When I See YOU (Poem)

"When I see YOU"
by Tim Kavi

when I see
your breath
I am moved
by the wind of Qi 气

and when
I am your hopes
I know I always
am what is meant to be

a sweet destiny

and when
I am in your arms
I feel embraced
by Dancing love

and when I am
in your eyes
I know there is
only the sound
of love's cries

and I am complete
only as I know
the completeness
of You

as your sun
guides my moon
to your sweetest
heavenly view

I always see
my True Love
and I know
she is YOU.

when we speak (poem)

when we speak
by Tim Kavi

when we speak
the music
of a gentle kindness
fills the room
the notes
of happy voices
fill the air

where we see each other
in heart
or mind
or next near to each
other

that music plays
always
everywhere we know
familar or not

carries
our happy tunes
and when
we sing to each other
the music
sounds like
the cloud filled
starry nights
through all of our Junes

and through any dark times
there is a lifeline
that flows between us
brighter than the sun
and that is
when the music stops
it is just for a moment
while the band
tunes up

ready for the
next loving fun
and when
the day is done
the lifeline still flows

in the music
that shows

our happy love

it plays on and on.

Sweet Angel of True Love (Poem)

Sweet Angel of True Love
by Tim Kavi

walking into that place
I fell below
your sacred stance

but for grace
I thought
you are not a person
but an angel
of True Love

from heaven

in some
mystical dance


for when your eyes
open in love
and close in passion
I see your wings
beautiful creature

flying with you
I ride in flight

sweet seraph
you are the muse
in the Temple
of your lovely
delight

and the incense
that burns
near your altar
is only
the sweetest love
of my heart

it always yearns
for your majestic
place on high

I saw You there
your angelic
love came nigh

your beauty
is clothed
in the robe
of love

that rides
the gentle
breeze

that divinity
only knows

and in that
last prayer
of worship
I say that
it is only
your care

that brings
a sweet repose.

No Place But You (Poem)

No Place But You
by Tim Kavi

in your arms
is a fortress
of our
daily built love

in your kisses
are the
plans that bring
armies to nought

in your hugs
are a
lasting embrace

it is a strong
love
that cannot
be bought

only
a surrender
to your love

is where
I want
to be

knowing
you are there
in your bed

waiting for me

I march
in a careful
cadence

there is
no place
but you

to run with
and be safe

you show
me your
weapons

but there
is no need

I give up

and wave
the white
flag of love.

Younger Woman (poem)

Younger Woman
by Tim Kavi

she was sweet
tried
true
her faithfulness
fresh
never missing a beat

her love
grew
and knew

that even
every time
I saw her
our love was
brand new

going through
time
again and again
the years
flew

yet she
was always
in my kiss

and our love
a younger
woman.

In the words of a poet (poem)

In the words of a poet
by Tim Kavi

in the words of a poet
there are many events
experiences stories
to be told it

a dutiful
observer they
speak of hidden
things
even in the everyday
one is wiser
to know it

when the stanzas
end
all poets
give their best
to send

loves lives
moments
reflections
in the words
of the poet

always
trying to show it.

"SuNNy LoVe" (poem)

"SuNNy LoVe"
by Tim Kavi

in the sunshine of your love

every rainy day is made sunny

and every lonely day is made warm

and in the morrow
as sure as the sun rises

your SuNNy LoVe
is faithful anew

the flowers
push through

the ground

because of you !

Pretty Bag of Love (poem)

Pretty Bag of Love
by Tim Kavi

my sweet love
held something
close and dear

to her heart
She carried it
always near

through the rain
it was dry

through the wind
it was strong

and in the sun
the light reflected
the pretties there

what is that? I asked
something precious
worth more than
anything
she said

she smiled
it was made with
great care
to carry something
special there

peeking in the bag

there were memories
songs sung
gifts brung
happy loves
in the glowing
sun

the beach
the stars
the candle lit
rooms

fragrant soaps
precious
perfumes

poems his love
had said

rose petals
for their
wedding bed

all weekend
and every day
I see her
pretty bag of love

it went with
her everywhere

carried in her
pretty Asian hands
going with her
always there

she opens it
again and again
with happy
glee

she says
this is the love
of my Timmie Lee

as she went to work
I saw it then

as she went shopping
had ice cream
I saw it then

the design
was beautiful
made in love

decked out embroidered
straps made it
easy to carry

she said

in the bag
is our love
both mine
and the man I will
marry.

