When You See the Sunset - Dec. 31, 2010

 When You See the Sunset

Wherever you have gone before, nothing can compare

To these wings you defiantly wear

Your flushed cheeks are flooded with silken tears

Falling on a heart without fear

You love life more when you can see the sunset

As an open invitation to forget

Everything which you know in fact to be true

Wandering deep inside of you

You say there is nothing blooming within your air

So these wings you must wear

Yet underneath it all you find you cannot fly

Fearless, in an unknown sky

Wherever you have gone before, matters not to me

Everything you are inside, I can see

I love you more than life itself, so do not forget

What is true, when you see the sunset

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

Calming Silence - Dec. 30, 2010

Calming Silence

A calming silence can hold its own beauty as a guide

When nothing at all, seems quite right

With barely a look at those storms outside

Turning quickly into dust

In your sight

Winds may blow within your hair, startling your spirit

Until calming silence's beauty you behold

Sprinkling you with a peace defined and delicate

Streaming wisps of serenity

Into your soul

Quite a message a calming silence brings to me

When nothing seems quite right

I barely look at those storms, you see

With all this peace streaming

Into my sight

Such beauty is found in the serenity of silence

Regardless of the winds that blow

My spirit is calmed in a definite balance

When silence streams into

My soul

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

Because - Dec. 28, 2010

Because

Beneath a sea which keeps the names of all that whirl in grace

Far from the pages between your face and mine

Not because I came near to this place

Do I tremble at the beauty

Here I find

On the one hand the looks of lovers call to me in fragrant rains

Whispering from a melodious harp with no strings

On the other hand, I see you in everything

And I tremble at the beauty

Which you bring

Not because of lovely flowers that float gently on the winds

Falling as the sweetest sight to joyful tears

I tremble as I watch each petal descend

Filled with beauty so like you

Yet unaware

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

Turning Away - Dec. 27, 2010

Turning Away

While all my secrets lie motionless, I listen to their dreams

Drifting like broken shadows to my end of days

Rolling on into nothingness, where forever seems

To exist in realms that will not pass away

Are not the years long enough, to wake them from their sleep

So I may know the truth my conscience holds inside

Or will my secrets never honor me with all I hope they keep

Until their dreams I no longer listen to or confide

I heard the humming of a spinning wheel, perhaps my own

But the hand that turned the wheel was not mine

I wondered if the dreams of my secrets had all rolled on

To exist in realms my conscience could not find

While all my secrets were motionless, I listened to their dreams

Finding they held all the sorrows I could not see

As I had rolled them into nothingness, where forever seemed

To exist in realms where I did not wish to be

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

Persistence - Dec. 26, 2010

Persistence

What softly stirs your precious heart to breathe

Shakes your very existence

Listens to those winds that sing, you see

Brings blessings to you

In abundance

Does it echo in the words of every woman or man

Like pearls dropped in golden light

Give you wings of desire to swiftly fly to lands

Alter your own purpose

Stand and fight

Can it unbind your soul, bring you peaceful sleep

While your heart plays in the sun

Does it gently replace the dreams you keep

Even when they have been shattered

By everyone

If nothing stirs your precious heart to breathe

Shakes your very existence

Keep listening to those winds that sing, you see

Those blessing will come to you

With persistence

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

Mountains Stand - Dec. 24, 2010

Mountains Stand

Mountains stand, yet only view, others as gusts of rain

Yet a dream stands there in silence

Even in this time our hearts can ascertain

It is here we can find our balance

There are footsteps seeking out tomorrow's fountains

Shining golden in their quest

That look up into the faces of these mountains

With silent dreams which never rest

To return to their homes, there is never any thought

When they see the gentle leaving of day

Feather across the peaks, when the eve is sought

Taking one more step along the way

There is blood on the sandals and gold in the hearts

Of the dreamers who quests are ascertained

Mountains stand

Viewing others as one side apart

While silent dreams, become much more

Than gusts of rain

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

Her Bonds - Dec. 22, 2010

Her Bonds

He tunes the bonds which hang on the mirror of the sea

Revealing deep meanings in the vaguest air

She likes to speak of him to me

When her day catches fire

And loses flair

She tells me of the good things he makes her feel

When he tunes the bonds up and down

Yet she wonders what is real

And if that mirror

Makes her world go round

Perfect joy she says he has shown her now

Seems that her cup runneth over

Yet as serenity takes a bow

Those deep meanings

Fail to hold her

She likes to speak of him to me on her cloudy days

I look through her eyes and see the truth

She tunes the bonds in her own way

And when her day catches fire

He becomes her excuse

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

The Chosen - Dec. 21, 2010

 The Chosen

I am the next full moon and I have chosen you

