UTOPIA
Was it just the wind
or him kissing my cheek
Was it just the sunshine
or his arms embrace
Was it just the galaxy
or him sharing my dream
Was it just a raindrop
or him giving me hope
That was yesterday
not today…..
©AmandavdL 2010
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SEAT OF MY SOUL 
August 5, 2010 at 10:23 am
Nice one! I was really swept along by the wonderful vibe in this, and then you surprised me with the last two lines. I went, “Aaawww… so it didn’t work out after all!” 😦
Beautifully done though. I like this a lot. 🙂
August 5, 2010 at 11:36 am
I knew someone would say that about the end….I like a twist in the end!! You made me smile…hope you have a FANTABULOUS day!! ~ Amanda
August 5, 2010 at 10:28 am
Reminiscing on sweet memories brought by love or a utopia for real? Nice one…
Cheers.
August 5, 2010 at 11:46 am
Reminiscing on sweet memories that was 🙂 🙂 …Reminiscing….the stimulation is wonderful (David Prescott)..Not to long though, reality’s better 🙂 Hugs xx
August 5, 2010 at 10:28 am
it was yesterday, but it was very dreamy and lovely thoughts.
have fun!
😉
August 5, 2010 at 11:46 am
Appreciate your presence Ji….smiling face right back at you 🙂 🙂 🙂
August 6, 2010 at 4:18 am
http://jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/roads-diverge-in-a-dark-wood-plus-happy-belated-birthday-wishes-2-heartspell/
Please help giving belated birthday wishes to heartspell, thanks!
🙂
August 6, 2010 at 8:33 am
Thanks Ji, I did on her birthday and am happy you’re sending this out. We love her very much! Much love x
August 5, 2010 at 10:56 am
Lovely memories…
“Was it just the galaxy
or him sharing my dream” – found this analogy absolutely beautiful!! When you share dreams with the one you love, everything seems so perfect and larger than life… these lines convey that meaning so beautifully!
Well.. the reality was yesterday…today is a collection of beautiful realities… don’t ever lose it! But don’t cling on it so much that you miss the beautiful moments of today…
Memories are a portkey to another lovely tomorrow as well!
Having said that, Happy Thursday to you, Amanda!!!
Looovvviiiieeezzzz to you….
And hope to see you soon on pages here and there 🙂
Take care, girlie… MWAH!!!
August 5, 2010 at 11:57 am
I have to say that writing about yesterday…creating memories from the past, is a healing process for me and it’s not good to cling to them for too long. I have luckily moved forward and embrace what today and tomorrow brings. It’s obvious what my heart’s feelings are and it’s part of this romantic fool I am…always write about love…be it good or bad!!! LOLOLOL..Or maybe an outlet for the dreams I have in mind for the future hahahahaha:)…I so treasure and appreciate your comments dear one…don’t ever stop!! Can you believe it’s Thursday here already!! Spring is around the corner and that makes me very excited!! Can’t wait. (Already saw you on so many pages…how do you do it!!! Phewwwww)…Hugs girlfriend xxxx
August 5, 2010 at 11:25 am
Very thought provoking and interesting.
August 5, 2010 at 11:59 am
Makes me happy to have you here Morganna…keep on smiling my dear friend xx
August 5, 2010 at 11:27 am
Engaging and suggestive. I like the way it suggests much and keeps my mind open. Especially . -the ending. – Bill
August 5, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Twist at the end 🙂 But all in good faith….love seeing you here 🙂 🙂 xx
August 5, 2010 at 11:33 am
This could be utopia
August 5, 2010 at 12:10 pm
We wish girlfriend LOLOLOL….Sending you love xx
August 5, 2010 at 11:35 am
Oh wow, Amanda, this is amazing. I love the romance of it, the first four stanzas, and then a sort of let-down, only it could be taken another way, a letting go of yesterday – however it turned out, however real or imagined its events were – to live in today’s moments.
It’s a beautiful poem.
August 5, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Thanks so much for your invaluable comment, it means much to me…and you’re right…it can be taken another way. I thought the twist at the end would make it a bit thought provoking!! Sending you love 🙂
August 5, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Beautiful!
