In between each breath
There in that space… I am
See me in
That moment before ink touches paper
… I exist
Where sleep wins over
Tired eyelids
In the letting go…. I’m already there
Feel my words
When the flakes of snow
Are just about to caress the ground
… There I shall abound
I promise to never part
Even after goodbyes
A kaleidoscope of memories
Sprints across my eyes
Realizing all that was
Each and every moment
Living and dying all at once
The essence of right now
Surfaces so clearly
As I remember
What seems to be yesterday
There is nothing to grasp
There is simply
The letting go
Being present
As every second dances away from me
Yet paints a beautiful memory
Let the sky become a canvas
Your breath a song
And create it with blissful ness
As I close my eyes
And I am grateful
Dare you ask
How to describe love
Like asking about the taste of water
Or the scent of a thousand rose beds
It can only be experienced
With all its suffering
Torment
It’s end
And zeal
Do not ask me of its meaning
I only
Want to know more
Let a thousand past lovers
Point me to you beloved
Bring me fulfillment
With your whispering touch
Having thought I had known
The sweetness of caress
Oh let me smile
In wonder now
with each of your affections
Upon my soul
Excerpt from my latest and soon to be released poetry book, “Redeemed (A Collection of Poems)”. #thelover #newpoem
I have planted you
In every place I’ve gone
In hopes you blossom
Be it in another’s earth
To have held you close
A memory for lifetimes to come
Fill up every void
Defining love and loss
Birth and death
Blurring lines in its disobedience
Lawless in action
Wanton spirit to explain
How we did hold the sun and moon
When our embrace created breath
I still inhale you
Envious the rose became
Interchangeable
All the same
Buried you in the air I breathe
This is how I’ve set you apart
Forever
Tell me
You’ll pray with me
That God will be first in all we do
And when you see me on my knees
Thankful in tears
That you’ll join beside me
Bow your head as I do
Whisper sweet nothings
In my creators ears
Where it becomes everything
And from there
Our love can blossom
With the promise of today
Tomorrow
What was
washed away
As his hands touch ours
This will be our courting season
Not Netflix and chill
But Scripture and prayers
Tell me this is you
And every mistake before you
Shall be erased
Tell me
That moment
Right before
Where anticipation
Brings warmth
That is where
I want you
Forever
I can smile
And know
That yes there was a moment
When our hands binded as one
And the fragrance of breeze
Made fantasy actual
There wasn’t any need
For sustenance as food
As we existed from loves nectar
It was there
I vowed protector
And as it were
Through the years
Emptied from such duty
Only did a shell remain
And what was love
Withered in dust
It is said
It’s better to have loved
Than to never have loved before
I evoke curses upon
The barer of such a scourge
That with its departure
Left remnants of a heart
I found a space
Between the in and out
Restriction holding no obligation
Where I could finally lay my anguish
There and only there I’m to know
Rest once more
Evading Mara
The tempter iblis
The armies of destitution
I shall recover what was lost
Coming full circle
Facing myself
Clutching dark
To discover light
Discerning this moment from that juncture
Setting free it’s cause and effect
And finding deliverance
Breaking the stronghold
Of disillusion
I will form a treaty
Within Ego and heaven
It is there that I will treasure me
Anew
Separate from all I know and knew
In between every breath
I found a space
Axel Garcia 