Submissions by AverageJoe (Average Joe. AJ. Joe)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Nothing to see here folks, no bells or whistles, I'm just your average Joe. Ignore the award on my profile. I got it for having a pulse.
LOVE POEM
Published
28th Sep 2019 1:33am
28th Sep 2019 1:33am
With Wine and Roses
I would love to hear you say,
“I love you”
but if your words have truth,
how much more honesty shall I find in the eloquence of your kiss?
Words are words.
Easily spoken and quickly forgotten.
I want to taste the emotions of your soul wrapt in the tempest.
Adrift on the sea of your passion and drowning in the heedless urgency of your kisses.
By turn wild without restraint or languorous and panting between the rising swells of need,
lips gently pressing...
And words no longer...
“I love you”
but if your words have truth,
how much more honesty shall I find in the eloquence of your kiss?
Words are words.
Easily spoken and quickly forgotten.
I want to taste the emotions of your soul wrapt in the tempest.
Adrift on the sea of your passion and drowning in the heedless urgency of your kisses.
By turn wild without restraint or languorous and panting between the rising swells of need,
lips gently pressing...
And words no longer...
#love
#relationships
#romantic
#ILoveYou
#passion
656 reads
5 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
27th Sep 2019 00:24am
27th Sep 2019 00:24am
Silent Prayers
On pinioned wings the night does fly
Upon celestial winds
Which caress the moon and steer the stars
Before the day begins
And so,
In dreams go I to tethered heart
And quietly slip the moor
To sail upon the darkling sea
In search of farther shore
Quiet the dip
And then the sweep of hands steady at the oars
That I might find you
- wherever you are
Beneath the wheeling stars
For the dreams of men and gods
Are doubtless just the same,
All that exists is love and pride
Played on...
Upon celestial winds
Which caress the moon and steer the stars
Before the day begins
And so,
In dreams go I to tethered heart
And quietly slip the moor
To sail upon the darkling sea
In search of farther shore
Quiet the dip
And then the sweep of hands steady at the oars
That I might find you
- wherever you are
Beneath the wheeling stars
For the dreams of men and gods
Are doubtless just the same,
All that exists is love and pride
Played on...
#love
#loneliness
#relationships
#romantic
#fate
679 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
25th Sep 2019 11:06pm
25th Sep 2019 11:06pm
The Metamorphosis of Touch
Doesn’t pledge come before promise,
And promise before reward?
And before these must come the hint
The touch before the word.
***
In the cool of the evening as the long shadows fall
We walk closer in the fading light
Your hand first touches
Then slips in mine
Each finger seeks its mate
As they become entwined.
So innocent an escalation
Which breaths the promise of forever -
That,
not only would you seek,
But more,
That you would hold my touch.
Such heartfelt longings
For the need to be...
And promise before reward?
And before these must come the hint
The touch before the word.
***
In the cool of the evening as the long shadows fall
We walk closer in the fading light
Your hand first touches
Then slips in mine
Each finger seeks its mate
As they become entwined.
So innocent an escalation
Which breaths the promise of forever -
That,
not only would you seek,
But more,
That you would hold my touch.
Such heartfelt longings
For the need to be...
#love
#relationships
#romantic
#FallingInLove
#passion
563 reads
9 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
25th Sep 2019 00:08am
25th Sep 2019 00:08am
Far Better Things
It is the little things
The drift of wind that lifted the sunlit strand of hair
To hang suspended on the breeze
And my imagination was transfixed
By the first inkling
Of the magic that you would weave.
I remember summer days
Always in my memories.
The look ~
That look,
The look when our eyes first spoke together the joy
At the meeting of our souls
And seeing,
Our spirits danced within our gaze
As time stood still
And all there...
The drift of wind that lifted the sunlit strand of hair
To hang suspended on the breeze
And my imagination was transfixed
By the first inkling
Of the magic that you would weave.
I remember summer days
Always in my memories.
The look ~
That look,
The look when our eyes first spoke together the joy
At the meeting of our souls
And seeing,
Our spirits danced within our gaze
As time stood still
And all there...
#love
#romantic
#FallingInLove #passion
#FallingInLove #passion
617 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Sep 2019 9:33pm
23rd Sep 2019 9:33pm
Still
You are the most consuming unfulfilled longing of my life.
If desire has form and shape,
Breath and life,
It is bound in you.
You,
To me,
Are desires true name.
You are the impossible,
Yet the thought of you never fails me.
I want to be that man
To receive that kiss
That you would throw yourself into my arms
Because I meant that much to you…heedless of time and circumstance
Just a moment to be one in passion
Not...
If desire has form and shape,
Breath and life,
It is bound in you.
You,
To me,
Are desires true name.
You are the impossible,
Yet the thought of you never fails me.
I want to be that man
To receive that kiss
That you would throw yourself into my arms
Because I meant that much to you…heedless of time and circumstance
Just a moment to be one in passion
Not...
#love
#FallingInLove
#passion
806 reads
10 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Sep 2019 3:54pm
22nd Sep 2019 3:54pm
How Long
There are times when a man needs to back down from his strength
And remember his weakness…
The way isn’t always easy to see but the feeling is unmistakable
My heart has missed you
You who are closest to me…
And how can that be
Have you learned to live around me instead of with me?
If I think I lead
Where have I lead us to
A place where we each go our own way
And say we’re together
Can I still touch the part of you that thought I was everything?
...
And remember his weakness…
The way isn’t always easy to see but the feeling is unmistakable
My heart has missed you
You who are closest to me…
And how can that be
Have you learned to live around me instead of with me?