August 5, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Thanks so much Mama Zen, your presence here warms my heart!! Sending you love xx
August 5, 2010 at 12:11 pm
It’s like the world stops turning for a minute, and then, suddenly, it starts back, and all that wind that had been waiting for you rushes right toward you and knocks you down with the freshness of life and breath.
Your Poem made me think of this line from Kerouac:
“What is the feeling when you’re driving away from
people, and they recede on the plain till you see their specks
dispersing? -it’s the too huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye.
But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.” ~Jack Kerouac
August 5, 2010 at 12:26 pm
I love him….”All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.”…and forward we lean!! Sometimes reality steps in, I believe, always for a reason, even when we don’t want to know. I so love what you wrote, thanks for being here, it warms my heart and I value your comments. Have a wonderful day (or is it sweet dreams?) It’s Thurday 12.30pm here in Australia…I send you much love my dear friend x
August 7, 2010 at 12:06 pm
I try to find wonderful in wake and in dreams.
It haunts me when I stumble, and humbles me when I surrender.
Thank you for writing, wherever you are and whomever you reach!
~Lee
August 5, 2010 at 12:24 pm
It was all those things and anything you wish it to be… beautiful reminiscing
here… wishing all these things for your near-in-the-future tomorrow. Love the eyes…wish mine could change colors like that! 🙂 xxx Heartspell
August 5, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Wish mine could change color like that too girlfriend….Thanks my friend oxo
August 5, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Beautiful combination of image, enchanting words, and music. Thank you for sharing.
August 5, 2010 at 3:52 pm
I have not heard that song “Utopia” before but when I Googled and listened to it, I kinda liked it a lot. Something new….:):):) Hugs x
August 5, 2010 at 1:23 pm
I love the line ….was it just the galaxy or him sharing my dream.
Call it my projection here, but sharing a dream with someone can seem as big if not bigger and more expanding than the galaxy. I love the analogy. I also love your visual…the eyes and the words of your poem seeing into the soul.
xoxo
August 5, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Aww…what a sweet thing to say Patty, thanks so much for visiting, it really means the world to me and I appreciate it so very much!! Sending you love xx
August 5, 2010 at 2:16 pm
As a high school English teacher, I wish I could say you were one of my students. Such powerful imagery! I see the lines as metaphors: sunshine/arms embrace, galaxy/him sharing my dream, raindrop/hope.
So much depth and meaning here. I’m glad you stopped by my blog, so I could then know to visit yours–well worth visiting.
August 5, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Thanks for the comment Beth, so happy you enjoyed it and I value your comments immensely. Have a great day my friend x
August 5, 2010 at 2:33 pm
I thought of Joni Mitchell’s words … ‘love’s illusion’ …
Baie mooi geskryf, vriendin.
August 5, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Ek kan sien jy’s ook mal oor musiek….ek laaiikkk jou baie maatjie 🙂 x
August 5, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Another home run…great lines of beautiful words…xx
August 5, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Wink wink….a far cry from food….but food for my soul girlfriend oxoxox Hugs xxx
August 5, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Oh my, the last two lines hold so much sadness. You titled your poem very aptly. Lovely and sad poem, sadly things like that are only utopia. Great piece!
Apologies for not visiting earlier, been too bogged down with work, and when I’m not working all I can do is sleep.
Take care, and have a lovely day!
August 5, 2010 at 3:57 pm
I understand my dear, I have the same problem, trying to keep it burning at both ends…I so appreciate you being here….it makes me smile. I send you loads of love 🙂 🙂
August 5, 2010 at 3:57 pm
divine…… that was yesterday …my childhood friend God…..
not today….
love all….
August 5, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Love to you too and thanks for visiting 🙂 🙂
August 5, 2010 at 5:48 pm
“That was yesterday
not today…..”
Lovely Amanda! 🙂
I keep telling that to myself, everyday… To keep the worries of yesterday where they belong, in the past. And to remind myself that this is a new day, a new opportunity…
August 6, 2010 at 8:21 am
Thanks Lua, looking forward to the future is the way to go!! Always keep smiling my friend xx
August 5, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Beautiful poetry, Red. You never disappoint when you write from your heart, an excellent piece. Sorry for the sadness in the end, but c’est la vie.
