The Love Letters: Letter #8
“At the touch of Love everyone becomes a poet”
- Plato
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LETTER #8: Even In The Darkness (2/2)
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Between the moment Julie slept and the moment Temi awakened,
there was a little piece of forever.
In that peaceful piece of forever, words were exchanged.
Words that hearts say to each other that mouths cannot speak.
Whispered in the delicate silence of darkness and sleep.
Words that can only be listened to carefully,
with the ear of a heartbeat.
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Her Heart
by
Once,
I broke myself apart to let you in
And you now reside
below rib
Tucked into heart-tissue
Like a piece of shrapnel that hurts more
when taken out
than its first pierce
I parted with all sense
for a piece of you
Made home in a heart
I clumsy-walked into.
Set down roots in your arms
Mastering each note of your heartbeat,
I gave love your name
Feeling it lightly on my tongue.
I am loving you in my mother’s tongue
With the ebony of my skin,
the hard of my bones
the distill of my spirit.
For you I am see-through
You can hold me up against the light
to see you spelt all over me
You are putting me together
like paper mâché
Loving me into completeness.
Still,
You leave a flutter-fly in my belly
A curve on my lips
Lightning down my spine
With a kiss my lips have learnt
A thousand times over
There is a rumor in our sheets
About the way your fingers carve a fantasy into my skin.
So when life says no
I trace the catalogue of our love affair
With a palm to your chest
I whisper:
You are the reason between
the soft of my lip
and the quick of my heart beat
You were the rhythm
My heart beat to
Before my lips knew the words.
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His heart
by
I stood on the threshold of glory
In the darkness all I saw was you
like the never-ending story of how we first met
you are my favorite love song
like batter for a cupcake, you are the foundation of my soul
Sitting at the bank of the river with my acoustic guitar
Strumming the sea breeze as I paused in wonder
We have lived our lives and made the earth a playlist
for the trees to dance to, and for the animals to make love with
It is no wonder I cannot get enough
the effect of your touch
the warmth of your kisses
the salve of your words
on my skin, coursing through my being
healing for my wounds, you gave me a name
Love,
for without you I’m nothing
broken to heal, I only truly breathe in your essence
to live, to be, to exist for a reason
I am drowning in your grace and soothed by your words
I would rather be lost than be without you
It is beautiful music our love makes
Your heart sings more beautifully than Erykah Badu
than Regina Spektor, than Alicia Keys
You own the keys to my heart
These keys and notes the world hears
Will send a message loud and clear
with C flat, A, G, E and D minor we will wipe away tears
and rain generations of blessings stronger than fear
I love you in a thousand and one languages
you breathe life into my heart
from vessel to vessel, in every ventricle
like waves crashing onto the rocks
like the beam from a lighthouse
you revive and guide me
From now and until we grow grey I want you beside me
These rings on our fingers a confirmation of a reality
beyond the fantasy of Sauron and Mordor
more powerful than the magic from the wand of Dumbledore
over and above the awe-inspiring literature pieces of folklore
I love you more than life itself
And because you are the spark that set my soul on fire
We’ll burn even stronger when the wind blows obstacles our way
So when this rollercoaster threatens to crash
Even in the darkness, this is what I say:
I loved you yesterday,
I love you today,
I will love you until the end of forever,
And then I will find a way,
To love you one more day.
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first?
2nd arrgh!!!! Again!!
Deep
2nd, 3rd, first five?!
third!
:')
yay, 2nd. This love letter series tho is gripping…like a movie with tonto dike in it. :D
Na wa o
…but u dint finish the stoory! *pouting*
Beautiful!! Really beautiful…I wish I could feel ‘love’ right now…but the door of my heart is still…shut!! *sigh*
Someone write me a love poem:(
what’s happening??! …was looking forward to a reply. I didn’t like what I read just because it wasn’t what I’ve been waiting for :(
And it is perfect.
Heart-to-heart talk!
Perfect. You guys are awesome.
P.S. I knew there would be no reply. The first Letter was a story. A complete story. This is just the icing on the cake. Bravura!
OMG! I don’t think I have ever read anything sooo beautiful! I read this in a pub transport on my way home and I couldn’t control my tears!
God bless y’all on TNC!
Glad you liked it. :)
Hmmmm
i was expecting more too…dunno if it's cos i'm not really into poetry but this didn really do it 4 me. First letter was beautifully written tho
I love the way that you focuseed on the period just before they both realised he's awake. It was a very different take on a love letter- the type that our hearts just continuously write as we feel love. I thought t was wonderful and ethereal. Very well done guys.xxx
what he/she said
Haha thanks. It's she :p
#issorai
“….These rings on our fingers a confirmation of a reality
beyond the fantasy of Sauron and Mordor…..”
From this LOTR fan, thank you!!!
Really enjoyed this series…
WOW…..
You guys :')
Lol
WOW.
"I loved you yesterday,
I love you today,
I will love you until the end of forever,
And then I will find a way,
To love you one more day."
:') :')
:') mush mush mush, utterly delightful mush
I loved you yesterday,
I love you today,
I will love you until the end of forever,
And then I will find a way,
To love you one more day.
:-(:-(:-(:-(:-(:-(:-(:'(:'(:'(
I cringe when I read mushy poems or stories, but this one is allowed