the sigh that drives
everything
desire
is simply desire
& here we reach
for each other, welcoming
our bridge of words
and silence
mirroring the draw
between atoms
echoing the loneliness of God
for Adam
the want of earth
to hold everything near
the same arms
she stretches to the moon, beckoning
as the sun calls her softly
into a loosely patterned dance
equally yearning
but distant
Susan Daniels Poetry 
great poem – and love your new background
Thanks, Kyle! The doodling on the side is something I did in Paint while on hold–thought it kind of looked like abstract stained glass 🙂
its cool and i loved stained glass
Thanks much! I have always had a love of of that media, myself 🙂
I have often wished my hands could create what my mind sees–but I am glad my voice can say what the mind hears, so not complaining (too much, anyway!).
HA! no comment
OK, I looked at the SG on your blog, CANNOT tell what it is behind that window. Crap. I am OBLIVIOUS.
There’s fascination in tiny things in this.
Oh, Seb–there is a fascination in tiny things in quite a bit of the poetry on this blog–I like to take poetry past the molecular level often 🙂
I’m falling behind; just read your last six post. Are you always this prolific? Enjoyed them all but was problemly drawn to “When to listen” the most; so true. My favorite line was “her mud skin dries in lines tracing alpahbets I don’t read” from “stone deaming”…all are deserving of more of my time and consideration…I will do better. Leo
Aw, Leo–I am prolific, but unusually so this week because I took the notebook down to my creek two days in a row (always a huge source of inspiration for me, sitting by the water, just being). You just happened to catch me on a really, really busy writing week. I usually do half of that, I think… 🙂
I’m going to have to step up my game!
🙂
So soft; beautiful.
“our bridge of words
and silence”
Thanks, Danny!
That is an absolutely fabulous piece of poetry. Stunning in fact!! 😉
Oh, my. Thank you. Perhaps I need to write more poetry while listening to “Lacrimosa” from Mozart’s Requiem, then 🙂
Had to listen to the whole thing–I rarely get classical music ear worms, but I had to listen to that today 🙂
I’m sorry…lol. I want to tell you how beautiful this is…and it is…but I’m stuck between a bridge and stained glass. Sigh the sigh
soft silent peaceful sigh… enjoying your writing alot this week
Audra–thanks so much 🙂
are you better with paper and pen or keyboard and electric ink?
Actually, I go both ways (with writing, that is 🙂 ). Comes down to what’s handy. Paper and pen at the creek, and the keyboard if the PC is on and accessible. I find my writing to be more “alive” if I pen and ink it first, though. How about you?
laughing oh you witty gal 🙂
It has been a long time since I have written with pen. I might try it again..but that would mean I would actually have to admit to purposely writing..
I have a notebook by the bed, one in the car, and one in my purse (teeny one). I do not always have a pen, though, and that caused some irritation at the beach one day this summer, until I figured out how to write short notes on my Kindle to catch an image.
I just keep it all in my head… for now
Oh, my head is a very crowded place, and I misplace images if I don’t jot them down. So, for now, at least, I am a slave to that twist of the mind that sees or hears a poem as I go through my day, and I like to jot the images down before they fade away as I butter toast or vacuum, LOL.
The yearning is so visible in your words … loved the piece !!!
Thank you, 🙂
Desire is fascinating, I wrote something about it and will share it later but I love this piece because I have never heard desire expressed this way.
Joe–thanks for liking–can’t wait to see you take!
So beautiful, so evocative. I like the bibical allusion.
Thank you, Celestine!