Lots of ying/yang in this offering, Jude. What can seem so crystal clear in one context can appear so muddled in another. It can be hard to read people when our own emotions are entangled with theirs and our thoughts pre-set on their intentions. Subtle intensity. Nice job!
Take care,
Sherry

Some poets make us mull over Big Questions./Some paint word pictures that suggest Answers exist./The best of them lead us on quests/ that while they lead us through mazes inevitably enrich. Okay, so it's bad. Trying to say thanks for always being original and providing us with new ways of looking at things. Way to go! xOx Phylls xOx

Your work is admired, and I am way behind in telling you this.
Reading your poetry is a highlight in my week. It's depth iamazingly woth what it takes to put on paper. Tankk you sincerely.

To be so close, to be able to hear what she's thinking; that's special! An endearing perspective on deep love!

Excellent poetry Jude
As always
Peace

william

Once again you do not disappoint with your expressive offering, Jude. Thank you. Love and peace,

Regis

Simply beautiful. You explore The intracacies of life and love....M

This is a great piece, enjoyed it a lot.
that last stanza says it all.

Great and fantastic work,excellent poem.take care

Edwin

OoooH Ouch, the heat is intense here!
I'm kinda one track minded that way right now..Fires are raging, in my mind, on the TV, everydarnwhere.
Thanks for this Gem, nice change of pace Jude
:) Ch'erie

These seem to be musings on a love-theme, yet couched in language of skirmish: explode, infiltrate, confus(ion), screaming, surrender, sight(s) – perhaps suggestive of the unseen effects on the speaker of that soft-spoken voice. However, the warp and weave of raw emotion threaded like a three-fold cord through the middle four lines suggests more than a mutual understanding - if one is able to search thoughts of other and speak what other feels. The contrapuntal tension required to produce that spark is electric, and is harbinger of rains that are obviously there somewhere: it’s just a question of time, distance and perspective. Technically, I like your use of “thinking” line 4, and not “meaning”, perhaps, which might have scanned or half-rhymed better; after all, “meaning” and “thinking” are two entirely different things. This connection thunders with understanding and crackles with intuition… Smokin, Jude! :)) xx

Some words are like tea, will stay on the filter but its connotations will fill the cup of a thirst reader.
Bravo! my friend, bravo! you inspire others to think! ! !

Georg

Your poem flows softly, but speaks volumes loudly..excellent, you alway have me thinking!

Your poem leaves me with the impression of its meaning: Is it conversation or is it brush-fire from dry lighting? I can identify with the concept because a lot of spousal conversations leave one spouse emptying their "feelings" while the other feels a little bit "emotionally raped".

Jude, I hope I read it correctly. Some of your poems leave lots of room for the imagination and I usually let mine go where it will when I read some of your works.

"the contours of your voice speaks softly while screaming"....I love these lines.

A poem that shows you have the rhythm and rhyme down pat when you choose to use it;-)A familiar premise,I enjoyed...;-)

"dry lightening" i know I just heard that recently or read it...i don't know where but i was referencing human energy, electro magnetic fields, perhaps it was research on the pineal gland...no matter I seem to be rambling knowing somewhere in my lost thoughts is a poem about it...glad to see you found one :)

Nocturnal emission! Wearing your yellow slicker in dry lightning, the flasher comes to my mind...

Sage

Great poem Jude. Love the line, "the contours of your voice speaks softly while screaming" you rock my friend.
Hugs,
Marcia

Enigmatic thoughts of love, as seen through one's eyes
As always very powerfully poignant.
Peace, love, and light,
Amber "V"

i enjoyed this very much!

WOW: beautiful, Jude!

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

A spark is a spark and I'd say you've found a good match. ~ Sara

All 8 lines have this power all their own, one that I cannot explain but I get it...believe it or not...;-) Ed