Poetry from the Soul

Part of Me
Littered pavements
Things cast aside
Wondering why

So careless
What else is it
We cast away
The asphalt holds silver sparkles
When the sun hits it just right
Newly painted lines as I make my way home
Homeless man standing on the corner
I can feel his story
He's a part of me
Woman walking across the street
Three children in tow
I can feel her story
She's part of me
I watch the sun
Slowly sink behind a freeway overpass
Thousands traveling oblivious
So focused on their destinations
That they miss the present
I feel their stories
Because they are part of me
I see the birds silhouetted against the sun
I feel them flying free
They too are part of me
The breeze blows
Frustrated drivers honk their horns
Caught up in some unthinking road rage drama
I feel their stories too
They're part of me
An open field
Wild flowers in bloom
Like a piece of time frozen
In a concrete jungle
I feel its story
It's a part of me
All of the emptiness
The things cast away
The forgotten things
The hidden things
I feel them all
They are part of me
And I am part of you
© August 2011, Jaie Hart

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 Expanse

The morning’s rising sun

Paints the trees

In a glorious hue of pale pink

And then orange glow

The moon hangs opposite

In a new blue sky behind a faint mist

Of scattered sea clouds

Off into the world I go

The freeway of my life

Feeling every mile and every soul near

Expansive is just a word

A word that does not adequately define this moment

Cares and worries arise

I watch them float down the river

Of amazing electric energy of life

This dream is magnificently created

Down to every minute detail

How creative we are as we go

And we don’t even know

Breathing in the cool morning air

I awaken a little more

And I catch the scent of the ocean on the breeze

Windows open to feel the temperature fully

Exhilarating it is to feel

Life pulsing not just in my veins

But in every lane and on every path

All the roads lead somewhere

We could all be anywhere

And everywhere

In this moment

This beautiful moment

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  The Flame Within

The sacred flame has burned an eternity
In and out of lives we have grown
Life here, there no matter where
We show up fully and ready to embrace our light
At the appointed hour
In an ordinary life
An extraordinary calling comes
Shhhh, be silent and let the whispers
Sink deeply into your soul
These whispers have echoed throughout all time
Just to find you here now
Are you ready to embrace the whole of your being?
Have you found your path and it’s blessed calling?
As the flame burns, we turn within to greet it
With open heart we know, we know it has always been there waiting
Waiting for us to heed it’s call
To dance in the light and the shadows it casts
We sing the songs that move souls
We carry the love of our time in our hands
And the Love of the Earth and all things blessed in our hearts
Let us come together then
As always we have
In the light, in this life
And So It Is and Shall Always be

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Twilight

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Wind chimes tinkling in a cool sea breeze

And my mind is gone in seconds

Out of this world and off to some sacred place beyond it

The further I go, the less I seem to know

But the more I begin to understand and remember

Life is such a beautiful treasure

A gift truly to be savored

The sky slowly turns from blue to pale ethereal pink

And the leaves rustle yet another tune

In harmony with my beating heart

That’s all there is in this moment

This one precious and beautiful moment

Breathing in the twilight

That precious few seconds between day and night

Would that I could stay here, linger perhaps a bit longer

The things I might imagine, the places I might go

But this dream calls to me and I know that I must go

I am not loathe to heed its call for I understand the purpose

It took me long enough and I smile

Considering the blissful silence of my thoughts

Except for these penned and sent out into the Universe

I am so very happy

I am so very grateful

My cup truly runneth over with great love

For All That Is

 

Origins 

The clouds move in

Releasing us from the oppressive heat

Darkness of morning

Cool still and damp

For a moment

Just one moment

A precious

And unanticipated opening

And the light spills down from the clouds

Mind stretched open far and wide

Lost in the scenery

I let out a sigh

Such beauty there is in this moment

I realize what I've forgotten and smile

This dream holds so much magic

If only I would remember to stop more and watch

If only I would remember to stop more and feel it

I’d know there are no more answers to seek

Having received now the whispers on the wind

Reveling in the touch of a cool morning breeze

I wander back through the trails of light

Follow them beyond my field of vision

And that’s when I know and that’s when I see

A moment of Source,

The dimension of our origins,

Here, there and everywhere

Dimensions:

