Archive for the ‘love’ Tag
In a cold night's sleep, I dreamed of love
Truly, I know so little of love
An infant safe in a parent's arms
For the first time, feels the warmth of love
A bride, clad in a brilliant white
Smiles as she makes a vow of love
A man stands in front of a cold slab
Weeping, knowing the absence of love
A cat curls up in a child's lap
Vibrates to the frequency of love
The life leaks out from the young man's wrist
The water red, the color of love
A crooner sings a sweet melody
Bodies sway to the rhythm of love
Some day, as I tread along this path
I'll find my understanding of love
– SR Romney 2026
Kiss me like a leaf
Being blessed by morning dew.
Hold me in your gravity
As Jupiter holds its moons.
Crave me, need me, want me,
As a hammer wants for nails.
Hunt me with your passion,
Like a dog chasing its tail.
Sculpt me with caresses;
Be an artist to my clay.
Explore my every facet
Like a guide who knows the way.
Help me pierce the silence
Like a shrill and high pitched scream.
Let me dance inside your head
Like a fondly cherished dream.
Kiss me like a leaf
Being blessed by morning dew.
Oh please, darling, love me
As much as I love you.
– SR Romney 2025
P.S: Salt Lake Speaks was a poetry event I participated in in September 2025. I am posting the poems I read as I may have made minor changes and corrections to the original poem. Original here.
As my memory stills
Lost inside a dream
Moving as fate wills
Down the living stream
As I'm laid to rest
As I fade from view
As life leaves my chest
I will dream of you.
Inside my mind
I find you here
Our ties that bind
Will bring us near
No need to stay
You can be free
Just one more day
Here next to me.
As my memory stills inside my mind.
Lost inside a dream, I find you here.
Moving as fate wills, our ties that bind
Down the living stream, will bring us near.
As I'm laid to rest, no need to stay.
As I fade from view, you can be free.
As life leaves my chest, just one more day
I will dream of you, here next to me.
– SR Romney 2025
P.S: Salt Lake Speaks was a poetry event I participated in in September 2025. I am posting the poems I read as I may have made minor changes and corrections to the original poem. Original here.
Summer Love.
We wonder of full-time adventures,
Finding friends,
Embracing loved ones,
Craving running free.
Happily dreaming of memories.
Warm memories of dreams:
Happy, free, running.
Craving one's love's embrace.
Friends finding adventure.
Times full of wonder.
We love summer.
– SR Romney 2024
One of the hardest things to learn
Is how to unconditionally love;
It starts with loving yourself.
You know what you hate about yourself ;
You've had a whole lifetime to learn
To build a wall hiding all there is to love.
But love is greatest as unconditional love
And you always put harsh conditions on yourself.
Those conditions make it hard to truly learn.
If you want to be happy and healthy in life, learn to love yourself.
SR Romney 2024
Without you I can't breathe,
But you've cut off my oxygen.
My thoughts revolve around you;
So why did you disappear?
I'm only half a person
When you're not here with me.
I stumble around, incomplete
When, again, you disappear.
Desperately I cry for you,
"Please don't leave me alone!"
I'm frightened by this future
Where you really disappear.
You are the reason I exist;
The purpose in my life.
If you no longer call me yours
I know I'll disappear.
Please don't walk away from me.
Don't take away my self.
Without you, I'm a fading dream
Without you, I will disappear.
SR Romney 2024
Kiss me like a leaf
Being kissed by morning dew.
Hold me with your gravity
As Jupiter holds its moons.
Crave me, need me, want me,
As a hammer wants for nails.
Hunt me with a passion,
Like a dog chasing its tail.
Sculpt me with caresses;
Be an artist to my clay.
Explore my every facet;
Be the guide who finds a way.
Help me pierce the silence
Like a shrill and high-pitched scream.
Let me live inside your head
Like a fondly cherished dream.
Just kiss me like a leaf
Being kissed by morning dew.
Oh please, darling, love me
As much as I love you.
– SR Romney 2023
I skip along the rocks again
Just like we used to do
And dance along the memories
Of when our love was true
I throw a stone into the lake
And shatter all it's glass
The ripples move like memories
Like echoes of our past
I sit my self upon the shore
And stare into the trees
And hear the words you said to me
Scatter upon the breeze
I take a breath and close my eyes
And focus on your face
For one last time I say goodbye
And drift off into space
– SR Romney 2022
My memory stills
Lost inside a dream
Moving as fate wills
Down the living stream
As I’m laid to rest
As I fade from view
As life leaves my chest
I will dream of you.
Inside my mind
I find you here
Our ties that bind
Will bring us near
No need to stay
You can be free
Just one more day
Here next to me.
My memory stills inside my mind.
Lost inside a dream, I find you here.
Moving as fate wills, our ties that bind
Down the living stream, will bring us near.
As I’m laid to rest, no need to stay.
As I fade from view, you can be free.
As life leaves my chest, just one more day
I will dream of you, here next to me.
– SR Romney 2020
You and I are:
Peanut butter and a cheese burger,
Strawberries and pizza,
Whiskey and grape juice,
Pop music and death metal.
Two things which seem wrong together.
But, for a few select people,
We are perfectly matched.
– Shaman Romney 2019
Shame on The Universe 