shadow-pen's poetry

For someone who felt very down & troubled today. I hope this will help lift your spirits. God has given us the spirit with wings to soar, Into the spacious firmanent of love and freedom. In us, we carry our hearts, our sighs, our breaths and our smiles. It would a pity for us to cut our wings with... Sign in to see full entry.

How many ways shall I name you? Subtle, clever, witty, distinct in likes and dislikes? You love, yet shows choice in your love; You observe conventions, yet you are not bound by them; You notice everything, yet you do not show yourself fully; You are elusive by nature, yet shows tenderness and... Sign in to see full entry.

In many ways shall I remember thee, by thy sweet voice and what thou manifest; yet rare doth thee show thy veiled quality, it ebbs and flows only at thy behest. Oft did thy will defeat the process of time, sought love and comfort to the eternal; Whilst thy will and mine did not always rhyme, it... Sign in to see full entry.

When you speak, your voice Fills the world with enchanting music? W hen you smil e, the sun finds it Hard to compete with your radiance? W hen you blink your beautiful eyes, The world around you pauses for the moment? W hen you open your kind heart, Everyone sees the warmth that's inside? W hen you... Sign in to see full entry.

I do not demand thy life, only that, I seek the truth of thy love. Endless quests to fill my soul, praying that, I might grow from part to whole. Far beyond all winding roads, finding that, our dreams are but heavy loads. Sought life's purpose of our being, knowing that, time might not be all... Sign in to see full entry.

The saga thusfar" Hatshepsut, The only woman Pharoah,left Egypt on an expedition to the east and left her lover,Senmut behind. The Parting was at the Nile river. Thousands of years later, he returns to the exact same spot, having waited all these years for her homecoming. He had received disturbing... Sign in to see full entry.

THE PARTING...(Part One) The royal barque rocked lazily from side to side Without a sound, As the hour of parting neared, Nearby an ibis cried While the midday heat seared; We stood on the banks of the appointed river Of seventh heaven, Awaiting the rising of the tide, Nearby palm trees quiver While... Sign in to see full entry.

A Kiss upon thy cheek! Please take my kiss upon thy cheek! And, in parting from thee seek, The truth that thy do not deem, My days with thee was but a dream. Yet if hope has flown far, far away, Leaving memories of thee everyday, In a vision, and all we see or seem, Are we just a dream within a... Sign in to see full entry.

My dearest friend, though you are distant, my love for you rages like a tempest through every fibre in my being. But i sigh in silence, as i find myself in the silent shrine of your heart. I would be happy to have lived for a moment in the sphere of your affection; So perhaps i should not try to... Sign in to see full entry.

How oft do i feel the hunger for freedom from thy love's chains, or is it pains; resist the conflicting chaos in my being i do not fear, nor shed a tear; the more i find thee extraordinary thou art my star, no less by far; and if i find what is that freedom, ultimately i cease to dream, and swim... Sign in to see full entry.