A thousand times

And days gone by

Whispered words

Carried on wings unseen

Through the barriers

Of time and space

There is no place

We have not been

I wander in my reverie

Here and there

Now and then

Dreams alight

Hope takes flight

And drifts to some place

In between

The sun

The sky

A sea of stars

One moment there

and

Elsewhere

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Begin Again:

Morning sunrise

Pale, soft and ethereal skies

How many times will I see them

How many times will I ask myself this

In this moment I am ancient and tired

Ageless and tried

No longer wondering what yet is to come

Letting go of the weight of perception perfection

Dreaming in tune with every breath

A blink here and gone

The sunlight goes on

And I wonder maybe a little yet, why

Memories come of here and Elsewhere

To places in time or outside thereof

It doesn’t matter which

I have this to contend with

And then that and that

And time, in spite

Just marches on

I observe the paths and patterns that exist

I feel the breath and the Earth’s heart beating

Reaching out

Reaching in

Forever I seem to begin again

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Feel It:

There are those moments
Where life's lessons will weigh
Very heavily upon your soul
It's hard to think and breathe
When they descend upon you
Relax and be not afraid
You are so very powerful
Your resources more abundant than you know
You can always respond
With love and hold onto precious light
Tightly within you
Let that gently radiate outwards
And be met by all of the light in the Universe
Illusions abound in your existence...
See through them
Pain happens when you least expect it...
Breathe through it
You are life and love in this world...

Feel it

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Gentle Awakening:

The dream long gone

As I gently awaken

Whispering some complex theory

I can't say I really understand

Or a name I don't understand why I'd speak

Not remembering the context

With which I had spoken the words or names

But traces, mere traces

And not but an ounce of memory

Other than a feeling

On with the day

I drive into the sun

Only it isn't there

Blanketed by autumn's cool morning clouds

I wonder about my dreams of late

Not one image do I remember

Only the things I speak in my mind in the darkness

Upon my slowly dawning consciousness from Elsewhere

Would that I could remember the scene

Remember who on Earth I'd been speaking to

Blessed dreaming mystery souls

Whoever or maybe even whatever,

Thanks at least for the meaningful conversation

Perhaps one morning I'll remember yet

Until the next time then...peace

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Stream of Emotion:
Words cannot always be spoken
I can feel them swirling
Within an ethereal vortex of emotion
And yet, there they stay
I cannot move in this moment
I just stand here in the wind
And let its force lift me up and out
Beyond to a world where words are not needed
And to a place where feelings felt
Are the price of admission
And I walk among the dappled shadows
Between great oaks
Where blue birds sing
And I see such beauty not subtly hidden
And the context and meaning somewhat eludes me
I wish I could speak the words within me
For now I’ll have to be satisfied with silence
These words are meant now only for me
These feelings that create them in half tones of light
Must be held and comprehension must dawn
And so I find myself
Caught between the sunlight and cool shadows

I drift in a dizzying stream of emotion

(c) 2012  

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Heart and Soul:

With a word born from the heart of your soul
You lift me up and out of my self
And into this dreamy world of emotion I go
With a sentiment so deep I’m almost afraid to define it
As if to speak it out loud may defile it in some way
I remember a moment when our souls connected
You carried me there in the safety of your heart
Never before have I tasted surrender
I was too afraid ever to remotely consider it
But you being you and with all the love within you
Wrapped so gently about me and within me
How could I want anything ever more than you
You touch my heart so much and so deeply
In tears am I with sentiment great
For so long have I waited for you my love
And every breath and step of this journey
Has been more than worth it to stand where I stand now
Facing a true once in a life time, love of a life time with you
All those nights spent alone under the stars
I would whisper words of love and encouragement strong
Praying all the while that life was treating you kindly
And traces of memories to keep the flame of hope there in burning
That it would only be a mere moment that we’d be apart
I watch those same stars now align
The energy between us closing the distance
One more step, just one more breath
To love’s sweetest and most tender embrace
My love, thank you for all you’ve been through
For coming here with me, for finding me
For your precious love that fills me to depths I’ve never known
I love you, heart and soul

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Memories and Dreams:

I stand here a mere concept

A thought that was thought with Source impetus and love

I exist and now my own thoughts replicate

As does this love from inside who's origins I cannot quite pinpoint

I cannot explain how I feel

I cannot reconcile these memories

Pieces of a life long left behind me

A wake in time

Ripples and streams of emotion flow

And I cannot help but feel it within me

Even if I stand here in doubt of the premise from which I begin to understand

I could write all of this off as fantasy and let it go if not for one thing

One beautiful, amazing and beyond description thing…You

How can I explain you?

