If I Could Paint the Sky

I could never say
 I would like for you  to be stronger
than the wind or rain.
 You sparkle
even when raging tempests
are knocking
 on the door of time.

I can hear passion in your voice
 when you tell me
you remember
how I sang I love you
 in your ear
 and called you my Muse
that whispers words of love
over my shoulder.

I look into the window of your soul
 see my own
smiling back happily
 in the reflection of a mirror
that ripples stronger
every day.
 I can see myself there
 still singing to you
within this art
I write in my tears
of joyful rain.

If a painting of the skies could open up
a tidal wave of hidden emotions
 that would change life for the better,
 I would learn
 how to paint for you.
 Then you could breathe in
 how I feel
when you touch me
 each time
 you look at my painting again.

I would never expect you to be stronger
than the wind or rain
and I know you don’t expect me
 to paint the sky.
  So for now
 I will write the words of love
 you whisper over my shoulder
 and sing I love you,
in your ear
until the day
 I die.

Reviews

[Tainted Ink]

Ahhhh, it's like drinking a cool glass of iced tea on the porch....I have no clue if this was to a lover, but I read it twice and felt it was for a daughter?? I love your elegance and fragile steel wings that paint a monet like poem.... beautiful.
PS: I lived in Georgia for a decade in the foothill of the Appalachians...kinda feel a sisterhood with you.

[brenda]

bautiful and winderful poem :)

[Lily Mae]

Ok, now I'm crying.. The things you do to me:) you had me at the beginning with this "For now I will write the words of love you whisper over my shoulder.." hello.. and amen.. ;) xx

[Robin]

your pen flows with silky emotion , it's beautiful Neva

[EMF]

Some poems you save up, knowing how much you'll enjoy them. This like all of yours is one of them. Never similar, never repeating. Always perfect.

[Letemdangle]

I could feel their presence and see how they move together. This poem is like a dance.

[Becky C Strukamp]

An amazing poem. You penned it beautifully.

[Omar Fendri]

nothing can be inspiring in life more than love... and Love here is doing that very well with you... It is well writing with a sense of passion and adoration and the very sensitive emotions you drew here are so real for the reader. I like some expressions (as long with the whole poem) like : The window of your soul... a tidal wave of hidden emotions.
and the last stanza is adorable.

[dieuxsansculte]

I'm sitting here listening to Sade's "Sweetest Taboo" from the playlist on your profile page and reading this very sweet and romantic write.

I think all of us would like to have someone show that kind of passion about us. In fact I think the world would be a much better place if people could feel this kind of passion about each other more often.

[Elephants & Coyotes]

But, you're revealing, to your love, the depth of emotion that lies behind the bit that you "can" do, in comparison.

This is absolutely beautiful.
Love this, Neva.
=)

[OT]

ah a beautiful write - and ode - the flow in this was brilliant - soft - rippling - the song captured - nice!