Between Us (Poem)

Between Us
by Tim Kavi

lying there
one heart
beats between us
meeting us
two cultures embrace
in your goddess face

his face smiles
like Buddha

wife
we met there
when first
girlfriend
boyfriend
we listened
each other's
heartbeat

now there is
only the beating
of one heart
there

one song
cascades from our lips
one vision
in our sight

one ship traverses
the world's seas
even at night

I kiss you
You kiss me
yet we are one

in the morning
we wake up
still in our
love
and sweetly

one baby
lies between us

he smiles
and we have one
smiling
sound
of approval

we love him
in the same
warm arms of
love

that first brought
us together
lying there

between us.

Angel Face (poem)

Angel Face
by Tim Kavi

angel face
your light shone
in the night
light
of grace

I saw your kisses
come from
that shining place
and in your
Chinese eyes

I saw a woman
innocent
and full of grace

and in the love
we shared
there in time
and Chinese space

I shall never
forget
the love of my
wife

in that special place

angel face
you shine
like the Goddess
finally found

I don't seek Her
anymore
for You are found

take me to your
heart
and our love
becomes

a sacred ground.

Unstoppable Kisses (poem)

Unstoppable Kisses
by Tim Kavi

when I first see you
my heart
cannot believe

it is seeing

kisses unstoppable

hearts beating as one
until unmovable
we are one

kisses
many kisses
reflected in our light

as we hold each other
in the starlight
of the cosmology
of our love

it is a kissing universe
a universe filled with love

until you are laughing
loving all night,

and holding each other
we birthed a sun
in the dawning light.

the morphing (poem)

the morphing
by Tim Kavi

changeling of the true

(YOU are other
different than what I thought
with even greater beauty
that you yourself has brought).

rebirthing
human potential
repairing
the previous ways
made rent

every soul transcending
bending
rescinding
rending

overturning
there is a churning
burning
destruction falls into the sand
erodes into the sea

previous selves
become forgotten selves
or instruments of
lessons divine
in some eternal shrine
and design

until there
is an emerging
chrysalis
from the fiery ovens
and ash

She stands
girded in the new
emerging in my soul
triumphant
anima and goddess

I see you morphing
into every Goddess
a thousand times
a thousand times
from the moment
of creation
conception
to ultimate development
I see her inside you
and she is You

standing there
looking back
through your eyes
companion and mother
sister
and ultimately, wife

(YOU are other
different than what I thought
with even greater beauty
that you yourself has brought).

Love Dance (poem)

Love Dance
by Tim Kavi

love went dancing
at a
love dance

hands in hands
toes on toes
face to face

a dancing suit
she said

moving as one
consort
gentle guiding
first one
leads
then the other

she teaches me
a graceful stepping
I teach her
love's gentle
following

our lips are close
hearts beat
across each movement

a swift musical
moment
moving
navigating
life

moving even amongst
dancing Siva
the mothering
of Durga

there are no
dancers
like us

his charming eyes
her happy smile
afterwards
they have a drink

at the punchbowl
of love.

her love (poem)

her love
by Tim Kavi

her love
rides a swift horse
through the winter
she is here
like the first breath of spring

after the deadly winter
she brings hope
and promise

of a love
that is new life
tending to me

like a gardener
of love

her lips are red
her smile wide and white
her living giving eyes
reflects the grace
of her movements

she is a running woman
comes to me
and in her arms
I grow like a plant

with arms
outstretched
to the glowing sun.

Sweet Dream of You (Poem)

Sweet Dream of You
by Tim Kavi

pretty rainbows
dance across meadows
while bees fly
to nearest flowers
that your love planted
in our garden

sweet rains come
and our hearts
beat like thunder

your love
lifts me above the clouds
to love's thunder
followed by sunny sky

you walk with me
hand in hand
through the paths
our tools have made

I am your gentle
follower
you are my lovely
lead

in my
night time dreams

your love
answers
my every need.