How can I rationalize these irrational and strong feelings I have

That I know were born so long ago and held, and cherished above all else

I am lost for reasons I do not understand

Although every clue comes pouring through the ether still I doubt

It's not concrete and a stretch to connect what I've seen

Is it just my lonely mind reaching?

I don't know about the rest

I fear the knowing doesn't come because it never existed

But the love is the clue, the love that runs so deep

I cannot explain that and the memories of you

I cannot disengage from the truth of this emotion

So I sit here, whisper your name in the dark

And I feel my pulse quicken at the thought

So I close my eyes and pray yet to dream

I love you eternally, always and still 

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Beyond Existence:

I wandered among the days and years
So lost to all  the truth that is
But something, no one thing
Always brought me back to safety
Your unending love for me
I used to look out into this world
And see nothing but hollow pain there looming
It was a desolate and heart breaking existence
But that tiny little spark of love
Was always there giving me hope enough and faith enough
To keep going and let my intuition guide my every breath and step
Now I look out into this big, bright and beautiful world
And I see your hands and heart in everything
The joy that comes in holding that thought
Is eternally stronger than any I could ever think on my own
In the stars in the sky, I see you
Your breath, the wind that carries my troubles away
Your light that ignites the sky at sunset
I feel you so close and never far
Blessed creation is this Earth
Blessed creation in every soul
Thank you for all and for everything always

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 Still, Always, Forever:
I look for you among the stars
I find you deep within my heart
The days and nights may go by
But still within me
Is where you are
Every time I feel the breeze
I feel you
Every time I feel the warmth of the sun
I feel you
Every drop of rain that falls
Reminds me of the depths of my love for you
A moment or two or more in time throughout time
Have I seen the light reflecting in your soul
And all the love in your being that is you
The real you
I know and cherish every second of every day
The gifts you brought me
Will always be indelibly etched
Within the center of my soul
Gratitude immeasurable will I always hold
For the simple fact that our paths crossed
And although we walk in different worlds now
My heart will always beat in time with yours
Your every breath and step in this world
Gives me hope, restores my faith and will always be
A beautiful reminder of the truth of this dream
Thank you for you, beautiful dreamer
I have awakened in this dream
Because of your love
I love you still - always - forever
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A Kiss I'll Remember:

I remember that night

Somewhere lost in time

Tendrils of moonlight

Traced the lines of your face

And I watched your lips

As you spoke to me

And I was hungry to taste them

Just once more

This game we've played for an eternity

Hiding in time

In the starlight and shadows

Wondering when we might find

One another again

It makes me smile from deep within

This love that you send me

Wraps around me every moment

And glad am I to know where you are

Safe and sound within the construct of your dream

And me in mine, a fascinating time

But none will compare to that moment

That precious moment we return home again

Into your arms and our love reignites

And lights the skies on fire in earnest

Oh my love, my soul and my heart

I am so very content in this frame

To know what awaits us Elsewhere...

To know the love of eternity

Rests within us, within our hearts

I go back to that night

Standing with you under the stars

And I whispered I loved you more

Than there were stars up in our skies

And sensing my longing and sentiment deep

You inched ever closer

And your love found my soul

In a kiss I'll always remember

(Photo - random, internet find)

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Mist:

Whispered words
Carried on wings unseen
Thoughts and visions scatter Like morning mist with the rising sun

Dreams and desires
Nebulous and ethereal
Reverberate throughout the soul
The sun's rays - reality
Far reaching
Across time and distance
I just can't help
But wander with my thoughts
Back to the night
Where visions of moonlight
Rippled and danced upon the water
And slowly I'll sink back into a dream
The songs of silence
Sweet music felt rather than heard
Stirring the soul
Carrying me into the night
Back into the formless mist of being

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Love-Filled Silence:

