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.

[Aella.lives]

Another truly magnificent piece. I love the tone you set and I can feel it through the poem. :)

[Divinity Sleeps in This]

This was like the french symbolists at their best and everything was so exquisite from the vocab to the phrasing to the content. One of the best I've read from you in a while Neva for sure!

[Coyote Poetry]

Beautiful artwork and words. I like the places you took me with you in your words. Would be nice to find a place where lovers can find peace and love. No weakness in this poem of love. Thank you for the excellent poetry.
Coyote