Thursday February 19 A Month Of Love from BJ Neblett

Wherever you may be I hope you are enjoying these special postings with someone you love. If not, hang in there... and remember the chidings of my friend Selena Gomez. Enjoy today's love nod and this week's romance story on my writer's blog. And look for a new story this Sunday.

Sometimes the heart does what it wants without asking the brain... often that's a good thing...

You can save your breath 'cause I can't hear/

You may be right but I don't care/

There's a million reasons why I should give you up/

But the heart wants what it wants/

                                                                     Photo unattributed

"The Heart Wants What It Wants" Selena Gomez 2014

(Click the title for the YouTube link)

Peripheral Vision by BJ Neblett

New day; new beginning; new poem. Starting over is never easy no matter where or from what you are starting again. (Didn't I write a poem about that?) Anyway, enjoy this new poem as you enjoy your own fresh start, even if it is just a fresh new day. And please be sure to check out my latest blog, the link is to the right, and my new story Ponytail - Never Say Uncle in the new issue of Romance Magazine. Just click the image on the right. Please like, link, comment and share the love.
BJ

Peripheral Vision

BJ Neblett

© 2014

Gone from my sight

Not from my mind

Memories remain

I hear your voice

I feel your heat

I taste your tears

A blind man stumbling

Amorphous visions

Whisper to my ear

Tell me you’re near

Tease and torment

Bitter and sweet

Memories remain

Gone from my sight

Not from my heart

                        Seattle, WA

                        July, 2014

Heart and Soul by BJ Neblett

"The past is a hotel. You can check in any time, enjoy the view. But you can't live there, the cost is too high."
                                                          Elysian Dreams by BJ Neblett
Change is never easy, be it moving across country or moving through the loss of a loved one. I have had my share of moving as well as a loss. You never fully get over either, you just keep going. Here are a couple of poems: an oldie for the heart and a more recent one for the soul.

Untitled

By BJ Neblett

© 1984, 2013

             A single tear

            Washes away

            Water colored lies

            Slain by the guilt

            Of promises broken

            Tomorrow dies

             For Robin

Encore

by BJ Neblett

© 2009, 2013

Starting over

                        again

Tired old city tired old faces

Tired old friends

Been there and done that

Like a stuck record

                                    repeat           repeat

                                                repeat           repeat

Tired old questions tired old answers

Tired old fears

Starting over

                        again

Different city different faces

Different friends

Carousel of time

Ticket paid with tears

                                                        around

                                       around                   around 

                                                        around

Different questions different answers

Different fears

Starting over

                        again

Greeting challenges seeking horizons

Facing new days

Awaken dreamer

Everest to climb

                                                                        higher

                                                            higher

                                                higher

                                    higher

Answering new questions reaching new horizons

Facing new fears

Starting over

                        no more

Ernest Hemingway On Love

As Valentine's Day approaches, I have come across this quote from one of my favorite authors. Known more for his realistic and gritty depictions of the human condition and spirit, Hemingway was also quite the philosopher when it came to love. Many of his private writings and letters reflect a softer and more contemplative side, as evidenced by this quote taken from a personal letter. It touches my heart every time I read it over, and I hope it does the same for you.
To someone who has touched my heart: Happy Valentine's Day!
Love to all,
BJ

"I guess the true extent of one's problems is measured by the capacity of your heart to love anything when your head knows there is no good end to it."
                                                     Ernest Hemingway

The Gift by BJ Neblett

The Gift

BJ Neblett

© 2014

Once I was a lover

Through youthful eyes I saw

The world a brightly wrapped package

Each dawn Christmas day

My heart I sent before me

Its glow lit my path

The girls who did abide me

I loved them everyone

With poems wise and tender

With songs both sweet and sad

My love boxed gay and brightly

A gift of the pilgrim soul

Many a heart would tarry

Many a breast would sing

Each gentle touch a promise

And every kiss a lie

Each moon would enrapture

Each sun revealed the truth

The package prized and desired

The gift inside ignored

And so my soul did wander

Cold years marked my path

Unopened and unwanted

My gift inside to die

Love’s song but a memory

Heart’s glow a flickering light

Through dimming eyes I saw you

A rose against the snow

My gift all but forgotten

The wrappings torn and brown

You took the love within me

Unquestioned for your own

I'm Just A Guy

Some poetry comes from the mind; some comes from life. And some just stand and speak for themselves.

I’m Just A Guy

BJ Neblett

© 2014

I am just a guy

I laugh I hurt

I smile and cry

I won’t apologize

Hopeless romantic

Foolish some say

You can take your pick

I won’t apologize

No one at my side

Dancing through life

With my stubborn pride

I won’t apologize

Just like everyone

Here all alone

Looking for someone

I won’t apologize

Accept what you can

Who I may be

Whatever I am

I won’t apologize

Look deeper to see

What beats inside

Notice the real me

I won’t apologize

My heart on my sleeve

Prayer on my lips

Just trust and believe

I won’t apologize

I am just a guy

I laugh I hurt

I smile and cry

I won’t apologize

Leaving by BJ Neblett

            Leaving

When a star falls where does it go?

Does it run and hide from the other stars

Ashamed of its own mortality?

Is there a place

            A town

                     A city where fallen stars go?

Where they cry their troubles to others like them

Talk about their problems

            Find support groups for fallen stars

Is there a doorway from the sky?

You say you are leaving

            Fallen from my sky

            Out of my world

                        My universe

                                    My life

Where will you go my love?

Have you found a doorway out of my heart?

                                                            Raybrook, NY

                                                            August, 2006