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poem: may days

come back to me, my sweet,

for the buds are ripening back east

as clouds meander across blue skies

and the wind whispers your name.

#poem #poetry #for you #come back to me

poem: a remembrance

ring the funeral bells

long, loud, and true,

let their mournful melody

float over snowcapped peaks

and sunlit valleys,

powerfully echoing,

“she is dead, she is dead, she is dead.”

let the inquisitive fauna,

feeling the seismic shift without her,

bow their heads in woeful admiration,

and the tender flora

sing sweet tributes to the wind,

tree branches sorrowfully rustling,

“she is gone, she is gone, she is gone.”

we will weep at dinner tonight,

but joyously recollect at breakfast.

so sleep now, o tender one,

lay down your burdens,

rest in the sweet thereafter,

while we sing your praises in the herebefore,

“she is loved, she is loved, she is loved.”

#funeral poem #poetry on tumblr #poem

poem: mother mother ocean, I can hear you call

the sea is truly free,

for humans may whack at her sides

dump their most hideous waste into her,

pillage and bleach her coral treasures,

yet she persists with grace.

her waves cradle our weary forms,

rocking back and forth like held babies,

welcoming us warmly in her hypnotic embrace,

without ever asking anything in return,

for mothers love unconditionally.

she even keeps deep secrets

away from our prying paws,

in her profound and billowing skirts.

…knowing there are still mysteries left

makes everything a little brighter.

poem: in the morning

I make like a bird

and ride the wind down the coast

skirting sargassum lined shore

feeling as free as one can be.

when I turn around,

bountiful sunrise to my back,

I feel the salty breeze on my face

and breathe deep, grateful breaths.

#ocean poem #walk poem #poetry on tumblr #Yucatán #Mexico #east of progreso

haiku: words from the dark times

the absence of you

drapes over me like a shroud…

sometimes it chokes me.

#haiku #five seven five #dark times

Rainer Maria Rilke

#rainer maria rilke #you beloved #we will never arrive

poem: cold, cold winter

especially in these dreary months

(when the frozen air cracks my lungs

and skies are perpetually gray)

the mere thought of you

sends warmth through me.

#poem #jessica rock #poetry #winter poem

poem: firmitas, utilitas, venustas

our great castle was doomed from the start,

for we built it upon delight,

forgetting the firmness and utility,

forsaking all structure for pleasure.

no wonder it crumbled into the sea,

or was taken over by the forest,

or leveled by an earthquake,

or whatever fate this reality serves us.

over and over again we try to rebuild,

making the same mistakes,

never learning from our errors,

always falling prey to our desires.

#poem #poetry #the world is crumbling and so am I #vitruvius

poem:

you are a drug

and I am an addict

poem: when will I find my courage to let it all go?

goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,

we’ve said it a hundred times

in this lifetime,

and the last,

and even the next.

always breaking apart

into tiny pieces

for the other to glue back together

year after year

century after century.

what a cruel sense of humor

to get all dressed up

breathless and ready

only to be left out in the cold

time and time again.

#poem #poetry #Jessica rock #goodbye again

poem: she cannot go back

summer flows into fall

like a mighty river

emptying herself into the sea,

silently, without pomp or circumstance,

because that is the way it must be.

#poem #poetry #Jessica rock #poems on tumblr

poem: pinch me

the entire world falls away

leaving only the lapping sea,

softly clacking palm tendrils,

salty sargasso littering fine sand,

broken seashells crunching underfoot.

everything feels like a dream,

polarized lenses revealing new colors,

blues and greens so vivid

their pigments haven’t names yet,

like a vast field of sparkling jewels.

#vacation poem #poetry #costa esmerelda #Mexico

haiku: no room for the blues

in the salty sea

floating about mindlessly

how could one be sad?

#haiku #vacation haiku #Yucatán haiku #ocean haiku

poem: Sisyphus

you start at one end,

and me, the other -

we’ll walk until the day

when I see your weary face

bobbing over the wavy horizon.

and I won’t believe my eyes,

(for mirages have come and gone

during our lifelong courtship)

until you get closer and closer,

jogging turning to sprinting.

wild eyes struggling to register

how close we are to being together,

your hands start to tremble,

sweat beads and dusty footprints

discarded in your harried wake.

just as you are about to fall

into my lonesome arms,

just as you are about to collide

with my aching body,

eyelids fling open, and I wake up alone.

#poem #spilled feelings #poetry #Jess rock #for you

poem: try it again, this time in the victorian era

in warm fall, a day alight with sunbeams, two souls did meet, a long-forgotten dream awakened softly, though with hearts entwined, by other vows, a fate less kind.  

a shared remembrance, like a whispered prayer,  of youthful days, when love was light as air,  they walked in shadows, where no prying eye  could see the longing that they both did bear.

 within a bookshop, 'midst the rows of tomes,  a haven found, where passion freely roams,  his trembling hands, a hesitant embrace,  a stolen kiss, in that secluded place. 

the world outside, in muted hues arrayed,  their lustful moment, like a flower decayed,  knowing the seeds of longing they did sow,  would blossom darkly, in the twilight's shade.

#a Victorian poem #poetry is my therapy #jessrock#poem #poetry #I miss you

#langston hughes #poetry #good poems #heartbreak poem

poem: a dear john letter

I’ll leave you with

the curve of my lips,

forever repeating your name

into the vast abyss

that is our tortured love.

#how many times have we said goodbye

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