A Love New

I wrote this poem 7 years ago for my friends Dale and Paige for their wedding. I was honored to read it when they got married. I had them write to me separately their feelings about each other and I put this together. What was really interesting and awesome was the love they expressed for one another and how there was such an irony in their feelings. They are still together and I am very happy to still be a part of their lives.

Enjoy

Remember a love new

Smiles bright as a sunny sky

Blue hues whisper the news to robins and cardinals who

Sing melodies which echo through

Clinched hands forming the figured heart

They’re walking a journey to not depart

Trees sway to a rhythmic tune, they swoon and park

Staring into eyes that ignite a spark

This brings forth chills from the slightest touch

Flowers bloom, squirrels chase, and rabbits mate

Sounding like when angelic choirs sing

It feels like springtime…without the rain and she says

“I love knowing that I will have you as my best friend for the rest of my life.”

Then he says

“I love you.  You are the person that makes me feel comfortable and relaxed.
Together they say

“We share one heart, one mind and one soul.”

Remember a love new

It never grows old

Like that movie you can watch over and over again

The one where love always wins

Where favorite songs on the radio play

Something like what Bob Dylan would say,

“I could hold you for a million years to make you feel my love.”

Hugs wrapped cocoon tight

Butterflies emerge as fluttered hearts taking to the sky

Fireflies blend with shooting stars

Reminds you of your sweaty palms

Yet fingers interlock and the world continue to spin

As two hearts come together and become one

Then she says

“I love how you seem to always know what I am thinking.”

And he says

“I love that you fill my life with love, warmth and happiness.”

Together they say

“We share one heart, one mind and one soul.”

Remember a love new

It is as timeless as a clock or a poem that rings

“The question has ceased to be how do I love you and has become, how could I ever stop?”

Remember a love new

Smiles bright as a sunny sky

Blue hues whisper the news to robins and cardinals who

Sing melodies which echo through

Clinched hands forming the figured heart

They’re walking a journey to not depart

Trees sway to a rhythmic tune, they swoon and park

Staring into eyes that ignite a spark

This brings forth chills from the slightest touch

Flowers bloom, squirrels chase, and rabbits mate

Sounding like when angelic choirs sing

It feels like springtime…without the rain and she says

“I love knowing that I will have you as my best friend for the rest of my life.”

Then he says

“I love you.  You are the person that makes me feel comfortable and relaxed.
Together they say

“We share one heart, one mind and one soul.”

Remember a love new

It never grows old

Like that movie you can watch over and over again

The one where love always wins

Where favorite songs on the radio play

Something like what Bob Dylan would say,

“I could hold you for a million years to make you feel my love.”

Hugs wrapped cocoon tight

Butterflies emerge as fluttered hearts taking to the sky

Fireflies blend with shooting stars

Reminds you of your sweaty palms

Yet fingers interlock and the world continue to spin

As two hearts come together and become one

Then she says

“I love how you seem to always know what I am thinking.”

And he says

“I love that you fill my life with love, warmth and happiness.”

Together they say

“We share one heart, one mind and one soul.”

Remember a love new

It is as timeless as a clock or a poem that rings

“The question has ceased to be how do I love you and has become, how could I ever stop?”

KonciouSLea Written ©

For Anastasia

 

Warm hugs and words of wisdom

A beginning with me and I am not seed

Rooted deeply, experiences

Resonated like a sounding brass at the end of a beautiful symphony

You are the song in my heart

Love exuded through your smile

Reciprocated in return like a boomerang

Caught and to never be released again only to be imitated

Who would want to release such a gift?

Patients clung to your patience like the sweetness of a cinnamon roll

You provide life, light and luster in the darkest places

You are mother

You are wife

You are friend

You are love

 

Warm hugs and words of wisdom

They make clouds go away

They provide sunny days, rainbows and make everything o.k.

