Raining on the Fields - February 28, 2011

Phatpuppy

Raining on the Fields

You linger in love letters and sleep deeply within souls

Often, observed in the look in one's eyes

Those windows where shadows hold time will reveal

Spirit's of feelings, nameless and faceless

Yet, not to be denied

You rain on the fields of a forgotten melody so sweet

As soft feathers from a time standing still

Dancing on the toes' of the soul, you sleep within

Kept alive in the touch of a teardrop's salt

As master of all will

You hide quickly away within the warmth of a smile

While your sweet music continues to play

To be held as an unforgotten scent within a soul

Whose eyes have pulled down the shades

On those feelings today

Copyright *Neva Flores @2011

Glory in Shades of Gray - Feb. 27, 2011

Olga Perry

Glory in Shades of Gray

A new tear parted last night from an ocean of eternity

Where it had once laid shivering and sweet

Beginning to comprehend those words of comfort

From a spirit that has awakened within

Every eye you meet

Looking up for peace of mind outside of black and white

Thoughts hold a subtle sweetness all around

This new tear stares into the breath of expectation

Seeing glory in beautiful shades of gray

Now wonderfully profound

An old tear reveals lips that speak to us of retribution

Losing sight of what is right and wrong

Telling stories that have no place at all to go

Except dark hills carried in our souls

For way too long

A new tear parted last night from an ocean of eternity

Defining hope in feelings now recognized

In all those words of comfort proceeding forth

From the spirit awakening within

These smiling eyes

Copyright *Neva Flores @2011

Life's Battlefield - February 25, 2011

 Life's Battlefield

Will you run for the highest mountain, when all goes wrong

Roam unlit streets, like a roving lion

Or stand here by me and sing our song

Will you dry my tears

When I am crying

Will you hate me for all my faults and weaknesses

Let floods carry me where they may

Or bring to me your peacefulness

Hold me close

On my worst of days

Will you be that fiery dragon, who sets my heart aflame

Fiercely, burns my free spirit down

Or my noble knight, who returns honor to my name

Before another night

Comes round

Will your feet wander where the winds may call

Leave me wondering, never knowing

Or will you catch me before I fall

'Cause the same way

We are going

If you hear a cry of battle, will you run safely for the hills

When you see me raise up my spear

Or will you place in front of me your shield

Will you be my guide and my protector

Here, on Life's Own Battlefield

Copyright *Neva Flores @11/28/10

Underneath a Whisper of Darkness - Feb 24, 2011

  Kot Valeriy

Underneath a Whisper of Darkness

Underneath a whisper of darkness, lies a candle burning

Fear and suspicion caress the flame

Invisible hands of time lay at rest and waiting

Softly murmuring in words of ink

Across the page

The sound of scars echo in the whisper of darkness

Breathing in the essence of the flame

While time rolls words in the crystal ink of pain

Upon the pages of the heart

That still remains

Experience fades to colors that whisper in the darkness

Softly playing with edges of the flame

As time slowly spreads the ink across the pages

Of an existence eagerly awaiting

To live again

Underneath a whisper of darkness, lies a candle waiting

Within a heart held prisoner by a mind

Caressed by the scars of fear and suspicion

So deeply engraved by invisible

Hands of time

Copyright *Neva Flores @2011

Layers of Faces - Feb. 22, 2011

Carmen Mansilla

Layers of Faces

Under layers of faces there exist journeys held in silence

Constantly unraveling inside as heart strings

Pulled to the surface they can quickly shift these layers

Into smiles, tears or a burning anger not predicted

Instantly changing everything

Memories held within the layers of faces never disappear

What the heart has gazed upon remains

Deeply engraved in the tender fibers of our souls

As burning embers buried under time's ash

Sparked......becomes a flame

What is banished often still exists under these layers

Inside the spirit of all our heart strings

Our journeys may leave vivid scars held in silence

But they will also leave lessons in layers

Used to change everything

Copyright *Neva Flores @2011

As the First Time - February 21, 2011

Delphin Enjolras

As the First Time

I turned the pages where I wrote down your name

Reading every line as the first time

Although each letter did not spell out the same

Your heart was in each word

In every rhyme

I read the depths of my own heart in verses

Reading every line as the first time

Although not a single word was rehearsed

Each letter spelled out your name

In my mind

I turned the pages where I wrote down your name

Reading every one as the first time

I wondered to myself if I still felt the same

If my heart still held each word close

To every rhyme

Then I turned the pages over and I took out my pen

Began writing every line as the first time

My heart began to sing as I read once again

That your heart was in each word

Of every rhyme

Copyright *Neva Flores @2011

Tender Honesty - Feb. 20, 2011

Artist - Selenart

Tender Honesty

As my heart surrenders to this place of hours
I give my thoughts new fire to rise
To tender whispers of honesty from lips
I trust in curves I cannot see
With my eyes

One rare pleasure comes in as never before
Driven beyond my pulses beat
Borrowing beauty from inviting sighs
For my own tribute of solitude
Bittersweet

I would wait on the sands of time for release
From this place my thoughts linger
Surrender up this poet's peace eternally
If my heart surrendered to whispers
Of tender honesty

