I felt safe
calm, quiet
peaceful
near you
and in
this world
that is
precious
I try not
to ask
for more
Instead
I will sit
with the feeling
a moment…
J. Belle

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I felt safe
calm, quiet
peaceful
near you
and in
this world
that is
precious
I try not
to ask
for more
Instead
I will sit
with the feeling
a moment…
J. Belle

today
my heart
reached out
my finger
touched
your finger…
I stayed
a moment
to smile.
J. Belle

i dreamt of you
in the silence
of slumber
last night
i twirled
amongst
the trees
danced
in the freshly
fallen snow
i looked into
your joyful eyes
my cheeks rose
broadening smile
i closed my eyes
turned toward
shining sun
i stood
savouring
the moment
J. Belle

She crouched down
at the foot of the sea
ripples lapped
at her hemline
arms wrapped
around her knees
she whispered
softly
almost
to herself
but mostly
to the sea
never enough…
I am
simply
never enough
she grows weary
presses her chin
to her knees
lifts herself up
stands facing the waters
breathes in the salt air
turns
continues
walking along
the shoreline
waves caressing
her feet
her ankles
and calves
enough no longer
has value
I simply
am.
J. Belle

stay with me
in the moonlight
rest with me
in the moonlight
wait with me
in the moonlight
and dawn
will bring us right
J. Belle

a life spent
not looking
for something
I hadn’t been
waiting for
until it found me
lacking
inability
to savour
the moment
then it was gone
leaving
the whole me
reduced
by half
now I stand
grieving
missing parts
without knowing
what they are
or were…
J. Belle

everything
we do
undulates
outward
look around
it can be seen
along the surface
of the waters…
what is it that
your ripples
send out
into the world?
J. Belle

the words
that bubble up
from my heart
tumble
tenderly
lovingly
from my lips
they are mine
given freely
to the world
around me
honest
pure
no matter
how many
fall from my
grasp
they are not
nothing
but a part
of me
my
being
seeds
upon
soil
in
the
minds
of
others
J. Belle

she folds inward
stretching her arms
smiling wide
tumbling backward
into the expanse
of her own mind…
J. Belle

Her mind
might go
this way
or that way
twirl around
and around
fall deep
into thought
or fly high
in the clouds
but one thing
never changes
will always be true
I’m not going to say
because, well
i don’t want to.
J. Belle

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