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Questions, questions
Do you love me?
Do you want me?
What are your doubts and fears?
Does commitment frighten you?
Or can you plan for years?
Do you need me?
Do you care?
When will you decide?
Will you always run away
To find a place to hide?
Do I love you?
Do I want you?
Will I always care?
Just open your eyes and trust in me
I promise I’ll be there
© Jacky Leonard
Before
Filed under: Love | Tags: Love, Poem, poetry, Reflections, relationships
Leave a comment Somewhere we connected
Subconsciously in part,
Enjoying time together
More than the time apart.
I’m not sure how it happened
All I really know,
Is the time before I met you
Now seems so long ago.
I now want to be with you
As often as I can,
To share my thoughts and feelings
Experiences, plans.
It’s easy being with you,
It’s time that I adore
You’ve added something special
Made life better than before.
Jacky Leonard – © 2013
Without You
Filed under: Love | Tags: Love, missing you, poetry, Reflections, relationships
Leave a comment I miss your kiss, your scent, your touch
And wonder how I feel this much
For you in such a short timeframe
My life will never be the same
Without you
I long to hold you through the night
Being with you feels so right
I miss you more than I can say
Don’t want to be another day
Without you
Whatever that means
Filed under: Love, Perspectives | Tags: Love, Poem, poetry, relationships, thoughts
Leave a comment How do you define it, in feelings, thoughts or deeds?
Will you recognise it when the early seeds
Are planted, and your world begins to change
This powerful disorder that can leave you feeling strange
Incongruent emotions, your mind a tangled mess
And patterns of behaviour range from reserved to excess
A rush of pure adrenaline, a stab of searing pain
It will take you to the heavens, crash you back to earth again
And yet you seem conditioned to seek the force unseen
To hear the words “I love you,” whatever it is that means.
© Jacky Leonard August 2014
Author’s notes
Love – unfathomable, indefinable, incongruent?
This poem is a tongue in cheek commentary about love, after hearing the words “I love you…whatever that means.”
The Sea
Filed under: Nature, Perspectives | Tags: nature, Poem, poetry, sea
Comments (2) An incredible force of nature
Its many personas a wonder to behold
A playful clown, toying with those who come to splash and swim in its shallow water
A peaceful prophet, forecasting calm, clear passage for many a traveller
An unfathomable, mysterious spirit, keeping secrets in its hidden depths
A creative artist, producing a magnificent canvas of colour, texture and beauty
A nurturing provider, offering welcome sanctuary for creatures great and small and livelihoods to many
A raging maniac, with the potential to suck the life from those who dare to challenge its supreme authority
A hypnotic companion that holds your gaze and dares you to leave, knowing you’ll be compelled to return
To witness its dichotomous power to nurture and destroy
Jacky Leonard © March 2013
Authors Notes
In Polkerris, Cornwall, sat in a pub gazing at the sea.
Through the eyes of a child
Filed under: Perspectives | Tags: children, Poem, poetry, Reflections, thoughts
Comments (3) How did we end up so cynical?
When did we get so blasé?
Where did the wonder in everything go?
Who chased the excitement away?
The years pass by us so quickly
And with them our sense of surprise
A shame we lose the perspective of
The world through a little ones eyes
They have no pretence or conditioning
They’re Innocent, trusting and free
There’s no failure only feedback
Just the way it really should be
If we stop taking our lives for granted
And fearing what we can’t control
We could reconnect with our inner child
And rejuvenate body and soul
Jacky Leonard © March 2013
Authors notes
Thanks to baby Jacob Carey Mills, my inspiration for this one.
Let’s
Let’s not look at our past with anger and regret
Because you and I shared something incredibly special
Let’s acknowledge our mistakes and accept our challenges
We can learn from them and become stronger together as a consequence
Let’s appreciate we are different people from when we met
Stronger for our time together and wiser for our time apart
Let’s use this deep understanding of each other
To sort out our differences and connect more fully than ever
Let’s stop playing games with each other’s feelings
Our relationship was originally based on truth
Let’s just take this relationship and make it work
Through communication, honesty, trust and love
© Jacky Leonard 2011
Lost
Lost without you in my arms
Missing you so much
I long to see your smile again
To feel your warmth and touch
I have this empty feeling
A space inside my heart
A sense a piece is missing
Whenever we’re apart
© Jacky Leonard 2012
Love is…
Love is…
…being caught in the sheer pleasure of a moment
…seeing beauty in all of nature’s creations
…an unspoken connection between 2 people
…easy, when you open your mind, heart and soul to its possibilities
…as it is and perfect as it is!
© Jacky Leonard 2011
Crazy for you
Filed under: Just for fun, Love | Tags: Love, missing you, poetry
Leave a comment I think I’m going crazy
Or perhaps I’m not at all
It’s probably down to feeling
All these symptoms of withdrawal
That may sound quite confusing
But it makes good sense to me
It’s just I’m missing you so much
I love you loads you see!
© Jacky Leonard 2010
