cathedrals of dreaming
one thing i can be sure of. i feel like i’m under water, underground or under something when i imagine you.
sometimes when it’s late and i know i’m asleep, i also know that the cathedrals of me are open.
and, during those times, when i’m actually not asleep, but awake, you are with me. you whisper.
i can’t even say ‘yes’ now to your offers because i don’t know how.
yes.
am i dreaming?
yes, you’re in my dream come true
i have conversations with you when you aren’t here
it’s ok, i’m always there
© r.e.l. 5/7/13
…what if
You love the fire. You are it, moving quickly, emulating its spark. Your miles to go in your mind, before calmed, drive you. Transfixed on you I am.
Be you, be the you I have known. Smile at me until I melt into something else. You are beyond getting my attention. You make me know why I’m alive.
And now I’m on fire because when I first saw you, recently and not, I fell in love with you. All I knew from before, relived in a moment, rejoined with all that we created then, to be continued later. You smiled when you knew I loved you then. You knew. You know now.
© r.e.l. 3/25/13
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you had time to save me
thank you is not the same
without you here
to stare into
to touch with my fingertips
lightly
seconds pass by loudly
as sand moves through time
enunciating each tick
impatiently, i allow my wandering senses
to embrace simple thoughts of you,
every memory relived
…a teardrop—of joy—on my pillow,
and i know i am reaching out
for your grasp
to taste you in a form
that exceeds words
yet you are an apparition
of time that happens,
but not here in my moment
dear illusion,
please show me where you and now coexist
so that i know
because i have learned
how to stop time…
i will find you
interlaced with me
never forgetting
that in the midst of it all
you found time to save me
all i have i will give to you
i will give you
me
© r.e.l. 3/12/13
Featured in Redbubble’s Vibration in Art and Verse – VAVoom!
be you
i want you to
stay
a secret
because i entered
a story, immersed
now full of words
and moments
having just opened my eyes
as if waking from a dream
stay undisclosed, clandestine
a mystery
a given
be coded, be hidden
be you
© r.e.l. 3/2/13
Featured in Redbubble’s “Feminine Intent” group.
as i remember
we met by accident.
not quite.
in all the ways i know
to explain what it meant
to watch my feelings
trickle down my logic
tease my soul
into believing i’m crazy
that day,
in a moment
my words [pause]
to express,
i can only explain
the paper
unused pen
blank screen
and feelings of you
still in the air
in me
as i remember
and how time
has a way
with the intrigue
of the heart
© r.e.l. 2/14/13
what would you write
what would you write to me if you could?
would you say what you feel,
what is real?
would the world spin
to a place
it hasn’t been
for you
for me
so we can understand…
what would you write?
tell me
© r.e.l. 10/3/12
posted for Thursday Poets Rally week 76 10/31/12-11/7/12 on Hyde Park
just motion, weightless
i am here to tell you
that your magic
demystifies your
you
your path—alive and open
knows no worry
just motion, weightless
never doubting, confident
i am here to tell you
about this one
beautiful life
© r.e.l. 8/21/12
for my daughter
what are you?
what is a heart, i ask
is it you? do you hear me?
flowing blood
protecting love
building walls
melting eyes
always beating . . . beating . . .
you carry lifetimes
of veins
of cells
and secrets of who we are
© r.e.l. 7/9/12
image of my soy latte by simeon schatz photography
time stopped thru raindrops
when time stops
through raindrops
i’ll know you are
here
with me
touching me
with your unknown
as silence will be shattered with speech, in small droplets
as it is, as it will be, as it always has been…
© r.e.l. 6/19/12
image by simeon schatz
to be protected
darkened sun speaking … through what hides … deep in its cocoon
but to risk your heart opening, oh simple soul, will change your life
hold the belief of you … to be protected .. to be loved
© r.e.l. 6/3/12
image by simeon schatz
posted for Poetry Picnic 6/3-6/10/12 on Jingle Poetry
layers exude
your layers
exude
your form, solidified
a story of strength
untold
awaits
the test of time…
rolling
seeking
its mastery
within
as its mystery
hardens…
softens…
then floats
you carved me, you know
valleys breathing now
thank you
stay with me, you say
i can feel you breathe
© r.e.l. 6/1/12
image by s i m s h a
posted for Poetry Picnic 6/3-6/10/12 on Jingle Poetry
just told me
your fingers
that reach to the sky
just told me
i’m not the same without you
© r.e.l. 5/31/12
image by simeon schatz photography
posted for Poetry Picnic 6/3-6/10/12 on Jingle Poetry
covered in moss
write with me
… as if i’m writing you
… as if i hear only your voice
your substance, your curves, your nuances, your eyes
as if for the first time
seeing me, perhaps
as a tiny particle of life in the ripple of a pond
it’s true, i remember the stars
when we first met
did you know that the cobble stones
on our path
each covered in moss
growing
alive
know that to provide direction
to you
is to cheat you of your trail of treasures in life?
