A Poem for Thursday

The knots around my heart loosen and my love falls around you
like rain that finally slips from the tight grip of the gray clouds above.
What I leave here in the muddy soil of my silence is the forceful pushing
of arms that have forgotten how to embrace, arms that can't remember
what it feels like to hold the soft spiny humanity of another soul.
What I take with me as I turn towards colors that break the sky in two
is a place inside the center of my chest, open and spacious with
no land mines and no barbed wire fences, a place large enough
to hold the resistance of both me and you, wide enough to contain
all the mistakes we've whispered when the other turned away,
deep enough to let forgiveness puddle at our feet and seep into
the ground discovering our roots.  The knots around my heart loosen
and I invite you in, taking your hand as you leave your fear
at the door to be washed by the eager hands of
the afternoon rain.

Comments

[daisies]

beautiful ...

[January]

Love this poem, and these lines especially:

" ... wide enough to contain
all the mistakes we've whispered when the other turned away,
deep enough to let forgiveness puddle at our feet and seep into
the ground discovering our roots."

[JanePoe (aka Deborah)]

Your poetry about relationships is always so vivid and powerful. Love this piece. xx, JP/deb

[melody is slurping life]

sigh* and the photo is gorgeous.

[Dreamy]

Reading these strings of words is like listening to beautiful music that you wish never would end.

[liz elayne]

holy shit michelle...these words...wow, wow, wow.
beautiful truth...thank you for sharing this...thank you.

[Soulless]

I've relished the fluidity of this piece, with the accompanying tenderness of tone. The lines quoted by the previous commenter, Bee, are also the lines that linger well in my mind. ^_^ Thank you.

Cheers.

[bee]

this is beautiful. i love that line,
"a place large enough
to hold the resistance of both me and you,"

i love your poetry.