let your tears come
let them water your soul
by eileen mahew
let your tears come,
let them water your soul
let them mix with the ash
of passions fire, grown cold
let them brighten the bruises
let their salt sting the scars
let them fill your lifes palette
let them color your art
let them mix with your blood
and your hurt and your fear-
then paint me a picture
i can see, feel, and hear….
June 12th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Lovely. I can hear the music–this is a song.
June 12th, 2008 at 10:00 am
This was a fantastic poem of someone really wanting to feel passion’s fire again. I need to paint myself a picture in my mind (can’t paint) and feel again to break through my malaise. Thanks Jodi! HUG
June 12th, 2008 at 11:06 am
rick is tight but u still drop them bombs sister…my folk did a review and interview on me so chk it
June 12th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
you need to put together an anthology of all of your poem’s and begin publishing. beautiful.
June 12th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Nice ode to passion. So many of the phrases in here I love. water your soul, mix with the ash, color your art…
June 12th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
rhythmical and lovely. if only tears could do all of this.
June 12th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Outstanding. (As usual.)
June 12th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Amazing, Jodi!
June 12th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Um. What Rebecca said.
Its our wounded natures that produce the most transcendent expressions – of pain and joy. Moving and beautiful poem, Jodi. Truly.
June 12th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Beatiful, tears are so cleansing, and good for the soul.
June 12th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Very cool. And yes, let’s let ‘em come.
June 12th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Nothing beats a having good cry…
oh, except makeup sex!
June 12th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
The tears water our souls, and our hearts, and that little dormant seed we call hope. An exquisite piece.
June 13th, 2008 at 12:13 am
Wouldn’t this be wonderful accompaniment to my post! Very healing words!
Hugs Giggles
June 13th, 2008 at 2:30 am
paisley,
When the tears won’t come or the well is dry, then the picture is black.
rel
June 13th, 2008 at 3:17 am
Art and adversity so often feed each other. Great words.
June 13th, 2008 at 4:15 am
let ya tears come and touch my soul…………
June 13th, 2008 at 4:50 am
Oh I love this, you did a wonderful job here, the delicate lyrical touch is so in keeping with the painting.
June 13th, 2008 at 5:14 am
Mediocrity be damned! For it is here one finds the outpouring of a soul. The world would be full of stark canvases and blank sheets of paper if not for emotion. You my dear, bleed in full color!
June 13th, 2008 at 6:03 am
thats very cool…
and I love the graphic….
June 13th, 2008 at 7:08 am
Nothing like a good howl to flush out your eyes, your soul and make you think “was that really worth all that?” … you’re thought provoking again MsP. xoxox
June 13th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
That’s gorgeous. I’d love to have within the pages of a poetry collection that I could read over and over.
June 13th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
good for you! i think they like it.
June 13th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
As someone who finds it very hard to cry, those words say it for me, so thank you. I mourn the days when I could paint it all out.
June 16th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Hey, beautiful combination of words and painting. I like how you incorporqated the same words that inspired the painting, making the whole process cyclical, or mirror-like.
June 17th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
…hi p… let them color your art… yes, indeed…
June 19th, 2008 at 6:16 am
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July 26th, 2008 at 3:23 am
Beautifully, soulfully, delicately done, Paisley. . .:)