you’ll always be my only guiding light
even when there is no star in sight
perfect love embracing all of me
you give me roots and wings
my guiding star shining bright
cut and polished me like a gem
transcending time and space
anchored to you through time
as we slip away into the night
now, is always wrapped around you
oh remind me to breathe
as time flies by
© 2025 michael d emmerich
© 2025 mikesnexus.com
A poem for our wedding 20th of April 2024
I owe my heart to you, that’s the truth
you carry my heart in yours as I do yours in mine
you came into my life like a vision from the skies
bringing in beauty when times were dark
your smile chases away fears of doubt
you are my love story
you understand the solitude of my mind
and opened a wonderful place
which I never knew could be reclaimed
for whenever I am in your arms
I can just be still
and know I will always be your man
so be still, be still, my true love
dreams do come true
inside your arms, inside your heart, inside your love
be it at the ends of the earth
or just where you are
just to always feel your love
© 2024 michael d emmerich
© 2024 mikesnexus.com
in every leaf that trembles
as in every grain of sand
this fragile beauty brings balance
resonating a harmonious chord
spreading out as ripples
across the universe of our lives
may you always prosper and blossom
continuing to see beauty in every grain of sand
and flower that blooms
for this year and the next that will always follow
bringing a revived catalyst for growth
to my life, our love, and your life
© 2023 michael d emmerich
© 2023 mikesnexus.com
moments like this
are fleeting, flighty, transient
at that moment
as time flies by
a breath is stolen
moments like these
are eternal, forever etched, continuous
neither fleeting nor lost
let time become eternal
breathe in this eternity
separation is ephemeral
let not one moment define time
a moment in time remains just that
a persistent timeous illusion
our togetherness redefines time
© 2024 michael d emmerich
© 2024 mikesnexus.com
the morning light slowly pushes the shadows away
the remains of the night gently recede
yet we cling to the warmth that remains
entwined in our slumbers we hold firm
to another 5 minutes
hushed whispers and the rise and fall as we breath
hands holding firm to the sands of time
to slow down what will eventually be
till then we mould as one
for another 5 minutes
a new day must eventually begin
till then, we press in and on
entwined as one
delaying this moment
for just another 5 minutes … please
© 2023 michael d emmerich
© 2023 mikesnexus.com
that which disturbs, irritates
out of this intrusion our natural defence
must be to create beauty
this irritation layered upon our minds
must drag out the lustre of the nacre
and repeatedly caress
layer upon layer
from every grain of sand, let beauty emerge
pearls from pain, washed by tears
this fragile beauty brings balance
becoming a catalyst to growth
allow the weeds of yesteryear
to become the flowers of indulgence
as a new wonderous life emerges
© 2023 michael d emmerich
© 2023 mikesnexus.com
that elusive gift is no longer lost
to find what was never lost but is now found
that is indeed one of life’s mysteries
but,
to those who dare and persist
sands of time will never end
their pathway becomes self-evident
and,
passions are no longer that elusive frontier
that which is valued becomes our truth
with no limits or boundaries
may the sands never run out in this hourglass
© 2023 michael d emmerich
© 2023 mikesnexus.com
love is beauty wrapped
in the seconds of one’s life
stop, linger longer
taste, savour
and just breathe
ensuring this moment in time
is frozen and not forsaken
be enfolded, firmly,
yet with tenderness
just linger and be seen
© 2021 michael d emmerich
© 2021 mikesnexus.com
Reading a few of my poems at an arts festival this weekend … excited, nervous, unsure … first time I will be reading my poems in a public domain, exposing my thoughts, emotions and journey to strangers, in person. Totally different feeling from posting them online or reading to a friend now and again. Possibly the next step in me moving into a more “serious” position on my writings. 😱📖🤔
Selected 5 poems to read (doing some practice readings) , will gauge the audience a see how many they can handle.
#mythoughts #mypoetry
at the centre of his imagination all is blurred or veiled this continual tussle between reveal or shadow inevitably creating a journey of suspense allowing for at times, no resolution or closure retreating into these lost shadows this private reticence of an untold, nay oft told story out of sight, off camera might become an annoyance but is it not the journey rather than that, never reached destination that casts the longer shadow and matters more?
© 2021 michael d emmerich
© 2021 mikesnexus.com
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