strongly worded and descriptive, this section is exceptional,
I have taken you
deeply in
penetrating my lungs
speckling my spirit
with all the textures
of your soul
I am of course aware that spackling is a trademark word used in North America but I doubt whether that was your intended meaning.

I've read this a few times and keep coming back to your health and wondering if this is written for 'Him'......that you are have taken 'Him' into your heart and are dreaming of a time when 'He' welcomes you and relieves you of the suffering you've endured and still are. I'm not saying that you are ready yet, at least I hope not cos I selfishly, I still need you here, but that when you say:
'where the air becomes thin and tight
i have grown pale
in the waiting....'
and then
you kindle my senses
with utter anticipation....'

these parts especially took my thoughts to where I've expressed
I may be way off here and if so PLEASE tell me!!!
BUT even if i am, i still enjoyed the read and know it was written from the heart!

ox,
val

Thanks for letting me know I was a bit off...to say the least!
I think Steve is so blessed to have you in his life and I do believe he knows it too! We both have found amazing 'muses' which is makes writing poems even more worthwhile. One of these days I hope to have mine as close to me as you do yours. I so wish you guys still lived in Ohio...i'm brain dead at the moment as to exactly where you said but as I recall it wasn't that far from where I am!
Again I appreciate your filling me in and now that I know where your head was at when writing this, I can see your love for Steve shining thru!

OX, val

A voyage into the depth of feeling well written, and I think you wrote it without thinking of what to say, it seemed a natural write, where the writer drifts into a dream of things now and in the past.
Words that seep into the feelings of maybe love but could be deeper..
Yours as always, Ian..xx

that sigh..exultations
in....and out..
that rush of emotion
in memory or sight
treasures held
dreams visage...
all there...

life is a voyage

thank U Candlewitch

Mr Wolf!

There was a time cat ma'am

when you read me
and
my silly gun machined poetry
and
at times you said
You'd liked it ..

Much water has fallen
through the heights of Niagara
AND
more shall

but it's been a long day
in the battle of my life
since you last read me
has my poetry been anchored lately
ma'am cat
do tell me
be free
to pierce
as you may feel

am confused whether
you are like HG WELLS
or vice versa.

Blood pressure
is not a disease

when I went for my medicals
a doc said
''no air travel''
but I insisted
whether or not
I would

He gave me ten tablets
asked me to buy more
if I survived the flight

That was only 5 years
down memories lane
and
I did not from medicine gain
I abandoned

It's more
that we must reduce
our loneliness
our isolation

and
superficial stress
and
forced darkness
abstention

I have a lady friend taking
BP MEDICINE
since passed
two decades
I did not take
even those ten

What I am
trying to say
most diseases
are psychosomatic
keep docs in hand
yet in the deepest bay

when your heart beat starts to pound
meditate
you may take the medicine
the doc says
just in case....
believe him
as he is a specialist
but also pray
and
ask him how from medicine
to stay away
he will simply hmmm and bray
so happily pass the day

from darkness
and
dark poetry
stay away

life when one is smiling
and
also making others laugh
lasts
passes
more hopefully at last
may not be that fast!
Hope you will consult the doc
ere he does me blast!

Never worry about us here, as from all your input so we find you.
Our love to your interaction on Neopoet, no matter how long you are on the site, is safe.
I send you healing and stop worrying about time spent here.
Your health is the most important to us all..
Take care little lady and know you are loved by many,
Yours as always Ian..xxx