Love Is Simple

Loving you is simple

uncomplicated,

like opening my eyes 

no thought invested,

only instinct.

Love is my religion

my rock,
 my roots.

Loving you is simple

like following the smell of  baked cookies

and the stars on a dark night.

Loving you is easy

even on days I question the sanity of it

even on days when my soul is defiant

and seeks to be free

but never of you.

Loving you,

it's a hunger that must be fed

it's a road I must travel on

it's a light that shows me the way.

Loving you 

brings me home

makes me better
Lets me dream. 



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Escape

Let me run in the rain

with joyful abandon,

like a child

with a sense of anticipation and wonder.

Let me jump into puddles

with my red shinny boots.

Let me taste the rain,

the way I've tasted your tears.

If you see me run,

don't follow,

let me.

I will return,

when I have weathered the storms,

when I have read the tides,

when I have made a seaweed skirt,

and I have plowed my toes into the sand.

Let me escape

so I can be found,

for my soul hungers for peace,

for my soul hungers for more discoveries,

for my soul will always hunger for you. 

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You

I watch the bird dipping

into the dark green leaves

filled with raindrops,

tipping her head back to let

the water run down.

My eyes follow her,

the way my eyes drink you

across the room,

on a grey day

when the world remains outside.

Under our roof,

the walls witness
love and fire,
you and I
in our ordinary
magical life.
Remember that I love you,
I would put you in the green pastures
so you can frolic with the deers .
I would give you wings to fly
over the ocean that you love.
I would let the smells of the earth enter
our window and put mint leaves in your tea
and berries on your plate,
because I love you.
I want to give you all of me,
I don't know what tomorrow will
bring,
so I love you today.


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For Mom

On Mother's Day,
flowers will be given,
hallmark cards will be read,
children will make breakfast for moms
well deserved.
I will think of you,

under the sand ,

under the stone we erected,

announcing to the world that

you were a great wife,

mother,

grandmother,

great grandmother.

A throphy for all your sleepless nights,

and heartache.

I placed a heart 

shaped stone

 in your grave

before they covered you.

I cried, my heart broken.

Life is fleeting you said,

surround yourself with beauty you said.

You gave love with warm kisses,

and embraces,

sweet words.

You were flawed,

but beautiful.

Fragile but powerful.

I believed in miracles,

I believed that you would go on,

that you would overcome the heartbreak,

of losing the love of your life.

In the rehab room,

you saw him even though he was gone,

you saw him smile.

You no longer cared about life,

I tried to awaken your spirit but

your eyes were vacant

with only endless sadness

that invaded your being. 

He was your other half,

he was your life.

I saw you wither,

I saw you disappear in front of me.

I fed you orange pudding,

the way you fed me when I was a child.

You followed me with your eyes,

but you no longer smiled,

the stars had disappeared from your eyes.

You melted into the bed,

and my words could not move you nor lift

your spirit.

I didn't want to let you go,

I didn't want to say goodbye.

When you took your last breath,

my heart stopped,

my pain raw and unbearable.

I hold you in my heart,

I wear the wedding ring my father gave you,

I hold you in my dreams,

and every day I think of you,

I miss you so.

This is dedicated to my mom. She lost her will to live when my father died. They were together for almost sixty years. I miss them both every day. My father passed away on Mother's Day, so Mother's Day will never be the same for me. I have gratitude in my heart that I had good parents and I have gratitude in my heart that my children celebrate me on this day. Please meet us here http://dversepoets.com/ where we share our thoughts and our hearts.