Time Ached to Feel No More

They asked me to define how hours
could see lovers
calling out for water
when they turned life's wheel
of loveliness.
So, I drew an outline of burning fire
around the flower of miracles
growing in between a love
that knows no rest.

I showed them letters containing precious memories
as reminders of horizons
with rising answers
only considered by the sea.
Then, I became a still small voice
and one by one
showed them blank pages
now filled with moments
love had somehow
called out to be free.

Hours stirred two hearts
suspending them inside their own music
where they flew on wings of delight
in quiet ecstasy.
Until time ached to feel no more
and could only send in hours
to fill those blank pages
with the answers
to why lovers called out for water
to protect the love
that grows
between you and me.

Author's Note

Artist: Jean-Paul Avisse - Flowering Love

Reviews

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

Just slightly I think of Romeo and Juliet-Love does flower when it is right between two .. a very keen poem, Neva it seems to come from your heart and soul. Your first verse pulled me in- what a way you have with images , written for us to see. The picture is lovely.

[Cassie Fraga]

gooooooood god LADY!!! your work is always touched with... "soul"
Neva I love you work!!!

[E.V. Black]

I know now how to describe your work. It is like Enya's music, which flows with the beauty of nature. It speaks to the soul, just as yours does, without the use of words. I can feel what you mean through the tapestry of your work.

If anything, I am quite surprised by the comparison of the lovers to plants. True, we all do need water, but that was unexpected.

[Hayley]

"Then, I became a still small voice
and one by one
showed them blank pages
now filled with moments
love had somehow
called out to be free."
Love this...
You have such a unique style that never disappoints, always including love, beauty, a tinge of sadness...

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

Sigh! So beautiful and well written, vivid to the eyes in imagery!

[Poetic Beauty]

Barriers between two that love each other is a hard taste to get accustom to. Sometimes you have to let go of what others thing and create an inferno that will withstand the dousing fire of others trying to intervene. The details are spectacular in this piece and it took me a moment to understand what you were saying because it is done so beautifully.

[AK]

Wow! That was amazing! I really like your writing style. The picture is usually the cherry on the cake;D great write!

[Audrey Howitt]

Lovely write--I feel as though you are venturing more and more into prose--at least in this piece--and I really like it for you--you always give me such a satisfying experience

[Lillianna Rey]

wow. this was amazing; truly captured beauty and love. a very amazing write just as are your other works :)

[fireblossom]

I really like how you used time as a character. It gave the poem sort of an eternal space. A really good piece of work here.

[Katie Marie]

Your words are absolutely beautiful Neva. I'm amazed every time I read one of your poems. :)