I see your face
Through eyes
Blank with loss
Trying to smile
Yet I can feel
I see your soul
I see the tears
You try to hide
I hear the plea
In your silence
An echo asks
A new chance
To fill all voids
The pale face
A white mask
Only a known
Eye can break
Friend, have
You forgotten
You’ve smiled
With me too
Your smile, it
Remains with
Me eternally
Why still the
Hesitation to
Come to me
Old promises
I shall fulfill
Be with you
Till that lost
Smile returns
After all, that
Is why friends
Were meant
To be eternal
Written for Thursday Poets Rally, Week 36, Dec 30th to Jan 5th
Beautiful red bloom
Silent appreciation
Accepted with love
I have been nominated for Perfect Poet on Week 35 of the Poets Rally. This badge has been given to me. With the haiku, I accept the appreciation. I nominate DancingFreak for the award in this week’s rally. Thanks!
Image: Photobucket through Google Images search.
wow. that’s a true friend, one that I know you to be. whoever this poem is meant for, they would be lucky to have such a friend in you. beautiful poem, and the haiku to accept your perfect poet badge was good too. have fun.. Happy New Year..!
thanks very much, Suja. I don’t know if that friend is lucky.. maybe, maybe not 😀 I’ve not asked. glad u liked the poem and the haiku.. wish you a Happy New Yr too 🙂
Wow!! 😀 loved it ^_^ <3
thanks Choco 🙂
Leo, this is sweet and true. Lovely!
Happy Rally and Potluck and congrats on the award.
Happy New Year…
Warmest regards,
Jamie
The photo – by the way – is as dear as the poem. Very nice.
thanks Jamie 🙂
thanks Jamie 🙂 warmest regards to you as well 🙂 glad u liked it, found it sweet and true..
Leo, wonderful picture to paint the wonderful words.. Nice one.. I loved it..
Happy Rally, this week I am back..
–Someone is Special–
thank u, SiS.. glad u liked it, and good to see u back at the Rally too.
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perfect of everything,
you are a real diamond in my poets rally…
lovely poem,
perfect entry and spirits…
have fun!
🙂
you are a diamond host too, Ji 🙂 glad u liked it.
A heart wrenching poem Leo, from a dear friend to a dear friend.
Very well written and a tear jerker too!! 🙂
thanks Nanka 🙂 glad u liked it. it is to a dear friend as well.
Such a warm and lovely poem…congrats on your award. 🙂
thank u, Martin 🙂 glad u liked it.
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i love the way you describe the fear of opening a broken heart, especially the raw reasons for hesitation “An echo asks A new chance To fill all voids”
I feel a true friend can hear the echo in the silence if they look properly. 🙂
Glad u liked the poem and my emotions, Robin. thank u very much. 🙂
Beautiful. I love the idea of becoming the holder of the smile for a friend who has lost it for a little while.
yeah.. a good friend can be that holder for sure, Monk 🙂 glad u liked it.
Sometimes the reminder of true friendship is needed when one friend has been lost and has forgotten. Beautiful, Leo.
JP
http://tasithoughts.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/new/
yes. only a true friend is at your side when you most need it, JP.. glad u liked it. thank u very much. 🙂
awh!!! this is lovely! beautiful prose! and that picture is adorable and well suited for the wonderful penning here! Nice!
Happy Rally!!!
Kellie
thanks very much, Kellie 🙂 glad u liked the penmanship.. Happy Rally..
Beautiful poem…The friend is so lucky to have you as friend…
thanks, Rashmi 🙂
Your post are amazing felt within with each word you write
http://soulwanderingsoul.blogspot.com/
thank u, Betcha 🙂
thats a beautiful write… with friends, no hesitation… they can actually see through you.
wonderfully penned
yeah, they can.. through the eyes, they can tell when u r upset.. glad u liked the poem, Raji.. 🙂
You have captured the essence of friendship so beautifully in this poem. Very moving
thanks!
thanks very much, Louise… 🙂 glad u liked it.