Copyright *Neva Flores @2011

Features of A Soul's Desire - Feb. 18, 2011

Artist - Carol Cavolaris

Features of a Soul's Desire

From every realm, warmth has laid its hands upon hours

That have felt the caress of a moonless night

Over distant hills and places where darkness surrounds

The features of a soul's desire to be loved only

For what lies inside

In times of thunder and lightning, there is still ecstasy

Hidden in the love that lies unceasing

Within the thoughts of sweetness warmth embraces

Interwoven in the features of a soul's desire

To keep breathing

Soon the wheel of fate will spin into a new morning

Until you no longer remember yesterday

Then warmth will steal in with fingertips that play

Along the features of your soul's desire

To love anyway

Copyright *Neva Flores @2011

Carrying Your Smile - Feb. 17, 2011

Ирина Сушельницкая


Carrying Your Smile

With memories of great beauty, you sleep like an angel

Your wings resting with a confident air

While you sail on a ship looking for blessings

Setting fire to the bridges that cross

All your cares

You play in traces of clouds where you see your reflection

Revealed in the proud winds of your dreams

Watching time fade and travel to far away places

Where beauty rests in your imagination

To be redeemed

Standing by you now, watching you peacefully sleep

I can take refuge from my own cares

As I watch, all my blessings sail in on a ship

Carrying the smile on your face

I see there

Copyright *Neva Flores @2011

Seconds Encircle the Night - Feb. 15, 2011

Seconds Encircle the Night

I have seen seconds encircle the night, one at a time

So often within the twinkle of an eye

Waking me to wander from the deepest slumber

Into places where my spirit seeks

The moon on high

Seconds lay waiting like butterflies of innocence

Passing silently without any regret

Until a stroke of midnight rings in so boldly

What is nothing becomes that

You cannot forget

I close my eyes on sleepless nights; listen to the sky

Laughing and smiling as if it understands

Why seconds encircle the night, one at a time

Then appear so innocent while I lie here

Under their command

Passing seconds can change into minutes, then hours

While you wait within the twinkle of an eye

To wake up and wander from the deepest slumber

Into those places your spirit seeks

To see on high

Copyright *Neva Flores @2011

Honey on My Lips - February 14, 2011

Honey on My Lips

Carry me into the dream you had last night

Where we were as strong as trees

Fill my imagination with little jars of honey

We charmed from the hives

Of bees

Stand up in the sea that holds all wisdom

Commit my face to memory

Sail with me until we are of one mind

Across the lines where you start

I'll be

You will become the man I will never forget

The seed in my heart that grows

We will set fire to the wind and waters

Until eternity separates our lips

In woe

Promise me if we wake from your dream

I will hear your voice in my ear

Your name will leave the taste of honey

On the lips of my imagination

My Dear

Copyright *Neva Flores @2011

Remember - February 13, 2011

Artist - Ruoxing Zhang

Remember

Touch my heart in the shadows of the night

Let silence reign in your seduction

Call to my eyes until I can remember

Words of love you once spoke

Dear to me

Let there be no shame in what we see here

In this warmth you bring to me

Call to my eyes that I am not alone

Words of love you once spoke

So willingly

I am standing still with the print of your heart

Here listening to the beat of my own

