to you that you would
find your way across
to where i am
© r.e.l. 7/3/11
image by simsha
Posted for Poetry Potluck 7/3-7/9/11 on Jingle Poetry
seeds
i will
plant more
seeds
near the flower
that is you
walking away now
to your
innuendo
in a dream
where a shadow
misses your touch
f a i n t l y, with eyes closed
a fire burns, a purple hue
and its silence speaks
© r.e.l. 4/22/11
image on “suntrail” in mill valley, ca
posted for Poetry Potluck 4/24-4/30/11 on Jingle Poetry
red
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”
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posted to Luna’s World week 3
posted for Poetry Potluck 4/17-4/23/11 on Jingle Poetry
flowers kiss
you could live there
your heart beating
in my mind
as a trail
to the sun…
…missing life
without you…
…like the times
when the flowers
kiss
the
bees
© r.e.l. 4/1/11
image “flowers kiss”
posted on Luna’s world
Posted for Poetry Potluck 4/3-4/9/11 on Jingle Poetry
you sit with me
and we gaze at the moon
from afar
it is the same moon
and invisible
i am
to you
yet i hope my flower
reaches your heart
in this moment
i picked it for you
© r.e.l. 9/4/10
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