No monetary value could ever purchase and appreciated expressed

No amount of time can ever abound

No height can be reached to express the two words. . .Thank you

All this about you

One who served, loved, worried, shared and smiled

This time is for you to relax, appreciate, be served, loved over and worried about

With stories shared and smiled with. . .”your job is to fight.”

Inside you do and the outward shows

. . . .like the full moon over a beach

Know that you are loved

 

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KonciouSLea Written for Anne, my second mom.  I love you.  Thank you for all that you’ve done for me and said to me. . .I was never angry with you.  How could I be, when you provided words of wisdom?

Pen

 

 

They told me you were dead and I believed not

For you are the sword used to draw blood from my heart

I commit suicide every time

Each thrust deeper and deeper

Like becoming a product of your environment. . .a part of each vessel

A vulnerability revealed and it becomes a new birth

Unearthed hurt

I hate you for it

I hate you for letters of imperfection drawn on a blank canvass

The audience “oohs and aahs” at a finished product thrown away umpteen times

Superficial scars seep puss and is soaked with tears and the saliva from a mute

Somehow we become one

The connection like telekinesis

What has developed is truly supernatural

Blank stares sometimes

Grinding teeth sometimes

Even the world waits. . .sometimes

Through scribbles and scrapes

Boldly drawn lines

Squinting to find the words

They fail to see the relationship

Yet. . .you’re the one I turn to even when the finished product is typed

“Imitation is the greatest for of flattery”

These keys will never take your place

For this is more love than hate

For a purpose because you cut me open and I love it

You help me to heal old wounds

You forgive me when I curse you

Never turning your back on me breathing life through my hand

Never turn your back on me for I am reaching out my hand

. . . .to you

 

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KonciouSLea Written. . .with love

 

 

 

 

Man of Steel

 

Never in a heart shaped box, though worn on his sleeve

Still, through x-ray vision remains unseen

Like air it is sensed

Like a spirit there it’s the lingering presence met

He speaks to it from within

Heart pounding like an 808, “COME ON!!!!!!!”

Conjuring and beckoning during moments of. . .in his mind, weakness

See, there is the war

The internal fight from the depths of his soul

Are heart and mind one in the same?

The Kryptonite-revealing what is inside

Elements of carbon and iron protect and hide

That. . . . .thing

That. . . . .quality, that unspeakable force

Sometimes, speaking things into existence is a good thing, but not to him, not this

 

For IT is under lock and key

Inpenetrable metals the outer force

And behind those walls the chained links with combination lock

And she. . .she just wants the code

A single tear stream will not break him

Nor begging and pleading for openness will not make him

It’s not callousness

It’s not a cold heart, for even a cold heart doesn’t beat

There is life in him

There is a dwelling force that is protecting him

Like Linus to his blanket

Poet to a pen and pad

Carpenter to a hammer

He needs. . . .that thing

That. . . .word

 

The irony is how it’s been the crutch

For too long he leaned on

Bottom line felt he didn’t need love

Walks through life screaming on. . .the inside

An inside lined with thorns and electricity shocking to the touch with words trying to escape

Even they leave with wounds

For everyone within contact feels or felt pain

This is a poem about redemption

The realization that he can’t remain

The same

Mid-life

Word life

He’s not taking this shit lying down

 

He’s a phoenix from the ashes found but don’t get burned in this game called life

Saving others was his plight

But somehow never able to save himself

Even Superman needs God

Yes, the man with steel pumping through him, which makes him alien

To that. . .THING

That force that would leave him open to love

That word called feelings aka emotions which could kill him if not given a chance at

That. . . .real love type shit

That. . . .real love

Free love

The Freedom to love and not stay ensnared in the trap that is thyself

Now he can fly

Imagine not being weighed down by something as heavy as lifting yourself off the ground

Sometimes you can get in your own way

 

Now those words have healed their wounds

And she. . .has the code to the Fortress of Solitude

And he. . .with a single tear streaming down is open

Feels love and accepts it

Recognizing that a glowing warmth from within means he loves himself first

Yes the world is still there to be saved but this Man of Steel has new limits

Like the sky

Flying high on free love and endless possibilities to bask in it

Fall in it

A cloak worn although tattered yet mended

His life not ending. . .but beginning

Although the fight rages on, it is not a war

Because even Superman needs God

Even Superman needs. . . . .Love

 

KonciouSLea Written with an S on his chest

 

 

 

 

 

When True Love Knocks

Yesterday I failed at love

I wrote a self fulfilled prophecy

“Make her the sacrificial lamb for your bull shit.”

