I Set Out to Write All That I Am

Walking down a hall of splendor,
simplicity smiles from the edges fragilely.
My eyes are enchanted by empty hearts,
gliding to transform their fates,
aflame in all their need.

Closing in are hands from years
falling through the comforts, I know nothing of.
Quickly clouding my field of vision,
I see what I cannot dream of ever promising
in any sound of love.

Fires burn and invitingly wake me
to stand visible to all aching hearts.
Yet I cannot see what they seek to win.
Until, I find I am burning in these halls of splendor
crying with no beginning and no end.

I set out to write all that I am
and found in time I had penned a tale
that left footprints on the souls
of those who had looked into the flickering fire
of my heart, thinking they knew me well.

Author's Note

Photographer : Katja Faith

Reviews

[Poetic Beauty]

the last stanza is amazing. It is strong and bold. Footprints on the soul I love the way you worded that. You poems always cause me to think and I have to go back and reread a few stanzas because it made me drift off into my own thoughts. You have such stunning imagery and beautiful tales in your poems. Walking through the halls with splendor...what is more grand than that. I love the visual of that line.

[Muse]

thinking you knew me.............. :)
You are a mystery, but a beautiful one indeed.

[Rene Velez]

nice poem and very revealing, this must have been hard to write...I enjoyed Neva like always.

[Omar Fendri]

very emotional piece of work Neva and when i read that very stanza I felt the pain, the passion, the mistery... Some of your lines are artistically written as well with the whole poem: "I see what I cannot dream of ever promisingin any sound of love.", "I find I am burning in these halls of splendor crying with no beginning and no end."

An outstanding poem and I completely adore it.

[AngelAfterlife]

B-E-A-UTIFUL!!!! I LOVE IT

[Marie Harrison]

I set out to write all that I am
and found in time I had penned a tale
that left footprints on the souls
of those who had looked into the flickering fire
of my heart, thinking they knew me well.

I love this ending.

[SoulCrusader (Yas)]

Each stanza is so perfect, together it's just a masterpiece!!!

[Thea]

Wow! This is truly an astounding poem! The emotion is well expressed...Very neatly done...
"Fires burn and invitingly wake me
to stand visible to all aching hearts.
Yet I cannot see what they seek to win."
One of a kind... :D
I enjoyed reading this...

[Lily Mae]

"I set out to write all that I am
and found in time I had penned a tale
that left footprints on the souls
of those who had looked into the flickering fire
of my heart, thinking they knew me well."

There's so much to this write. It really makes me go deep inside myself and feel these same emotions.. and the picture is perfect..xx