Poet. Writer. Photographer.
I’ll keep the faith,
I’ll hold onto hope,
keep my eye on the light
and the hidden holes.
Don’t want to turn
any more wrong ways,
been searching too long,
I’m ready to stay
right here with you
no matter the world;
we’ll see Love through,
we’ll break the spells,
chancellors of all
that’s good and pure and true,
we’ll bring it out,
stay beautiful.
Let’s keep the faith;
He’ll see us through.
Let’s find more light
and share it, too.
Poem and image ©LauraDenise
choking vine pierces
peering into window pains
drains the last color
ember of strength flares
colors of chested dreams surge
from the inside paints
momentum floods up
the courage to turn away
and spread self-love’s wings
the greatest fear yet
overcome when exposing
the heart once again
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My heart was open.
I think it always was,
which makes it so susceptible
to feeling too much
the lack of love,
the layers of loss.
My heart was open
when you came along.
Lucky, I was.
But I know you were led.
The same light as mine
has found me
again.
Poem and images ©LauraDenise
Still as silhouetted dragonfly wings
is all that used to swirl restlessly in me.
I hold my breath and so does the breeze;
we both stop time for centuries.
The secrets from the ancient flier
can only be imparted in complete silence;
any ripple in the universe jeopardizes
this which is rarely achievable in this life.
Perhaps this is my umpteenth time…
I recently had a supreme spiritual moment;
not now, but when I was again freshly broke open,
my soul exposed again to worldly poisons
and decades-rotten ingested false notions.
It is only in these complete ruptures, it seems,
can the bad get out and God restitch the seams.
Perhaps it is true that the rock bottoms are needed
to unclench the fist and open the palm for receiving.
I was mended with light again by His own loving hand.
And inside me, this time, another something planted.
I feel it in the silhouetted dragonfly wings suspended,
except I think it is me that it and the breeze are sensing.
I feel our connectedness,
the same serenity seeds inside of us.
It’s hard to go back to the way it was
when gratitude, which I’ve always had,
are blooms in such surplus shooting up.
Poem and images ©LauraDenise
gold heralds the sun
rising waves always awake
leap up for the kiss
..and so I feel
in our everyday blessing,
in each “Good morning, princess,”
in the dreamy reality of
love’s soulful, soothing
bliss
Overcasting the heart,
the plagued cloud
drew color and life;
eruption ensued,
torn from the burst
deep inside.
The salt rained
on the open wounds.
The gray swooped in,
attempted final ruin.
But a survivor returned
from his own
near entombment,
kissed petal lips
to restore the hues,
and love rushed in again
to ignite the blooms,
imbued with goodness
the only truth.
The excess overflowed,
flooded the world,
infused each connecting branch,
bled the colors to combat
all hopelessness.
The gray cloud retreated.
Only depression was depleted.
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love. (1 John 4:7-8)
We love because he first loved us. (1 John 4:19)
There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment, and so one who fears is not yet perfect in love.
(1 John 4:18)
To have no fear in love
is to have total faith,
but sometimes my heart leaks,
so exquisitely, I feel
the break.
When the darkness comes
and I feel alone,
I must always hang on
and trust
you will find your way back
home;
even when I am certain
I have ruined His plan,
I must believe He’ll mend it
once again.
Poem and images ©LauraDenise
I am a mix of classic,
old soul, timeless,
monochromatic,
black-and-white
nostalgic,
dreams suspended,
cared for, frozen
in time
to thaw,
hopeless romantic,
most faithful
disciple
of hope
and love,
but also from my core
seeps light and color,
the desire to bleed out
the excess,
emptying,
unable to harbor;
outwardly, it overflows
a constant flood of emotion.
Few are able to sustain
that much ebbless influx
from a misplaced
ocean.
Poem and images ©LauraDenise
A petal shell, dried and fragile,
colorless, ready to detach.
Another wilted, drooping
in response, also giving
in.
Hopelessness.
Except
love nourishes, can always win,
just needs
more than waiting on the wind;
love needs help
for love is not always enough.
Love needs lovers
to rise up.
Love then can touch,
surround in green and blooms,
grow the heart,
heal the wounds.
I’ll harness the setting sun,
and feed it
to you.
It’s my turn
to be strong.
Hang on, my love.
Love with nourish us through.
So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
(1 Corinthians 13:13)
Love never fails.
(1 Corinthians 13:8)
I bring you the sun,
beauty too,
sought after it,
left the window view.
It’s all I can do.
I hope it is enough
to remind you
how much
you are
loved.
I bring you the light
and the white flowers
and the glow from my soul
that you ignited.
I bring you the rays
across the ocean,
a beacon to grab onto
to keep you surfaced,
to dispel the shadows
deep down inside,
to ignite the ember
and restore the fire.
I’ll bring you me too
in person
soon enough
and keep myself lit
for your touch,
and through my kiss,
you will be restored,
my healing breath
upon your flesh, warm.
But for now,
I bring you the sun
through your window
to lure you up.
Come outside, my love.
Let Mother Nature hug.
