today
when
the dawn
was fresh,
and the sky was
streaked with purple
amber
glow.
i wandered
into
willow
woods

the crisp crunch
of leaves
and small
sticks
beneath my boots
filled my weary ears
with wonder.
small sounds
so beautiful
in their ageless song


Then
I felt you
in a breeze
behind me.
singing
Sinatra
in your usual
lilting
tone.
I never
told you
how your voice
made me
hold hard
my soul
so it would not escape
and return
to heavens call.

You are the only one
who
could sing me
into death
and make
my eternal
sleep
step
comfortably
under my skin.

I
turned and there you were
smiling
and holding your
hand
out straight
moving forward
as you did
so many times,
to run
your fingers down my arm
as if
you
were
reaching for
the treasured
jeweled moon.

Then with one
blink
of my aging
eye
you
were
gone.

there are
no words in the
woods.
just sound.

There are no utterances
in willow woods
that can
stop the squirrels
from singing me their
love songs.

There are no words
that will
turn a bloom
into ash.

The woods
believe
my intent
through
my actions
of love.
They always
forgive the many
sour notes that
i have sung.

in willow woods
i can rant
and run naked if
i choose.
i can curse the
trees
and
the rain and
wind.
they will
never leave me
for my words
for they
know
my heart
is theirs
without want
of anything but
their
wisdom.

my love
for willow woods
and all its creatures
known and not
is unconditional
it runs forever
like a wandering
brook
past a foul
word
or an
aging
naked body
running among
their eye.
they take no offense
for they
know that i am
just a silly human.

I hope you do too.



Heavy emotional eclipse, full moon mercury in retro. OH MY!

Love you all
Adodili

Lovely as always Adodili

I felt transported to to the woods for this one. I always love taking a walk in the woods as well.

Beautiful as always Adodili. Your gift for painting images with the magic of your words has touched my heart yet again. I can't wait to see what the next Full Moon will draw forth from you, with it being in the emotionally sensitive sign of Cancer and all.

Oooh My Adodili,

Heart & Be-auty ALL wrapped UP into ONE !! !!

So Wonder-FULL

I LOVE what the MOON does to you

You are all so kind.
Thank you for all of the love.


Adodili

For Solane Star

Today my heart
weeps with yours
my truest
friend.

For when
death declares
a soul its'
own,
we are
forsaken
of free
will
to love that other
here
and now.

This tearing apart
body from body
shatters
our earthly soul
into an
infinite particular
number
of our selves.

Impossible to
retrieve
as they ride on the
joyous waves
of eternities
ethereal wind.
Laid to rest
on the arm
of the departed
for eternity
an eternal tattoo
of you.

I remember your dearest
love in our
connected hearts.
I feel his heart beat
within yours
thus mine.
i feel
the piece of you
that is within him
for all of eternity.
It is of heavenly
light.
Until
you
meet
again,
be joyful
to have known
love.
it is a
gift
from god
so rare and divine.

Dear Solane, in memory of your Beloved. I wish you love and Peace.
Adodili

THANK-YOU Adodili Sweet "HEART"

Just wanted to SHARE these video's with you, so I posted it here along with your Poem.










Two "HEART"-s BEAT-ing as ONE

Another beautiful and heartfelt poem from the gifted adodili in loving tribute to our dear friend and fellow Solane Star. My deepest sympathies and condolences to you dear Solane for the physical loss of your beloved. The connection between your hearts and souls will always remain. Much Love and Light to you.

Full Moon In Leo

One:

oh how lucky
is she
who wears your hearts'
countenance,
a locket
of gods ether
clinging
to her breast.

golden as a
child goddess'
lock of hair,
it shimmers
with your
wisdom,
wound in golden words
and wondrous
in its undeniable beauty.
so intricate
in its minutest detail.
a masters portrait of you.

Two:

I wait like
a shamed child
at the
garden gate
for your decided return.
I stand naked
so that
the wind
and encircling
leaves will
wash me clean
of the sins
that swept
your soul
so far away
from my aching
grasp.

