Mailing Letters to the Moon

Before you can feel the soft touch of poetry
and it can play a song for you,
look for the positive aspect in moonlit shadows.
Stop and wonder
how a heart breaks then makes friends
who give of themselves
until they bleed out on the cold floors
of the world.

Do you find that time lays heavy on you
within dreams
where snow melts in pictures
of piercing eyes
that mail letters to the moon.
Or are you afraid to look out the window
and stop pretending
you are falling in love with being all alone
with just your heart and a slingshot?

What litters the path where your feet move
calling out to the sky
that there is no magic wish
staring at you
waiting for you to finish.
Does your breath catch in conversations
held with snowflakes
that spin and bow then fade away
leaving you to wonder
where you go
from here.

Has it come to the point
where you walk in the places
where white lies run through the stream of life?
Does innocence struggle with colors
that make our eyes believe nothing is true
when something new becomes old
inside of winds that creep
and freeze like icicles.

Before you can feel the soft touch of poetry
and it can play a song for you,
you must have walked this path
I have described.
Do not stand up and leave with your
thoughts racing,
climbing higher and higher,
lest you become one of those hearts
that bleed.

Reviews

[Inyourshadow]

Straight to my heart and to my favourites, this shadow may not be moonlit but he is brightened by your tender words to our beloved poetry and to how it gives us the freedom otherwise only found in dreams. You really captured the romance and the beauty words can give, never stop. Keep em' coming

[Yari Garcia (Older Prof..]

As always, your poetry takes me to a different, more magical and beautiful world. :-)

[nowhere]

my feet move in a path , littered with trash from my mind that needs to be put in its place. some words help to clear this path.

[Liza]

this was so deeply connected to your core and the strings to the hearts that long to connect as well.

[Everett DeValle]

Wow, so many adjectives I can describe this poem...one word comes to mind...Wonderful. I love when a poem just takes me to another place in seconds...your flow, the crescendos of your lines just racing with my thoughts. Poems like this just leaves me at awe, and I am at a lost for words...yet this poem deserves recognition than my typical response, when I am at a loss for words, "Beautiful Poem". :)

[realmwriter]

I have sent many a letter to the moon on many a lonely night, wishing that I had someone to share it with. On few occasions I swear I got a letter back and knew that I wasn't sending them alone. I was looking at the very same moon, longing for the very same thing as she and when we finally did get to see each other again we both knew that we had got each others letters. This speaks right to my heart and took down my defenses as if I had put nothing up. What a beautiful and wonderfully written work...! Would love to hear it in spoken word.

[shultzfeather]

I always anticipate well being when I push the button for your words. Thanks Neva.

[KAREN]

Words cannot be said, I'm speechless. Thus poem is so beautiful and the imagery is awesome. This is poetry at it's finest, but yours is always 100%
100/100

[InkSlinger]

Such a rich piece of poetry here.. it has volume, substance and texture. I LOVE the way you write, and how you "see" life and all the little intricacies that it has to offer.. A wonderful piece!!

[*~*Butterfly Kisses*~*]

Beautiful, Neva. This is a clever and well written masterpiece. Loved this.

[unknown]

Walk on the moon, take a flight with the stars, be golden with the sun, dance in the rain, be cool as the snow, they all will take one on a generous flow down the poetry lane. Fantastic poem!!!