Tenderly Marked Thoughts

 

Bewitching ripples of time pass as I write letters to you

To hang as something beautiful on your walls

Tenderly I mark them with wind that bares my soul

Leaving my presence to stir across your sky

As a shield from rains that fall

Enthralling words to hold forever within your breast

I leave for you as bits of my gentle peace

Lying open on your walls, the richness of my joy

Is left to fall as silver leaves of warmth

Cover cold that will not cease

These inventive fingers would surely leave this earth 

An epic journey they would move to make

To find the words to chase away those hellions

That exist here in this world of chaos

Your peaceful grace to take

When you pass by these letters I have written for you

They will caress you with the echo of my soul

Sweet peace you yearn for, is always here to see

In these thoughts I have tenderly marked

For your own heart to hold

Author's Note

Written for the Creative Poetry Group using the words: bewitching, enthralling, inventive, silver, hellion and epic. Fun! Fun!

Reviews

[E.V. Black]

Once again, very creative. I loved how you made simple letters seem more than just that. Words have a power all their own, no matter what anyone else says. You made that statement true by weaving your magic into it. Such lyrical imagery and writing, Neva. Again, I applaud you. Bravo!

[Allen Smuckler]

As I read your work...I just shake my head...you have such a beautiful way with words and their placement, cadence and flow......until,that is, I arrived at the last line...it felt incomplete like it should read "for your heart and ? to hold or for your heart to hold and ? (Do you know what I mean, Neva..it sorta loses the rhythm there, where you need it most)....Never-the-less......I loved the entirety of this piece.
allen

[joshua deathdealer]

So very lovely, this sweet poem of immense imagery. How beautifully it rolls of my tongue as I read it aloud. I really don't know if I ever read a more enthralling love poem. "Tenderly I mark them with wind that bares my soul'
Amazing Neva.

[blakjassy]

beautiful, romantic.. and the illustration matches perfectly with the words!

[Jibey]

This poem has a old-fashioned elegance about it that is rather beguiling... I love the caress of words.... and 'the echo of your soul'

[Art Sun]

your skill is beyond the norm of poetry...just keep getting better and better Neva...

[Dream Weaver]

Sounds like a winner to me...
Lovely use of diction with
imaginative persuasion…
well done Neva

[unknown]

Great job .... reminds of the letters I write about to give to a special someone.

[Bard Constantine]

Beautifully expressed...

[Letemdangle]

One of your best! I really fell for this one.

[kdpgrahi]

Actually I am searching after such letters, so tender and exquisite. You are always at your best Neva.