Three:

I will
wait
for you
until
my bones
collide
in hollow
chime.
a song
of bones
who remember
We.



Love to you all,
Adodili

Absolutely love it, adodili! Thank you so much for sharing your Full Moon heart-pourings with us here. You definitely got the Leo essence of this one down with this part: "golden as a child goddess'lock of hair". I look forward to see how the Virgo Full Moon will inspire you next month.

Love it ... Magical as always.

For Otis


I remember our laughter
that lit the sky
with applause of thunder
just for us.

So joyous was our respite.
Too young were we to know
what true gift
our friendship bestowed
upon a boy and a girl child.

Ethos
a magi's gift
for two
wounded children
to behold.

You held me close,
when i was bleeding
you put band aids on my
soul.
We sang "ukele lady "
together
and laughed until
our hearts were healed
from the days damaging
rays. just life. but harrowing
and eternally harmful
to our child's minds.


Together
from our sorrows
we'd glide,
gripping hands
lifting each other
up and away
from others less kind than
we. Those who broke
our collective heart
with precise consistency

I remember our tears.
together we cried
through wars
unjust, singing songs
of liberation.
just you and me.
in and out of tune
so merrily.

Friends of mind ,body and soul.

and then we went
our way,
you traversed
your potholed road
and me mine.
a half a life
time ago.
tripping over our own shoelaces
and our
egos.
and our lives happened.
They just happened.

and now...
through sheer
error,
or not,
we meet again,

we have each traveled
so many miles
from home,
here we are
again,
strangers to a different
land,this place
so strange and cruel.

now finally, it is home
because through some
benevolent act of the cosmos
you live
just around the
corner
still and again.



True story my CE friends. We are meeting again for the first time this Sat. My heart is filled with pure joy. YAY. Otis has entered the building, again.

Yesterday
We
Went to
Willow woods

In our arms,
Grandma’s worn wicker
Basket, every wobbly
Stick, so full of memories
Of her and her wishes of love


Freshly baked bread
And cheese
Home brewed beer
Spiced strawberry cider, and shortbread cookies
Dipped in smooth decadent chocolate
Ready to excite our palettes
our senses…
an offering to
God of thanks
For this day of
Beautiful intention.

As we entered,
The canopy of
Bare trees bowed
In welcome.
Elves disappeared behind
Their stumps
And the fae
Glittered and sang
In glee. Little fae songs
Just for we.

The wind swirling welcoming
Leaf kisses around our
Bodies
We sat.

An old plaid blanket
Shielded us from
The hard cold ground.
The winter birds gathered
For the crumbs
And the squirrels
Jerked their tails
At us as
They ran the
Trees in search of a better
View of love

We danced, as you sang
And tripped over sticks
And laughed until our
Skeletons ached.
We played our guitars
And sang old
Irish folk songs in harmony
in rhythm
To the twitching squirrels tails
The conductors of our two piece orchestra.
Against the Parrish blue sky
our lips were drawn
To our first real kiss…


I awoke, my warm bed
Caressing me.
My mind confused
As to place and time.
I stretched a good cat stretch
and smiled for two reasons.
Firstly as my grandpa used to say:
Dearie if you awake without dirt
upon your face, then it is a good day indeed…
Secondly, no matter what,
I love you.

Such a lovely image. Nicely done!

Maria

Yes, wonderful imagery as always Adodili!

Did you share this poem with your friend?

Hi Maria and Veneo

Thank you both so much for liking my poem. I gave my new,old friend the CE address and where to look for my poetry, he has been one of my fans for 30 years. Although the poem is not about him, perhaps he did read it. He is more of a fan of my heavy intellectual poems. A lot of these writings are raw and not CE material. They would even make daf's hair curl.lol

Love to you,
Adodili

THANK-YOU SWEET HEART

Hi Adodili

I hope your friend pops in and becomes a member. Obviously he is like minded or you wouldn't have told him to come.

Keep on sharing... I look forward to the next one!

