Dancing Inside the Stillness of My Soul

There were days
I fell into a whirlwind
where sunlight glittered
then escaped.
I was proud
to count each move made
as a gift.
Sometimes, underneath my eyes
I could see a kiss
deep inside an ocean
of a thousand stars
looking up
at my lips.

Often, I wished
to be still
inside my soul
find a shelter
where I could dance
just one more time,
to verses I wrote
just for you.
Thinking,
perhaps then,
I could fade hypnotically
into your thoughts,
find the sweetest truth.

For endless days now,
I have stared at empty paper
trying to remember
your voice
and capture how much I love you
inside a metaphor.
I found I only fell back
into a whirlwind
where sunlight glittered
then escaped
my heart
only loved you more.

Last night, underneath my eyes
I once again
saw a kiss
deep inside an ocean
of a thousand stars
filled with your face
and my own.
There, I danced
inside the stillness of my soul
within the shelter
of your arms,
found in your eyes,
my home.

Author's Note

Artist Jia Lu - Painting Equilibrium

Reviews

[Tarry Franck]

This is beautiful work!!! You have become my favorite poet in a short while! It's hard for me to write about my present situation at the moment but eventually I will - but it's like you're reading my mind and write the way I've been feeling!!!! It amazes me!!!
You're an amazing artist!!!

[KAREN]

This poem leaves me in awe, it's beautifully written!
100/100

[Cassie Fraga]

ooooh how your talent is never a let down!! your lines seep with such strong emotion!! Love your style Neva, keep that ink flowin sissy!!

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The title alone sends shivers up my spine..and then your poem carries the momentum you started and flows with ideas and visions that daintily touch the inside of ones heart as you breathe life and love and longing into these words..masterful

[emmajoy]

I'm rarely struck dumb but am after reading this. Smiling a little, yet feeling a tear rising. Your words are love personified and utterly and tenderly BEAUTIFUL.

'Last night, underneath my eyes
I once again
saw a kiss
deep inside an ocean
of a thousand stars
filled with your face
and my own.'

[Hayley]

Flabbergasted :) I love the stillness of the soul, the peace, the remembrance. My favorite: "There, I danced
inside the stillness of my soul
within the shelter
of your arms,
found in your eyes,
my home."

Perfect ending to a perfect poem!

[Morning Star]

You paint a beautiful canvas with your words
You captured romance and stunning emotions flow throughout this brilliant piece
I have always belived that one's inner beauty lies in the soul of one's heart
Brilliant Piece!!

[Jvl narasimharao]

you are not just a poet but Muse.Your imagery is incomparable.How you compose one poem after the other in such a beautiful style is a mystery to me.

[Yari Garcia (Older Prof..]

Another beautiful piece. I can easily see this become a song, perhaps with Sarah McLachlan singing? :-p Very good. Thanks for sharing.

[Melobldnfr]

This is so pretty. Beautifully expressed and arranged.

[Muse]

a whirlwind of beauty and vivid imagery...there's a quality in your work that is untouchable. That's why everybody keeps coming back to read you. xx