Sign Your Name on My Skin

Sign Your Name on My Skin

A Poem by Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm
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I never asked for you to bring me a garden full of lies ...............

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Sometimes I cannot keep part of me
from asking the stars
where comfort can be found
without weaving the desperation
I feel under my skin
into a rope
that wraps around my tears of sadness.
I am left watching hours
take in the days
and never quite understanding how laughter
can tell someone to call out to the sky
then break and run
on the legs
of sheer madness.

My skies shouldn't tell me to get lost
inside of all I know
when I long to create an ocean of language
we both can plainly speak
without ever feeling any pressure.  
When tomorrow rings in the beginning
of what lies under all that I know to be
held in a distant place,
draped in shimmering hope ,
shall I watch you
write your name on my skin
while I cry out in pleasure?

I never asked for you to bring me a garden full of lies
where one has to work
in the shadows of forgetfulness
inside of a life with a smile that fades
as I regain my sanity.
The truth can be grown in silence
then burn brightly
as part of nothing and still lie beyond
that which soothes our hands
when they tremble
because we can smell the crow
we have to eat so humbly.

Listen to the lines you missed
when you stepped
into the shoes of a man
who no longer relied
on all of his senses
when you began your journey of echoes
where stars once danced.
Do you remember empty promises
as they run through the days
silent..........
even though you sing?  
Take a chance and lose your mind
when you find there is no way out,
as you rush to remind your tears,
of how they sting.

© 2012 Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm


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We don't pick the ones we love and sometimes those we love are "mad". We have to learn to accept what is given to us and not change what can not be changed. Everyone has flaws and if we truly love someone we won't see them as flaw but as their own uniqueness.

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Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm

11 Years Ago

Thank you Poetic Beauty :)



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You have crafted a whole language of love and loss in your poetry--

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm

11 Years Ago

Thank you Audrey :)
You are really a star far away from me

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm

11 Years Ago

Thank you my sweet friend :) X
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Pax
just wow, emotional and well written.
i feel the emotions drips as you poured it all in your writing.
great job my friend.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm

11 Years Ago

Thank you WillyamPax :)
crafted like a psychological masterpiece.I find myself on the edge of madness trying to disect the layers of emotion in this poem.wonderful write

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm

11 Years Ago

Thank you Revolutionary :)
This is so thought provoking. It took me a couple times reading it, but it is such a wonderful write. It hits every emotion...at least it did for me. I felt sadness, happiness, anxiety and exhilaration all at the same time.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm

11 Years Ago

Thank you Smurfett :)
It's like looking back to when things were better, but now the powerful sting of realization of the reality has set in...

Posted 11 Years Ago


2 of 4 people found this review constructive.

Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm

11 Years Ago

absolutely , thank you TAK :)
The Analog Kid

11 Years Ago

YW Neva:)
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The power of realisation is never without its sting...
Profound and salted, cleansing...but not without a dose of evolved perception!
xoxo

Posted 11 Years Ago


3 of 3 people found this review constructive.

Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm

11 Years Ago

Thank you Poppy :)
Ruth

11 Years Ago

Always welcome love xoxo
We don't pick the ones we love and sometimes those we love are "mad". We have to learn to accept what is given to us and not change what can not be changed. Everyone has flaws and if we truly love someone we won't see them as flaw but as their own uniqueness.

Posted 11 Years Ago


3 of 3 people found this review constructive.

Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm

11 Years Ago

Thank you Poetic Beauty :)
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What a beautiful poem :)

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm

11 Years Ago

Thank you Lynn :)
What a fantastic concept, so beautifully written. Words can't do this justice.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm

11 Years Ago

Thank you paulo :)

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Added on August 14, 2012
Last Updated on November 21, 2012
Tags: lie, skin, stars, promises, sing, silence, man, shoes

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Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm
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