Full Moon in Virgo

Ah when the moon is full!
My heart echoes a thousand beats.
the beat of all life courses through
my veins
waiting for any thing to rearrange and rend
virtuous.

Virgo is the mistress of this moon
so I choose to sweep the dust of you
that daily trails my
sorrowed steps
into the shadows
of the lighted night.

2
Blue Woman J

I will always believe
that you were one of
the greatest loves
of my life.

Until today, I awaited your word,
a sentence, a song...
to tell me that no matter what
whom
or When
our love transcended
it all.

i remind you of him
and the naughty
silly things you've done.
Our love means less to you
than a sad memory.

I was there.
i witnessed what there was to witness,
two people so in love.
It was a gift from the universe to
see you so raw
and naked to yourself.
Resplendent in your matchless beauty
so in love with the other.

Should I have been the good mother and
demanded you cease this
irreverent folly
for fidelity is a virtue
above all.

I do not believe in anything but love.
I do not believe in separating lovers
for they were joined for a purpose
unknown to us mortals.
Only cowards do not
withstand the trails they
may have to endure
to realize
the Lords
reason for their
inconvenient
union.
That's life.

Mary Magdalene was
Jesus' mistress
not his wife,
they were
Gods' creation.
just like you and your love


Yet you dismiss me because
I could not go beyond the boundaries
that the
Christ set for himself
and save you
from the hurt your cowardice created.

Would love have not
found you and torn your soul
had I not been loves witness
I think not.

I remind you of that shattered love.
That slightly chipped Steuben goblet
that you threw against the wall.
You made sure that it shattered
beyond even a magicians repair

I watched you sabotage
that love
so magnificent and rare

Piece by jagged piece
I watched you grind it
beneath your heel
this once luminescent piece
of glass
until it was unrecognizable
even to its own atoms

you were deeply loved.

It just had to be
fairy tale perfect
and it wasn't.

and some how,
this is all my fault.
I think not. You blamed
me and ran away.
One year ago, today.

I never wanted to be
capable of not loving you,

However tonight
when the moon is in her
perfect nobility
I will allow my self
to renew
I will sweep my love for you into the
wind and
stars.

There you and my love
for you
will go...
a flurry of dust
in the March wind.


My love to all you knowflakes.

make a wish

Wow Adodili! That was magnificent, as always. You have such a gift for pulling on one's heartstrings until their entire heart has come undone. Your poems touch one's very soul. I enjoy them immensely. Thanks so much for sharing them here with us.



PS. The coming Venus conjunction to Jupiter forming a grand trine with Mars & Pluto is an excellent time to make that wish.

I'm glad you've resolved to let it go! People who don't let go of doomed love / unrequited feelings for another are just setting themselves up for major catastrophe and blind themselves to the good that's out there for them. Truly. Time to be free of it!

Maria

Hi Maria

So sweet of you to care.


Adodili

So I do, and you're very welcome. Something has finally clicked: Life Is Freaking Short!!! So I'm becoming extraordinarily practical about romance. It's supposed to be this not .

Maria

here i sit
on a wet sump
soaked to my chilled bones
in the slapping wind , shivering
in willow woods.

the birds are
asleep in their bird beds
relaxing
as the rain provides them a day
of respite
far away from their search
of the secluded worm.

here i sit on a wet stump
each lock of hair
dripping from
the raining leaves
above my head
into my eyes
buring with each drop

and i wonder...

how far greater than i
is that worm
and bird
and rock
and leaf
for they know their
purpose and place
and duty to this
vast universe.

I, after half my life
has been spent
attempting to know...
what makes
us human and alive,
pondering loves
great mystery of wishes
versus reality

questioning questions
of life and death
and the purposless illusion
that i have created
as my life.


i now realize
that it is my plight
to be knowless
and suffer its consequences

after all
my life is more than half spent
and i dont even know how to
find shelter
in the rain.

Love to all you knowflakes
Adodili

My Dear Adodili

You must have been having one of those days because I know your life is not a purposeless illusion. and