Now... by inches
Just in the nick of time!
I almost could not believe my feelings today
I felt loved
by this visitor.
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soft as a whisper,
you come over to me
And you sit down beside me.
“Sugar” you said
“How does that make you feel?”
“Hummmm” I said, you started braiding my hair.
My grandmother could not have done a better job
when then
You pulled me back and began to rock me.
I did not have a sting of tears but I wanted them.
Just for that moment when
Page numbers flipped to eternity
the use of a line someone else told me
in a cafe..
born it seemed right then..
but it wasn’t
it was from my files
stolen it seemed
something about the earth
I had time I thought.
No rush,
Find the feeling of Now.
Anyway you know how that feels
And you know how that ends
Could be there was a trade wind of
Growth
And fate was generous to you both
You read my mind and began to rub my back
Your hands are so amazing
I wish you would come everyday and not just
These turning points in my life.
You snickered a sweet knowing laugh
I felt I knew why but the stories with
You never stick they just explode from
One minute to the next full of feelings
A lucky piñata with goodies that last forever!
What a peek into the unknown
Your visits are.
You got up and held me once more
You felt like you were just about 4 inches taller
But the last time it was one foot.
I measured.. remember?
No need to take out the rule of
measured belief
This time I ‘knew’
I was catching up
To Me.
Linaji 2009
rodeorose
You are never alone…none of us are. Open your heart with courage and see.
xx
linaji replied
Tis so true Rodeorose.. what a lovely name!! teehee..just got it!!
Vasile Stan
“What a peek into the unknown
Your visits are.”
...Is it really possible what you talk about?
linaji replied
So strong about one hour ago.. I closed my eyes after being witness to my life and my fate.. I felt arms and smiles and I felt the Me in me.. x
Nascha
Really Lina….I am so hooked on your every word…..I will need rehab if I ever have to stop reading your writing!! xxxx
linaji replied
JANE… YOU just crack me up.. I adore you.. I am so so loving this face and feeling.. you really have been writing ‘wonderment’ verse.. I am honored!!
BiographyofRed8
I really love the last few lines.. catching up to you, I can’t really believe you need to catch up, seeing you seem to be wise in your self knowledge, without inches.. it is interesting I was thinking of an actual being visiting you, not an earthly one, so the ending caught me by surprise!!
linaji replied
Well.. you are very close.. it is my higher self that visits now and again.. I feel like when I do meet up with me.. there is a magical impasse of feelings that fit.
A State of Being that massages my insides.. xxx
Philosophy Lee
“A lucky piñata with goodies that last forever!”
I Love this thought Lina! :)
linaji replied
Hi Lee!! Me too.. I made this with my eyes closed and my fingers on the keyboard…xxx
RosaCobos
What did it come to my mind?
“Alice in Wonderland”.....of course!
Inches of more or less…coping with visitors, that are sliding under the door cracks.
Any one entering and then…plaff!
the soul start to demand, to ask, to contact, to touch, to feel, to intend, to proof, to taste, to meditate, to ruminate….as if thousand holes of pecuaiarities would emerge from up till now…a calm morning.
The visitor…of course…he came to do as intended… softly get into your pores, and may be your bed, and may be… your…..
And the souls dwellings are shriking and gianting….like madness….
mmmm….....so good.
Rosa (unrestful…kisses)
linaji replied
Omg.. you so got it wow.. I love this analogy.. Rosa.. I will answer you later your bm.. I am sorry.. and feel like I need to write you long.. I am busy this am with ART Appointment.. I have a lovely patron whom I shall see and dine with.. I am excited as to finance this show I am to have next month was left to the Wonder indeed of this Life!! xxxx
Kristin Reynolds
gorgeous story and emotions held within…beautiufl, lina! I love love love having my hair played with/brushed/stroked, mmm, makes me sleepy just thinking about that kind of peace. :) awesome, love, K R!
erich biemer
this is so full with the flow of life….....
lianne
This is my favorite of everything you have ever written, Lina. It touches something elemental in me, as if you have just exposed the deepest core truth of not only who YOU are but who WE are, who we are meant to be – creatures who learn to love themselves, be tender with themselves. I just left a comment about that on someone else’s work but I should have come here first – your poem would have been a far more memorable and beautifully expressed lesson. I cannot really ever tell you just exactly how much I love this from you.
linaji replied
what is interesting is this part of me that seems to visit .. and I do mean in an almost literal fashion.. comes to me at a time when I ‘looks like’ I should be sad or jealous or pissed. It is the part of me that keeps calling me forth to, as you say, ‘love ones self’. There are elements that I see and discover about human nature I find… instead of shitty.. fascinating.
