When Time Hands Me Leave to Love You

Unfilled dreams visit me
and I pretend
thundering pain does not touch my soul
when I can't hear you say,
“I love you”
before I lay me down to sleep.
Still, I wonder
if I called out on the coldest night
would I hear nothing
but silence
inside the dreams
I keep.  

In the morning hours
I write your name
in the air
with a hand of power,
creating an image
of  love's fire
that can never be lost
in thought.  
A delightful understanding
becomes a sensation of living
with the eyes of my heart
wrapped around the words
I have sought.

My mind sings our story
even when I am alone.
It shouts
from an ocean
of heaven
with a tune swinging  
to the countless beat
of our future need.
It paints our past
with long strokes of feeling
outside of  all the years
that were hidden
by a shadow's greed.

Here I stand as I am
with an invitation
circling my heart
creating a place
for you to be
when time hands me leave
to love you
with every breath
I breathe.  
Although, I may not hear the words
from your lips
the eyes of my heart
hear you speak
with ears........
that see.

Author's Note

*Artist Marta Dahlig

Reviews

[quinfinn]

"here i stand as i am with an invitation circling my heart creating a place for you to be when time hands me leave to love you with every breath i breathe"....Neva, how is it that you always speak to me in a language i believed only myself to understand? it is true, that connection you spoke of, and i think it is deeply rooted in our mutual love of verse. this is pure and exquisite.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Q, for finding one of my olders one's I had put in the back of my mind. XX

[Zachary_James]

Bravo Neva! This is your best writing yet, you are so talented. I'm not even kidding. superb.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Zachary :)

[smurfett]

Wow!! That is absolutely beautiful. It leaves a sadness, longing in me. I love it when I can feel the poets pain or whatever other emotion they may be going through. This is very warm and loving.....I love it!

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Smurfett :)

[Sukriti Suki]

Wonderful....with ears that see....your words always move.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Devil's Angel :)

[Mr. Dark]

That last stanza blew me away. it is a beautifully written piece and I would love to read more.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Mr. Dark

[Pax]

sooo... inviting..leaves me breathless...and truely beautiful..
"Although, I may not hear the words
from your lips
the eyes of my heart
hear you speak
with ears........
that see."

[Antonio Valentino]

im kind of in a pondering mysterious state at this moment.. i remember talking to you yesterday about a personal loss.. but i didnt even think that it influenced a piece i just wrote, until i read your poem Neva..

i like to believe that true love works in mysterious ways and so ill just have a warm feeling in my core and continue to ponder and wonder about lifes mysteries..

this is really beautiful my friend...

i hope this is one of those, good days, we were talking about yesterday..

bless you my friend.. :)

[Pól]

This is truly beautiful. You encapsulate perfectly the emotions that one feels when a loved one is passed. This is a poem that everyone can or will be able to relate to. Another brilliant work from a true artist. thank you so much for sharing

[Tate Morgan]

Thoughts of A LOVE WHEN YOU ARE ALONE AND daydreaming is what i get