between velvet earth and ashen sky

a fleeting moment

between velvet earth
and ashen sky,
you touched
me in secret places ...
your breath in my ear
pressed in my spaces,
accidental traces,

I heard the words
I longed to hear --

and because
I love you back,
I let them
pass me by.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Kind, sweet and beautiful words in the poetry. I like ending a lot. Thank you dear friend for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Lyn Anderson]

As you would understand my friend, thank you.

[Coyote Poetry]

I did enjoy and you are welcome dear friend.

[realmwriter]

This is a beautiful poem and goes perfectly with this song. I really love this.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you very much. I appreciate it.

[realmwriter]

You are very welcome.

[ron]

A beautiful poem.
I had to learn this to keep my sanity. I never heard the words I didn't want to hear, for if I did my heart would have broken a thousand times more than it has already.

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, sometimes that is the way it is. Thank you for the review and the kind comment.

[ron]

You are most welcome dear sweet KL.

[icelandicblue]

This is really beautiful. The poem is fraught with soft emotion and the realization that a change in the balance of the relationship might not be the best thing all around. This is a thoughtful poem and your message is subtly and skillfully embedded. Nice job.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you, I am glad you read it as intended.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Love that song… we all want to be loved but fear the thought of loving someone… wonderfully penned my friend.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much. I liked this one, myself.

[redflutterby]

Hard to believe this one lifted me any higher than I already am. But it did! Sometimes we her those words and we hold back. Not because we don't feel the same but a plethora of other reasons none of which are bad. Holding onto a moment is nice!

[Lyn Anderson]

Give the girl a prize, you got it. Sometimes, better to let things be what they are! xo

[redflutterby]

Yep...I agree!! xo

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Ha you slipped an errant rhyme in there 'M'. As always a crisp piece of pathos although not sure you passed it by? Thought you and the 'Farmer' were 'dod on'?

[Lyn Anderson]

I guess it all depends on how you interpret things. I see this differently, apparently, I find it interesting the different perspectives people have on my writing sometimes.

[Bright Ocean Star]

I love the descriptive imagery in this piece. It is tantalizing and romantic, yet the last line sent me spinning in another direction. Velvet softness in a moment of memory of time past, perhaps? I don't know, but it was brilliance. It is always a pleasure to read you, my friend...

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you, I appreciate it. And life, in all its complexities, unwinds in moments leaving us wondering.

[Rene Salinas]

Oh this sent my head spinning and probably I will get it all wrong but I am used to it by now. The metaphor too attractive not to get stuck. Between the softness of the what surrounds us and the burning desires streaming from above that place and time when they meet and collide though not collapse and hold on, here is where it got me: " I recognized the moment it was so good yet I saw the truth and It wasn't for me to decide so I let you go in hope to find."

Wise but tough to do.

Thankyou

[Lyn Anderson]

Perhaps, perhaps not. Either way, I took the opening line and made a story out of it.:)

[NoelHC]

ZBB, I approve! Check out their tune, Sweet Annie.
It is so good when you hear those words, possibly more truth in them that first uttering than any other time.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you, I found that song all by myself.:)

[NoelHC]

Found that tune on your own? My work here is almost done then!