With My Naked Soul

Dark cascading whispers hide
within your serenity
from painful hours that have fallen
like leaves
in your sleep.
If I could bury those hours
deep away from where you think
perhaps your heart would no longer suffer,
and your peace, you could keep.

Inside of a daydream or two
containing soothing moments,
I would love
to softly caress your hands
with the gladness in my heart.
I would send a smile to sit
inside the place that you call home
when your eyes are open
and your visions
holding sharp.

I would dance upon your chest
with my naked soul,
if it would take away the painful hours
your mind continues
to be faithful to.
Don't you know that life itself
has written your name
on everything known as me
and that I was born
to comfort you?

Author's Note

Photography Marie Grimaud

Reviews

[rivers]

Truly inspirational soul speak...After 3 reads I get 3 perspectives...the mind's conversation with it's own heart and soul and the second the thoughts of another soul dear to the writer...The third perspective combines both and there are beautiful lines that phase all three persecutions...Only Neva knows and only I know how much I love this sensitive masterpiece of soul speak understanding...

[Enigma]

A beautiful vision of love. I relate to the idea of love as a comfort potion to help the 'beloved' deal with the pain of life. The word-play is superb. Smooth flow and simple style woven with a heart-warming feeling. Loved it. Brilliant.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Enigmatic Soul :)

[Ahmad Cox]

Dreamlike and surreal and beautiful at the same time

[Robin]

wrapping these words around me , feeling the gentle textures of sentiment

[Jvl narasimharao]

You are the queen of romantic poets and the king of inspirational poets.As a kid I have to wonder at your poetic gifts

[Mark]

A loved one in pain ... how helpless it makes us feel right? Great write Neva as always. :)

[N]

Your writing makes me feel like I'm floating. It fits together like a lullaby, and no matter what the topic of the poem is, it always feels soothing.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you N :)

[Maya Storm]

This is such a sweet line: "I would send a smile to sit
inside the place that you call home "

Over all the poem was touching but the line above that I have picked out will stay with me for a while to come.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Maya Storm :)

[Pax]

naked soul, so much passion deep in the layer of the poem. well done.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you WilyamPax

[Dean]

Pardon me while I rave? How can you write of such intimacy, so expressively? I have a number of erotic love poems, but yours with its subtlety, surpasses them.
Comfort, indeed!
-Dean

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Dean XX

[Christina]

Your poetry is simply heavenly, every word is so eloquently crafted, your poetry reads like a gentle song and only builds until its finale. It seems that my dear friend, I was made to to be consumed in the pictures your words paint so vividly and beautifully...what an absolutely gorgeous write.