Only snow knows
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! Creative Writing & Poetry !, "Poetry and Beautiful Women" , All Out Emotion, Core [C.O.R.E], Creative, Talented, and Unknown, The Art of Pain, The beauty of poetry, THE DIVINE FEMININE, THE SISTERHOOD and Vibration in Art and Verse - VAVoom!...the way
of my love.
The calling of the familiar;
how it glides,
waiting tears brimming
from it’s cusp towards
the needy earth
yearning
to be siphoned,
to become one with,
and nothing to,
the black unfiltered
soil
and back again
by way of mist,
secretly climbing spring arbors
fluent
in the language of wild roses,
yet rendered dumb if noticed
by the eyes of clouds;
(keeping the confidence of sun)
flakes of self falling upwards,
transposed into the ether
that bore them, cold;
systematically perfect,
(are we not all perfect for our purpose?)
falling gently or striking furiously
upon the winds
of another’s journey.
Only snow knows where i’ve been,
the beds i’ve nurtured;
only snow
and every silent touch upon numb skin,
crystals upon crystals echoing ages
of unwritten beauty
could ever hold
my love
as
it
was
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© Kristin Reynolds 3 09
linaji
Oh Dearest Kristin.. I am glad I have taken time this mornin to be here at RB.. your interplay of your feelings best describing your state of existence through snow and thus describing it’s nature is quite breathtaking.
Kristin Reynolds replied
thank you, Lina! xo
bill bell
That was breathtaking, you amaze me so early on a Saturday :) You got a way with words K-Bird I was floating on this one.
Kristin Reynolds replied
So glad to hear you had a nice float yesterday am, B-Monk. :)
thanks, hun. xo
cosimopiro
Kristin, this is so profound. I am awe struck by your images. Beautifully captured in a snowflake
is a story that continues forever more through the ages. This is as it is intended….I love it. It has moved me out of my body to quite a mystical state. You sometimes creep up from behind and astound me.
Kristin Reynolds replied
Wow, thank you cos! what a comment, you honor me, thank you, sir. xo
Trenchtownrock
Wonderful writing my friend..words dripping with beauty.
Kristin Reynolds replied
Thanks, Chris. :)
erich biemer
(sigh)
Kristin Reynolds replied
Thanks for the soft exhale, Erich. lol :)
Erika .
oh my K….I am floating and gliding through this one. My mind is humming, if that makes sense :) xxx
Kristin Reynolds replied
Oh, yes, that makes every sense. You have got to love the hum. thanks, girly, that means alot to me. xo :)
bluewhite
are we not all perfect for our purpose? a gem!
Kristin Reynolds replied
Thanks, Lin! xo
autumnwind
the snow, and you. sigh, is right. breathtaking beauty. you are so wise. xoxoxo
Kristin Reynolds replied
Thanks, Lady Shar. you are always filled with love. xoxo
Jane17
this poem is so touching, and true. Your imagery and metaphors of natural forces says so much about the learning the process of love. I think the entire poem works really well, but these lines stood out for me:
Only snow knows where i’ve been,
the beds i’ve nurtured;
the metaphor says a lot about how we can’t always judge progress, it is written in the transient forces of nature. also like the beginning of poem and tears falling towards dark soil-the water cycle of our humanity.. beautiful piece.
Kristin Reynolds replied
Thank you, Jane. I love you taking the time to dig deep into the poetry. :)
JRGarland
I am in awe at the beauty and wonderment of this precious piece. The images it provides is out of this world. Well done indeed.
Kristin Reynolds replied
Thank you, JR, I’m so happy you liked it. :)
Shelly Hiebert
Wow…..your words are magic Kristin and filled my mind with many thoughts and images. Fantastic work :)
Kristin Reynolds replied
Hey, MB girl. :) I’m so glad.
come back anytime, lady. xo
Cassidy JK (Ra...
Beauty and grace, like the silence of falling snow in the dark. Love the ending and how you wrote it visually.
Kristin Reynolds replied
thanks, Cass. xo
RobynLee
Beautiful! I love your use of language & Metaphor & the way you wrote the ending.
Kristin Reynolds replied
Thank you, Robyn! :)
JaneSolomon
Truly beautiful. xx
Kristin Reynolds replied
Thanks, beautiful, Jane! xo
Lisa Jewell
full of beauty and grace
a poem to caress the senses…
you are a sheer delight my darling xoxo
Kristin Reynolds replied
As are you, my dear one.
xo
thank you. :)
hsien-ku
we are all perfect for our purpose – but, like you, i reject such a purpose. i choose love instead – though the moon may pursue me, i will keep him at bay with my strategic stillness, and try to gaze without flinching into the face of love as it was intended. beautiful kristin!
Kristin Reynolds replied
And therein lay the paradox we have set before us at the table of All and Everything, where all the guests are dead.
Strategic stillness…exactly. standing strong in the face of a hurricane while wearing the barely audible smile of a mountaintop monk.
thanks, E.F
xo
wigs
Kristin Reynolds replied
Thank you, Wigs! yay!!!
I am honored, lady, thank you hun! xo
Christie Moses
So truly beautiful, spritual and full of magic….K you are so amazing. I am always in awe. I curtsey low…
xoxo
Kristin Reynolds replied
Aww, thanks, hun. xoxo
raymondoantonio
CONGRATS AND BELLISSIMO KRISTIN!!! UTTERLY BEAUTIFUL!!! XO
Kristin Reynolds replied
Thank you, as always, Raymondo!
Skypilot
And truly you embody the perfection held in every flake of snow my dear. Your heart of crystal shall grace the windswept fields of eternity…and the spring i once held so dear shall now bring only tears…of your loss
Kristin Reynolds replied
this is beautiful and so sad.
what loss?
Jonathan Sloat
Love it! alot!!!
Kristin Reynolds replied
thanks, Jonathan!