Cowboy
August 6, 2010 at 8:22 am
C’est la vie Cowboy….always! Thank you for the jugely kind comments ~ Red x
August 5, 2010 at 9:38 pm
Wow! You are so awsome!!! I really appreciate your kindness and friendship. thank you, your support is held in high reguards and is very valuable to me. you are precious, I love this poem and all of your writing!!!!!!
thank you, your friend, alan
August 6, 2010 at 8:25 am
Ditto my dear friend…I value your continued encouragement immensely!! You have a lovely day and I’m sending love to you both 🙂 x
August 5, 2010 at 9:59 pm
Amanda.. your last two lines gave me a jolt..!! I was reading thru your poem, and it was so amazing it literally took me to this beautiful Utopia you had described and the last two lines brought me back to reality without warning 😛 !! Interesting twist..!!
August 6, 2010 at 8:27 am
Very interesting twist dear friend….that was intentionally!!! LOLOLOL….{{{{{Hugs}}}}}
August 5, 2010 at 10:44 pm
Was it a paradise or , just his love for me 🙂
You said it all in a few lines Amanda 🙂 I like it a lot !
August 6, 2010 at 8:28 am
Thanks so much for your kind comment…it warms my heart to see you here!! Have a great day my friend x
August 5, 2010 at 10:54 pm
this was a joy to read. and the picture of the eye…fabulous!!!
thank you for visiing and commenting. i hope you return often.
smiles,
August 6, 2010 at 8:29 am
Thanks you for visiting my nook too Jessie…I will visit you often. Have a great day my friend ~ Amanda
August 5, 2010 at 11:15 pm
Beautiful utopia :O *Repeat mode* Thank for sharing!=D
August 6, 2010 at 8:30 am
Thanks for the comment and being here:)
August 6, 2010 at 1:08 am
I like this very much……momories…….always there…..
August 6, 2010 at 8:31 am
Glad you liked it my friend…hope you have a good one!! ~ Amanda
August 6, 2010 at 1:40 am
Beautiful, and the music is perfect for it. Your poem brings home the reality that the mind is not the only thing that remembers. The body remembers too.
August 6, 2010 at 8:32 am
Thanks my friend…I am happy you liked it and appreciate your continued support so very much! Sending you love x
August 6, 2010 at 5:29 am
“was it”
a powerful little question. so much possibility in the answer
August 6, 2010 at 8:33 am
That was the meaning with the twist at the end. Thanks so much for visiting, I really appreciate it my friend x
August 6, 2010 at 6:09 am
What a lovely poem! So beautifully simple.
August 6, 2010 at 8:34 am
Thanks for your kind comment …..much appreciated x
August 6, 2010 at 6:47 am
I really liked this…the final stanza was bittersweet…and perfect.
August 6, 2010 at 8:35 am
Thanks so much for your visit and comment, I appreciate it immensely x
August 6, 2010 at 6:50 am
your work stirs lots of different emotions, the class of a prolific writer as yourself xx
August 6, 2010 at 8:37 am
Awww …Thanks so much William, I thank you immensely for your kindest words and your continued encouragement. Sending you much love! x
August 6, 2010 at 7:45 am
Short, sweet , with a touch of sassy at the end. Nice….
August 6, 2010 at 8:37 am
🙂 🙂 🙂 Thanks for visiting my friend :):):)
August 7, 2010 at 4:49 am
Beautiful. It made me think of when the clouds are so low to the ground, creating a mist. You can see it and feel its presence. It is there, but not something you can actually grasp and hold on to.
August 7, 2010 at 8:45 am
The end had a bit of a twist but that was intentionally!! 🙂 Thanks for enjoying Cindy…Mwah xx
August 7, 2010 at 6:12 am
I liked the hope part. But, I kind of pouted at the end. Well, there’s always tomorrow. 😉
August 7, 2010 at 9:00 am
(Smiling)….there is always tomorrow my friend, I actually wrote the poem with a twist on purpose!!! Thanks so very much for being here dear friend xx