It’s bottled up, there, just above your head.
A cloud filled with all the love I could never hold, a cloud filled with all the love I wanted to give to you, a cloud filled with desperation and hope and dreams and…
Don’t look up… or wait, maybe do.
It might rain down on you in a monstrous storm that I can’t control. I’ve been storing all my thoughts and feelings, storing them… waiting. And now, swirling around above your head like a storm cloud waiting to catch me off guard.
But still…
The rumbling echos of thunder, the blinding sparks of lightning — it’s all there, in the cloud hovering above that I am determined to regain control of.
I let it out, slowly… calmly, like the cleansing of a spring rain. It wants to explode from its bindings but I stay, there… locked in the moment. It falls gently… once again. Slowly, like the building up of a smile on a newborns face. It touches me… I let it. Rolling down my face as I raise my gaze to the now calm cloud perched in the sky.
Reminding me that love flows, gentle and affirming, careful and consistent.
But still…
Messy, tousled — ever-changing, fluid.
Mending your soul and breaking your heart.
Saving you a seat.
Love is the all of everything.
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emotions they flow
let love rain
don’t hold back
for after the storm
there is always a rainbow
you just have to remember to look up
:~)
such a wonderful poem Becky
touching and so full of the wildness
that we truly are
Thank you my beautiful friend June.
I think if I ever doubt the beauty that is life and is in all of us, all I have to do is read your lovely words. You are a gift to me on my dark days and my wondrous days.
“Mending your soul and breaking your heart”
this hit me in the heart, hard.
Every word was full of meaning and emotion. Thanks, Becky.
Thanks Lance. That was a wonderful thing to say — I was crying during some of this because I was filled with this storm of emotions.
I like this, Becky. Very good comparisons between the clouds the rain, the elements and love. Nicely done.
http://charleslmashburn.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/the-wolf-and-the-rose/
Thank you Charles! *hops over to your blog to pay a visit*
Powerful and so beautiful. “Reminding me that love flows, gentle and affirming, careful and consistent.” We are all okay if we can heed this lovely reminder.
Thank you my lovely friend. YOU help me heed this reminder all the time.
beautiful ….thank you x
Thank you!
Enjoyed the power of your thought forms.
Thank you so much for reading and commenting.
bravo, compelling thoughts.
Thanks so very much — humbled.
It feels to me like you’ve said everything here so completely, I couldn’t possibly add too much to it with my comment.
So I’ll say this: thank you for this wonderful blog post which lifted my spirits on this cloudy morning!
*loving hugs*
Oh wow. Thank you my beautiful friend. What a lovely thing for you to say.
Oh, that last stanza just tore me up. What a beautiful poem!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This just made me feel all warm and fuzzy.
Such a lovely thought. A could full of love.
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wow gorgeous and powerful piece…love the clouds caught in the bottle and the vividness of the storm played out…yes love is all that pent up power and more…released…
Yes, it is isn’t it? Thank you for reading and commenting.
You can feel the storm of emotions building up…effective metaphor, Becky.
Thank you so much, I’m humbled by the response.
Very sweet.. and i do like the build up and letting go…beautiful poem ~
Thank you for taking the time to come here, that’s incredibly nice.
emotions…a storm at times…a gentle rain at others…Nice work
Thank you. That is a lesson I’m learning about emotions, they vary but they aren’t wrong… just varied.
I really like this style of writing and you make it work very well.
Thank you for saying that. I never really know how to describe how I write, so thanks.
Nice images. Love the free, almost prose, from of it.
Thank you so much. I’m so humbled by the response to the writing and style.
It is the all of everything, We forget that, too often. Love the imagery here, that is exactly what it feels like sometimes. Loved this!
Thank you Kelly. I had thought about this one for a while.
That is really beautiful. I have never visited your blog before I really enjoyed what I read.
Thank you so much. I hope you come back!
“ever-changing, fluid.”
even those we have loved all their lives or all our lives, there is change, but their place in our hearts always remains.
beautiful, b! *Love* & *Hugs* ♥
I know, right? Thanks Dani. <3
“I let it out, slowly… calmly, like the cleansing of a spring rain. ” I like the flow of words. Very Beautiful
Thank you.
You’re a poet who writes in prose. Lovely!
I like the way that sounds… thank you.
masterful prose.
Thank you so much!
When I read this I immediately wished I could have written it myself and then read to someone I fell in love with twenty years ago.
Very powerful, very personal.
Thank you.
Thank you for taking the time to read and comment (and such a nice comment too!)
This is a very good response to the prompt. I like your blog, you have a cool style
Thank you. I rarely am able to even come remotely close to the prompt (or any prompt)!
This is quite wonderful… very wonderful, indeed
Thank you very much! I’m glad you’re here.
“Love Reign O’er me”.
Yep.