… with your warm beaming clouds
listen to them
(. . .)
i do
© r.e.l. 5/27/12
Posted for Thursdays Poet Rally 6/6-6/13/12 on Hyde Park Poetry
just now
i transmitted
my thoughts to you
just now …
eyes at sunset
never stop penetrating
the everlasting moment …
just bow your head and be silent
© r.e.l. 5/19/12
Posted for Poetry Picnic 5/20-5/27/12
enough of words
be careful, don’t forget
you are gazing at the light
as you search for meaning
horizons, expanded…
i come to you without me
without a sound
hidden behind no door
…enough of words
you are my precious moments,
revealed,
rising together with us
as parts
© r.e.l. 5/8/12
image by s i m s h a
Posted on Poetry Picnic 5/13-5/20/12 on Jingle Poetry
Featured in Freedom to Shine on redbubble
Chosen by Redbubble artist sure2010 as pairing with his artwork Illumination Happening
with a secret
before you knew me
i felt you …
knowing me,
piercing me
to the core
with a secret
unspoken
let me know when
you’re ready
to do it again
remember, i’m your innuendo
© r.e.l. 5/5/12
image by simeon schatz
Posted for Poetry Picnic 5/6-5/13/12 on Gooseberry Garden
my mystique
it would seem
that as it goes
there is no
color before the storm
we stand together, all good
with wonder
is there another way
that’s right
to shake my mystique?
speak to me now
in the only way
you know how
© r.e.l. 4/8/12
image by simeon schatz photography
Posted to Poetry Picnic 4/8-4/15/12 on Jingle Poetry
collide with me
collide with me
particle, you are
and i will
…forever
be changed
in a moment
where you imagine
you live in the same wonder
that i do
© r.e.l. 2/22/12
image by s i m s h a
Posted for Thursday Poet’s Rally 3/20-3/27/12 on Promising Poet’s Parking Lot
wood path
i will be with you
in it
soon after
for the first time
when our paths
lead to
how right we are
on our wood path
to us
© r.e.l. 1/23/12
image by s i m s h a
Posted for Thursday Poet Rally 1/25-31/12 on Promising Poets Parking Lot
Thank you, Ava, and poet community for the Perfect Poet Award 
I accept. For next week I nominate Poetry Road
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
bubble
wondering
are you real,
enclosed in a bubble of time
secrets kept
tightly in my hand?
. . .
and then you remind me
that in our hand,
where time does not exist,
i have found you
© r.e.l. 11/11/11 11:11am
image by s i m s h a
Posted for Poetry Picnic 11/13-11/19/11 on Gooseberry Garden
thank you, you knew
with a whisper
you share so much
i know you knew…
the swirl of your thoughts
your eyes
looking into
the day i knew
but once forgot
thank you for never stopping
our moment
that you knew
i felt.
© r.e.l. 11/9/11
image by simeon schatz
Posted for Poetry Picnic 11/13-11/19/11 on Gooseberry Garden
together with me
together
in me,
deep
moving imagination
that you are,
call me
to a place
that works
in solitude
living
lightly,
accept me
never forgetting
that i
live in a circle
that repasses
that which
occurred
yet sees
its tunnel
to shine
© r.e.l. 11/1/11
image by simeon’s clay art
Posted for Thursday Poet’s Rally 11/3-11/9/11 on the Poetry Palace
as crazy as you
imagine me
as crazy as you
in your forest
that smiles with your sound
i see you
don’t go
touch me again
in only a second
…i knew you
© r.e.l. 10/23/11
image by s i m s h a
Posted for Poetry Picnic 10/23-10/30/11 on Gooseberry Garden
