If I were a bit more angelic
If I were a bit more observant
Would I learn the secrets of your heart
Would I learn how to make friends with your art
Love is where we choose to give it
Love is what we choose to make of it
Love is not
afraid of the dark
Love is sometimes
a whisper
not a shout.
Sometimes making friends is not
what love’s about.
Sometimes love’s a self-protective route.
Sometimes love’s a tiger leaping out
Image: by Kathrin Schwarz via Pinterest
Another great piece. Love the link between love and the fierceness of a tiger. ππ Faux
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What a lovely comment. Thank you so very much. πππ
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My absolute pleasure my friend π Faux
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One can be very precise about what is love but can never be accurate.
Just a random thought π .
But a lovely poem about love.
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Wow! What a cool random thought. Love it, thanks Yash. ππ This one was just a random flow as well. π πβ―
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Wow great piece Lia πβ€οΈ
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Dear Seraja I just found this in my spam folder along with a few friends’ comments on various posts, so sorry for the late reply! Thank you so very very much. πππ―ββοΈβ€οΈ Btw I tried to comment on your teeth post yesterday (just with a heart) but I was somehow blocked for some reason. Just wanted to let you know. Hugs xoxoxo
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Hey Lia thank you for your comment β€οΈβ€οΈah lovely thatβs oke . I have that to that sometimes comments are in the spam , hugs and kisses back
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Awesome, thanks so much. :)))) β€οΈπ I still can’t comment on your posts btw. The comment box gets outlined in red, with an exclamation mark, and this is the error message “Sorry – there was a problem posting your comment.” You might have accidentally blocked me somehow and/or it’s just another WP glitch. I had this with another blog-friend too, Nathi. Hers got fixed somehow. WP can be glitchy at times. :)) Anyhow, thanks again, and I hope you have a very lovely day. π» ππ xoxoxo
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O weird I think itβs a wp glitch becouse a see nothing weird. .i now a have it sometimes with posting . It say that I can not post there was a problem . So wierd to . Thank you so much Lia you have a beautiful blog β€οΈπβ€οΈhave a great day to
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Thank you so much for the kind words!!! xoxoxo πβ€οΈπ»
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Your welcome sweetie πβ€οΈ
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Mabey itβs a pluging I try to find it
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πβ€οΈβ€οΈthank you for following me
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p.s. and likewise, and thank you for somehow finding me! π₯°πππ (this post was tagged, so I see your comments here again. ππΈπ―ββοΈπ :))
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“Love is where we choose to give it” so so true. This was wonderfully crafted.
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Thanks so much ST. That truly means a lot to me. Started as a song that I hummed in the car actually. Hugs, and hoping for more poetry. ;)) π€π―ββοΈπ
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I love hearing how this started… With a song π
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How do I keep missing comments? I’m so sorry for that. Today is comment catch-up day, lol. Thanks and love. ππΆ And have been loving your amazing poetry. ππΉβοΈππΌπ₯ Please write on. :)) xoxoxo
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That has been happening to me too! Sometimes I find them in the spam folder. There are also a few people I follow who’s posts I don’t see until days later, even if I’m checking directly on under their profile. Eh, WP gremlins.
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*whose
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Same here! I just found a bunch of friends’ comments in the spam folder. Meanwhile some spam had been published. Bizarre. Anyhoo, glad we’re connecting through. :)) xoxox
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βIf I were a bit more observant
Would I learn the secrets of your heart
Would I learn how to make friends with your artβ
These lines spoke to me and I loved this poem, Liaβ€οΈ
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Thanks a lot, Nathi. knowing that makes me happy. πβ€οΈπ·
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Always my pleasure π
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I just love how amazingly you write. This one is very beautiful and special, my new favorite! πππ
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Thanks Akanksha that means a lot to me. πππ Funny how it’s the quick ones that sometimes resonate the most. ππ―ββοΈπ»π»
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That is true! ππΉπ€
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So interesting. And what an ending!
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Thanks for taking the time, Benjamin. Best wishes.
