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Thursday, January 10, 2019

TIMING IS EVERYTHING

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Timing is Everything




Silently, wordlessly.....
I walk behind you in the fog
And wait for you to pause
Long enough for me to catch up.

You stop and look furtively around
Jingling the coins in your pocket
And I see the frown you occasionally wear
When you think of me.

Seeing nothing in the mists,
You walk on, glancing up at the sky
And pulling the high coat collar
Tighter around your throat.

You stumble over a stone
And utter an undecipherable oath
That I can't quite hear
And it makes me smile.

"Where are you?!" you shout out loud
And kick the stone out into the darkness
"How much more must I endure?" you ask
And I recognize my moment and rush forward.

"I'm right here, mon cher." I whisper
And slip my cold hand into your pocket
And into the warmth of your fingers
As they grasp mine in fear and trembling.

You twirl underneath the dim street lamp
And clouds of fog circle around us and between us
You make motions to disperse the mist
And stand there in stark disbelief and indescribable joy.

"Is it you?" you ask, reaching to touch my face
"Is it really you?" "Tell me it's you and not a dream."
And I back away and look into those eyes
That I have dreamed of melting into for evermore and always.

"It's really me, love." I whisper softly
"Can a dream do this?" and I stroke your cheek with my finger tips
"And can a dream do that?As I run my thumb over the outlines of your mouth
And leave it there upon your lips.

Time is suspended, stands still,
And we both wait to see if this is reality or fiction of the mind
Before we give in to the emotions that run rampant
Over, under, around and through us like mad things beyond control.

"There was a glitch in time." I say, 
"And I slipped through the veil when the time was right."
"Well, timing is everything." you murmur
And push a wayward curl behind my ear.

Somewhere in the distance 
A band begins to play in some elegant ballroom
And the music reaches our ears and swirls around us
And you bow and say, "May I have this dance, my Princess?"

I take your hand and the touch of it sends currents through me
Your arm around my back, and we waltz as if on clouds
I cannot take my eyes from yours as we melt into one another
Like warm honey spilling from an overturned bowl.

I hear you exhale and I exhale my own breath
Over your shoulder as my pulses run wild
Tighter you pull me and your grasp is like steel
Yet the pain is delicious because I know you are real.


to be continued.....................






  ©by Voo
 Dec 28, 2018   
2 days before my birthday

for the man that you are






Timing is Everything






If I Had You


Thursday, December 27, 2018

THIS QUIET MOMENT




This Quiet Moment



The noise of life ebbs
As your whispered words 
Hold me sway
In the music of your heart

How my soul leaps
At the caress of your voice,
My skin burns
At the caress of your touch

Is this a dream
Or the fantasy a fevered mind conjures
From needing so much
And receiving so little?

There have been nights
In my waiting
That I could not bear the longing, 
Could not stand the needing.

When I thought I would go mad
Or lose myself in unsated desire
To catch a glimpse of the shadow 
Of your face.

I know you wait there
As I wait here
But the map that leads me to you
Is missing, is long lost, or gone forever.

How do I reach 
The ground you stand on,
The sphere you exist in,
The world you abide on?

I know not........
For there are oceans between us
And mountains before us
And treacheries around us.

Dark spells wrought to thwart me away from you
Webs of deceit to bind me from running
Chains of broken hearts to keep me from trusting
And yet, somehow I do. And yet, somehow I do. 

This astral meeting is all we have for now
This shadow kiss, this ethereal bliss
And it is so good. But not good enough
For hot red blood still flows through our veins.

In the chaos of the world, 
I can barely hear you
Can barely see your saddened face
Waiting in the lamplight at the gate.

 But there you are, my love!
Strong and sure and eager
To reach through mists of time
And touch the hand that enfolds yours 
Like a glove.

In this quiet moment
We have been granted by sheer will
And God's mercy
To meet in manifested love
Solid as a rock.

And maybe this moment
Won't last very long
And maybe it will last forever
Who is to say?

Maybe if I press my lips to yours
And never let go
When you fade into the shadows
I will go with you.

Or maybe you will stay with me
And become more than a vision,
But the man you are in my dreams
While we hold onto reality with all our souls.

Don't be afraid, you will never disappear
No matter how old you grow or how weak, your flesh
Somehow we will find a way to stay together
Love is a living thing
And it will find it's way............
Even my doubting heart believes that.


©By Voo
Dec 27, 2018
2:20 a.m.






Saturday, December 22, 2018

QUESTIONS SEEKING ANSWERS







Questions Seeking Answers


You ask
And wait silently
For my answer
But I have none to give
Only hope to hope on
And wishes to wish on
And prayers to pray.