The moonlight, so bright tonight

I stand in awe out under the stars

I breathe in deep

The abundant peace

Adrift on a cool sea breeze

The city never sleeps

Constant motion and commotion

People running, going and moving

Not understanding the pure beauty

Of choosing a spot to stand still

Peace is what you create at will

And it matters not if chaos swirls

Standing here in the darkness

Creating my own perfect stillness

I feel the love alive in everything

I feel the hope, the dreams and thoughts

That human souls give birth to

And it is that hope, those dreams and thoughts

That will create for them joy, love and bliss in time

And I too feel the worry and sadness of some

I send them my love, my prayers and healing

So that one day very soon

They might feel this joy

Standing under a pure bright moon

Knowing the peace and joy of stillness

Finding comfort in love-filled silence

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Home:

Ethereal realms do call at times

And I am never loathe to answer

Walking through doorways

Portals in time

To a place...Elsewhere alas

Time holds no meaning there

And anything and everything is possible

Where angels and friends converge in a heart beat

Good tidings and blessings

Where lessons commence and coalesce

And I, I'm there always

Heart and soul

In fact, these days

Elsewhere feels more real than Earth's dimension

The love there richer

The bliss more consuming

It's a challenge sometimes

Walking with one foot in two worlds

But walk both I will

For as long as I must

Until I finish what I came to finish

And with joy, gratitude and peace

I shall return home

To love

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Pathways:

We become so lost sometimes

In the things that matter not

Lost in stormy seas of emotion

Intended to create in us deeper understanding

Intended to light the pathways home

And yet we doubt there is true purpose for us

We forget our own thoughtful intent

Reason, or a pronounced lack thereof

Brings us to our knees in pain

The truth behind what we think we see…

The love that lies just underneath

Like light in the deepest darkness they come

Teachers great imparting words imbued with great wisdom

Instructors and guides in every soul we happen upon

And yet we somehow continually miss the message

Time and time sorrowfully again

We come here because of our love of learning

Addicted and obsessed with the mysteries

Of our own lives mercilessly unfolding

Until like glass we thoughtlessly break

And the facade we burden ourselves with shatters

And the Source light refracts like rainbows

In all the shards and pieces fallen to Earth

And then we become

What we always were

Home…whole…loved

(c) 2012 Jaie Hart (Photo random internet find)

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Always: 

Whatever smallness you find yourselves feeling
Know definitively you can reach far beyond it
You are made of the stuff of the twinkling stars
No less amazing than the universe in all of her glory
Stand in the light of the truest love in existence

The love deep inside the well of your soul

That same love that connects us one to another

And to everything we see, experience and appreciate

You really are more amazing than you know

And your stint here more important than you may have realized

Live your life in gratitude

For the beautiful and precious gift that it is

Relish the rich hues within your field of vision

Enjoy the beautiful breezes that blow

Take in the energy that emanates throughout existence

And know with one breath, you give it all back

You have a purpose here to live in this dream

So live it well and enjoy this beautiful life

With as much love and conviction

As you can find the strength to muster

Always, forever and ever

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Unseen:

I closed my eyes a moment adrift

And found myself on a distant plane

I watched you working within your world

And my heart leaped with eternal love

I stayed back a bit lest you should feel me

And I felt your soul stir from deep within

I held my breath refusing to move

And you looked up then and right through me

The love in your eyes as you sensed me there

The tears did fall with so much love

I found my courage and motion did follow

My gentle approach and I knelt before you

Oh my love, my precious soul

I tenderly brushed the side of your cheek

and within your eyes I could see my own heart

Tenderly I placed an ethereal kiss on your poetic lips

To remind you I will always be there

Time and duties shall keep us distant

But love never did know any true boundaries

I whispered then, I love you dear

Treasure this life above them all

I'll hold this space of love for you

As always unto eternity

I may depart a moment yet

My heart is yours and will never leave you

(Photo - random internet find)

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For All Time: 

The indelible traces

Your love weaves through my soul

Not a moment or day passes ever

My thoughts don't carry you into my presence

And so it will be I suppose

It used to cause me so much pain

Until I realized the reasons you came

You called out and my soul heard you

I created the mechanism assisted

And there you were in just a moment

How long have I yearned to find you

And bitter sweet it was when I did

How could I not want you near me always

How could you not feel the same

I questioned much through the days and years

But never so much as whether we did the right thing

Asking that question is a silly one

We always know the answers before the questions are formed

and so I know, I know, shhhhh don't explain

Leave it to the land of dreams for now

There we shall see and understand even more

But this world, this world is not big enough to hold us

A love so powerful and defies logic and reason

But we, we are more powerful than that

And so we go on

Each on his or her own path

Made wiser for the love

Sweet necessary validation comes

And the energy shall fill the atmosphere

Like two light houses on a stormy shore

Just a little out of reach

And even in that we shine, love we shine

And bring home weary travelers from the sea

Ah my sweet love, my heart and my soul

I never thought I could say good bye

In my heart you know, I'll never be far

I'll love you for all time

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Beyond Time: 

