Always

Forget this gardener's gate

forget the opiate strands of your apothecary 

the old stars bursting into young photograph

warm beneath the charm of wooden lock

 

Forget our moment's pain

our delicate utopian hour

these days that come into one

returning out again

warm as your bed beyond the margin

the worlds of old stars whirling through insanity

 

Naked where the sunlight grows

forced to keep in our kind soft bed

your skin beneath my own 

cradled as the injured bird of dawn 

so trusting of love that I cannot 

hold as if to own within these arms

The tree we knew when waiting

the connection of our branch as if our skin

however so small

in the summer's rain, 

talking, awaiting, alive as though

the root beneath our hearts

 

As then it was there I came to know 

as then it was there that the taste, the fruit and 

love we touched did grow

wanting our steps in the path to follow

waiting for the other’s arrival

 

Our tears adorned these nights in waiting

our words and fragrance from the sill of our duvet   

our lips then tasting each sweet cup beneath this lone embrace

One slight word to know the end into another

the thoughts that lingered soft into the doubts 

moonlight tangling in the limbs that found their will

our strands lapped in the lap of watery night

together

 

Tell me

If it is only in this single word then tell me

I will wait inside your wish

I will wait beside your prayer

I will wait with a single word by you

if it is the thought and ours together

 

Tell me your truth as I have touched my own

tell me your pain as I have lived my own

tell me this all-

But do not tell me with words alone

Tell me as if you are here 

along side my life and next to what comes as will

tell me again beneath our slow moonlit dance

tell me this all as you come into my arms

at last in the garden of love made

always~

Author's Note

Reviews

[Jamie S.]

Bravo! I love it...gives me all the feels...kudos on being able to express the language of love so beautifully.

[Perdition]

Why are you sideways?..lol. Thank you so very much for reading and for your comment and kudos..

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

OH MY GOODNESS!!! YOUR GONNA MAKE ME DO IT< ARENT YOU? I love you my dearest brother soul! Even though we live in different spirit trees, YOU are one of my biggest cosmic blessings!

[Perdition]

And then cometh the lovely memory of so many past times when you beat me silly and then the times that came flooding in..You are such a schmuck my dear old OLD OLD memory older memory ...lol... as well back when we played for keeps and our poetry was something that meant nothing but absolutely nothing that meant nothing but that something that meant nothing but the sick nature of our connections...well that and our addiction to morphine and the alone times we shared as mad hatters..How sad and sick were WE and how freakishly takelend we were back then....Tough to love the new ways freak isn't it..but we do try don' we?...lol, Hey .."Maybe it's time to let the old ways die?!" I do so miss the those old poetry days and the sick Mr. Mojoe Rising the Mojoe ways... .What the hell did you go by???..lol...These people don't just know what it means to love the serious dementiias ...bummer!! .lol. Loves and miss ya too LIttle MIss Amsterdam .just ask my biggest cosmic blessing!...No wait that's me ...Well Nevermind~then 🐥🎩.Hug snd warm wishes!! Sorry for the miss prints..and zzzzzz...Huggers!!

[Poetic Beauty]

I love the comparison of a love story to the tree. This is a poem the has a delicate timeless feel to it.

I think everyone want to know the other person loves them in return and also to not only say it but show it with actions.

[Perdition]

Agreed! ..And been there as we all have knowing that it is not always possible, but that IS why we pour our emotions into our pages ao that we CAN dare the artist's emotions until we can take actions .."tis a consummation devoutly to be wished..." Thanks Poetic Beauty. Very wise word indeed 🙏

[Poetic Beauty]

You are welcome. This was a beautiful poem.

[Perdition]

Oh come on.You're just saying that cause you mean it.;) And Ahhhh shux!

[Poetic Beauty]

You are welcome

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

Sjoeeeee amazing...what words do I have but to feel the deepest truths come alive...in the tenderness of the misty moments that hang upon our heart that gently call the soul to surrender and be as one though far away we cannot see but love it guides the way....floating upon these words in loves sweet embrace and wishing .....🌹

[Perdition]

Will return to comment on your wonderful review .So kind o f you, Just horribly sick so in need of rest and morkphine..lol..Thanks!

