Through You

I touch the world 

reaching through depth and door

my mind spirals with all that hides this time of year

sleeping in dreams while the owl curves our flight

 

while the hour holds its century to follow me past the shallows

past the notes and marks that litter my sill where I’ve slowed these hills into wanting  

past the blankets and petals 

or the blades that gather in soft scented faces

thundering to rain 

sweeping their race and gatherings into life

 

I've seen this world through you

growing with words beneath my ribs where you cradle the sound we've created

the sound eternity presses into its own poetics 

back into the mystic hands where only you belong, back into

the failing and unyielded life marked by the traces of our loss

to say that I wish this moment out loud has set a home inside my throat

a touch of punctures day from day throughout the slight

brave as that that dares the fire 

that burns the morning 'neath its lace...

I touch the world through you and I begin to understand

the wonder for every living thing.

Reviews

[CLR9]

beneath my ribs

a fire burns

the liver of life greatly earns

a wonderful pome as this

grate wurk!

(SMILES )

[Perdition]

" the liver of life"..like that..was it a typo or a pun..doesn't matter, making all the sense right about now,,Thank you once again.

[lightsong]

I rarely say this, but here I find many of words, thoughts, feelings which are so much the same as mine that make me say it, "I wish I wrote this with my own style."

You revealed a lot of Your inner hidden depths here, and the result was one of Your finest writes and a favorite for me too.

[Perdition]

Thank you Light...purging is most definitely one of the poets roughest experiences but also one of the greatest tools we possess. Some things just lie too deep for even words to heal but we just can't help ourselves from trying can we ? if only i was a better whiskey drinker...lol. No I think choosing poetry over whiskey was probably the right choice....maybe?
I guess only time will tell. Always brings a smile to my heart to read your input so a million thank yous yet again.

[lightsong]

I got this feeling that You are not doing so well, but one day soon You will be all well. Take good care of Yourself.

[barleygirl]

In my observation, there are people who go forth & experience life firsthand & then there are people who watch other people take in the scene, which influences how life unfolds for that person. Your poem reminds me of how it feels to be one who experiences life by watching another person & being empathetic as to what the other person is going thru, good or bad (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Perdition]

Hey Margie...did you just call me lazy?...LOL. I never saw it quite like that...Wonderful!! It no longer belongs to me so your perspective is exactly the new life that the reader brings into the poen when they decide to read and to take in the words ane experience...I've always found that such a wonderful relationship between writer and reader. Big HUGS and only 10 months to go till 2020!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!..lol.Happy New Year and all the else that I've missed⏳

[Perdition]

* poem....

[barleygirl]

Since your poem is so lyrically romantic, I didn't want to tell you that I experience life by watching my dogs. They are so much more tuned in to every little thing . . . I have to watch them to see what's going on as we wander in the wilderness! *wink! wink!*

[Perdition]

Spoken like a true alpha female !!..lol. I like it!

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

This work is a sweet, sometimes sad, symphony of soaring notes P. Your lines powerfully traverse the phases, the nuances, of love between kindred souls-one night-flying to touch the other. “Growing with words beneath my where you cradle the sound we’ve created”- beautiful, intense, the creation of a sound of transcendent love. This poem is radiant my friend.

[Perdition]

Hey stranger!! Thank you so much for your kind words!! YOU are quite unmatched in your quality of reviews Annette and trust me it has not gone unnoticed! Such a great start to 2019 don't ya think ? ;)

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

I do! Thank you for your kind words P. & hope the day brings you wonders!:))

[Perdition]

I think it just did and you too!!

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

I think it's you...creeping through in my night...gently rousing me ...with that ~ pssssst , your missing life!

[Perdition]

Never was much of a creeper,,,,now if the wine is all gone and the door off its hinges then yep.I .was probably sleep walking again...lol. Hey stranger...now psssst stop missing this life already!...lol Thanks Queen!