Sign Your Name on My Skin

Sometimes I cannot keep part of me
from asking the stars
where comfort can be found
without weaving the desperation
I feel under my skin
into a rope
that wraps around my tears of sadness.
I am left watching hours
take in the days
and never quite understanding how laughter
can tell someone to call out to the sky
then break and run
on the legs
of sheer madness.

My skies shouldn't tell me to get lost
inside of all I know
when I long to create an ocean of language
we both can plainly speak
without ever feeling any pressure.  
When tomorrow rings in the beginning
of what lies under all that I know to be
held in a distant place,
draped in shimmering hope ,
shall I watch you
write your name on my skin
while I cry out in pleasure?

I never asked for you to bring me a garden full of lies
where one has to work
in the shadows of forgetfulness
inside of a life with a smile that fades
as I regain my sanity.
The truth can be grown in silence
then burn brightly
as part of nothing and still lie beyond
that which soothes our hands
when they tremble
because we can smell the crow
we have to eat so humbly.

Listen to the lines you missed
when you stepped
into the shoes of a man
who no longer relied
on all of his senses
when you began your journey of echoes
where stars once danced.
Do you remember empty promises
as they run through the days
silent..........
even though you sing?  
Take a chance and lose your mind
when you find there is no way out,
as you rush to remind your tears,
of how they sting.

Reviews

[Poetic Beauty]

We don't pick the ones we love and sometimes those we love are "mad". We have to learn to accept what is given to us and not change what can not be changed. Everyone has flaws and if we truly love someone we won't see them as flaw but as their own uniqueness.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Poetic Beauty :)

[SoulCrusader (Yas)]

Top class emotional poetry coming from the heart and touches ours....
Amazing :)))

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Yas :)

[lee von cleef]

You are not fare twisting my mind back on its self,your journey of echoes,I cry let me out but I have only begun. Top self, just to the left of J T Stagg, (Best bourbon in the world)( I' v been doing reaserch)

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank yu lee von cleef

[ba_mcfarlane]

The imagery that seems to pour onto your pages, without effort, it dazzles me near to blind. It never lets up. Each phrase after phrase bursts as would mint on one's tongue, if crushed by gnashing. This is genius.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you BA :)

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you BA

[Lily Mae]

This hits me to my core Neva for such deep personal reasons.. walking that fine line between bittersweet... One of my all time favorites of yours for sure.. xo

[Dr. Wood ?]

you see....this IS poetry, and that chap was right, it needs a tune, but a sombre tune a la Cohen....Great poetry...

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Dr Wood :)

[Poison Ivy]

the last word of this describes the whole writing..... sting!
its sexy, beautiful and just stunning!

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Poison Ivy :)

[Brandon S. Whitten]

Brilliant write and an excellent read. Namaste

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Waye :)

[Coyote Poetry]

"shall I watch you
write your name on my skin
while I cry out in pleasure?"
The poem is amazing. Need a Leonard Cohen song to make the desire and emotion come alive. Each part of the poem told of a journey. I like the complete road trip in these words. A amazing ending to the excellent poem.
Coyote

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Coyote :)

[EMF]

Beyond powerful. I really can't sum up how much this poem pounds on mind and emotion. Stunning. And I am lost for words. But will retun to it when time taken to think. Hell's teeth, You are good

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Chris :)