Love is a Garden

Love is a garden

Where happiness grows

From the hopes that we planted

And the seeds that were sown

Love blooms like flowers

And opens our hearts

To the beauty that surrounds us

And soon fills our hearts

With the wonders of life

And a beauty profound

The birds sing more sweetly

In the branches of trees

The leaves sing their song

In the soft morning breeze

The flowers are more lovely

When we take the time to feel

A tapestry of petals

Where the flowers grow

Woven with their fragrance

In the sunshine's morning glow

Love is a garden

Where grows a tree of life

Where wishes are granted

And dreams realised ...

Prose by Dianne Dawes ... ♥

Painting "Morning Sunshine" with kind permission from the artist Karen Fields.

Please visit Karen's blog "My Creative Life" to view more of her beautiful art.

Thank you Karen for sharing your beautiful painting to accompany my prose.

Love Set Me Free

False hopes betray me

And leave me undone

Not even the stars 

can help me

When I wish upon one

Nothing is the way

It was promised to be

Hope upon prayer

Love let me be

Release my heart

From your promise I sought

Untangle the threads

That bound me so tight

To a love left wanting

That would not be

To love unfulfilled

A love denied

To a love unforgiving

So love set me free ...

Poem: Dianne D ... ♥

Image : Fantasy -  Free HD Wallpaper

There Are No Words ...

I wanted to write a poem to tell you how I feel and though I searched deep within myself I could not find the words. I wanted to tell you that something within me has changed and that now I feel everything so deeply. 

How I have been mourning the days that have passed me by. Times when I have let opportunities go, lost forever, and times when I have chased after dreams only to fall like a fool.

The places to which I wanted to travel, to experience, the lavender in Provence, the meadows and music of the French countryside, the flowers in Tuscany, so many places, so many dreams, places you have seen ... but time did not wait for me, or stand still and now it is too late ... regrets, how do I explain?

These emotions that I cannot put into words, or a rhyme, they are feelings deep within me, you may not understand.

They are feelings that I cannot express with words, like the notes of a song ... how do I explain how they touch my heart, a note resonating on the string of a cello, a fleeting melody that moves me to tears or a feeling of happiness?

The scent of flowers in a night garden carried on the warm evening air, a feeling, an emotion, when I think of you... the sound of laughter and music carried across the water on a Summer's night, reflected lights on the surface. Soft moonlight, paper lanterns hanging in trees, holiday dreams, feelings ... no words.

How does one explain loneliness and happiness, I only know when I feel them, or love, how can that feeling be put into words? If there is a way then perhaps I have lost my direction, I can only feel them, not explain.

How do I explain the feelings of beauty when I read your words to me; the warm colour and emotions that enfold me, there are no words for such a beautiful feeling ... or the love that I feel for you ... it cannot be explained, it cannot be defined ... it just is ...

Thoughts by Dianne D ... ♥

The music video is "Wisdom", from the film "A Good Year", I hope it touches your hearts too!

Far and Away ... So Close

Though you are far away from me

Both in distance and in time

I think of you to bring you close.

It is comforting to know

That the sun which warms me now

And every morn

Will always shine for you.

It has left you and your northern sky

And turns my night into day

Just like the words that you say

Its warmth shall light my day.

When you look up to your star filled sky

And the silver moonlight of your night

Please stop a while

Let time stand still

And in that silent moment

Think of me 

For my thoughts will also be with you.

In the stillness of your night

And the brightness of my day

Perhaps in the space that's in between

Our thoughts will pass, so close

Yet each unseen

To echo through the silence of space and time

And join our hearts together in a beautiful dream ...

Prose - Dianne D ... ♥

Image - Morning Sunrise

Days of Certainty

Gone are my days of certainty

Lost in distance and time

No peace of mind

Since love left me

Without a reason why

Warm thoughts stir my heart

And wash over me

Of days that have gone by

Days of flowers and happiness

A reflection of love in time

Moments stolen from memory

From behind the mask of time

Hidden away in dark places

Behind a veiled disguise ...

Prose by Dianne D ... ♥

Image - Venetian Beauty by tilq