Poetry and Artwork by Richard Valdez

True Love
By Richard Valdez

Our story begins from a picture
that stirred up ancient memories.
Feelings and familiar images
of how it used to be.
A passion that be defined
by only you and me.

Rekindled with a kiss
that would lead to much more.
Holding hands, you weren’t accustomed,
but soon you grew to adore.
All the smiles and excitations
that we felt deep in our core.

This is LOVE, LOVE, LOVE,
LOVE, LOVE.
This is our LOVE.
This is LOVVE, LOVE, LOVE,
LOVE, LOVE.

When we met up in dreams
it’s not just fantasy.
Because when we’re apart
we still each other’s ecstasy.
Familiarity from our past
that’s truly meant to be.

Written in the stars long ago;
our future shines bright ahead.
Won’t waste a moment of its light
from the day that we wed.
Eternity’s promise smiles upon us;
no truer words can be said.

This is LOVE, LOVE, LOVE,
LOVE, LOVE.
This is LOVE, LOVE, LOVE,
LOVE, LOVE.
This is TRUE LOVE.

Nothing To Fear
By Richard Valdez

Death comes slow to some,
And fast to others.
The pain turns numb
For parents, sisters, and brothers.
The cycle never seems to cease
From this ancient and might beast.
It is not to be outrun,
We all see the setting sun.
And when all is said and done
Death will always come.

Wasting Time
By Richard Valdez

As the day burns away
The mind begins to stray
Thoughts of once what was
Memories just because
Wishing we were still there
An age without a care
Then reality sets back in
It’s just one more day in the Penn.

Your Twin Flame
By Richard Valdez

When all appears to be dark
And you feel all alone
Let LOVE fill up your HEART
your TWIN FLAME shall bring you HOME

LOVE’S PROMISE is stark
It can ALWAYS reset the tone
It’s been there from the start
Your TWIN FLAME shall bring you HOME

11:11 provides our loving spark
Its brilliant light will FOREVER be shown
This will allow the shadows to depart
Because your TWIN FLAME shall bring you HOME

Life Cycle Haiku
By Richard Valdez

New lights rise from birth
Grow up bright through dusk’s young skies
Then end as stars fall

Healing LOVE Haiku
By Richard Valdez

Tears flow like rain drops
Pain sweeps by from hearts that break
LOVE heals all those hurt

Original Sonnet VII
By Richard Valdez

Comparing you to anything else would be all lies,
For you are unique to me in every single way,
From your head to your toes, lips, skin, and eyes,
It is heaven to me, mere words cannot convey,
The change in my being caused by love’s kiss,
Or the completeness I feel when caught in your embrace;
I am a different man, you must know this,
If nothing else, it should be written across my face,
It is hard to contain this happiness within my being,
And for these things, I’ll profess it till times’ end
You cause in me like no other, such great feeling,
A passion that only love’s strength can ever bend;
My heart will forever be contented because of you,
You hold my heart, my will, my soul, because your love is true.

Lover’s Haiku
By Richard Valdez

Full red lips sans words
LOVE’s tongue signs what she wants said
Come here to our bed

Heroin’s Curse
By Richard Valdez

I died a little more today.
Your sharp pointed kiss was my vehicle.
This rig is my hearse; my curse.

I gotta get a fix I say.
Feelings numbed to even death’s sickle.
My life turning worse; my curse.

Sick and tired, and in a bad way.
I could get well if only for a nickel.
A tragic saga’s verse; my curse.

Selling off my soul for such meager pay.
I’m losing myself with a heart that’s fickle.
This drug’s toxic thirst; my curse.

“Written not just for the struggle I once endured, but for those friends I lost to it, and the many others who still fight it everyday.”

Untitled
By Richard Valdez

Tears fall upon a love’s heart
that’s shattered
An unintended consequence
of sorrow
What will come forth
Tomorrow
Although the damage has been done
Love’s TRUE HEART will never run
For its ancient line’s strongly rooted
through all time
In TRUE LOVE
That will ALWAYS be YOURS and MINE
My heaven, my divine.

I Can Hear You MY LOVE
By Richard Valdez

I hold you
Listening to the beat of your heart
It speaks without saying a word
They are truths within
Feelings that are expressions of you
I can hear you MY LOVE
I can hear you MY LOVE

Your silent words speak volumes
Reaching out from your soul
A myriad of emotions cast out
Into the universe without a voice
I can hear you MY LOVE
I can hear you MY LOVE

I dare not speak
But instead just listen
As I should
I need to hear with my soul
Not by ear
Each silent word you express
Must not only be heard
They need to be felt and understood
I can hear you MY LOVE
I can hear you MY LOVE
I understand you MY LOVE