To dwell on high with me

While all the world sighs below our view

The atmosphere will glow in kind

When our faces here

It sees

The earth will sleep leaving all in our care

While we count slowly to ten

Laughing as clouds pass by in our air

Seeking to hide our eternal glow

Chased over rambling hills

By a fickle wind

You are the next new star in heaven's skies

I have now chosen you

To be the foundation on which I glide

I will wrap you in silver feelings

Until you become the sun

And say adieu

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

To Impress - Dec. 20, 2010

To Impress

Delicate nets collect on sailing clouds of violet mist

While red leaves twist and spin in turn

Gleaming sparks of dawn cannot be dismissed

As the scattered night sky

Is adjourned

Sweet water gathers in a dream's own reflection

On a whirling spider's silvery thread

Morning has broken needing no authentication

See her truth glowing there

In an intricate web

Tiny stones are surrounding sharp blades of grass

Worshiping the presence, they behold

Looking up from the shadows of a looking glass

With their own stories

Still untold

A leaping bass, splashes proudly in a silent pond

Each drop of water expressing its distress

Thinking that the sun was waiting to respond

To his shimmering silence

Used to impress

A single drop of water, a red leaf twisting in the wind

A spider weaving her web to be blessed

Even the tiny stones worshiping their friends

Leap with the bass, distressing the pond

To impress

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

Subtle Ray - Dec. 19, 2010

Subtle Ray

The secret of your smile glows like gold on the dreams I dream

In the darkest places, your voice is a silver-lighted sound

Millions of others can see your smile agleam

Yet not know, this happiness I've found

Embroidered moments of pleasure entwine around my heart

While the brightest moon shines silently above

Ever wide is the subtlest ray you impart

When you smile, I can feel your love

Your voice is a shining echo that claims my constant heart

I will always treasure each word as a precious pearl

From the moment, first light of dawn imparts

Still, when all light leaves this world

Might I ever go searching for your smile to gild my day

Your voice to light the darkness in my heart

Embroidered in the riches, only you can send my way

With the widest subtle ray, your smile imparts

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

The Rose of Time - Dec. 18, 2010

The Rose of Time

Wake within my heart that which should return

To claim the fragrance of a rose

Look at me with eyes that burn

Into the essence

Of my soul

Remind my spirit where it once wandered

Of the dreams that it held

Stir me with the sweetest words

Until I recall the love

My heart felt

Show me ripples in the dancing sea

We created as we shook

The earth where we once stood

Before time and distance

This place took

Remove these veils from mine eyes

With your lips in a caress

Wake within my heart a wondrous cry

And I will claim the rose of time's

Fragrance blessed

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

Time Hailed the Wind - Dec. 17, 2010

Time Hailed the Wind

From a flaming fire, Time hailed the Wind

Because he was enamored

By the way she scattered leaves in gusts so sweet

He celebrated her beauty by running his hands backward

Whirling streaks of fire in flaming heat

Morning beckoned to the hands of Time to see the Ocean wide

To try and end his celebration of the Wind

Hoping he would be enamored

By the changing tide

His backward running, he would then unwind

Time's flaming fire burned higher, as he felt a breeze

Flowing cool, on his quickly spinning hands

No rest would he find, until the Wind he pleased

Ignoring Morning, he moved even faster

Surely, she would understand

Evening persuaded Morning to leave this post to him

Thinking he could stop Time's ardent quest

Yet he forgot that true love cannot be dimmed

When he showed him all the stars

He loved best

From a flaming fire, Time hailed the Wind

Knowing that she was his one desire

Morning and Evening could never stop his hands

For Time's love for the Wind

Fed his fire

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

Tender Voices - Dec. 16, 2010

Tender Voices

The same tender voice in your thoughts, I can hear in mine

Repeating claims which dust the wings of time

However much they flow, you will surely always find

Underneath the wings those voices

Are sublime

On the shores of our hearts we walk a similar line

Finding joy in the meeting of the two

Only there do we let go of differences we find

Within the space that separates

Our view

The waters that touch our shores swirl almost the same

As those waters on a hundred other shores

Yet they do not know the name

Of the tender voice we hear in our thoughts

Whispering the same

In our hearts we have a need to hear this tender voice

Repeating claims which lift the wings of time

However much they flow, we find we have no choice

We have to listen to the rhythm

Of their rhyme

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

Today - Dec. 15, 2010

Today

Far off I felt a pulse that danced among the wildest winds

Heard like a distant echo when twilight came

I sought to listen with my heart and ears once again

Found out, that yesterday, was its name

In time I wore a rose of red, made of paper promises

Blew satin kisses to a snow white dove

Forgot to feel the pulse and found myself powerless

Twilight came and took away my love

I drowned my rose in tears that danced upon my face

Sought to listen with my heart and ears again

