Quiet Essences Of

I adore this piece it's almost a ode to the God's
Brilliant write, mega read. Love, love  loved it
Love and light
Ron x

Your adoration makes my morning that much brighter that I almost can't feel the rainy grayness, dear knight. Thank you for such enormously kind words. I'm mega moved that you enjoyed reading this piece like you've described .... That truly means a lot to me...

I very much appreciate you sharing your thoughts with me - 💙

Love from across the pond ✨
🌹 - B

Hello Mrs Velvete

I saw this write in Grace's comp, thought I'd pop in to say, I really love this write!
I'm not going to go on and on as to why...

But this stanza spoke so much to me...

"Sunshine brightly warming my face  
with a kiss of cool breeze  
hugging it's arms, pulling me in  

You are there "

while I quote that above, please know, I love the entire piece!

Thanks for writing it!
G'luck in the comp

Blue Skies @ You

Al

Hi there, AL :)  
I thought the same thing, when I saw your comments here— that we were serendipitously commenting on each other's work at the same time!! They say great mind's think alike....*wink.. lol...  

I'm so humbly grateful for your kind words and all smiles that you found enjoyment in those selected lines and the poem as a whole. To me, there is definitely something soothing and very moving about feeling hope or a small sense of 'reply' in nature's bounty...

I deeply appreciate you visiting and sharing your thoughts with me-🙏  
A true pleasure, indeed
Thank you.

Much love sent your way ✨  
🌹 - 💙
—B

Hi Jay ;)
I'm truly elated that you found yourself along with me for each step of this piece. It was a heartfelt and deeply personal release of emotion /offering to the poetic gods that be, (so to speak) ...So your accompaniment is very much appreciated. 🙏

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me and for the generous list add.
You have me beaming
🌹 - 💙
B

Hi Blue, hope day is going well?
This is a beautifully constructed pen from you.
Pluuuuuusss--- lovely pic!
X

I'm hanging in there, thank you for asking! I hope you are doing well, too.

Thank you for stopping by to read. I am sincerely appreciative of your kind words and so glad you enjoyed the whole package–poem and visual, combined. Your thoughts are meaningful to me , it's a lovely pleasure and learning experience to have you share them.  

Be well and be safe out there!  
Warmest regards,  
🌹 - 💙
B

Glad your strong self is hanging on in there.
Be well and safe also Blue.
X

The memories of this person is your heart.  Keep on writing you strong beautiful smart sexy woman.

That's very true... Thanks a bunch, Francisco. I appreciate you.

🌹

A beautiful piece that speaks to the soul.

You've really made me smile, CS.
Glad you enjoyed.... Thank you so much for stopping by.

🌹 - B

Hey Tim :)
I appreciate the the compliment, that's extremely kind of you to say. There's definitely different facets and subjectivity that can be found within. For myself, this piece was a bit of an amalgamation of thought. So each person reading, sees what the see, feels what they feel and each is absolutely correct...

I concur, music is a powerhouse of memory recall, without a doubt!!

Much obliged, my friend — I deeply appreciate you sharing your thoughts with me. It means a lot.

Be well,
🌹 - 💙
B

An infinite number of lines can intersect a single dot in space....the universal universal is like the holy grail....and each of us have a unique sameness of intersection, all colliding in the singularity of human existence.  No matter where you go, there you are. It's so simple it goes without saying, and yet....we are blind to ourselves. We can see every other perspective third person, except our own. Parallax. In order to see myself, I must see myself non-judgmental as otherness unseparated. You are me. Having a unique experience.

There you are. Here I am. This is us. We are wholly different and uniquely the same.

Empathy becomes self-care in this way. Communicating the end of loneliness.  Integration the end of damnation.

However it is, there we go

Even when that 'you' or 'they' are no longer physically in existence, able to occupy space and time...?!? Just memories or echoes or perhaps a deeply defined imprint.... Hmmm, to ponder...

You really have me beautifully tangled in thought, exploring your words and existentialism... (I'm guessing?)... Lol... I'm learning!!!

You made me smile and feel like I was or am onto something... That's awesome, RT
Thanks ;)
🌹 - B

In every place
in all days  
from the gates
to nature's bounty
or on the radio  

When the metaphor creates this ubiquitous sense of reality, you know the universality of it all has shrunk it to a singularity, described through the characteristic of location and occasion.  Time and space have collided. Right here. Right now. Direct experience.

What that does is it creates the unconditional. It recognizes reality as an interdependence. One thing. Unity. The end of duality. Home.

This is the place where the heart and mind are on the same page. Health. Beauty. Acceptance. Value. Everything lives in the nexus. Survival. Thriving. Spiritual security.

It's non-judgmental. No shame. No guilt. No anger. No cause for disgust.

Sinlessness is not a state of being a goodie goodie. It's a state of non-condemnation.

So. What you're onto is seeing your as being cared for, lovable, understood....all by yourself....by yourself. When you love you....you're at your own front doorstep.

