February Love Posting - Valentine

(download)

Valentine

 

Sweet romantic

Stuffed teddy bears


Dance with white-hot

Chocolate ribbons

 

Love flowers in

Crystal vases


Tissue paper

Pink and gold hearts

 

Branded not by

Cupid’s arrow

 

But kisses from

Red satin lips

 

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2007 


--

February Love Posting - Erato

 

This poem describes my frustration with writer’s block before Valentine’s Day in 2006.

 

ERATO!


Erato! My muse

elusive, coy

veiled and disguised

concealed from

my blinded heart

and probing tongue

by ignorance

stifled by obscure

redundancy.

Return to me

before Cupid

unleashes his

arrows and pierces

my essence

damning me

to madness

forever.


  © Alice Vedral Rivera - 2006 

---

 

 

February Love Posting - Until.....

UNTIL…..

 

I am imprisoned

By the scent of you

Trapped in the tangled

Strands of my hair

 

I plead for more

As aftershocks of

Your pounding bring me

To my knees

 

But you walk out the door

As you always do

And I am forced to subsist

On leftover crumbs

I manage to salvage

From my memories


 Until…..

 

Until you can not

Stay away and keep

Your love from me

Any longer

 

Until…..

 

You are compelled

By your desire

For my pleasure

To possess me again

 

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2008

 

---

February Love Posting - Possessed

100_0357

(download)

 

I played around with fx when I recorded this poem. 

 

Possessed

 

Resistance futile

Incoherent, wild

Waves of your desire

Crash into my soul

Ripples continue

To eclipse my heart

Long after you’ve gone

 

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2006

---

February Love Posting - Far Away Blues

(download)

An excerpt from Part 2 – Separation of ‘Dearest and Most Precious: A Love Journal’ and a track on the Ciba & Rhythm on 22nd cd – this was written when I was in the Czech Republic missing my honey as was all of Part 2.  This was the first lyric I ever wrote after my cousin, Ciba, asked me to write some English lyrics for him.  He wrote the music and recorded it on the Rhythm on 22nd cd.  Of the 12 tracks on the cd, 8 have my lyrics (one was a collaboration).


 

Day 41

 

 I miss you my baby

I miss the way you feel

I miss the way you talk

And I’m willing to deal

But I’m so far away

All I can do is say

I’ll be home soon

 

I want you in my arms

I want to touch your face

I want to kiss your lips

And rest in your embrace

But I’m so far away

All I can do is say

I’ll be home soon


 I need you close to me

I need to see your eyes

I need to hold you tight

And hear your pleasured sighs

But I’m so far away

All I can do is say

I’ll be home soon

 

Far Away Blues©*– 23:55 – 01:05

 

Available at:

http://www.authorhouse.com:80/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=33562

 

Buy the CD
CIBA/RHYTHM ON 22ND: Ciba/Rhythm on 22nd
click to order


---

February Love Posting - Comfort of Your Love

(download)

I wrote this poem for my husband for our 13th wedding anniversary and AcidPlanet artist JTL was kind enough to add his music and mix it with my vocals.  I am sharing this with you and I hope you enjoy it.


 

Ode To My Spouse/Comfort of Your Love

 

Solid structure

In the middle of

The bombed out rubble

Of most of my life


You shield me from

Ricochets of past pain

Protect me from

Disguised dangers


Provide a safe

Harbor when tides turn 

And threaten to drown

Me in my own tears


Your strength supports me

Affords shelter from

The turbulent

Turmoil of life


Your unfailing

Encouragement

Lifts my spirit and

Sustains my dreams


My needs are your

Priorities

My happiness

Your objective


I have grown to

Depend on the

Stability in the

Comfort of your love


© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2007

---

February Love Posting - Insecure Liaison

Insecure Liaison

 

 

Balancing on ragged ridge of alternate identity

Overlooking the precipice of prohibited love


Blinded by beams of indigo solitude

Acutely aware of overt emptiness

Spinning into remote orbit of isolation


Anticipating rescue by red ribbon

Lifeline attached to Cupid’s arrow

 

 

 

 

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2007


---