Found out, that yesterday, found another place

No longer dancing in the wildest winds

My satin kisses I took away from the snow white dove

Stood waiting for the first light of day

Far off I felt a pulse that danced in the arms of love

I reached out and found its name is today

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

Satin Spoon - Dec. 14, 2010

Satin Spoon

A curve of satin sits idly beneath a sight so deeply moved

Amid the stillness of a hope that longs to rise

The moon smiles down, as if he approves

A dream pursued by the eyes

The softest sound takes flight in a voices sweetest tune

In a misty stream of pale moonlight

Hands are clasped in a curving spoon

A taste of hope in sheer delight

Thrilled hearts sigh, dreaming of a blissful hour

Weep with joy as their wonder shows

The perfect bloom of a dream filled flower

A curve of satin did bestow

Hope shines in the misty moonlight, on the sweetest tune

A constant vigil in a dream pursued tonight

Swells inside two hearts which spoon

Deeply moved in their delight

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

Painting by Anatoly Korobkin 

Skies of Youth - Dec. 13, 2010

Skies of Youth

You once again wore the skies of windy youth

Held in the temple by our roaring sea

Holding on to a call of truth

For the gifts you gave

To me

From a corner of dear evening's quiet beauty

I came to you in devoted honor

You turned your garments here to me

Again the skies of youth

Were your admirer

Expressions were pounding, no time to think

Sunlight would soon be gleaming

If this was a dream, I refused to blink

I wished to stay here

In my dreaming

Who would be so cruel as to wake me now

As I adore the skies, you wear

Let the sun shine upon another brow

For now we climb

The stairs

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

Artwork of Carlos Orduna Barrera 

Stand In The Break - Dec. 12, 2010

Stand In The Break

Who will climb the night breeze to see time pass

Keep the minutes safe in their mind

Pursue heaven in the spirit of a looking glass

Suspended above, a world unkind

Who will take to wing and gently rise above

Everything for which they yearn

To fulfill the promise made by a dove

Then live by the lessons learned

Who will always pursue what others try to elude

With head high but never aloof

Be silently attentive in all they conclude

Hold to hope, without any proof

Who will hang high up on the moon to sing

Until the sun reappears in the sky

Sending hope into a world unkind with a ring

That echoes from their voice on high

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

Just For You - Dec. 11, 2010

Just For You

I want to be divided in a downward rush

To see where color hides

Scale high walls in a garden lush

Then roam at will, to where

Mischief abides

When time draws near for the rising moon

I want to feel my heart released

Be at command with options tuned

Yet still have one knee bent

In calming peace

I want to thrill at life and bask in its freshness

Cheerfully go on and on and on

Hold wisdom in long embraces

Feel the greatest delight in my heart

Before I meet the dawn

When first light comes to greet my face

I may find more to do

If not, then I will gladly stand in place

With these arms wide open

Just for you

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

Until I Write a Tale - Dec. 10, 2010

Until I Write a Tale

Until I write a tale which surpasses the beauty of a rose

Shakes the face of the sun 'til he smiles

Creates a fabric, I alone chose

To hold in my hands

Awhile

Until my hand recalls the melody, I sang long ago

Its words beam from the spirit of my ink

Into each breaking of day I know

Upon these pages I will write

All I think

No words shall I ever forget to whisper within

Until I know, you can hear them all

In the spirit of my verse again

And you forget

Your walls

Until I write a tale which touches the very soul of you

Makes you smile along with the sun

I will weave these words it's true

'Till this fabric I chose

Is done

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

Your Heart Writes - Mine Adores - Dec. 09, 2010

Your Heart Writes - Mine Adores

I know and treasure the love you hold for me

And my heart beats back to yours

How thrilling to peruse the pages of ecstasy

That your heart writes

And mine adores

I read living lines that pierce my waking heart

Upon each lovely page I see

Each word justly claims myself to be a part

Of you

As you are, of me

Because I know you love me unquestionably

And my heart beats back to yours

I continue reading these lines with glee

That your heart writes

And mine adores

Such powerful writing a heart can display

When a heart beats back in return

How thrilling to peruse these pages each day

Watch love growing

As they turn

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

Gleaming Jewel of the Leaves - Dec. 08, 2010

Gleaming Jewel of the Leaves

I looked out from a heart that hoped and saw a precious jewel

Unafraid of my gleaming leaves or the way I speak

With a heart unselfish and never cruel

Shining as in a dream

A light to seek

The air sprouted new leaves as time and space stood still

Touching these gleaming leaves of my own

What a heavenly gesture I could feel

Radiating from this jewel

Unbeknown

Clearly, in my sight, my pulse quickened at the view

As these leaves kissed my gleaming green

Such treasure I found in a jewel

When I looked out in hope

Unforeseen

Never again will I see my world the same as before

Because I saw a precious jewel

With air my leaves adore

A heart unselfish

Never cruel

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010