Celestial View (Poem)

Celestial View
by Tim Kavi

celestial view

so beautiful
is my true love
her hair shines
like heaven made
starlets lying softly
in the windy breeze
of our love

under a clear sky
she kisses me
and I see
the hills of China

her lips are red
like fruit
her long black hair
glistening
across her
tiny shoulders

under a cloudy sky
she misses me
and I long
for the hills of China

in the morning dew
she is
speaking words of love
moans of delight
from above

I listen
to her almond shaped
Asian eyes

where
in the fullness
of her love
there are no more
lonely sighs

and

I am captured
forever
inside her angelic

celestial view.

poet' s comment: my return to poetry after a long silence following my mom's passing...T.K.

There is Mom (poem)

There is Mom
by Tim Kavi

so what is this?
across the translucent orb
endless universe so vast
that God in his designs
would seek to make perfect
for sure to last?

but the need for what He created
man or woman
to never be alone?

but the sacredness
of family
of love
and of home?

and in that home
stands a sacred one
sure and true

the fortress of Mom

which every kid
growing up, knew
is true blue
in all she said
and did

until around
every troubled bend
twisted by life's
troubles
and uncertain wind?

there is the love
of God
and the love of Mom

gently guiding
assisting in fate
but always loving

there is Mom
there is Mom.

This poem will be read by me later today, at my mom's funeral. My mom was a wonderful person and parent, as well as a poet. I cannot ever surmise how important she was and is, to me and my work. In some small way, I hope this helps others to understand the importance of Moms. There are many mothering influences in the Universe. I love you, mom ! --T.K.

Mom, I love YOU

>>>>>>>> To my Mom, Om Mani Padme Hum--Go in Peace <<<<<<<<<<
I love you, MOM ! b, 8-21-1928 d, 7-9-2010

Glimpses of You (Poem)

Glimpses of You
by Tim Kavi

seeing you
there
I see art moving
on a canvas of love
riding on waves
across a glassy sea

dressed in a dress
of your womanly
fragrance

it seizes my senses
until I always
dream of you

for God made you
so beautiful
I am shaken
by your love
moved by your
breath
inspired by your heart

you are
to me
our love's work of art
love work's greatest
masterpiece

whenever I see you
it is still not done
but reworked
in the glistening
present
lines of your love

I see
on the camera
lens
glimpses
of your love

your eternal kisses
are the art
of our love

your loving arms
hug me
in stanzas
of our love

your eyes
tell novels
in the story
of our love

and then
there is upon
awakening
all this in You

and so much more
as I beheld you
anew
in loving
glimpses of You.

Good Night Bids the Next Day of Our Love (Poem)

"Good Night Bids the Next Day of Our Love"

by Tim Kavi

good night dear
and your love
as you fade to sleep
shuts her eyes

like many days
meet the nights
sweetly rests
in contented dreams

riding our love's
moonbeams

until sweet kisses
arrive each breath

until no more
dreams are left

only the reality
of two hearts
lying next to each one

two smiles
flying to the other one

two songs
singing in heaven

two birds fly
up that high

when next to my love
I did lie

good night
my true love
good night

all these
wonders
are all around us
while we sweetly
sleep

until the joys
of birthing
a sun
outside our window
did peep

brings us another love
in that day

until it is done
and night has
once again come.

MySpace Friend and Fan Reposts Kavi Poem: Unfolding Composition

MySpace fan and friend Jamie reposted my poem Unfolding Composition (with permission) on her main page. As of 2021, the original Myspace page is no longer on the web, but I am keeping this post here in appreciation. While you are there be sure and check out other works from other poets. Thanks for the post, Jamie!!

New Eyes (poem)

New Eyes
by Tim Kavi

today I see you
your love
shines so bright
I know
I shall never
be alone
in a night

for I see you

with new eyes
eyes

that love
eternally
like an angel in flight

the brings down
the bad
with good
and seals
our love
in victorious might

for I love you

your eyes
tonight

and I know
we have a
lasting love
that shall endure

my sweet
love
all songs demure

to our New eyes
eyes
that bring new sight.