That is the destination. That journey becomes, in hindsight, a home...it justifies the bullshit on the way their. It right justifies the journey. It makes it a necessity. If you hadn't done that,  you wouldn't be here now. Everyone eventually wants that.

The cost of that journey and arriving is sharing. You turn your story into your self-expression. And here it is. Your poem. Your dance. Your artform.  Your life. You're on to something....yes.

Figuring out how to muddle through, essentially finding my way to my own doorstep has oftentimes proven a bit more precarious than imagined.... Lol... I guess that's just the truth of life..  
 
It feels much freer having written this one, that's my own personal highlight..  
 
 
*Your thoughts and opinions impact me on such a tremendously awesome scale, RT.. It's a joy to have you visit. 🦋  
 
🌹 - thank you.

I think that perhaps nature on its own would be magical,
but in a different way.

I think that we as humans, most especially as poets/esses,
endow all things with different forms of magic.

I see that in this piece.

This like a woven tapestry of magic,
capped off by the serendipitously captured image.

Another aspect I liked about this
was the idea of someone or something...  

Sort of becoming a concentrated form,
within the self, able to project upon our lives, experiences, objects...  All things.

Like someone/something having
the capacity to be like a guardian angel or a sort of North Star indicator of beauty.

Everything becomes beautiful or more beautiful
because they are in everything.

Nevertheless.

I very much like this piece, B.  

Yes, our varying poetic magic... like fingerprints, it's uniquely beautiful and transformative...  
 
That guardian angel-esque feeling is spot on, C. This felt like an amalgamation of several different people/feelings of loss. My wondering about where we go and if those we've lost have access to us and vice versa.... If they did, would it be blatantly so or would their presence appear in ways uncommon yet startling in their own version of beauty or emotional entanglement...  
   
Yes, essentially realizing that they're all around us... In everything.    
   
Thank you for seeing all that you do... You truly left me awe struck....  
(O' how I love that!)    
   
Much love your way ✨ 💫 ✨    
🌹-💙    
B

Oh... the wonder of this... the reverence of this... it has such a Mary Oliver feel about it... soothing... reminding but not in a preaching way... the cadence is reenforcing... spacing skillful... especially for the powerful echoing orphan line at the end...

Hey there, LilD.  
It's wonderful to see you 🦋  
 
Thank you for the kind words and extremely insightful feedback. Your comments are welcomed (and deeply cherished) learning tools, precious in all that your shared knowledge and experience offers. I appreciate you sharing that wealth with me, dear lady - 💙  I look forward to it, always.  
 
The essence and majority of this piece flowed so fluidly outward, easier than I ever usually expect. That result ended up with me feeling lighter, with weight I hadn't realized I had been carrying, lifted off ... An unexpected bonus, indeed...  

I'm elated you enjoyed  
Always a pleasure, give some pets to Jade from me! 🐶  
 
🌹 - B

Wow, Lady Blue! I love this slice of heaven. All of the images you conjure are familiar,  peaceful and life affirming. I thought about the relationship you have with your Dad and how he is always with you come what may. We've had some beautiful days of late and you've made me recall them with this wonderful stanza,
"Sunshine brightly warming my face  
with a kiss of cool breeze  
hugging it's arms, pulling me in"
Bravissima mia bella BB <3<3<3

Your very astute memory and eye has detected much truth from this piece, my lovely friend 🙏  
 
Hey there, BB!! - 🐰💙🤗💙😘💙🤗💙🐻  
Thank you for taking the time to stop by and for leaving me such heartfelt feedback. It means a lot to me that you were able to identify some of the inspirational intensity from which I derived ink for my pen. It makes me smile fondly thinking that you could feel the love, warmth and tenderness that I had hoped might to evoked in some small way... It's humbling to be so open and truly appreciated. All my warmest regards and deepest gratitude, my dear 🙏  
 
I've missed you and hope each day brings you closer to some of your own sunny days ahead.  
 
Much love sent your way... ✨💫✨  
🌹 - 💙  
B  
Xoxo

Beautiful, So appropriate for Easter coming up (Putting a religious emphasis). As always you are on the cutting edge of writing dynamic poems for dynamic times. Hugs to my special Princess and friend, Oral

Thank you for reading and for the generousity of your insight, my friend 🙏. The religious aspect was unintentional, as I'm not religious in any way... It just came out that way... But I do deeply appreciate your thoughtful comments, there. I can see that pov, too.

I'm delighted that you found resonance and always smiling wide, to see you 🦋
You're always a true highlight and welcomed sight.
🌹 - 💙
xo
B

Hey B:)

This is a reminder for me that he is there. There have been so many times in my life I wonder
if he was. This piece just made me think. I don't always have to know the reason why
or try to make sense of tragic endings. There are good ones too - far more good ones actually.
So thank you for this uplifting read:)

Thank you, Adelphina ☑  
I'm sincerely grateful you found what you needed in reading, as I too consider it uplifting. Oftentimes, I wondered the same way you did ... I now know and feel absolutely certain that I no longer need to wonder.
 