If I think I lead
Where have I lead us to
A place where we each go our own way
And say we’re together
Can I still touch the part of you that thought I was everything?
...
#love
#dreams
#fate #passion
#fate #passion
867 reads
7 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
21st Sep 2019 11:26pm
21st Sep 2019 11:26pm
I think of you
I think of you
And can't help thinking about us
An opening
An unfolding
The falling of walls
And guards
The laying aside of old fears
And old lives
As the new opens before me
In layers
Like the petals of a rose
With the coming of the sun
Glistening with dew
And the fragrance of love
And I dream of your touch
To be so close
As this
You and I
In love
In love with the you I've dreamt of
And the you
Who is so much more than a dream
Time and distance and reasons...
And can't help thinking about us
An opening
An unfolding
The falling of walls
And guards
The laying aside of old fears
And old lives
As the new opens before me
In layers
Like the petals of a rose
With the coming of the sun
Glistening with dew
And the fragrance of love
And I dream of your touch
To be so close
As this
You and I
In love
In love with the you I've dreamt of
And the you
Who is so much more than a dream
Time and distance and reasons...
#love
#relationships
#fate #passion
#fate #passion
899 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
20th Sep 2019 9:05pm
20th Sep 2019 9:05pm
As Simple as That
How close do you want to be?
Words?
Would words be enough?
Is that all there is?
A cat and mouse game of tag, you’re it?
Or does it go deeper than that?
Can two say the things they’ve kept locked away
From others
To one another
And there only be words
And thoughts
And no more?
How can it only be that
If it comes from the heart?
The heart is a seeker
And its words silken cords
That bind one to another with strands so...
Words?
Would words be enough?
Is that all there is?
A cat and mouse game of tag, you’re it?
Or does it go deeper than that?
Can two say the things they’ve kept locked away
From others
To one another
And there only be words
And thoughts
And no more?
How can it only be that
If it comes from the heart?
The heart is a seeker
And its words silken cords
That bind one to another with strands so...
#love
#lust
#romantic
#FallingInLove
#passion
986 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
19th Sep 2019 9:58pm
19th Sep 2019 9:58pm
Meaninglessness
I miss you –
Almost as much as I miss me
***
It’s hard to use the washed out meaninglessness of words
To try to fill the vacuum of numb
They lay dull
Like old yellow paint
Without warmth and scarce able to fill their purpose
Faded
Everything seems lost in the fading
But not to gray
No
But rather to the invisibility of pointlessness
***
Take away the heart that beats and how does one continue to live and breath?
I’m Pavlov’s dog ...
Almost as much as I miss me
***
It’s hard to use the washed out meaninglessness of words
To try to fill the vacuum of numb
They lay dull
Like old yellow paint
Without warmth and scarce able to fill their purpose
Faded
Everything seems lost in the fading
But not to gray
No
But rather to the invisibility of pointlessness
***
Take away the heart that beats and how does one continue to live and breath?
I’m Pavlov’s dog ...
#love
#regret
#relationships #breakup
#relationships #breakup
588 reads
7 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
18th Sep 2019 11:18pm
18th Sep 2019 11:18pm
Evening's Come
The sun's last long rays have descended and are lost in the lengthening shadows
And evening's come,
That dusky twilight before the night when all things ease,
Then quiet,
Gathered in before the dark.
There is a stillness now
Within which all things seem balanced to a common end.
Evening,
And half dreamt thoughts gentle nudge the corners of my mind
And I grasp at them even as they dance away again.
Recollections which whisper to the spirit and tease the soul.
...
And evening's come,
That dusky twilight before the night when all things ease,
Then quiet,
Gathered in before the dark.
There is a stillness now
Within which all things seem balanced to a common end.
Evening,
And half dreamt thoughts gentle nudge the corners of my mind
And I grasp at them even as they dance away again.
Recollections which whisper to the spirit and tease the soul.
...
#love
#fate
#LongDistanceRelationship #passion
#LongDistanceRelationship #passion
660 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Sep 2019 10:55pm
17th Sep 2019 10:55pm
Just Being
The way I feel tonight watching you sleep
I love you without words or knowing –
Just being.
How is it you so transcend the ordinary to me?
As if your very scent had made the air come alive.
*
How long have I loved you?
I don’t even know when I knew…
…it just seems like always.
And I want to feel this way forever
As I listen to your gentle breathing.
And behind closed eyes your soul whispers to mine
Understandings deeper than words
And I...
I love you without words or knowing –
Just being.
How is it you so transcend the ordinary to me?
As if your very scent had made the air come alive.
*
How long have I loved you?
I don’t even know when I knew…
…it just seems like always.
And I want to feel this way forever
As I listen to your gentle breathing.
And behind closed eyes your soul whispers to mine
Understandings deeper than words
And I...
#love
#relationships
#beauty #passion
#beauty #passion
550 reads
5 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
16th Sep 2019 9:58pm
16th Sep 2019 9:58pm
Out of Sorts
A touch babe
I'm distracted with the distance of things
Out of sorts
Though I would not call it so
But lately
Time does seem to keep a strange measure
The day goes not too long
Nor the night too short
But over all a twilight's settled
For I fear I have lost you in the comings and goings of little things
Inconsequential things
Things having little weight and slight meaning
I need the strength of your...
I'm distracted with the distance of things
Out of sorts
Though I would not call it so
But lately
Time does seem to keep a strange measure
The day goes not too long
Nor the night too short
But over all a twilight's settled
For I fear I have lost you in the comings and goings of little things
Inconsequential things
Things having little weight and slight meaning
I need the strength of your...
#love
#relationships
#dreams
602 reads
7 Comments
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