Hope Unbounded

A Valentine 2019 poem for Hamid.

A barren, frigid cold gripped my heart.

Warmth lay far beyond my hopes.

My soul repeated a tragic refrain

of a heart like a denuded forest.

I followed the loneliest dance,

ever and always out of step…

again and again, twirled and whirled… 

abandoned to the wasting cold.

I watched alone without hope of love

through the frigid fractals of despair

until that one shining gaze

from your laughing ebony eyes

melted the hyperborean grip. 

A whispered kiss warmed my heart.

A fragile blossom opened in the snow.

In joy unbounded blooms our love.

Like breath upon the dandelion puff,

our love’s seed bears hope unbounded.

Author's Note

This poem was inspired by a line from a quote on courage by Alice Mackenzie Swaim.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i love that line from Alice.
and this poem is so vivid...the imagery is excellent and how it helps transition us from the desolate feeling of being alone, to that hand that reaches for us, the lips that long to kiss us...the hope of getting through wintery times in our lives.
nicely done,
j.

[MomzillaNC]

Your synopsis of my poem is excellent. Thank you so much!

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Oh yes love is the miracle that can warm the coldest heart and lift anyone who is weighed down by loneliness.

A wonderfully crafted poem.

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks so much R&RCB! I'm so fortunate that this is my journey.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed a poem with elegance and grace set in a journey from being alone and frozen out to being taken into someone's heart. Indeed desperately romantic!

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. It is my personal and fortunate journey.

[Einstein Noodle]

Momzilla! you captured me heart ma'am! the contrast is so powerful ...totally surprised me as at first i thought only of those who hold very painful memories connected to various Holidays and Celebrations ... and then your poem heals me ... what a delight to read for me!! thanks for sharing your very wonderful Valentine poem .. peace and love!
E.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. I’m so pleased grasped the full experience of my poem.