the mountain

every step i take
i’m closer to you

the way i feel you
see me
as if looking through

piercing…

did you know
you are the mountain
i intend to climb
and reach?

…after all
you are the one who
taught me
how to whisper

© r.e.l. 7/21/11

image by simeon schatz photography

Posted on Poetry Potluck 7/24-7/30/11-Nature and Life on Jingle Poetry

its paradox

ever emerging
all sides
of you

choose the
one in your now
who is
in between
your dark night
your early dawn

rising
because it knows
what to do
…next

is it the
mystery
u n f o l d i n g
its view
its paradox
that chooses
without limits
to protect you?

© r.e.l. 7/20/11

image klamath lake 

Posted for Poetry Potluck 7/17-7/23/11 on Jingle Poetry

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Posted on Micropoetry for theme #dark

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