Beautifully written! What a wonderful sentiment.
Happy Rally
http://mysticmarleei.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/nye/
thank u very much, Marlee 🙂 glad u liked it.
Password: Leo
Type of Poem: Awww!!
Emotion: Mush
Rating: * NA * (Not my kind)
Signed: Chickpea
😉
ok. thanks for stopping by Pea.
Congratz…
What a cute pic..
“After all, that
Is why friends
Were meant
To be eternal”…So lovely…I superlike.. 🙂
thanks Sumit, glad u liked it. 🙂
Great 🙂 Happy new year!
wish you a Happy New Year too, Ina 🙂
A beautiful poem.
Anita.
http://anitaspoetry.blogspot.com/2010/12/poison.html
thank u, Anita 🙂
This one makes me sad and happy at the same time, magically written!
thanks very much, TnL…
This phrase touches me deeply: “Friend, have You forgotten You’ve smiled With me too” You’ve beautifully articulated the loss of connection we often experience in relationships left untended.
that memory loss is there in friendships that are tended to as well, Kim 🙂 glad u liked the poem.
Friends are there for each other-to hold smiles, to share hearts, to encourage, to share the truth, etc. You’ve captured friendship, sad and good. Great job!
yeah.. that is what friends do, absolutely right, Dan 🙂 glad u liked it.
touched me deeply. something i can relate to. nice work.
happy new year and happy rallying.
Cha
http://chaspalette.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/she-is-her-but-not-her/
thank you very much, Cha.. glad u liked it. Happy Rally to u too 🙂
sometimes all you need is a good friend to help heal our wounds…though time is the best healer but our friends help in speedy recovery from loss…this was beautiful as always…Happy New Year Leo…
yeah.. but finding that one good friend is sometime very difficult, Tweety.. time could definitely use a friend’s hand there 🙂 Happy New Year, friend..
A smooth write – friendship somethimes is more of a challange, which results are worth the while. Happy New year to you and look forward to reading you in the ’11!
yes, friendship is challenging, Anthony.. but at the end of it, one needs that more than anything.. 🙂 Happy New Year, and I look forward to the same at your blog too 🙂
Unbelievably sweet. It is lovely. What a wonderful ode to a friend.
thank you, L 🙂 glad u liked it..
I love reading your posts ,they seem to be filled with such magick,that can feel it within ,The images are viewed with much beauty ,Keep posting ,many Lover stopping by .
personal note
No one can hurt You
Unless you allow
True Love is not simple Words ,like No one will ever love you like I did ,then they walk away ,towards another .
True Love is not Written in a Poem to be left unspoken ,never faced with Reality .
To what I’ve seen
Some Do not even know True Love
They will argue the point ,they do
No ,they are still searching within themselves .
Leaving My Heart with Words here today .
Now it shall forever be me speaking the Truth to ,your Soul .
You shall never be Loved ,Like I will always Trust and Believed .
I Loved You
Yes used word Loved .
As now I finial Know That I am Set Free of this Bind that connected each other together .
My Heart is Free and believe me ,This is so Refreshing to have this Experience ,it is like ,each Heart beat
Holds some amazing Sound as it beats within you ,that is really for first time .
Becomes “Alive”
Happy New Year
May the Life ,Open up something new ,that will bring much Beauty to your World .
Be the Magick in 2011
Be the Beauty in 2011
Be Yourself in 2011
Open your Heart ,Love You
There becomes a Beauty and Magick ,breathing amazing Love in just being Who you are .
http://soulwanderingsoul.blogspot.com/
thank u for a wonderful comment, and wish you a happy 2011 too, Betcha..
