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Bursting

There's this tsunami of toys
cataclysmic noise
and I'm deafened
it shouts life into me
and my eardrums burst
with the love of her

There's this rainbow of colour
heavenly light
and I'm blinded
it shines life into me
and my eyes burst
with the love of her

There's this river of peace
angelic presence
and I'm drowning
the life flows into me
and my heart bursts
with the love of her

— faerybeki, Apr 12, 2009

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Cloudthings

Cloudthings

17 years 1 month ago

I like the way there is such flow & repitition in the stanzas

Hey, this is lovely, oh, I know how his feels, so lovely. You have a wonderful consistancy in your writing, my friend, I like the way there is such flow & repitition in the stanzas. This is a wonderful flood of your days, your life & the way things are when you love your offspring so deeply. Anni "Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about ideas, language, and even the phrase, "each other" doesn't make any sense."
faerybeki

faerybeki

17 years 1 month ago

Hi Anni, just replied to you

Hi Anni, just replied to you on one of my other poems and will be off to read you once I'm caught up on this one! really enjoy these little conversations under poems, quite lovely! :) So glad you liked this one, my 'Omi' poems are very close to my heart and I know you understand the enormity of maternal love, for me these words, these poems could never really do justice to her or how being her mum makes me feel, it's beyond words really, but us poets, we gotta try haven't we? :) Hope you and your Geordie are good and enjoying your Autumn skies. much love b xx
faerybeki

faerybeki

17 years 1 month ago

PS.

See my ps to Kelsey..consistency is good isn't it? ;) xx
Cloudthings

Cloudthings

17 years 1 month ago

Rest assured we love what you are doing, you must know that by n

Oh yeah, dearest Beki one... Geordi has just turned 13, big time of change, but he's been away for a week with his dad & we were like best buddies who had missed each other tonight, we laughed & cracked each other up, can't tell you how wonderful it is... as you say, no words for it really, & yes, I do know, we poets DO have to try. Oh yes consistancy is a great thing in regard to your work, I love it. Rest assured we love what you are doing, you must know that by now?! Hey I love how you write Omi (my niece used to call me "Aunty Om"... still does sometimes & she's 30something) cos I used to soothe her by "Omming" her, I was one of the few who COULD soothe her, I loved it... my sister didn't, poor thing, I was lucky, Geordi has always been so easy & such a pleasure to mother. Bet Omi is too. Much love to ya girl. Anni ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "...We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? ... Your playing small doesn't serve the world..."
faerybeki

faerybeki

17 years 1 month ago

Hey Anni, my need for

Hey Anni, my need for reassurance is sometimes embarrassing to me, particularly after it has passed! I think I know where it comes from and I'm working on it! :) Wow, 13 eh? times of change indeed, my friend's son is 11 and I've known him since he was 5, I looked at his hands the other day and they were so big, it's a real honour to watch him growing into a man. Omi (short for Naomi)liked omming too when she was a baby but rarely needed it, you have her right, she's such a happy girl and like your Geordie a pleasure to mother. We are lucky aren't we? Hooray! :) much love b xxx
Cloudthings

Cloudthings

17 years 1 month ago

I think we all have a fair bit of tolerence & generosity here

Hey my Beki, I understand that sense of feeling embarrassed about stuff you've written after the fact. If it makes you feel any better, I have felt like that here a few times when I've spilled my guts about the pain & awfulness I felt about my last romantic interaction. There are times when I look back & read it like an ugly purging & wonder how apropriate it is, seems to happen most with you & Gee, I can think of a few possible reasons, I just have to hope I'll be forgiven & that others might have some compassion about it & let it pass, I have to trust that I might be allowed such transgressions & be forgiven, since I do try to learn from it, & thats how I feel about you... Not that I feel you have transgressed at all my friend, in fact I don't feel you need to label it as such, but I do understand, I feel you should be gentle on yourself about it, I think we all are. I guess that's care. I love the way people here seem to care for each other. It's no big deal to give someone reassurance anyway, I think you shouldn't worry about it, I don't, love ya babe, it's easy! As for Geordi, I took he & his mate to see a movie tonight, Geordi chose it & was excited to share it with us. It was beautiful, he is changing, but the film choice was brilliant. "The boat that rocked" & he knew I'd love it & know every song in the whole film, we both did because he's always had a huge exposure to music in his life, but suddenly we are occupying a similar space with him maturing, it's a nice thing, & possible because of that easiness created in his early life, no doubt you will have something similar with your Omi. xxx Anni ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "...We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? ... Your playing small doesn't serve the world..."
faerybeki

faerybeki

17 years 1 month ago

permission and forgiveness :)

Hi hon, just got a min while Omi napping (exhausting parent and toddler sesh this morn, I do love to watch her buzzing about, such confidence and extreme trust in the world, beautiful to witness) hopefully enough time to reply to you here! I know you have new posts and I will visit you tonight if I have time (hoping to get some yoga in, I really NEED to!) Do want to say thanks for the reassurance and offer a little of my own, I can understand about your purging hon, although see nothing ugly in it, you always express yourself with such love, but for what it's worth you have both my permission and my forgiveness ;) I'm starting to think it's actually very brave of us to be so open and honest in such a public space, I feel happy I've reached a point where I can allow myself to be myself in all areas of my life, and these unfiltered conversations bring me great strength in that respect. Oh I do hope I have something similar with my Omi when she gets bigger, your relationship with Geordi sounds wonderful :) and glad you all enjoyed the movie! Anni, i probably need to reply to you everywhere, and if I miss any anywhere I apologise but don't doubt you'll be easy in forgiving me too! ;) much love b xxx
SJ

Shonna James

17 years 1 month ago

Love, love, love it.

