you wrote a valentine to me

February 13, 2016October 26, 2016 / my secret innuendo / Leave a comment

rain_heart you, who inspire
positive in life’s debilitating moments
philosopher, scientist, lover
you are whole, strength in softness
grounded in the silence between words
you watch me take it in

the one who stirs my heart
you write a valentine to me
because i am not invisible
your heart is not too broken to be real
you want to stare into my eyes
and it doesn’t matter what i am saying
about your stare

you are grounding me in your presence
opening my heart by standing there
breathing with me
you won’t be done any time soon
and know i’ve been waiting
for you to arrive
to brighten my darkness in the way i can’t do for myself

my sacrifices show
you say that my tears make me more beautiful
you want to know who i’ll become with you
you have earned the ability to adore me

Inspired by David Whyte and WriteYourselfAlive 30 day writing challenge through Rebelle Society

dear precious tears

September 4, 2014January 14, 2015 / my secret innuendo / 14 Comments

who are you, precious life?

stay with me in your presence
that breathes even when it doesn’t try.
you see the potential that i don’t see in myself.
you cry sometimes
and prefer to hide…
surrounded by pillows, no one can see your face,
your weakness,
and you don’t have to be something you’re not,
something you feel others expect.

dear precious tears,
it’s ok
because you only come when your heart is shining
transferring all the opposite into you.
your water is not fear or anger
but freedom.
you are expression of desire met
beyond imagination, by your side.
you are delight at being enough
to be intimate
to be wanted.
you allow me to know that my space is safe
and you know what you need to say
when no one else is listening.

you are my gift.

Submitted to Thursday Poet Rally week 79 with Jingle Poetry

the edge of you

April 11, 2012May 6, 2012 / my secret innuendo / 4 Comments

the edge of you… is deeper

because you have lived

beyond your tenacity

letting breathe

your heart, my pain

your strength, my tears

your solid form, my shattered intellect

image by s i m s h a

Posted for Poetry Picnic 5/6-5/13/12 on Gooseberry Garden

of all that whispers

November 24, 2011May 6, 2012 / my secret innuendo / 24 Comments

swirls of life
judgments
and tears
we move past it…

as our hearts dig deep
to the soul
of all that whispers,
we know
without question
that which tells a story
in the spaces of us
and that which lives
forever in a moment

image by simeon schatz

Posted for Poetry Picnic 11/27-12/3/11 on Goosberry Garden

my hourglass

June 16, 2011August 29, 2014 / my secret innuendo / 7 Comments

please

don’t watch

when

i’m crying

i will

only

see you

through an

hourglass

of tears

image of my new logo that i designed myself while contemplating

Posted on Micropoetry 7/17/14 for #glass theme

to the end of the road

April 6, 2011February 23, 2015 / my secret innuendo / 11 Comments

words only take me to the end of the road… where feelings are footpaths… but, opening me to you and you to me… i miss you when you go… i am yours… sing to me anyway… never forget that your tears are your soul…
© r.e.l. 4/6/11