Solitude and Love
I know solitude, its peace and calm,
its loneliness at times;
It fills the shadows where your inner self resides
with clarity, truth and light,
I know love, its burning flames and gentle ones,
its soaring heights;
Growing in abundance and joy
in the dance of life.
Both have been sought since beginning of time,
as separate entities;
Yet, aren’t they part of the same?
Of the song of life.
So in a heart becalmed, the truth shimmers,
Let love dance free in storms and sun,
also to freely live in Solitude.
Never separate the two,
together they enrich and strengthen;
The ocean and sky live in you,
you live in them.
Free and true.
© miriam ivarson
Without solitude, books and of course my two felines, I should have gone mad long ago…
Thank you for following one of my blogs. I shall be following yours as well so I can enjoy more of your poetry. Merci beaucoup mon amie.
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Merci beaucoup Lea, it is lovely to have you here and I wish you welcome.
Thank you for your lovely comment to my poem, Solitude is indeed so important for our inner and mental state. Love should fit there too if it is
good. 🦋🌾 .
Miriam
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Lovely poem, Miriam, and as usual getting to the heart of what matters. I think one of the problems that modern life brings is that solitude is easy to find, whereas love is more elusive. Finding the right combination, in the right proportions, is the secret of happiness.
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Thanks for your thoughtful comment Peter. Today’s world is often too hectic
to allow for real Solitude although loneliness is common. I agree that the right proportions can be difficult but not impossible.
Miriam
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Miriam, wow! I’ve read this many times during my breakfast and each time I am more astonished at the philosophical and spiritual depths that are hidden in your words and thoughts. For me it was a ‘Eureka’ moment! The unity so love and solitude self-evident, once we’ve been shown the way! I love how you write that solitude ‘… fills the shadows where your inner self resides/ with clarity, truth and light’. Your poetic description is wonderful and I feel myself floating, amongst the ocean and the sky! A perfect start to my day and a poem that will stay with me.
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Thank you for your beautiful comment Annika and how happy I am if you
felt that ‘Eurreka’ moment. Philosophical and spiritual, if you felt this I am one
happy poet. You keep on floating between the sky and ocean for a while and stay outside daily worries. 😊🦋 .
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An intriguing and insightful poem Miriam. It perhaps may be that solitude allows us to see/feel love for real. It is so very easy to ‘be in love’, enjoying intimacy, and laughter and just having a partner. But that is not what we are talking about. I think solitude filters out, as Peter says, modern life and its ‘fast pace and false face’, revealing the truth.
And let us not forget that there are many other forms of love. Again we talk of ‘loving the countryside’ but there’s also the ‘in tune’, ‘as one’ feeling of completeness, which can only be described as love, that some people, like you perhaps ?, feel for nature. The feeling we get from being in the natural world is love with an ‘L’. In this instance the solitude and love are the same.
Lovely, lovely piece Miriam.
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Thank you for your wonderful comment Nigel, as usual it touches my heart.
First I want to say how astonished I was when your ‘like’ showed a poem I hadn’t seen ” About a woman”. You write also about Solitude…..amazing how often this happens with our poems.
Yes, Solitude allows us the calm and inner peace to be able to give and receive love deeply. Be it between man and woman or as you so rightly point out – love for all aspects of nature. Yes, I am lucky as this is a very real thing for me. Every day, whatever the weather. Yes, this love is unquestioning and totally part of us. When a woman and man reach that they are truly one.
🤗🦋 .
Miriam
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Yes, Miriam, all things connect – expressed so beautifully in your image “the ocean and the sky live in you.”
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Thank you Roland for your much valued comment. I am glad you liked that line and from following your writing I believe you feel this too.
Miriam
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I would not be able to survive without either one. Thanks for the lovely words, Miriam. xx
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Thank you Jennifer. I agree totally with you, we need both Solitude and Love
to be whole. 🤗 .
Miriam
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Lovely poem and wise reminders Miriam.
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Thank you for your appreciative comment.
Miriam
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This is so beautiful! “Free and true”.
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Thank you for your very warm response.
Miriam
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Sublime!
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wow ! Thanks Paula. 🌸
miriam
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Two sides to everything and nothing felt without – beautifully expressed in this poem.
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Sharon, thank you for your thoughtful comment. Indeed you are right,
couldn’t agree more.
miriam
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Beautiful, Miriam… Serenity renewed. ❤ xo
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Thank you Bette, I so appreciate your positive responses. ❤️
Miriam
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Beautiful words, Miriam 😉 Nicely done!!
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Thank you Kevin, beautiful words from you. 😉
miriam
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Excellent.
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Thank you Ken.
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Two such intriguing pictures–a ballet dancer in the snow and a swing amidst nothing. So perfect for your thought-provoking words, Miriam.
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Thank you for your lovely comment Jaqui. I searched long for images
to go with the words. The swing is alone with a girl and a bird. Yet, it has the sky and the earth.
The dancing girl might be a tad more advanced than most if us😊 but she
looks free and loving where she is. I thought it was a moonlit night. 😘 .
Miriam
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You have found a comfortable balance with your words of wisdom. I love my times of solitude these days, but I’m thankful that love stays with me, too.
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Thank you JoAnna, your comment shows a deep content.
By embracing Solitude you created even more space for love, I believe.
Miriam
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Yes, I can see how that would happen. Thank you for your perspective.
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Beautiful words, Miriam, expressing the various nuances of solitude and love. As you said, both are vital parts of the song of life, in all their loneliness and even heartache. I enjoy my solitude just as much as I enjoy being with family and friends. Both are rewarding in their own right. I also love your last few lines, “the ocean and sky live in you, you live in them.” Lovely!
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Thank you Lauren, you give me a beautiful comment. Like you I also
love the company of friends and family. To meet people wherever I walk in
life. There is a balance to be found and I know for myself that without Solitude I will empty my inner well.
Miriam
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Love this, Miriam! For me, occasional solitude is an absolute must! Sometimes that’s the only way to get grounded again.
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Thank you Julie, Solitude is necessary for us all. Everyone knows their own proportions. If the head starts chattering we need to go …or run. 😊 .
Miriam
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sweet question
& answer, miriam 🙂
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As is yours, David.😊 .
miriam
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Splendid poetic words, Miriam and for sure they can never be separated cause where there is deep solitude, love simply emerges from its deepness. Lovely picture too.
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Thank you Kamal for your beautiful answer. You say ‘ love emerges from the depth of solitude’. What a lovely thought.
miriam
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Wow! What a beautiful poem, Miriam. The image you paint of love dancing free in storms and sun is captivating ❤
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Thank you Tiny for your generous comment. Isn’t it the truth though, love does. It isn’t bound.
❤️
miriam
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Explanation for each other.
Solitude & Love
Miriam 👌
Shiva
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Thank you Shiva for your deeply thought comment.
miriam
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That’s a very lovely poem.
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Thank you, Daniel, for your kind word. i am proud you keep finding some of my “old” poems.
miriam
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They are very good. I like them very much.
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