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βIf I were a bit more observant
Would I learn the secrets of your heart
Would I learn how to make friends with your artβ
Like Nathi, i adore these lines..
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Hi and welcome and thank you so much, I really appreciate it. π₯°ππ
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beautiful poetry
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Hi and welcome, and thank you so much π
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I am really enjoying your poetry, Lia. I have nominated you for the Sunshine Blogger Award: https://experimentsinfiction.com/2020/07/10/sunshine-blogger-award-2/ Congratulations!
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Ingrid!! Oh my goodness!!! I am just seeing this now since Jojo put a pingback on this post. How did I not reply to this comment??? I get mixed up sometimes, I blog in between offline stuff and sometimes I get sidetracked or mixed up online. I see I did reply to your post though. π Anyway, Thank you so so so much for this award, I was truly honoured. ππππ Every award sincerely lights up my heart, even if I’m not great at posting them. Many hugs to you. You are so wonderful and your blogging is, too. You’ve got the truth and love shining in you!! Thanks so much for somehow finding me. It’s wonderful to connect with lovely folks like you. π€©ππ―ββοΈππ
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Haha donβt worry! A well-deserved award! Donβt worry about posting, I try to limit my award posts though itβs a great way to celebrate and connect with other bloggers π€©
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Thank you Ingrid for your understanding as always. π₯° You’re right, it is. And you do it so very beautifully. :)) β€οΈπππ
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Bless you for the nomination dear friend, you are beyond sweet!!! ππππ»ππ₯°
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Well deserved, Lia. You deserve it! You are the best β€οΈβ€οΈ
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Jojo… you keep surprising me, you keep uplifting me, you are just a beautiful soul to me. I hug you in my heart dear friend. Big time. I’m lucky to know you. And your poetry is divine. ππ»ππ΅π½ββοΈβ΅οΈβ‘β β‘οΈ
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Jojoβ¦ you keep surprising me, you keep uplifting me, you are just a beautiful soul to me. I hug you in my heart dear friend. Big time. Iβm lucky to know you. And your poetry is divine. ππ»ππ΅π½ββοΈβ΅οΈβ‘β β‘οΈ
p.s. WP lets me reply directly to the pingback you left, but refuses to show my reply here. So I copy it again above. Hope you will find it somehow. :)) Lots of love. β€οΈβ€οΈ
p.p.s. I love that you again tagged this post. Because of that, last night I had a minor epiphany of why I always thought my spirit animal was a tiger. My mom used to call me “running deer.” My dad (whom I also adore/d) always subtly countered that by calling me “tiger.” He thereby perhaps planted that drive in me to fight back or attack. Very grateful to him, and to you now, for reminding me of that. You are the brightbomb. ππ₯°ππ»
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Thank you again so much dear friend… wow. You’re amazing. Thank you. And there is a comment on this same post for you from last time btw. Not sure if this link reply will work this time; hope it does. :)) xoxoxoxo
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Thank you again so much dear friend… wow. You’re amazing. Thank you. And there is a comment on this same post for you from last time btw. Not sure if this my notification here will work this time; hope it does. :)) π€π€π€πxoxoxoxo
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This is a beautiful poem, soothing and deep at the same time. I liked the line ‘Would I learn how to make friends with your art’. To understand and to relate to another persons creative (sometimes beyond logic) side seems like a magical thing to do. Well written Lia!
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Hi Uzzawal, and thank you so very much for your wonderful comment! I appreciate your having taken the time, along with your deep understanding and kind appreciation. It truly feels magical! :)) ππ€©π
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Beautiful.
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Thanks Ember π
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This bit Lia: Love is not
afraid of the dark
Love is sometimes
a whisper
not a shout
is such a true and powerful statement. I love how you write about love. I can still remember the lines, ‘May I rest within the crescent of your lines, so luminescent?’ from Lemon Lanterns and GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD! That was a good poem. I even took a screenshot. This is just ππ½π―ππ
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Aw wow. How did I miss this till now. Thank you so so so much Kendi!!!! I adore your work and your kind comments mean so very much to me. Thank you, truly. πππ€©ππ·
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I love that killer last line and the earlier one, ‘Love is not afraid of the dark’: a bold and assertive statement : we should not be afraid of our partner’s dark spaces; we all have them
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Thank you so much John. I love the way you analyze it. Dark is not a bad thing, it’s just the twin of light. Both are necessary to exist, and we all contain some of each. Thank you!!
