Seren
Seren
Feb 13, 2023
This poem is part of the contest:

Neopoem Of The Week February 12th to February 18th 2023

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The Moana of Love

I sit here eyes brimming
with the light of the cosmos,
I remember our first kiss
soft as a flannel flower,
I will never stop loving you

Crystalline tears fibril my face
whimpering I crumple inside,
I kept a part of you in me
everywhere you are is here
covertly I yearn for us

Six foot four of funny faces
and here we are streets away,
it may as well be a million miles,
we're confined in our broken oaths

We always flamed in forever
burning down cities with lust,
yet robbing time of want and need
we ran into a crumbled temple

Tender-hearted minute slivers
pierce the soul with moments,
gentle touches of cashmere
remembered my fingertips

I can still taste your mouth
smell the Cool Water on your nape,
hands like dinner plates
strum the dermis of my memory

You hold my past hostage
I'll never know tomorrow
heartbeats peak mountains,
I know you're my bashert

Forever we were married to fate,
obsidian pierces my flesh in lento,
now eternity will find notes of me
seeking for the moana of love. 

About This Poem

Last Few Words: Another meaning for Moana is "the body of saltwater that covers all of the earth" This predates The Disney Moana that has rather taken over the meaning of it. I found it in an old dictionary I own and didn't realise that this meaning wasn't more widely known. It's actually a quite obscure reference in dictionary over a hundred years old that I own.

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - draft

About the Author

Region, Country: Beyond the Black Stump..Australia, AUS

Favorite Poets: Pablo Neruda

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Comments

Geezer

the third stanza, I would have taken this as a love
for the beach or the ocean, maybe even for Aussieland!
Now, the title could be something like "Forbidden Love".
I kept reading...

Now, more certain than ever, I feel it's a romantic heartbreaker!
I kept reading...

This is some great stuff.
But you have a couple of spots I would like to point out.

"whimpering I cascade down," where are you cascading from or to?

"I kept [apart] of you in me. [a part]

" I know [you're] my bashart"

[looking] for the moana of love

Now, you simply have to tell me all about this!
Love and higgest bugs, ~ Geez.
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Seren

I appreciate you reading this one, I'm actually surprised it got as many comments as it did.

I do love the ocean but this is something else entirely.

We will talk on the dog and bone about this one,

Love and higgliest bugs Sis xix

RoseBlack

So descriptive and filled with emotion. My favorite stanza is:

You hold my past hostage
I'll never know tomorrow
heartbeats peak mountains,
I know you're my bashert

It jumps right out at me. Well done!

Seren

Knowing you as I do I understand why those lines are meaningful to you

thanks for the read and the Well done.

love and biggest hugs Jayne xox

Obadiah Grey

"Six foot four of funny faces
and here we are streets away,
it may as well be a million miles,
we're confined in our broken oaths"

Looks like we all can take something different from your poem, I really like this stanza,

t'huther side o' the stump, Obi.

Seren

This is a true story; those lines are a part of who he is.

I think depending on our view we all take something different with us when we leave poems and their stories.

Something that might impact one might not even be a blimp on someone else's radar.

Thanks so much for the visit and the read its much appreciated!

Kind Regards Jayne

Lightning Dust

Bloody hell woman, this a master-class of what it's like to lose someone and still after all you'd been through love him.

"What if he knew"

Frigging Bonza!!

Love and hugs L&J

P.s. I emailed that poem to you if you could go over it before I take J out to dinner I would appreciate it.

Seren

What if he knew indeed?

That is the question, but he never will know not from me, i don't destroy lives.

There is more at stake here than just my feelings

love to you and J xox

p.s. I emailed the poem back to you what did you think?

Seren

We all have our secrets, and this is one of mine, I write about it but that's as far as it goes lol talking about it will never change what is and I think to relive past & lost loves is a futile endeavour, especially in this case.

Thanks for your kind compliment.

hugs and love J x

lovedly

Your EQ
soars above the clouds
where now he resides
maybe apart from your heart
may be he would still be an integral part
of your loving heart

as still you along with his memory dart
what emotional quotient exhibit
thee on thy part

Hope he is listening and missing
what thou was
a flaming flaring dart
to love is thy art

Seren

A Flaming flaring dart to love is thy art, they're beautiful words my friend, you should have deleted them and put them into a poem because they certainly deserve to be so.

Thanks for the visit its always appreciated!

love and hugs Sis