Your thoughts and time invested in reading my little poem really make for such a positive impact upon my morale and inspirational awareness. I cherish that investment and offer my deep thanks and warm regards, dear lady.  
 
It's always a pleasure having you visit 🦋  
You're always welcomed here :)  
🌹 - 💙  
B  

dear BlueVelvete

one can hear the here


very fine po0eming

a warm smile
silent lotus

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Much love and thanks, silent lotus.


Your thoughts are felt deeply and appreciated even more.


Be well and be safe out there.
Much love,
🌹-💙
B

Dear BV,

Breathtaking piece in its solemn and prayerful quality. It’s comforting to know others feel the presence around them of those who’ve gone on. I’m lost without that, otherwise I feel like what’s the point? This is such an ethereal write that’s as engaging as it is soothing. Really loved it.
H🌷

Dear H,
Your beautifully written feedback has me awed and wonderfully appreciative.

It's such a reward itself, to receive your high praise and positivity. I am delighted you felt a soothing essence. That warms me from head to toe.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me, I'm honored, dear lady.
🌹 - 💙
B

How truly lovely. And loving.   When they say "Rest in peace", I think it actually applies to the survivors. Because it takes so long to achieve that .

What a wonderful moment you shared with us here...

Thanks for the always thoughtful and deeply appreciated kindness of your feedback, S.

I've been in a weird place recently and the generousity of what you left me with... In saying what you have, has made me feel a little more whole... a little more centered, within.
Much obliged for that.

I hope you are doing well.

Warm regards and vast appreciation,
🌹 B

This read so reminds me of the first time I heard Santana’s Caravanserai and read a little about Paramahansa Yogananda, who was called the “father of Yoga in the West”.

I really enjoyed this feedback, JM.
It's amazingly cool that your memory was sparked by my little poem to be reminded of such great music, that's an incredible compliment. I'm so glad you could feel it!

I thank you for the visit and for leaving me your thoughts!
🌹 - 💙
B

There is something that's not just magical but also extremely emotionally in depth. Then it's complimented with that photo...Truly amazing work.
Good luck in the comp.

Hey there, W
Your comments are a welcomed uplift, today. I you for sharing your thoughts and such kind words with me.

It's lovely to know that you felt that depth of feeling and I'm incredibly grateful for that feedback.

Be well and be safe out there, my friend 🙏
🌹 - 💙
B

This is very powerful work. I get many angles the refrain really works.

Your viewpoint is something I cherish and respectfully look forward to, so this feedback really hits home with a bit of pride for me. Thank you for that... :) (it's not my usual takeaway!)  

I'm beyond delighted that you see multiple nuanced angles of thought... I had hoped (or tried my best) to be able to convey that concept ... Didn't quite think I got there... but maybe... Lol.

I deeply appreciate the RL nod...🙏

Hope you are hanging in there, my dear friend.
I adore seeing you 🦋
🌹 - B

Wow! Just wow! .... It's amazingly beautiful n soothing to the heart... My God, I simply love it! Do you use a pen or a magic wand? You are a magician... I'm so mesmerized by this masterpiece of yours...  
And lovely pic... Beautiful capture

All the very best for the comp, dear Poetess... You deserve to win! 🥰🌹

Ohhh my!! (deep blushes) You're far too kind and generous with such unbelievably thoughtfulness words and impactful opinions. I'm like a deer in headlights! 🤯😮😁

To mesmerize, is like a dream come true for me, indeed. That's one of the best compliments I've ever had, thank you. I'm beyond excited and touched that you found such joy and beauty while reading, dear lady ✨
My heart skips a beat!!

I take your lovely well wishes and hold them close and dear.

It's a pleasure, always.
Much love & loads of beautiful poetry your way ✨
🌹 - 💙
xo

—B

this is so expressively endearing... memories are the core of remembrance and in moments we think we're breaking we're doing just that...remembering love....beautiful piece

Your thoughtfulness is felt via such kind comments. Thank you for sharing them with me. It's moving and wholly motivational to feel like I've been able to convey a bit of beauty out into the world.

I believe the essence of love IS wrapped in every single layer of those precious memories, indeed.

It's nice to meet you and I'm so glad you decided to visit.
All my warmest regards and appreciation - 🙏
🌹 - 💙
-B

my pleasure to come across you, following

This is so beautiful, tangible its simplicity, peaceful, and the form enhances it with an extra touch, really nice :)

Thanks for these lovely thoughts, PR
I'm incredibly sorry I missed them until now.

I'm beyond delighted that you found some beauty and peace within this particular piece. It was such a viscerally realm moment for me that I am fortunate to have been able to very closely write it out as it felt.

Warmest regards
and best wishes,
🌹 - B

so sad to me in a way

me too....


Thanks, James

🌹 💙