Pharos ~ The Lighthouse
Kerry O’Connor
@skyloverpoetry
Not Like That, But Deeper Still
Your soul pierced the black,
guiding me to your shore;
to you, unmasked,
regardless of
jovial exterior;
your amiable patina,
outshined by
your inner light;
moonbeams divine
whitecap from ocean,
revealing your pain;
inside, you’re lonely like me;
we resonate without words;
wings spread,
I flew to you.
Love-at-first sight? Superficial,
unlike your beckoning lighthouse.
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Pacifico ~ The Pacific Ocean Kerry O’Connor @skyloverpoetry
Inspired by Real Toads Art FLASH! / 55 in December, hosted by Kerry O’Connor.
Also shared at Poets United Pantry of Poetry and Prose #7.
Hephaestus’ Waste & Cosmic Rubble 
I love “wings spread, I flew to you.” Beautiful.
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Thank you. 🙂
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This is a really nice one, Barry! I especially enjoyed, “your amiable patina, outshined by, your inner light;” Falling more in love with a person as time goes on.
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Thank you. 🙂
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[guttural gasp]
so deep
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Thank you. Glad you liked it. 🙂
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A fine combination of both images, with the emotional attachments therein.
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Thank you. 🙂
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The inside of the lighthouse is so often a disappointing one… well penned
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Thank you sir! 🙂
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This created within me longings so livid I can only answer them with poetry.
https://violetslentz.home.blog/2019/12/08/touche/
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I’m humbled by your reply. Your poem is strong and dense with emotion. Thank you for the wonderful response.:)
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Guided by Violet, alas not your lighthouse 🙂
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However you got here, thank you for visiting. 🙂
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Pleasure
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I too followed Violet’s light. A very powerful piece!
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Welcome! Thank you for the compliment. 🙂
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…. a beautiful story in your poem.
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Thank you. 🙂
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This is wonderfully deep! ❤️ I especially like; “we resonate without words; wings spread, I flew to you.”
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Thank you, Sanaa. 🙂
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“inside, you’re lonely like me;
we resonate without words”
Luv the pathos commended to your contemplation on this lighthouse
Much✏love
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Thank you. 🙂
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I like the love in this. The lover exposing her light and guiding the other. Lovely poem
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Thank you. 🙂
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Wings spread I flew to you….oh my goodness. This is so beautiful. I can smell the ocean in it and see the gulls.
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Thank you Toni. 🙂
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Very evocative.
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Thank you. I read your poem and commented. Are you a good witch or a bad one? I suspect good. 🙂
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Thanks, I appreciate your comment. (But Blogger doesn’t have the ‘Like’ button.)
(Intelligent) witches are very moral. We only have one rule: ‘Do as ye will, so long as it harms none.’ Think about it! It’s the most stringent ethical principle there is. We have to consider the consequences of every action – and of course, in many cases it’s impossible to know in the long-term, but still we must do the best we can…. We also believe that the energy we send out comes back to us multiplied; so again it gives one pause.
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I like that rule and strive to follow it. Hasn’t always been the case back when I was young and dumb…
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A beautiful profound love poem…love in its true elevated sense , beyond the realm of ‘ordinary’ Something I think, only a talented poet could understand or write.
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Thank you for the lovely compliment. I hope to live up to your praise someday. 🙂
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❤
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