Having seen the veil from both sides now

There is much I've come to understand

Visions and dreams, lives and themes

Simplicity juxtaposed with complexity

And neither could ever taste more sweet

Than when mixed with comprehension

And a free heart and mind to roam

It was pure love that brought me here

But it took me so long to understand

The "I told you so's" may echo from Elsewhere

And I'm okay with that

I'm really okay with that

Head strong as the day is long

And a strength beyond compare

I've finally come to my senses I think

Years and months of memories in time

Beyond that the reasons and lessons great

The joy and exploration for the sheer beauty of it

And love, oh yes and love

When one touches the stream of a love eternally strong

Nothing can ever be the same again

Breathe deep the coming night

I take solace in the shadows and stars

For soon my mind will be free again to dream

A different dream and reality to keep

My heart content until morning's first light

Whispers on a summer breeze

Will rain down from your sky

and Shower you with my promise

I will love you beyond time

(photo, random internet find)

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One as Two:

How many lifetimes must I wait

To taste the love on your lips my heart

How many stars must shine and burn out

Until the moment I rest again in your arms

Heaven’s grace lies in my memories of you

Precious times of love and light

Wrapped in delicious tender embraces

Passion ignites with just one glance

As I fall even deeper into your soul

This restless yearning consumes me sometimes

Until I stand alone under the stars

And feel your love wrapped tenderly around me

A gentle breeze and I feel your lips

And tears of joy do immediately follow

I can wait a lifetime for you my love

Its not as long as an eternity

Forever one as two it is

I love you, eternally

Star Gazers:
 I stood a lone star gazer
Underneath an indigo summer sky
I was given a glimpse
Of two souls entwined
In some future moment in time
My heart smiled from every aspect
Of this space inside me it holds
And it was then space again
That drew me further outside of time
I sent all of my love
Through the stars just for you
Knowing you are a star gazer too
In that moment I felt you near
And a love so strong it knew no bounds
And our thoughts gathered
And our energy flowed
Look for me in the stars my love
Look to the light
And you'll find me there waiting
(photo - fortunate internet find)

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Carry Us Home: 

I step lightly across the stones

In the stream of endless life

With each step I arrive in a memory

Each memory calls to mind a story

And within each story, love

Love across time never diminishes

It is Source given and never depleted

When you give it away it is always replenished

I see all of the places and faces we have danced

We learned and we tested our strengths and weaknesses

We arrive together again and again

For nothing but the sheer comfort and realization

That we truly are one throughout all time

We arrive here asleep and mere babes right on queue

But right on time we always awaken

And we find each other anew yet again

What beautiful gifts to find soul family

Across the miles, the time and distance

Thank Source we have arrived yet again

In this time, within this frame to work once more

To learn and love again in this time and place

There is strength in our numbers

There is unity in our presence

And when one of us inches further towards ascension

We leave a path for the rest of us to follow

So grateful am I to find all of you here

May the light we create here

Carry us gently home

(Photo Jaie Hart)

Transparent Awakening:

Drinking in delicious rays of sunlight
Flowing gently upon a breeze of pure love
Letting go of the shadows in gratitude
Embracing ethereal knowledge bestowed
On a wing and a prayer she flies
Freedom flowing in cerulean skies
Finding beauty in this world of reflections
Wrestling not with the distortions therein
Fully transparent awakening begins
Into the hands of bliss she alights
Treasured gift in wings enfolded
The dream takes on new light and new life

(photo is a random internet find)

Celestial Sea: 

I open my eyes

And I see the stars

I reach out with my consciousness

And the Universe evelops me

I float in a celestial sea

And am comforted by the display of light

In awe of the motion and energy

I feel everything

No longer tethered to the superficial

By unrealistic expectations

I no longer need darkness to obscure my path

The light in the stars...

The light of the love within...

Brighter than even the brightest suns

In the most enormous galaxies

I am that

And my thoughts

Gently fly me Elsewhere

(photo, fortunate internet find)