I could not see like this unless I was totally connected. Yesterday was very special.. I saw.. all day long, and I am not kidding..everywhere, on a town clock on my phone in my auto.. .. 1:11 4:44 and 5:55.. all at odd times.. when I was going to call someone and just had some sort of smilely epiphany.. all day! lolol So when I came home and saw that some of my life was being replayed in a different setting.. I was
all fuzzy and calm and cool. and still today I feel this.. (if I did not have this ‘higher sense’ it would have stabbed me straight up.. hence..this odd feeling of total detachment was actually Love. (I even feel better this morning about our politic.. still a tough one for me.)
I did not have a sting of tears but I wanted them.
Just for that moment when
Page numbers flipped to eternity
the use of a line someone else told me
in a cafe..
born it seemed right then..
but it wasn’t
it was from my files
stolen it seemed
something about the earth
So you Nailed it COMPLETE.. your string of understanding to me has been honed by your journey.. I appreciate you so much Lianne. you know not much has changed between except I feel more we are walking side by side and laughing more at this folly..
Smiles.. you are right.. this was sync with your piece and mine and our reaction to them!! lolol
Cherubtree
Love it Lina…brings back so many memories I have forgotten..:-)
linaji replied
Cherub.. this is what happens when our selves visit our
‘SELVES’ teehee..xoxoxoxo
kenspics
Enter into the inner ….and wow,.it’s sometimes awesome to find out that we actually DO measure up to the ruler we measure our lives by!!! Awesome work as always linaji!!!!
linaji replied
OH KEN. you are so very perceptive.. and I adore you so dang much!! appreciate your view I do!
devotee1
So wonderful as we come to the great peace inside of us, which transforms into peace and love all around us. Beautiful read, Lina. Amazing write! xox
linaji replied
Thanks so much Joe.. this was a bit on the cusp of a very big realization that came a few days later.. this is laced with a bit of anger.. but I find when One Puts It OUT.. this amazing thing we do Joe.. write.. gives the space for the ‘stuffs’ of the HIGHER SELF… to seep in as there is room to accept.. Love you.. enjoyed reading your work this am.. really made my morning.xx
Jack Grace
A lucky piñata indeed, we are catching up!
linaji replied
Jack.. I love when I miss stuff. My feature brought me back here and I see you.. and love you.
JUSTART
great writing Lina ! x
linaji replied
Hi Just.. I am happy.. this is a good week!
Marion Chapman
ooh, this one is full of reflections, real and surreal and hurtful and loving – lots of juxtapositions – just like life.
love it!!
linaji replied
Oh Marion.. this has got go be one of my fav comments on my poems from you.. Bless that pink sweet icon!!
Keith Reesor
Extraordinary!! :)
TeriLee
WOW….very insightful….a wonderous journey as with you it always is…
and this..
Page numbers flipped to eternity
the use of a line someone else told me
in a cafe..
born it seemed right then..
but it wasn’t
it was from my files
stolen it seemed
something about the earth
Your own words can sometimes be strong enough to become a part of anothers heart so much so that they never knew it happened….that’s the power of being Linaji huh?
Wonderful writing my sweetest of friends…the emotion and gentleness of finding you…letting go…moving on…moving in…so tastefully done :)xoxoxoxo
KEITH R. WILL...
excellence
hsien-ku
your words carry the scent of vanilla and cloves. like a memory of magic, or a fragment of an old song half-forgotten. i am at a loss for words.
linaji replied
you are never at loss for words.. cause your entire being is made up of such delicious images you are lucky you have the wherewithall to match ‘words’ to them.. I am completely honored!! and fargen late!
Judi Taylor
It is fortunate that you can feel yourself coming back to you. Many of us do not or cannot understand just what that feels like and what it means. Today, after reading this I am now longing to come back to myself, just as you have … in whatever measure. I will work on that.
Thank you, Lina.
autumnwind
I must agree with Judi above. I need to work on that myself. Your ability to express your experience so beautifully is profound. What an incredible talent you are, especially to affect others in doing so. Overwhelmed. love, shar xoxoxo
RosaCobos
Because…...
This poem well deserves it…..because.
Rosa
linaji replied
I AM SOOOOOOOO HONORED.. THANKS ROSA DARLING!!!
Songwriter
Once again, I am sooo moved by your expression of a moment which seems to hold you and nurture you and let you go. And you touch others who can identify with what you experience. You are an amazing person. :0) Song
JUSTART
great to hear that Lina !
Don’t let it go :)