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Beautiful post. Enjoyed reading this
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Hi and welcome. Thank you very kindly. πππ·π
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HI there.Your welcome. It was a worth the read
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Sometimes love’s selfish, leaving you to pout
Especially when love goes out, cavorting all about
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Thank you for your feedback, David. And happy cavorting to you, should that bring you and others you love to connect with, any true-loving joy. :))
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This is a great poem Lia! You used such beautiful words to create this masterpiece. The image at the end was a great choice.
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Oh wow… thank you Chloe. I appreciate your kind and detailed feedback so much. Lots of love to you π€π―ββοΈπ
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Great poem. Love is a mysterious thing, but its meaning has been diluted I think to the point that there is no word for “pure love” of the original intent. People talk a lot about what is infatuation and not “*love”, or sex appeal and not *, or loving ice cream and favorite objects and things… the trance of a love affair that is a sex affair, or the spell of an admiration. Something is lost when the fierce love of a child is a not a thing allowed to spread and grow up into caring for the core of others. It is a mystery that the “secrets of the heart” are not in the heart, nor in the blood, nor even in one location in the brain; it’s in the blending of elements of compassion — the tiger’s hunting for flesh becoming the hunting for *love.
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What a thoughtful and beautiful comment. I hear you… yes, there is what I like to think of as the buddhisty or spiritual concept of true love, as in that we have for a child or that a child has for the universe, and then there is obsession, infatuation, lust, all that draining stuff. And you have exactly articulated what I meant by “secrets of the heart.” But the tiger in this case was meant to protect that which is sacred and selfless, not allowing it to be worn down and attacked by something along the lines of what some call “energy vampires” (which, to be fair, as adults perhaps we have inadvertently attracted to ourselves, via our own unconscious emissions of, or desire for, not-love — i.e. the craving to be desired). Thanks for your words. ππ·
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Expressive. Love can be many forms.
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Thanks for reading and appreciating, Kinge. :))
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Welcome π
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I am so struck by these lines
love is what we choose to make of it.
It is truly a choice at every step. Amazing.
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Thank you so much! Yes it is a choice, sometimes easier to make than other times! (For me at least :)) π ππ Thanks for your kind comment.
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This was so beautiful and powerful at the same time! Love, loved this brilliant piece! ππΌβ€
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Thanks so much for this lovely encouragement!! I appreciate it very much! πππ·
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Hello Lia!
What a great poem!
Love can sometimes be a blessing as it can be a curse , but unfortunately we can’t choose who we love , it just happens.
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Hi Venus! πππ₯°
ah thanks πππ
Re: your words about love: Methinks thatβs among the truest of truths. Beautifully said, and thanks for the visit! π€β€οΈπ
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Be my guest β€οΈ
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P.s. FYI – I think your gravatar blog link might need updating – I am not able to follow your blog in the WP Reader. (The current link leads to a suggested redirect.) xoxo
Edit: p.p.s. I have tested on my own blog a possible solution, in case it’s helpful – visit https://wordpress.com/me/account – Then change the field called “Web address” to be your current blog address e.g. “http://venusawriter.wordpress.com” (instead of “http://venuswriter.wordpress.com/” without the “a”) – for me this seems to work. Hope it helps in some way… please forgive me if not! :))
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Thank you for your help , l hope it works now π₯°π₯°
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Link is still the same here on my phone so not sure I was right! But thanks for the kind reply π₯°π
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Wonderful poem dear.
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Thank you so much sweet Brenda Marie!! ππ€π
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The subtle rhyming is very nice!
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Thanks so much! πππ
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I love this, Lia, and it’s so true. “Love is sometimes a whisper …”
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