Call to my eyes the words of love known

So that I can remember

My way home

Copyright *Neva Flores @2011

I Need Not Speak - February 12, 2011

I Need Not Speak

I can hear you speak, even in your silence

Blending forever into the way I feel

Until all my thoughts burn into eternity

Within a flickering picture I hold

That dazzles my senses

And my heart steals

I will tell you where the radiance shines

To make all the clouds disappear

When I feel the warmth of tomorrow's dawn

Tie a string of silk around my heart

Because I know you can see

Me standing here

I need not speak as you can see me tremble

At every turn your silence takes

I will tell you where the radiance shines

When I once again see the hope

That dazzles my senses

And my day makes

Copyright *Neva Flores @2011

Fragile - February 08, 2011

Painting by Viola Purdy

Fragile

Fragile strands of secret thoughts play in the twilight

While eternity dances a breath away

Morning is sleeping under a quilt of stars

Waiting for a burst of sunlight

To smile her way

A hummingbird rises to seek dew from flowers

Shedding tears of joy as he finds

Drops of heaven on the petals of a rose

Within the reach of his wings

Purely divine

Our kindred souls are carried away in delight

Enchanted by the sights we see

We both carry our own secret thoughts

To play and dance in the sunlight

Fragile but free

Copyright *Neva Flores @2011

Soft Words Weep in Stillness - Feb. 07, 2011

Digital Artist - Iardicil

Soft Words Weep in Stillness

The early morning listens to soft words that weep in stillness

Echoing from the treetops of their existence

While distant mountains breathe an air of sadness

Into the verses that now arise

From my soul

In places where the sunrise accepts forever's gentle fade

Stand the tears upon a raindrop's face

Falling a thousand times to be lost in the shadows

Where they play among the pages

Of my day

But when the scent of a special grace, smiles into my depths

Sweet spirals of my existence break through

I find I am breathing out an air of precious gladness

Into the verses of soft words

That ensue

Copyright *Neva Flores @2011

Yesterday I Wandered - Feb. 06, 2011

Romantic artist Rasouli

Yesterday I Wandered

Yesterday I wandered into the bliss of love's fountain

Held by strong arms I called home

A rambling traveler consumed by a passion

To listen to the sweet whispers

Of the bubbling foam

Timelessly I had always existed in a precious solitude

Where I found pleasure in my own dance

Until I wandered into the bliss of love's fountain

To kiss the warmest lips

Of circumstance

I must confess, the waters rushed round my heart

As I touched the cheek of sweet hours

My rambling feet stood still in complete joy

Desiring to be molded like soft clay

Within love's power

My flesh was warmed by sweet whispers of passion

Arms that held my heart in their hands

This rambling traveler quickly forgot who she was

When the waters of love's own fountain

Rushed in to my dance

Copyright *Neva Flores @2011

Moon That Swims - February 01, 2011

Moon That Swims

My eyes are closed but are burning still

Like the moon on your lake

Inviting desire to hear words of love

On the soft air you breathe

In the love we make

I drown my thoughts each night in dreams

While the moon beams bright

Beckoning to the cold, I feel inside

To swim within your lake

So warm and right

I think I have glimpsed love, in its purest form

Flowing in you, so endless and complete

My eyes are closed yet burning still

I am the moon that swims

On your lake

Copyright *Neva Flores @2011