If I could write like you I'd be OK. I'm probably not! I tend to leave out the other stuff . I love this. Just me, but I'd take out the "There's this", the "and"'s, and the "the"'s. That's just me though. Love it all the same. You obviously have kids! (I'm trying)xxsejxx Tsunami of toys Cataclysmic noise Deafened Shouts life into me Eardrums burst The love of her Rainbow of colour Heavenly light Blinded Shines life into me Eyes burst The love of her River of peace Angelic presence Drowning Life flows into me My heart bursts The love of her
faerybeki

faerybeki

17 years 1 month ago

Hi Shonna, thank you so much

Hi Shonna, thank you so much for reading and taking time to comment, so glad you liked it. I do have kids, well one, a daughter, and I often write of/for her. I do wish you well in your 'trying', parenthoood is such a beautiful minefield and has brought a different dimension to me and my poetry. I so love being a mum and feel honoured this wonderful creature chose me to be her mummy! :) I quite like your minamalist version of the poem but will leave it how it is, feels more like me :) Much love b xx PS. My life consists of mostly 'other stuff'! :) And I have read a few of your posts and loved them! You write well and are definitely OK! :)x
ID

Ink Dragon

17 years 1 month ago

Beki,

how funny! I have a poem with the same title floating around here on Neo! And it is also about love, only mine is about romantic love and yours about your love for your daughter (I did get that correctly, I hope?). I like it very much, well written and conveying emotions I felt were close enough to touch. Yours, ~Nina “Like plumbers and dentists, poets are fallible, and the possibility of genuine nonsense cannot be ruled out.” (Mark Haddon)
faerybeki

faerybeki

17 years 1 month ago

Hi Nina, wil have to look up

Hi Nina, wil have to look up your own 'Bursting' poem! :) I'm so glad you like mine, you are right about it being about love for my daughter, I write of her often! It gives me (and hopefully her one day!) great pleasure! :) much love b xx
CN

Craig Norris

17 years 1 month ago

Hiya Bek

Enjoyed this for its reminders of the mayhem and the sweetness, just thought maybe line two could flow better, perhaps you could consider. Theres this tsunami of toys cataclysm of noise Bedlam in the bedrooms and the hallways. Cheers Craig
faerybeki

faerybeki

17 years 1 month ago

Thanks Craig, for your read,

Thanks Craig, for your read, your comment and your point to consider. Consider it I will! :) Happy to have provoked memories for you of sweet bedlam and glad you enjoyed it. much love b xx
faerybeki

faerybeki

17 years 1 month ago

:)

Kelsey, thank you for reading and taking time to comment, so glad you liked it! Will have to check out your 'mom' poems, I am reading you, slowly, realy enjoying the Vampyre letters and have no doubt you will write your children (if you have any :)) wonderful poetry and feed their hearts and imaginations with fantastic tales! :) much love b xx Ps. Consistency is good isn't it? ;) not to be confused with boring? :) x
faerybeki

faerybeki

17 years 1 month ago

Hooray! Thank you :) Just

Hooray! Thank you :) Just read your Cherub's Glow, so gorgeous, oh added you as buddy too, hope that's ok, keep up to date with your new posts. xx
themoonman

themoonman

17 years 1 month ago

Beki...

I love it... there were a couple of things that I would have said differently, but... I'm not even going to point them out... this poem is rich in originality and emotion... and at this point, probably should be left as is, well done poet! I just loved the ear-drums, eyes and heart bursts! really like this, enjoyed reading and thinking about it, have read it a few times now and like it more each time... Richard
faerybeki

faerybeki

17 years 1 month ago

Richard, thank you so much

Richard, thank you so much for your comment, as i've said above, the poems I write for/about my daughter are very special to me and it means a lot that others enjoy them too! It's wonderful to me that you have returned to this one and it grows on you. much love b x
O

orgami

17 years 1 month ago

Took the time

Im glad that I took the time to climb a tree with my daughter throw pine cones in the river to judge the current (These things she was three) leaping into her daddies arms from a four foot wall fearless she just yelled and I turned and she was in the air with a great huge grin (now mosh pits and heavy rock tatoos and peircings give joy to her stock 17 and growing) we would agree Ten minutes at Tim Hortens for tea bisquits for me and half an hour in Playland at McDonalds on our days for her rolling a tire down a hill flying kites and feeding crows reading books so much was fun life came along I had to run one day she'll visit I wait my turn to see her smile my daughter return (happy to show dad the new boyfreind!!!) Beautiful Poem five stars
faerybeki

faerybeki

17 years 1 month ago

Thanks O for your comment, I

Thanks O for your comment, I love them by the way, your comments, poems all, happy to have provoked some good memories for you and so glad you liked the poem and so sorry I have to dash my girl has just woken up, much love b xx