Love’s Call
vibrant colors exploding
sending out beacons of light
birds, bees and people take flight
flocking to absorb the beauty
~
intoxicating aroma fills the air
wafting through body and heart
bees buzz, birds sing and lovers start
what is this eternal call
~
poets ponder
gypsies wander
creatures heed the call
no need to ponder
~
do we simply allow
love to move us freely
or do we stagnate in mind
land of endless analysis
~
the call is eternal
the time is now
fear and pain grab hold
but hope springs eternal
~
answer the call
follow your heart
free your mind
nurture your soul
`
This is a love poem to myself. Yesterday was a particularly hard day financially and emotionally. I’ll be writing more about this cycle of pain and loss that seems to keep me from moving forward in any meaningful way in my life. Meanwhile, a glimmer of hope has poked through the clouds. Thanks for your love and support.
blessings, Brad
writing to freedom 
This poem is beautiful Brad!! 🙂 And I am so happy you did some self-healing 🙂 Keep taking care of yourself! 🙂
LikeLike
Thanks Line. Truthfully, I’m still in the pain and loss, but hoping that I can find a way to make some changes in my life to stem the continued financial losses, emotional pain and stuck areas in my life. Thanks for caring. 🙂
LikeLike
Brad…catch that glimmer and hold it gently…it will blossom…You must believe that. I know you are having a hard time of late…and I know it can sometimes feel like you can’t find the answers. But if you believe with your heart and your soul…and I mean really believe…and believe you deserve it!!! That glimmer will shine so bright…you will have to put sunglasses on! My friend….you will come through this dark patch…and you will create beauty. Sometimes we have to clear out the dark to make room for new light! I am with you and sending you all good positive thoughts! ❤ ❤ Blessitude…Lorrie
LikeLike
Thanks Lorrie, I have always struggled with faith and mostly my emotional cycles are still too dependent on external events putting me in the storms of life rather than surfing the waves or rooted in the depths of soul and love. Yes, I will create beauty. Thanks for your love and support my friend. ❤
LikeLike
Brad…what you wrote here is so beautiful. I lived the way you speak of for quite a long time. Nobody can change things for you…you have to do that for yourself…but I’ll always be here to lend a hand…an ear…my heart…whatever you need. You’ll figure it out when you’re ready 🙂 I know it!! 🙂 ❤
LikeLike
Thank you Lorrie, your depth of caring is very touching and appreciated. I might take you up on your offer for help. Asking for help is another challenge for me. 🙂 I appreciate all the love and support from this post today. I’m quite touched by the outpouring.
Thank you and everyone who sent love, light, likes and more!!! 🙂 🙂
LikeLike
It’s a wonderful poem Brad! I’m sorry to read that you are “in the pain and loss”, but this poem is the proof that your heart has the power to overcome them. Moreover Lorrie’s “good positive thoughts” are going to help you, for sure 🙂 Frédéric
LikeLike
Thanks Frédéric, Your comments brought a welcome smile to my face and heart. Thanks for the reminder that even in the pits, my heart is reaching out with beauty, poetry and friends. Thank you for caring. 🙂 Brad
LikeLike
You’ve conveyed a depth of your soul within this beautiful poetry…I hope your pain ceases and joy fills your beautiful heart!
With much love to you my friend
Zara 🙂
LikeLike
Your comments are helpful Zara, reminding me that the pain brings depth and growth. Thank you for your sweet words and support. XD
LikeLike
Brad this is beautiful and I hope this glimmer that you have found will blossom into the blinding sunshine of happiness and illuminate your sadness with light 🙂
LikeLike
Beautiful perspective. Thanks Neha! Your sweetness always shines through, so I have a good model. XD
LikeLike
Wonderful heart felt poem Brad.. and sorry to hear you are experiencing a negative phase in your life right now.. Keep focused knowing all things pass and all things happen to set us along a different pathway in life.. At the time of endurance we can not always see the why’s and the wherefores, but each of us have patches whereby we move through the pain, and hardships to emerge wiser and stronger…
Keep faith with the light .. and sending my thoughts your transition will be short and smooth into a more positive phase of experience.
Blessings Sue
LikeLike
I appreciate your wise counsel and support Sue. Yes, I’m not seeing clearly and appreciate the reminder to allow the storm to pass. It’s nice how many people have supported me in this time and post. Thank you Sue.
LikeLike
Beautiful Brad 🙂 Full of hope and inspiration!
LikeLike
Thanks Ihsan. I’m glad those energies peeked through the pain that I was feeling. I appreciate you. 🙂
LikeLike
Especially love the ending of this one! So sorry to hear you’re going through a difficult time right now, Brad, I hope it improves soon. Answer that call! 🙂 Sending love and light your way…
Beautiful photos too!
LikeLike
Hey Julie, Thanks for sending the extra love and light! I received a bonus smile from your comments. XD The colors of the echinacea were wonderful, though the clarity bothers me. This is why I think about buying a good camera. 🙂
LikeLike
I think it has fine clarity, sometimes a softer touch gives it a nice effect, dreamy-like. 🙂
I would like to get a good camera too, the one I have was a pretty good one back in the day (it was a birthday gift from my sister about 10 years ago), but the technology is much more advanced now, and I’d like a better macro lens to make those close-ups I like to take even that much more closer. But I am grateful for the one I have, it takes lovely pictures just the same. 🙂
Hope you have a good day today Brad!
LikeLike
Nice positive spin. 🙂 🙂
LikeLike
@”This is a love poem to myself.” – excellent job, Brad… remember I told you once that “brad” = fir-tree in Romanian… wish u an evergreen near future! bon courage & positive vibes! sincerely, Mélanie
LikeLike
Wonderful Mélanie! I appreciate you and the reminder to be green and growing. 🙂
LikeLike
Wishing you peace and ease, Brad. I don’t know as I could add to the wonderful support that has shown up here. I’ll just lend another voice of encouragement. It’s a tightrope walk sometimes– one side the abyss you seem to have to “do something about”, the other side the spiritual help you have to “surrender to” in order to realize freedom. The conflict, I find, when it takes up residence in the mind and our emotions are whipped into a frenzy, can be overwhelming to the point of freezing us solid. I find it helpful to remember that when my emotions are about as clear as Category 5 hurricane, there’s no way I’m seeing possibility accurately. I think we walk away from the deepest pains through taking simple, achievable steps. A moment arises… We respond first with pain, but we choose… We can be at peace now… We can breathe… We are here… We can accept the situation, and look, after forty such moments, a simple action to take has arisen…
Michael
LikeLike
Thank you my friend. This is a wonderful perspective. The key is to reach for peace (40 times, I tend to be impatient to fix it!), and wait for inspired action. This is a great reminder that I can refer to when the next hurricane blows in! 🙂 I appreciate your suggestions and support. blessings, Brad
LikeLike
Sending all the positive vibes of love and healing to you Brad ❤ Life is tough but we are tougher 🙂 Beautiful, beautiful words!
LikeLike
Dear Himani, I appreciate you and your support. Yes, I’m finding new strength within the challenges. Thank you.
LikeLike
Beautiful poem… Blessings my friend…
LikeLike
Thanks, I appreciate you reading and connecting. blessings to you as well, Brad
LikeLike
Great example of writing therapy! Thanks for sharing it. Nurture yourself….Ahhh.
LikeLike
LOL, great perspective! I hadn’t thought of it that way. I also feel very nurtured by all the friends and bloggers who’ve responded to the message.
Thanks JoAnne. 🙂
LikeLike