Glimmers of Soul

I apologize for not posting anything sooner. Graduate school takes up a lot of my time and I am in the middle of a tidal wave of assignments at the moment. But I wanted to take today to post a couple of poems that came to me randomly over the last few weeks.

That's what I love about poetry. It is so spontaneous and true. I don't have to think about poetry much. Typically the first line will come to me and I immediately start writing or typing on my phone. Inspiration comes to me in many ways. A beautiful day, a tear-jerking song, or just a really special someone on my mind that day.

I titled this post glimmers of soul because I really believe I am a writer to my core. Nothing brings me greater joy than seeing words flow on a page. It is a part of me. So often I doubt myself and wonder if I am really cut out to make a career out of this, but then a poem pours from my fingertips and I am reminded that this is a gift I have been blessed with.

This is what makes me happy and full. I want other people to read my words and feel what I feel when I write them or create their own feelings from them. It honestly doesn't matter to me. This is my passion and my purpose and I want so badly to create and inspire someday. So please enjoy these simple poems from my complicated mind.

As always, happy reading friends.

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Come to me

Amidst the smoke and ash

Beyond the sea and sky

Let me hold you close

As our shadows dance in the moonlight

As our hearts create a drumbeat of life

Carry me

Through tumultuous tears and valleys

Let me guide you up the mountain

As you tame the waves of my soul

Waves of darkness but shimmers of gold

Tear down my walls of stone

I feel your touch in my sleep

Dreams of conquest and wonder

It terrifies me

A numbing feeling that somehow sparks every nerve

I treasure you

For all flaws and worry

I know you’ll come for me

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I caught a glimpse of you in my dreams

A wisp of feeling that was gone as soon as I sensed it

I long for that shiver down my spine again

That flutter in my stomach where a thousand butterflies call their home

That sweet whisper in my ear saying I love you darling girl

Oh that warmth of sound and joy

Like a flame so bright I feel as though I may burst

What a magnificent startle

Can you join me again tonight?

Where we rise the dust coming off the stars

And sweep past the light of the moon

Anything is possible in my fantasy

Of hearing your voice once again