“Use colors that can be seen for miles.”

“Walk her to the edge.”

“Give her a passionate kiss.”

“Let love making be the token.”

“Tell her she smells like fresh lemons and rain.”

“Undress her (though she’s naked) with your eyes.”

“Push her off the edge.”

“Dive after her in tears apologetically.”

“Grow balls/wings and be held accountable.”

“Save her.”

Save yourself

Today true love knocked at the door.

Will I finally open my heart and let love in?

KonciouSLea written to accept true love ©

7/30 NaPoWriMo 2013

“Like Two Ships in the Night”

One will often hear this statement in (& about relationships).  I chose to write a Sea Shanty to the tune of Feeling Good by Nina Simone.  A traditional Shanty…well I KonciouSLea had a hard time with.  I hope you enjoy this version.

Sails flying high

We pass “stern to stern”

“Fly”ing “by night” you know how I feel

“Forging ahead” you know how I feel

It’s apparent wind

It’s a new tide

It’s a new storm for me and I’m “feeling blue.”

. . . .drift (then repeat until you’re old)

 

KonciouSLea Written as we passed each other by

3/30 NaPoWriMo 2013 ©

Mystery Writing (a Hay(na)ku)

I found this style to be so fun that I spent the day figuring out what I would write.  I also knew that I would write more than one.  I really could write more and will.  This is a great style.  They encompass my day today.  We went to Red Robin for lunch and on the kids menu was a “mystery writing” game.  One person opens their palm (but keeps their eyes closed) and the other uses one finger to write a word while the persone takes a guess at what is written.  The other poem is due to a prank that was pulled on me/us by one of my good friends.  The prank started early in the day while we were on our way to a 1:30 pm party for children.  Let me just state that they got us real good, but better watch their backs.  Enjoy

Finger

Traces love

On girlfriends palm.

KonciouSLea ©

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Ya Got Me (another Hay(na)ku)

 

 

Everyone’s

Fair game

During good prank.

KonciouSLea ©

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Only You and the Night

“Curly or straight?”  You’d ask about your hair

Before we partake upon a night out

My anticipation is met with

A freshness…a touch above a spring shower

The kind that can be smelled before the first drop

Clouds clear overhead

The sun shines and provides

A beautiful glisten over what God has created

I inhale as we embrace

Damn baby you smell good I compliment

Your response a smile as bright

As a high noon day

Warm and inviting

You pucker and I submit

We kiss and you say “Well, thank you.”

I observe your walk in the opposite direction

Pendulum like and I’m hypnotized

Mentally planning the rest of the night

I button down and spritz-spritz

Trying to be as fresh as you are

Soon we ride

At times I’m as nervous as if it’s our first date all over again

We’ve come a long way from those

Hardly getting out alone anymore

You get giddy and there’s that smile

My hand gets lonely and it’s like

You’ve read my mind

We lock fingers and my heart flutters

Houses blur in the background

Blending with the trees and lights

As my focus is the foreground…only you and the night

I reminisce on convo’s from the past

About where we want to be…with each other in the future

Compared to where we are now and where we want to be

Red wine for you and it begins to speak

As your color changes in your cheeks

The way you look at me is inviting

The night goes more than well without a hitch

With you remaining the way we left our home

Soon we laugh about you dropping food on your shirt

Not the night is perfect

Slow R&B plays on the way home

As we reflect on how nice the night was

We should do it again sometime

The babysitter is paid

And you pendulum up the stairs

Ending the night we close the door…..

KonciouSLea ©

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