I don't know
Any more than you do
What tomorrow holds
Or what God grants
Or fate brings..........
Up until now
There has been no fairy tale
Or destined quest
Or dream come true
For me
And without question, you.

For only hearts
That have been broken
And discarded and dis-enchanted
Can ask the questions 
That you ask
Only souls that have been disappointed
And betrayed and un-restored
Can venture into that mire of uncertainty
And still risk losing it all once more.

Therefore, let us stay here
In this moment,
In this second that we have been granted
The best of all seconds among minutes and hours
And weeks and months and years of years:
This room full of love
And this endless kiss
This sweet satisfaction
And passionate bliss
It will not be enough for tomorrow, no
Nor any lonely day or night after that....
But it is enough for now.

The blazing fire cools
Compared to your touch
The wine sours
Compared to your kiss
The furs we lie on
Seem rough
Compared to your bare chest
And my silkened skin
That pulls you to me in hunger.

I cannot answer your questions, my love
But I can confess with candid heart
And willing soul..........
That I desire to know those answers
Just as much as you do
Perhaps, more
Perhaps, more...........
And perhaps tomorrow
Will bring us those answers
In one form or another.

Till then, hold me
Kiss mebend me to your will
For I think you will find
That your will is my will
And mine, yours
As it always has been
And was in forgotten dreams
And is now, in this delicate
And beautiful moment.

For when you hold me
Close against your heart like this,
And kiss me tenderly like that,
And our eyes melt into one another's this way,
I can believe in fairytales once more
And destined quests and dreams that come true
Even if they never came true before......

And I can forget those questions
In search of answers that I don't know now
Because all that matters to me in all the world
Is this, this moment lying here with you
Feeling like a princess in the arms of a prince
Who has just inherited the kingdom
That was made with my love.





©by Voo
Dec 22, 2018
12:38 a.m.  








Do You? by Yiruma 

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

UNBEKNOWNST TO ME





Unbeknownst To Me



He stood there, musing
As he often did
About deep and wondrous things
That only a poet could perceive.

I watched him from my window
Hidden in the shadows
Of lace curtains and pale moonlight
With no candle to show him
Who watched or why.

He stood by the street lamp
Leaning back and looking at the moon
Listening to the train sounds
From across the river
And the beating of his sad and soulful heart.

Every night of the week, he came
And stood there in that place
Not speaking, not acknowledging a nod
Or a frown or a smile
Just standing there, musing
And I watched him with my own lonely heart
And longing in my eyes.

I didn't know him and yet I did
Did as well as I knew myself
And what I needed from the moon
And the world and life and poems
That had no end.

I needed to be seen and known
And found and loved
I needed to watch the moon
And listen to the train
And walk in the rain and share my pain
While holding the hand of the man
Whose heart I felt as deeply as my own.

I didn't know what I would do
The evening that he didn't show up
On my corner in the moonlight
To stand there watching the moon
And the world pass by............
(And unbeknownst to me...
Me in my shadowed window.)

I had no idea
That he thought the same thoughts about me
That he longed to look into my eyes
And hold my hand and kiss my lips
And sing me songs and read me poetry
For hours on end. I didn't know.

I see him look at his watch, 
Look up at the moon, 
Turn to walk down the street toward the river,
Turn around again and grab hold of the street lamp
And do a wild child-like twirl around it
And hear him laugh out loud.

Then to my amazement, he walks over to my building
Looks up at my window and whistles softly
"Hey, girl." he says and stands on his tip toes, stretching
"Hey, girl, you wanna come dance in the moonlight?"
"Hey, girl......" and before he can finish his question
I am out my door, down the stairs and outside
In the falling darkness, looking into his brown eyes.

"Finally." he says so quietly I'm not sure he spoke it
"I thought I would have to wait here forever."
And I question him with my shining eyes and he shrugs
"No, I'm not deranged, I'm just shy."
"So am I." I say like a whisper, laughing like a child
And we stare at one another in wonder and awe.

And unbeknownst to us
Two grandmothers somewhere say "Amen"
And bow their heads and clasp their hands
And smile toward Heaven thanking God
That their prayers have been answered at last
Prayers that their two lonely children 
Have finally found each other as was ordained
And before it was too late for them
To ever have known it

And that night around that street lamp
With the moon smiling down on us
And the song of the lonesome train
Serenading us with sweetness,
We found one another 
As though we had never been apart.


©By Voo
Dec 19, 2018 
3:42 p.m.