Reflection

The beauty of love...

My love's mirror is crystal clear
It shows the truth behind my fear
Her bright white light cuts through all night
Revealing what folly quickened my fright
 
Soft and even, her amber glow
Melts the frost beneath the snow
A pilot light, steady...reliable
Making my worries unjustifiable
 
My love, your heart is hearth and home
In a land dark bitter ‘midst sea foam
A wane ghost of hope, reborn in your fire
Came up from the sea to rekindle my desire
 
Where I scaled peaks 'til my fingers where frozen
You lifted me up with assurance well-chosen
May I live my life by your light's reflection
For your silvery depths hold my soul's perfection

Reviews

[Traci]

I feel very fortunate to have read such an absolutely stunning piece from a poet who grasps the true essence of love/romance. Your soulful words are a gift and you share that gift every time you create.

"My love, your heart is hearth and home
In a land dark bitter ‘midst sea foam
A wane ghost of hope, reborn in your fire
Came up from the sea to rekindle my desire"
Love this stanza, the elements of fire, and water...."wane ghost of hope"...favorite line!

"It shows the truth behind my fear"
"Making my worries unjustifiable"
So eloquent and real. Here you truthfully expose your fears and worries. Running from love is cowardice, however you expose them, showing strength.

"Where I scaled peaks 'til my fingers where frozen
You lifted me up with assurance well-chosen
May I live my life by your light's reflection
For your silvery depths hold my soul's perfection"
I believe this piece of art is a true reflection of your soul, showing what happens when you allow yourself to become vulnerable, trusting your partner, and giving your heart and soul...pouring it into the very soul of the one you love.

Truly inspiring love, one of my new favorites from you :)

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

I love that you show ME the juxtaposition between strength and weakness by discussing how displaying your fear and weakness is itself a strength! Oddly when you do honestly write something from the heart, you don't always see what you are doing in a really conscious way. I wrote this knowing how I was feeling but not self consciously, so I love this opportunity to see through your eyes!! Thank you!!!

[justjenn_2u]

Transparency in the first line. I love this humble honesty. How intuitive when you know another can read you like a book. Through trouble and tribulation, real love sticks close. Your title "Reflection" is mirrored in the first four lines. I enjoy the metaphor of love being hearth and home. Your tone is set to romance that lives inside throughout entire poem. Great write.

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

I agree wholeheartedly! Love is transparent and sticks close to your skin. We all pray for that love that reads us, page by page, excitedly flipping through and wanting to read again and again. I am so grateful for your well-worded review and your appreciation!! It is a rare thing when it all comes together. I think this was one of those cases with me where I got it right. Amazingly, it was done as two separate pieces that somehow came together. Normally when I walk away from a poem it falls apart when I try to return to it. This was one that somehow I felt inspired by a invisible muse to sum up very comfortably after I had gotten only about one and a half stanzas in. I really try hard to be able to come back to a poem and rework it in that kind of situation. Your review is very helpful in seeing that was successful!

[LadyAnn68]

Ok I get it now.I have had to re-read this several times but now I see what you are talking about ...my bad...I am slow! Sorry..very good I like this very much. the name is befitting.

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

No worries!! I am glad you gave me the chance to explain. That is what we are all here for. I am glad you could give me the time to think about it! I am very complimented!!

[LadyAnn68]

Again Robert you focus on "your inner side of the light of love. In this one, I like 2 things again.."Making my worries unjustifiable" and "Came up from the sea to rekindle my desire". I am not sure where these came from you need to explain the poem to me...why from under the sea? Then in the end she holds your soul? Explain?

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

Thank you for your asking these things. I actually have had the feeling for a long while in my past that my sense of "self" had drained out of me and that I couldn't love because I was like an empty shell. Finally it began to come back in my last relationship. I felt like the hermit crab slowly inching out. I am a SCUBA diver, so coming back out of the sea, hermit crabs, etc, all seem natural imagery for me. I also liked that the sea and fire are natural opposites. When my self came back to me, with help from my loved one (now gone) I felt she was restoring my soul to me. I felt like myself again. I am reasonable healthy though, so I have maintained my feeling of having my self back, even despite losing her. My worries that were unjustified were my feelings she would leave me. Fortunately I had gotten my confidence back by the time she did leave me. I feel her reasons for leaving me were due to distortions of her lens on the world and maybe some psychological issues of her own, so it relieves me to not feel quite so personally lost without her. All the same, my thoughts drift back to her often, of course.

[LadyAnn68]

OMG that is so beautiful...you should print that ...it is pure poetry!~

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

Thank you!! Well, I may eventually print it. I have to find just the right words...I am glad you get it though.

[MsJewel]

A romantic poem that sighs were made for....

May I live my life by your light's reflection
for your silver depths hold my soul's perfection...
wow...absolutely stunning.

I love the soft flow and the rhyme (which isn't forced, but feels right). Again, stunning!

:) Julie

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

I am very complimented!! Thank you so much. I am very glad for the fact this poem came out with such a beautifully inspired happiness. It is rare for me to find this emotion in my writing, and I want to more often.

[Praveeta]

Truly remarkable!! Thanks for creating and sharing a lovely poem on love.

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

Thank you, Praveeta! I am very glad I could capture a rare emotion in this one. I wish I was able to be happy like this more often!

[Praveeta]

You are welcome.

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

;) Thank you!!

[Yasmin]

how sweet and romantic...
I like the rhythm of this poem and the positive loving energy that it spreads
Well done

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

Thank you so much, Yasmin!! I very much appreciate our take on it. I love spreading a feeling of warm and love if I can. I want it to be a slow burn that catches fire, like the "rekindling" that the poem discusses.

[Yasmin]

I would love to help you spread that

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

;-)

The world awaits!!!

[Shirlena]

Love the picture your words paint...as if to see your story played out on a movie screen in a moonlit, romantic back drop.

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

Ah, thank you! I love movies and mise en scene...I really appreciate you pointing that out to me about this poem particularly because sometimes I get to into little details and miss the overall picture in some ways, like seeing this has lots of images. I was just thinking of emotion when I wrote it.

[Lydia Shutter]

What a sweetly romantic write. It's not easy to rekindle desire when the heart has been broken. It takes a special person and special circumstances as well. Flawless rhyming and fantastic rhythm in this one. I liked it a lot. lydi**

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

Thanks so much, Lydi!! I really am glad to hear this comment from you. This poem is what I can do when I am trying hard to follow an actual strict structure. I have plenty more poems like this, but I am especially proud of this one. Ironically it was written for another Lydi!

[Lydia Shutter]

Yes, you have told me you write for one named Lydi.....I do hope she reads your words and that she is as taken with them as I am, my friend. Merry Christmas.

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

A very merry Christmas to you, as well, and may our wishes be granted!

[Lydia Shutter]

Thanks, but not all our wishes....we need some to strive for! :)

[Robert Tusitala O'Neill]

Well, you make a good point there for sure!