Sudden Onslaught (remembering the way)

 

Sudden Onslaught

(remembering the way)

The window cracked

To let in the chill,

I hear the melody

Of  falling rain........

Listening intently,

Remembering the way

We loved on nights like this

Before the bliss was plundered by the pain

Do you remember? The way it used to be?

Loving each other, your heart on mine

Fickering flames in our hungry eyes

And your hand upon my hair?

We had so little.......

In that little room

To call our own

But love was living there

But then the destroyers of love 

That you never see coming

Sneering with disdain

Stabbed us in our backs

Love's foundation split open

Like a tree hit by lightning

We fell, torn apart by the sudden onslaught

And watched all our love slip away through the cracks.

(Remember the way?)

♥️

©by Voo Shining Stone

Nov 19, 2023

11:01 p.m.

The Blue Vineyard Of Voo Shining Stone: So She Dances

The Blue Vineyard Of Voo Shining Stone: So She Dances:                 

first bite

first bite

blistering was the look you gave me

something unfathomable

between anger and passion

I couldn't decipher it

I could only feel it

and oh, did I feel it!

sandwiched between those two pieces of bread,

those emotions,

I waited to be devoured

by one or the other

I didn't care which

at that point

because I felt the same way about you

and for all the same reasons, perhaps

perhaps not

so  there we were....

angerly, passionately,

glaring at one another, waiting

in silence, waiting......

to see which one of us

would take the first bite.

©by voo shining stone

Nov 18, 2023

12:03 a.m.

Wings

Somewhere In Time

 

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The Beauty of Who You Are

 

Sure As The Rain

 

You Write As If

You Write As If

You write as if you're bleeding

Bleeding on the inside where hurt hides

Though the hiding further amplifies it's voice

There in your eyes, those wounded eyes

That used to see me as the sun

On a dark and cloudy day.

The days when you wrote poetry

Like a fountain flowing love

You poured out every thought and dream,

Desires so raw and pure they felt like sacred

And handed them to me to bring to pass.

You didn't have to touch me but I felt touched

You didn't have to bless me, still I felt blessed

As in your arms a dance could last an eon

And your sweet kiss could make me levitate.

Where went those days, my love, when we could fly

On wings of bliss like honey-making bees?

The nectar of our mouths intoxicating

When nights flew by without the need for sleep?

Look at you sitting there now, lost in memory

The paper stained with ink beneath your hand

You write as though you're bleeding

As the words pour from your soul

And it's then I see, unseen, over your shoulder

That every drop of blood spells out my name.

©By Voo Shining Stone

Nov 14, 2023

7 p.m.

First new write in a long, long time🌻🌺🥀

The Life and Death Of The Sun

The Life and Death of the Sun

The cold autumn sun

            Is fading so slow,

She's looking for something

            She may never know.

            A room full of darkness

           That she can peek in

That's swept clean of clutter

            By her old friend, the wind.

Blowing steady like memories

           That cannot be seen

           Like the tasting of kisses 

           Like a hot summer's dream.

When the winter creeps in

           And the light crawls away

          Then the owls and the shadows

           To the woods come to play.

          There the sun rests in waiting

           For the night to pass by

          And they hold and caress her

         And she tries not to cry.

        But the sun, like the moon

      Needs to shine to be heard

      Like the growl of the tiger

       And the song of a bird.

     She is lonely in wanting

     And she shivers and sighs

     Watching, yearning for dawning

     With the Earth in her eyes.

     Then, in rushes of morning

     She awakes full of light

     Leaves still falling like teardrops

     From the soft Autumn night.

There ahead lies the Winter

There behind Summer's heat

Spring is only faint memory

And the fall's in retreat.

But the sun seems immortal

Be it cold, hot or rain

And she shines up the darkness

With it's pathos and pain.

Looking for what, she knows not

But she looks evermore

In the morning and noon time

And the dark of the door.

