a fine ordinary moment

February 25, 2011February 25, 2011 / my secret innuendo / 10 Comments

dear fine moment… my first few sips of coffee,

you change my life. you hold a memory of all other days, alive with transitions from dreamy to present.
as the fog clears, starry-eyed i begin to plan my day in a fine moment.

you witness me as my dreams come to mind, as i walk in the shadows of time becoming conscious.

and in the peace of my home before the storm, children sleeping, cats purring, sun rising, even though you don’t last long, you help me realize
that fine moments in life exist…

speak

February 23, 2011February 28, 2011 / my secret innuendo / 10 Comments

this is how it works

i see your insides

they speak to me

posted for Poetry Potluck week 24 (2/27-3/5/11)

it was already yours

February 18, 2011May 6, 2012 / my secret innuendo / 20 Comments

will you catch me
if i fall?
i am jaded by my past that haunts me
the wild are free
and unpredictable
and contagious
and luring

yes…

i always love their mirrors
that show me
myself

it was already yours…

image by NINA-L

posted for Poetry Potluck week 23 (2/20-2/27/11)

posted for Poetry Picnic 10/16-10/22/11 on Gooseberry Garden

the way your roots reach into me

February 16, 2011May 9, 2015 / my secret innuendo / 44 Comments

empower me to empower you
you know, the way your roots reach into me
like feathers on a journey
to find themselves

find me where you would not
think to imagine
remember i’m an enigma
i’m a mystery that floats in
the shadows,
t h e u n k n o w n

and sometimes, it’s strange
but i can feel the moments
when a secret begins…

submitted to caesura 2/5/14

written for Thursdays Poet Rally week 38 (feb 17-23, 2011)

image of Feather of male peacock (Indian peafowl), Wikimedia Commons

featured on Vibration in Art and Verse – VAVoom! on redbubble

submitted to World Poetry Movement (Published! — for book Stars In Our Hearts)

i’m still here

February 14, 2011May 6, 2012 / my secret innuendo / 6 Comments

i
live
in
the
subtle
world.
can
you feel me?
breath me?
see me? if not,
it’s ok. i’m still here…. for you
© r.e.l. 2/14/11

heart-rock spotted near pt. reyes lighthouse

an anonymous soul

February 12, 2011February 23, 2015 / my secret innuendo / 14 Comments

you are a mystery and a mind who flies
among thoughts, reacting to time
in a body, yet not… memories
only a part of you because
you know there’s a space
between, that is silent
it will heal you if
you let it
speak
and know
you, before you do
for a reason unknown
but do it anyway because
it is your trip through life
we are more real every day

inspired by another soul

featured in Freedom to Shine on redbubble

posted for Poetry Potluck week 22 on Jingle Poetry

find a way to show me

February 8, 2011February 23, 2015 / my secret innuendo / 17 Comments

as soon as i think i know
then i remember
that i don’t…

you’re already there
don’t forget
who you are

i won’t turn anything on
or off
can i just be me?

can’t you try to keep your soul
and fill your heart
but not take mine?

you mean let the ground speak
through my feet?

you’re irresistible to me
in ways that i cannot tell

find a way
to show me

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posted for Poetry Potluck week 22 on Jingle Poetry

featured in Love Bytes on redbubble

your glow

February 6, 2011February 23, 2015 / my secret innuendo / 9 Comments

your glow
it speaks
syllables
through sound to me

perceive me
receive me
move with me
in circles
outward
piercing

be gentle with me
thank you
i am me

i feel you as you are
i heard what you said
don’t go
don’t stop
you are the best part of you

image “Peaceful Green” by AmandaGWright

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posted for Poetry Potluck week 22 on Jingle Poetry

it helps me sleep at night

February 5, 2011May 6, 2012 / my secret innuendo / 25 Comments

please don’t
steal my heart away
unless you know how to hold it
i think i need to keep it
close to me
for me… now

you play games
and i don’t…
don’t you see
it is all real to me?

yes i can feel your heartbeat
running through me
it helps me sleep at night
the way it whispers to me
sleep with me… i have a heart too

Posted for Poetry Potluck week 21 (2/6-2/12/11)-Aims, Goals, Ambitions on Jingle Poetry

you sighed

February 2, 2011February 23, 2015 / my secret innuendo / 14 Comments

tell me how you do it
remaining
still
yet luring
silent…
pulsing
as a mystery
i asked for long ago
you know
i prefer no answer
because i know you
are not done yet
telling the truth
and are as honest
as the way
you were
when i first knew
in that fine moment
that with you
how could you not
be a secret…