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
© r.e.l. 12/21/12
Posted on Micropoetry for #moon theme
Submitted to Every Writer 2/28/14
a part of me
the one you already know
is already there
yes, me
when you’re not looking, i’m a wave
when you are looking, your choice
made
now listen to an idea
that i’m about to tell you..
watch your body
it’s breathing
it’s reading the river of your mind
© r.e.l. 10.22.12
Posted for 10/30/12-11/5/12 on Jingle Poetry
oh precious soul,
priceless
where are you going?
… speak to me.
with your mysterious vision
your body–its inflections,
its words
you come to depend
that it’s always
listening
fly now into
your life
which drizzles
like the wind, cleansing
© r.e.l. 10/8/12
image by unknown, found on A Taste of Social Media
Posted for 10/30/12-11/5/12 on Jingle Poetry
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
posted on Medium 3/18/14
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 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
forever in a second
i realize
that i love you
like the breath
we share
in a mystery
time set free
remembered
and then i’m aware
that evermore
is a long time
ineffable
smile with me
© r.e.l. 7/2/12
image of yosemite at night by simeon schatz photography
the colors that touch us
never stop to let us know
to stop… to see
all that’s in between
us and them
they know
that if you k n o w them
you will see
you will stop
© r.e.l. 6/19/12
Featured on redbubble’s Vibration in Art and Verse Vavoom
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
sometimes even
a
single
embrace
a touch
can help you build anew
…although vulnerable
as pieces inside of you
are ebbing, are fading,
you learn how to be alive
resilient, supple
and tiptoe forward
soles to the earth
step by step
to prize your beautiful
life
© r.e.l. 6/10/12
[also posted on redbubble]
your path knows
i heard you say last night
while you were breathing
i vow now
i promise
to include you too,
little soul inside
i hear you
as honest as blood
flowing
it will happen
in the way it needs to
in the most unexpected
moment …
pass into the rite
it’s magic
© r.e.l. 6/4/12
image by by cricketw, Redbubble
posted on Micropoetry (partial)
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
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
your fingers
that reach to the sky
just told me
i’m not the same without you
© r.e.l. 5/31/12
posted for Poetry Picnic 6/3-6/10/12 on Jingle Poetry
posted on Micropoetry 8/29/14 for #sky theme
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
i just whispered,
precious heart,
that you beat in colors
inhaling all of life
but also parts that should only
be viewed as if through an hourglass
don’t worry though,
it will all be ok …
breathe with me
you have p r i c e l e s s time
on your side
so, hide with me in the beach grass
… and listen to the wind and the waves
take my hand and join me
in the rest of our lives
© r.e.l. 5/23/12
Featured in redbubble’s Inspired by Life
we beings of dreams
with earthly eyes to see
there is only the truth
trust our sun light
it makes life
anew every moment
© 2012 simsha
image by s i m s h a
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
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