i should have…
i had no right to…
after so many starts and stops
an almost lifetime of yearning
but for some reason knowing
it shouldn’t all end like this
i should have…
i had no right to…
finding this wounded heart
forgetting how to beat
finding these shallow lungs
forgetting how to breath
and so close to walking alone
forever with my restless shadows
organs of life and love in dormant uncertainty
and losing all faith in their very reason to be
i should have just given up
i had no right to continue believing
.
.
have i forgotten again to tell you how it
feels finally resting safely in your arms?
have i forgotten again like i do sometimes
to thank you… what a miracle you are?
.
.
.
‘If you open your heart
You can make a new start
When your crumbling world falls apart
The miracle of love
Will take away your pain
When the miracle of love
Comes your way again’
.
Annie Lennox, David Stuart, Eurythmics
who could know then 
love it
ty, Sky.
yw, Mr Who.
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
I’ve just discovered that I can arrange the blogs that I follow to get notifications in my mailbox if there are some new posts. Somehow, I haven’t seen any of the posts that you published on your site, just the ones that you posted on 20 lines. It is repaired now. 🙂
well, i thank the goddess for your discovery! i do love seeing your ever changing Gravatar on my pages, kinda’ keeps me on my toes….LOL 🙂
will it matter, if i say i like this one best of all?
Somehow … I have a slight feeling that I will complete my collection “Days in The Blackberries field” soon and relocate myself to the valley of strawberries. I do not know why, maybe it’s just my desire that I feel deep inside. So, this new gravatar is kind of preparation too … I’m so glad you like it. Maybe now you can get to know me a little better.
did you see my comment on your new choice of fruit?
“a delicious choice!’ i had a sense, maybe a stirring was taking place….i’m very happy for you Sky.
there is such a childlike playfullness in your eyes……
he he Mr Who, Anonymous, that was you! 🙂 Who is playful now, huh? 😀
haha…touche’
well, it just so happens Scout has a three day weekend and guess what she’s gonna’ do for me?
who is Scout and what? 🙂
oh, sorry….Scout is my partner’s nickname, i wrote it in ‘eleventh summer’ at the very bottom of the poem.
uhhmm….she’s a photographer……:-)
:::hint ..hint::::;
Let me guess! She is going to make some photos 😀
🙂
i think it’s time to stop hiding behind all those trees…….
that’s what i told you long time ago 😀 😀 😀
yes….i remember, that’s why i said it to you. thank you for planting that seed, giving me such nourishment since then…..it means more to me than you could know. 🙂
Aren’t we here to encourage each other?
yes, we are my dear Sky, i am so looking forward to the Strawberry Fields…..
It will not be one of these days, but I want to move there as soon as it is possible 🙂
the fruit will be ripe when you are ready…..pick some for me ok. i love strawberries!
you are already invited 🙂
ty. 🙂
yw 🙂
Bellissimo x
grazie! some Italian love from Australia so early in my day, my Sicilian half thanks you so much. 🙂
Wow! A heartful here… 🙂
hhmm….yeah…she is one very special person, there is so much behind these words…..an awful lot…..
*smiles* You are blessed to have her for your own, then!
Beautiful. It is weird by the way, I see more people writting to you they missed your stuff in the reader, so it wasn’t just me!
And funny thing aswell, somehow all bloggers I really like to follow happen to be from Australia,where I am most probubly moving very soon! Gonna go sing this:
“finding this wounded heart
forgetting how to beat
finding these shallow lungs
forgetting how to breath”,seems like a nice rhyme for the day!
i wonder why that is? after you told me the last time i forwarded the date and republished, it worked so thank you.
i have developed a friendship with a blogger from Australia, we talk at night when i’m up writing at 1am…it’s her afternoon! and yes i follow some other Aussies as well. besides Italy, A is where i want to spend a lot of time, i’m happy for you. a very intriguing country and landscape…..
haha….yeah, i guess it does have a little boppin’ backbeat to eh. LOL!
ty.
I’m certain there are valuable lessons you wouldn’t give up in spite of the heartbreak! Wonderful writing !
you’re right, though it’s not easy during those times, the experiences are who i am. for better or worse.
blessings to you my friend. thank you.
lovely…gentle…hopeful…deep miracle! Amazing poetry!
..ty…but i have an amazing inspiration 🙂
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Lovely!
..thank you, i have such sweet inspiration. 🙂
> Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 21:28:32 +0000 > To: whocouldknowthen@hotmail.com >
If a knife could cut the “clay” of a poet all from his marrow, I am sure what’s left would only be the purest light of love. This poem is full of such a luminance!
Truly relished your ink.
oh, i am so thankful i found your comments, thank you. my partner Scout is so much an inspiration, she of such an expansive, forgiving heart i only have to tap into this deep well of love to find the words.
dear friend, this is such a beautiful poem…as always, your words take my breath away…i just feel this deep intensity when i read your words…they give me hope…and I love the songs you have put with your writings…this THE MIRACLE OF LOVE–so precious!
thank you for mentioning the music, i’m never sure folks are listening or not but they are, every one the foundation of my poetry. so many of these songs have expressed what i’ve wanted to say to the one i loved, when and if that time ever came. now it has, and i have the words to tell my story to Scout, finally. it took 48 years to find her, so that hope that you feel is mine, finally realized.
and i will also confees, that this poem has profound meaning to me, it’s in the metaphors. i’m not sure i’ll ever be able to talk about it directly but Scout knew right away. maybe one day i will, i just don’t want to ruin this poem for anyone.
thank you, thank you, thank you. *smiles*