But she's fading in Autumn

Like a leaf in the wind

And the snow, soon will chill her

Till the Spring comes again.

Myths are spun on her shining

Tales are told 'bout her spark

Men believe she's a Ruler

But she follows the dark.

And one day, she will burn out

On that day, no one knows

And the night will reign endless

In the world when she goes.

©by Voo

Nov 28, 2010

7:48 p.m.

 

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Lay Me Down To Dream

The Dove
by Brian Crain

Lay Me Down to Dream

Lay me down to dream, I said

And looked deep into your eyes

I am so tired and weary now

I need some lullabies.

Lay me down to dream, my love

My days have been so long

I need to rest upon your chest

I need to hear your song.

Lay me down to dream, I plead

My dreams have flown away

I cannot think or recall them

I don't know how to make them stay. 

But there within your gentle hands

And in your tender touch

Is every dream I've ever had

And all I love so much.

Pull me close there in your arms

And think of what I've said

Then when I'm calm, then lay your hands

Upon my weary head.

And transfer every dream in you

That you can give or spare

And send me to that land of dreams

Where I can meet you there.

I do not know the way, my love

I can't find it on my own

Bestow on me that precious gift

Known to yourself, alone.

I've traveled many miles, you know

On a recent treacherous route

And found myself in perilous places

With no one to lead me out.

But there were angels and there was you

And the good Lord up above

And He blessed me with a road map back

And a light made out of love.

And I've come back from darkest dark

With a new mission, it does seem

But I need you now to sing me to sleep

And lay me down to dream.

©by Voo

June 8, 2019

7:47 a.m.

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FINDING MY WINGS

Finding My Wings

The night reaches it's darkened fingers

Out to touch my face

And in a flash of lightning I see

The great expanse of nothingness there

Beckoning me to join it

But I will not.

I am a rose petal caught in a breeze

Softly swirling down to a sun baked earth

That gives no nurture, no sustenance

And still I cling to life without my roots

But I cling in hope.

I am a poet without a poem

A singer without a song

A lover without a love

And what is that in the scheme of things?

A beautiful bird that's lost it's wings?

I will fly on in my heart without them

For I will never forget how the current feels

How the clouds taste, how the sky curves

How high I flew when love lifted me.

The night will not take me down

I will fight it with the memory of day

Full moon madness will I ignore

Face thunderstorms with my fists raised high.

I was born for gossamer and grace

Fragrance of flowers and laughing in the sun

A man's arms around me, twirling me in the dance

Not this emptiness that follows me like a shadow.

I will have none of it!

I will regain what has been stolen

I will walk in beauty with my soul intact

With unfelt smiles decorating my face

I will reach my hand out to tomorrow

Where love lies hiding

And I shall fly again.

©by Voo

August 18, 07

Dance Me To The End of Love

 

SITTING IN SILENCE TOGETHER

Sitting in Silence Together



Sitting in silence together
We shared our aching hearts
She with her unanswered qurestions
And me, knowing not how to start.


I wanted to comfort and love her
And she needed comfort and love
But I knew that what she was needing
Could only be sent from above.


I prayed to be His willing vessel
His hands and His feet on this Earth
But how do you speak to the grieving
Who'd lost what she'd found at that birth?


I searched for correct words to give her
I fumbled for just the right touch
I just needed to make her feel better
But my human words didn't help much.


And then I heard the Lord say to me:
Just be and I will do
Just let her know she's not alone
And I will work through you.


And so I sat there, silent
And let HIm speak through me
Let Him touch her like I could not
And see what she only could see.


Sometimes it's best to do nothing
Sometimes it's good to be quiet
Sometimes just to be present is loving
And shines like the sun in the night.


And so we sat in the silence
Grieving and asking our whys
And though I had no counsel to give her
She thanked me with love in her eyes.


🅒 by Voo
 10:25 p.m.
Oct 8, 2013

Baby I Need Your Lovin'