[&lsquo;Thoughts In Time&rsquo;&#127801;]

Sending much healing and a fresh new burst of life...🌹

[Perdition]

Thank you so very much and hopefully all the wishes will sink in soon.

Now then...when hearts and stars are willing it is the poet's and the people's dream thrust into life...to be alive in that universal expression and feel the love put upon you in that moment flooded in connection and passion.. with such a worthy cause as that of the lover's and poet's heart awakened..not to bad. To watch the lover's hand and the poet's journey thrust into the world uncommon...It's a thing to behold..Now if we could just get the world behind this particular cause...be a moment and then some..huh?..lol.. Thank you so much for your kind and beautiful review "Thoughts in Time"

[jacob erin-cilberto]

many things this could be in reference...but i have to tell you where i went with this, and it fit so well as soon as the idea struck me....Big fan of Shakespeare and the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet.
the apothecary, the branch that helped Romeo get up to the balcony...the promises of future, although stomped out by the hate of the Capulets and Montagues for each other...the love that was fatally wounded as soon as Romeo saw it in the stars...
"then I defy you, Stars" as he said...with such sadness and angst.
love this one....you can create vivid scenarios, always, with your poetry.
j.

[Perdition]

Well to say thank you would be insane...Amazing comparison and a bit humbling to speak the least...did James Dean play Romeo?..lol. J. It's just too much that you would even touch upon that...and yes..have read that particular play soooo many times call upon me tomorrow you'll find me a grave man ;)...A HUG FAN be of the man without question..lol. And of all his works as well ...so many lines it is beyond comparison ...let me just share my great appreciation for such a wonderful comparison!..and yes..THANK YOU J.!!

[lightsong]

I don't know if it's because it's been a long while since I read You that I feel this, though Your style is the same, profound as ever, as if You are talking with Your inner where there is only You and "Him". But there is something very special about this poem, really deep and unknown, suddenly somewhere between Your lines (not in the words) something hits me deep, a very mysterious feeling that let me be sad, warm and overwhelmed, and left me with no words to say, it's like saying "I understand You without You having to explain it in words". and when the last three verses came, it gave a gentle touch of that truth, and there where Love wants actions not only words, and there where Love stands with yearnings and more, stands eternal. I don't know how You could deliver through these simple words in Your ending verses some of the extending emotions like that... one shouldn't be looking to the words, but to feel Your heart flowing in them. I don't know if I said it right and how it should be, it's not something to be written but to grasp in higher sense, I can't lie to what I feel, and I must believe that You understand my words too.

haunting, in a boundless private way. Bless You Joe✨

[Perdition]

Well ..Yes, of course poetry is emotion in the greatest of sense and without that inspiration I am a man with only words and a confused approach of what she means in a greater sense to my life and to my artistry...so THANK you so much for all of this Light and for this wonderful insight/ review. The role of those that come along and touch me in such profound and remarkable ways almost defies me. So much so that I cannot ignore the beauty of my miserable state as well as the ecstasy of those sometimes that makes the best of all things... the best in me and more. You have found a key indeed Light...Now if I could only remember her name. ;) Oh right...The "MUSE"..lol. Seriously...she is beyond what I fear and more...and I appreciate you sharing that you grasped my emotion in this one. Thank you so much Light!! Blessing with you as well~

[lightsong]

I have no doubt that She is more than just a "MUSE" so don't fear, dive, soar and swim ;)
read moreI have no doubt that She is more than just a "MUSE" so don't fear, dive, soar and swim ;)

it's always nice to have a little conversation with Joe :) You are very welcome, and HAPPY WARM morning from here 💗

[lightsong]

lovely song by the way :)

[Perdition]

And a wonderful cold morning to you from here as well Light. Just playing the ghost here, stirring through the hallways and wondering if i should close these tired eyes...they never seem to wish that cursed necessity of sleep.Thanks for stopping in...such a lonely and strange place after midnight but nice to know that there are so many poets here from lands where the midnight hour came long ago. Not that I know them...but I think they hear my footsteps. How are you this morning?

[Jennifer Patino]

I think it's very lovely so far.

[Perdition]

I'll let it settle then ruin it proper as usual..lol. Thank you Jennifer and congrats on your top billing today.. a worthy place for such a wonderful poet~