Well today was a great day! I found out from my editor, Amber Losson that I will be able to put more pictures in my new book due out soon; SALSA! THE TASTE OF LIFE. You see, I also like to paint and I was going to include some of my art work already. I can have more of my art work married to my poems and stories in the new book I am so excited about. I can’t stop ranting about it. And I can’t wait to share it with the world! Enjoy today’s post, it’s also another one of my edited poems from my book. I Love it when a plan comes together; and what I love more, is when a dream becomes reality!
Heart Song
So we meet again,
and I see that love,
True love, the deep achy kind
is never for naught.
To love another human being
is truly divine
Whether the beloved
Accepts it or not…
Or if it’s something you fought.
Ignoring it
does not degrade or demean;
Love is pure gold.
It never loses its value.
Instead, the more you love,
its market value soars.
So if I tell you, “Te quiero,”
and you run off
scared and bewildered,
is that my fault?
I used to think so,
and now I’m convinced otherwise.
I gave you some gold from my vault
and gave it freely.
With no strings attached?
Sure. No frills, really!
You couldn’t handle my freedom
And do you know why?
Because what I’ve always given
Is something you’ve never, ever had.
Love must be chosen;
It can never be forced,
for once it’s coerced,
it ceases being love.
Love is a dove
Perched high up above.
Once you hunt it,
trap it, and cage it,
you kill its sweet song
So here I am again,
Offering you what I did
all those many years ago,
and you still do as before.
Stand still as if paralyzed
by the warmth of my fuego,
No seas tonto niño
Esto no es un juego…
Games are for children!
So I’ve decided to be still,
give you all the space,
hide my radiant face
from you…
‘til you wake up
and come to your senses
and answer the call.
Otherwise if I manipulate
guilt and coerce,
what I’ve always felt
will lose purity and intensity
and then I’ll be left
with something far lesser,
cheap and of no value;
Fool’s gold.
All that glitters is not gold.
My love for you
doesn’t just glitter;
it sparkles and shines.
It lights up my days
and gives me warmth
on the cold, coldest of nights.
If this wasn’t real,
it would have
by now vanished…
But to prove it to you
as if I need to at all,
the love in my heart
that only keeps growing
one day at a time
will always keep glowing…
whether you like it or not!
Love endures, love never ends.
If this was selfish,
I would have done all I could
in my feeble power and strength
to cause the bending of our wills.
But true love is beyond all
that useless struggle and striving.
For you see:
To truly love someone
is to be more concerned
with the state of their soul,
instead of being impressed
by their fancy outward
display of their flesh.
When love is true,
all self-centered motives go out the door.
And you see the object of your affection
just as you see yourself;
Cold, needy, and poor.
Take all your time…
Ha! Been feeling like this
for so very long
that it’s now turned
from letters on a page
to my heart’s song.
Don’t misunderstand;
this friendship of ours,
it’s quite grand.
I will never let you go.
I am not looking for answers,
not even your look of approval,
much less your acceptance.
Those, I already have.
Just wanted you to know,
I’m no longer touch and go.
Will you allow me to write
on the pages of your heart
things never written before?
Or will you hold me at arm’s length?
Rejection has taught me
A valuable lesson:
Things aren’t always what they seem.
It’s never about me,
in the language of love…
It’s usually about others.
That’s how I’ve learned
of contentment
with very, very little.
The seeds we have sown,
Where have they all gone?
Fiddle dee-dee sang the fiddle…
Now after many long winters,
watch ‘em sprouting.
We were never doubting,
always knowing
we would see the light of day!
-Eva Santiago Copyright 2012
Eva Santiago 