These Tender Words ...This Ancient Love, Poem One. An Offering to Bill and Beverly Holland
You are the Light in my darkness
Three free verse sonnets
I said: “O Queen, You’re the Light in my darkness;
The gaze that captivates my breath.”
She replied: “O Lover, I am your flower-garden;
You’re the wafts that soothes my Being.”
Exquisite are these tender words,
That has so eloquently kissed my core.
My tears are but a shallow puddle,
In this great river of impassioned flow.
I am bewildered by this beauty;
Her certain familiarity in my Heart.
She has given me a voice to express,
This ancient Love that so envelops me,
Like fire, burning the wounds of my ignorance,
To light a thousand candles in my soul.
Manatita, The Lantern Carrier. 27th June, 2017.
~ Awakening the Inner Light ~
A loving couple plus
Love Whispers to the Moon. Poem Two
Light ultimately conquers the Heart,
As fuel does the wood.
The awakening of Sunrise,
Is but a stone’s throw away.
The pathways of longing runs, like a spiral,
Weaving its way to liberation’s door.
The ancient secrets of the stars,
Reflect the beauty of trials ...adversity,
Like an interrupted dance.
Impeded ... by only a temporary glitch,
In the inner melody of the Lute.
The poise, the eloquence ... the serenity of flow returns,
When the flame once more, ignites the Soul,
And Love whispers to the moon.
-Manatita, The Lantern Carrier. 29th June, 2017
~Awakening The Inner Light
and Love whispers to the moon
Quote from a Seer
"Love grows in the soul,
Glows in the Heart
And finally flows through the body." -Sri Chinmoy
"O Queen, You're the Light in my Darkness."
Quote from Sri Chinmoy
"Just one smile
Immensely increases the beauty
of the Universe." -Sri Chinmoy.
You are the Light in my darkness
Just You, my Beloved, just You
Only You, my Beloved, Only You. Poem three
Just You, my Beloved, just You.
Why talk about anything else?
Not this, not that…
You are the placeless …
The One with no name.
No, not the glorious sunlight;
Not the ‘shooting’ star …
I have walked all this way … for eons,
To become completely yours.
Not the nobility of creation;
Not the salutation to the sun.
Only You, O Lover, only You.
I fell asleep on the river of time,
And awoke, only to find You,
O my Absolute Queen, O Light of the Beyond.
Manatita, The Lantern Carrier. Copyrighted, 30th June, 2017.
"No, not the glorious sunlight.'
Love
Are you a lover of life's beauty?
© 2017 manatita44
