In a Portrait Where We Smile

From among dreams that come to shine and be mirrored
outside of our sleep,
we find a sea of life inside a flawless silence.
Without thought,
we cherish the intoxication
putting our lives in a state of perfect balance.

A first kiss can grab your heart
and leave it beating faster
than sand flows in the hourglass of time.
Or, it can cast a shadow on everything
that is required
when you find yourself asking,
what is the beat I hear in my mind?

The brightest feathers are dismissed by memories
of lines once wrote
about the image of the moon.
For the first time we dared to dream
about more than a jagged rhythm
never succumbing
to finding a new tune.

We find we do not care if we are bathed
in laughter or neglect
as long as we are next to one another
in a portrait where we smile.
We will still dance inside our words of love,
smooth as glass for miles and miles.

Closer and closer the trueness of our hearts
becomes visible to all Heaven and Earth
here below
with gravity held only as a slave.
A slave with tears that wash away any doubt
that what goes up
must come down right away.

© 2012 Neva Flores - Changefulstorm

Author's Note

Artist * Anna Razumovskaya

Reviews

[emmajoy]

' From among dreams that come to shine and be mirrored ~ outside of our sleep, ~ we find a sea of life inside a flawless silence. '

That has to be one of the most beautiful openings to a poem .. calm, welcoming, enchanting. Your words are inevitably full of gentleness and hope, even if your world's been dark and wretched. And for sure, Neva, i leave with a hint of extra understanding ..

Wonderful.

[Adam Whitworth]

its another good one :) thankyou

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

You are ever the romantic... your words are uplifting and soul soothing.