One Moon

This poem grew suddenly and swiftly from a simple sighting of a quote of a Zen saying.
"One moon shows in every pool ~ in every pool one moon"





One Moon  -  19 May 13


She played
Stirred the waters
Into a gentle whirlpool

One Moon showed
A secret face
Never seen
Except by her Lover

One Moon kissed
My reflection as I spun
In her dance
One Moon caressed
My shadow as I rested
One Moon held
My Heart as I gave myself
To her

One Moon ~ the only Moon
Promised me
The Universe
As she gave herself to me

Another of the suggestions to look at something from Muse.

Butterfly

Another poem, the birthing of which straddled the midnight hour - so the date given is that of the conception rather than completion.





Butterfly  -  18 May 13


Slow spiral dance
Butterfly knows the moves
Has watched
Through time
Watching us slide
Through every step

Spheres play
An infinite
Symphony
For us

Symphonic Love songs
Cascade through us
Life through Eternity

Let us sing

I really Love it when Muse offers her little suggestions.

Bridge Of Memories

This grew during the afternoon of 15 May and continued to form until it was complete just a few minutes after midnight.  The subject line came from a prompt by Muse but, other than that, I have no idea where it really came from ~ it is not autobiographical from this life at any rate.





Bridge Of Memories  -  15 May 13


Thoughts from the past
Images held
In the palm of my hand
As I cross
The Bridge of Memories
And focus on the
Where and when and why

In a world now faded
Hidden from view
Behind so many veils

Beyond the reach of time
No eyes can see
No ears hear the voices
Now

She cast a spell
Tied my spirit
Bound my body
Powerless

Bridge ~
The key to freedom
Fist ~
Hold the thoughts
Release ~
Into the stream
Freedom ~
The key is claimed

I thank Muse for the inspiration and wonder if she can give any background information next time.

Gathering

This poem follows on from "Wakening" and continues the general feel.





Gathering  -  16 May 13


Fragments gathering
Collected from unexpected places
Taken from hands which wish to keep
Possession

Break free ~ fly again
Return home
Welcome them back
Hold them close

Whisper to the whispers
Murmur to them
Sing their songs of
Homecoming

Gathered ~ held ~ reformed
Now whole
Spread your wings
And fly

This poem is, in part, inspired by some Soul Retrieval healing I did on someone.  

Imagination [Acrostic]

Another little foray into the world of the acrostic poems.

Imagination  -  15 May 13

In worlds we made

Manifest by our thoughts

Around us

Golden towers of light and

Iridescent crystal

Now shine

Amber incense lifts our

Thoughts from old dreams

Into another place

Out of the old worlds to reach

New worlds to explore

This probably is not the last of these acrostic poems.

Wakening

This grew, somewhat unexpectedly, in the late evening yesterday and the early morning of today.





Wakening  -  15 May 13


Memories slumbering
In the depths of my mind
Calling to me to stir
The shadows of a thought

Words unspoken
Haunt the recesses
And dark places
Where ghosts never go

Secrets whisper among themselves
Gathering form making shapes
Becoming
More than just whispers

Then with just a word
From an ancient spell
The fragments gathered
Wakening

I cannot but help getting the feeling that there is a sequel brewing.

Y Not?

This is a fun little piece ~ primarily it is a Love poem but, as it was developing, I felt that it would be interesting to set myself a bit of a challenge.  I was surprised to find that there are so few useful words beginning with the letter "Y" when trying to write a Love poem ~ here is my offering ...





Y Not?  -  13 May 13


You looked at me
Your eyes smiled a warm greeting
You spoke words of friendship
You hinted at more

Yesterday there was nothing
Yet I always hoped
Yielding to dreams
Yearning for Love

Your eyes asked a question of me
Yet you did not wait
You knew there was only one answer …
Yes

I feel that it works rather well.

Remembered Loves

Yet another Love song ~ I am rather pleased with the way this seems to be progressing.





Remembered Loves  -  13 May 13


Words lost among the stars
Whisper of ancient Loves
From worlds where
You once walked
And shared a kiss and more
With someone special

Tender caresses
Through the night
A sigh carries the words
Unspoken
Yet always heard
By Lovers

Call the lost words home again
Their work is not done
Nor will it be …
Whispers of Love
To be shared by us
Through our Eternity

Then again ~ I am always pleased with how the poems progress and I thank Muse for her suggestions.

See Touch You [Acrostic]

This was intended to be a simple acrostic poem but when I looked at it as it was nearly finished I realised that it had a structure beyond what I had intended.  It was, in fact, composed of two Hakiū sandwiched around a Tanka and it only needed a few more syllables to make it complete.





See Touch You  -  12 May 13


Sweet pleasure ~ Loving
Emerging from all our thoughts
Electrify me

Teasing the pleasure
Out from within ~ sharing it ~
Unreservedly
Caring through all our movements
Hours together ~ ours

Your Love always is
Ours for sharing ~ infinite
Unlimited ~ Love

This was unplanned ~ apart from the acrostic part ~ but I feel that it works rather well.

Dark Guardian

This took about three hours to emerge fully, the first two stanzas appeared before midnight but the final one didn't appear till nearly 02:00 ~ I work best in the early hours.
This poem could be considered as part of the "Dream" sequence with a hint of "Map" in there too.





Dark Guardian  -  10 May 13


Dark
Encompassing enveloping
Protecting
The stars have not seen
Beauty in the cloak
Of midnight dreams

Guardian of the Mysts
The shades in which
Strange things walk
Defenders of the dream
In the warm dark
Womb of night

And in those midnight hours
The dark shall sing
A gentle lullaby
To guide us
Into a starless
Dream

Once again I thank Muse for suggesting these ideas.

Before anyone comments, I had no idea that the Dark Guardian was a character from a comic book ~ I just felt that the name was rather interesting.