Passion

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We so often think of passion

as it applies to love of another

or our thoughts of what of

the love of another should be

But …

Honest…

True…

Real…

Burning…

Passion shows as a light

from the soul

Eyes sparkling and

a shining face when

 

someone talks about

their life …

their work …

their passion …

Be it rock climbing

or composing the next

symphony …

There is no difference

in the look and feel of

passion a person has

about the importance

of their life …

And …

Their life’s work …

Passion …

Copyright © 2016 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

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Devil Woman

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Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada

I was too young to be

involved in the BEAT

Generation … missed

that group completely

until deep adulthood

But …

I identified with them

and their poetry mostly

And…

Hippies …

Feminists …

Baby Boomers …

and yes …

Millennials at my

now advanced age

 

I found that age

doesn’t matter if you

have passion about

life … about any and

everything really

I want to be like my

friend Hazel when I am

in my 90s as she is now

and make the Devil very very afraid!

 

Copyright © 2016 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

For Writing Outside the Lines – Prompt 2.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Autumn Leaves

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We met in mid Summer

Fiery July…

Our passion matching

the heat of a blazing sun

 

Late starlight walks…

Moonlight meetings…

We fell hard…

fast…

Never willing to be apart

needing the touch…

to talk…

to be…

 

Much too soon our 

Time would be over…

spent…

 

For me…

Time was waning

with the days of 

Summer…

 

Not being able to

let go gracefully

I left in September

telling you to 

Remember me when

the season turned

 

By then

For me…

all left would be

the dust of fiery 

colored leaves

of Autumn…

 

© 2014 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

The Right Love

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I spent my life

searching for that

right person…

The one who could match

my fire…

my passion…

my drive…

 

Wasted years thinking…

is that all there is?

 

Hoped it would be

possible to find a match

But…

in the end …

no one even close 

to my

wants…

needs…

fire…

 

Until you…

then I knew the

meaning of

“the right kind of love”*

that compatibility

meeting me equally

in —

passion…

sensuality…

sexuality…

need…

desire…

 

The One who completed me

the one I could give…

“a piece of my life!”*

 

Copyright © 2013 Annie – Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

 

*This poem was inspired by the indicated lines in a Quarterflash song titled Right Kind of Love.

 

 

Just Passing Through

was written a few days ago before I read the following poem written by the incredibly poet and singer/song writer Leonard Cohen.  I found the following poem only this morning when I picked up Leonard Cohen’s Poems and Songs and felt the connection of his poem to mine.  They are not remotely alike, yet have a similar feel.  ‘As the Mist Leaves No Scar’ was a new poem to me and I was surprised at the collective thought in this poem and mine.   I hope you enjoy both since this is an unusual posting style for me.

As The Mist Leaves No Scar

By Leonard Cohen

 

As the mist leaves no scar

On the dark green hill,

So my body leaves o scar

On you, nor ever will.

 

When wind and hawk’s encounter,

What remains to keep?

So you and I encounter,

The turn, then fall to sleep.

 

As many nights endure

Without a moon or star,

So will we endure

When one is gone and far

 

 

From page 22, Leonard Cohen:  Poems and Songs

Everyman’s Pocket Book

Edited by Robert Faggen

Copyright © 2011 Everyman’s Press

 

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Just Passing Through

You came to me

Unexpectedly…

A Surprise…

Yes, but…

Not really

This is just

your style

 

Your voice filled with

lust…

desire…

expectation…

anticipation…

 

And…

A question on your tongue…

Leaving the decision

once again…

to me.

 

A friend with

Benefits whose

company I do

Enjoy…

Neither of us

owing anything to

the other

except…

mutual pleasure

And

respect

 

One night of 

passion…

pleasure…

and pain…

You are gone…

Until the next

time you are 

Just Passing Through

 

 

© 2013 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

 

 

Old Ideas…

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Old ideas…

An old love

in a new light

We both have

grown and changed

during the lost years

evolved in the language of…

lust…

passion…

sensuality…

dare I say…

Love?

An awareness of the other

taking us to new heights…

exploration…

fulfillment…

© 2013 Annie Original Flash Fiction
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

Inspired by Leonard Cohen’s CD Old Ideas