“your smile, it remains with me eternally”… Just beautiful! Really enjoyed your haiku – I struggle and strive to create one truly beautiful haiku. Using few words, meaningfully. You did it quite well.
thank you very much, Margaret.. haiku is a challenge for me as well. glad u thought I did it justice 🙂
Beautiful composition. I definitely know what it’s like to have someone who knows they can come to you for ANYTHING and they simply don’t. I’ve actually been on both sides of that coin.
I’ve been on both sides too, Greg.. glad u liked the compostion and found it beautiful… 🙂
Truly beautiful. The short lines make it flow elegently through a stumbling mind.
The Lonely Recluse.
thank you, Lonely Recluse.. glad u found it beautiful in words & structure.. 🙂
Beautiful… it tugged a few strings inside me somewhere… Wish you a great 2011…
thanks, Orange 🙂 glad u liked it. wish u a great 2011 too.
what a poem! full of tenderness and true affection.
thank you very much, Trisha 🙂
Friend, have
You forgotten
“You’ve smiled
With me too
Your smile, it
Remains with
Me eternally”
I love the repeating of smile.
this is a pretty stanza
thank you, fillingahole 🙂 glad u liked the repetition and the poem..
wonderful flow of words.. “I hear the plea In your silence” is what lingers with me
thank u very much, Robin 🙂 glad u liked the flow and that line..
awwww 🙂 such a sweet poem 😀
and the picture is too cute 😛 =)
thanks a lot, Dancingfreak 🙂
Reward well deserved.
thanks Sam 🙂
lovely, powerful!
thank u very much, Sherrie 🙂
Very beautiful. Friendship should be treasured.
yes, it should be, Boogaloo 🙂 glad u liked it.
Loved the language & imagery of the poem. Curious – Is capitalizing the first word of every line a style choice or done for a diff. reason? There is TONS to read here! Gonna have to read through some of your archives and play catch-up. Great submission, I always do enjoy strong-voiced poets.
crb.
hi Carib 🙂 capitalization of the first word in each line is done coz it is part of the English language 🙂 a rule of capitalization.. thanks for stopping by and subscribing to the blog too.. glad u enjoyed the poetry..
What a sweet, dear friend being so encouraging to the other–very nice. And a sweet photo to go with it.
Happy New Year, Leo! xoxo
thanks Bodhi 🙂 and wish you a Happy New Year too 😀
Good stuff Leo. Your friends are lucky (just like u are)
hope they are, Keshav 😀 I’m lucky to have friends, indeed 🙂
amazing piece…friends are definitely meant to be eternal! amazing way to depict friendship with words!!! thanks for sharing Leo!
http://peachpitproduction.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/darkness/
thank you Ms. Peaches 🙂 glad u liked it. indeed friends are meant to be eternal..
Happy new year leeooooooo!!!
aawww such a chwweeettt poem 😀
and yes i am tryin my best to be back 😀 thanks a ton for being there 😀
thanks Megz 🙂 be back real soon 😀
Lovely, a wonderful tribute to friendship. Your words ring so true!
thanks DeadPoet 🙂
Very nice poem on friendship, thanks for sharing
thanks Words4aFriend 🙂 glad u liked it.
The lines:
“I see your soul
I see the tears
You try to hide”
Reminded me of an event in my own life…this poem took me to a moment of deep reflection. Thank you for sharing.
thank u very much, David. glad u liked it and made you reflect..
Well , for whomsoever you have written this , this poem is beautiiiiiiiifulllll .. I just loved this poem , reminds me one of a friend whom I am very close to, who would have said kinda like you, except that in poetic way .. 😛 On a serious note , its wonderful to see such motivational words strung in place , lending an invisible hand to friend , who is in need of one 🙂 Wonderful Leo , its really fantastic 🙂
what serious note? 😮 I had no idea Aarti can be serious 😛 glad u liked my poem, friend.
encore! encore! for this one! mines here for this thursday- http://fiveloaf.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/hunger/
will try for an encore soon, Fiveloaf 🙂 glad u liked it.
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Sensitive.
thanks Llyn 🙂