Your Window (Poem) (with poet's comment)

Your Window
by Tim Kavi

outside your window
waiting for the wind
of our mutual love
to blow your loose white
dress

to the ground

so your bare shoulders

are revealed

my kisses
are drowned

across the bed
like the drapes
of your open
window

baby universes

morph and take shape

across the bending

fabric

space time

I kissed you there
embraced
your full goddessness

in the moonlight

they shone

in their own light

planets in

their own right

my decorated universe

was filled with your love

lit with your white heat

bright luminescence

and like the stars

shining so bright

I see the flames

of your passion

now unleashed

waiting
I ascend
the vine

through your window
tonight.

Poet's comment: This poem represents an invitation and response to a deep passionate love. The term goddessness in stanza seven is an invented word that I believe captures more than the terms of goddess or goddesshood. Goddessness is more than an attainment, but a full manifestation and revelation of all the goddess powers in a woman's feminine being.--T.K.

About my Poems: Tense, Familiarity, and I-You Style (Essay)

Dear Readers:

Sometimes people are not sure what to make of my poetic works because of the personal first person tense, the familiar tone, and the style I sometimes write them in.

For example, I often write poems in a narrative first person style, as if speaking to another person or observing the beloved. In a sense they are rightfully an 'utterance'. Sometimes the poems are about a true spiritual Goddess (in my poetry when I use the term "Goddess" with a capital 'G" I am referring to some archetypal spiritual Goddess manifestation, and when I use the term 'goddess' with a small 'g" I am referring to a mortal woman, a specific woman I have encountered, as a local manifestation of Goddess). Equally my poems might be about the anima (Carl Jung's sense of such), or adoration to some feminine form expressed and seen in the world of this poet.

Because I Have studied so much about dialogue and Martin Buber's I and Thou world of the 'between' (the intersubjective ), my poems are often written in an I and You style.

Again, this is for two reasons--because I believe there in that between, is where reality and mind is framed, and again, because I hope people can read them out loud to someone they love. Reading them aloud as I wrote them, with even the short lines, (yes one word lines) I have drafted them in, as pauses, is the way I intended them to be read.

Hence the 'you' in the poem is not a personal address of you from me unless you understood my work and it has been presented to you formerly in a private manner.--T.K.

Windy Eyes of Jade Sapphire (poem)

Windy Eyes of Jade Sapphire
by Tim Kavi

my love
has windy eyes
that tell me
a story

that move me
and breath on me
they are windy eyes
of jade sapphire

so pretty
are they

sweet tears of love
flow from me
in her sweet
love surprise

there is never
a dark disguise
only the
Windy Eyes
of Jade Sapphire

she is my
loving purring
cat
Tiger Tiger
burning bright

even in the
dying sunlight
her Windy Eyes
light up our bed
at night

she is precious
her coat sheen
and her love
is a great between

my sweet
love's eyes
tell me so much
more
than I've
ever seen
before

I cannot speak
only love
through
all time

my Windy Eyes
Jade Sapphire.

Kisses at the Beach (poem)

Kisses at the Beach
by Tim Kavi

Kisses
tell
bring promises
spoken in whispers
that become a mighty yell
of a love
that stretches across heavens
above
where even goddesses
are taught
by our love
until at least
sprinkling sands
on beaches
across the world
tell of eternal love
across time
is hurled
by mighty waves
of quantum
meaning
there is a love
forever left
gleaming
in the sun
of wave's breach
our love
has hit the beach.

China in Spring (poem)

China in Spring
by Tim Kavi

China in spring
little bird's mother
did sing
calling her young
under her wing
both smiling
in the nest
baby birdling
runs to the one
she loves the best
until tiny head
tucked in feathers
she went to bed
that's my baby
daughter
her mother said.

Captured (new Poem)

Captured
by Tim Kavi

yearning
there is a sweet
turning
captured
in a mirror

reflections
of goddesses
always shine

sweet aura
knowledge
of heart
romantic spirit

she can be
loved for her mind
and never
it seems
a man
learning
should be behind

but gently
leading her
to a love sublime

for she
cannot be
captured
but set free
already divine

his is the
task
he must be
willingly
captured

for all
this of her
is fine

so burning
turning
the yearning is
his

captured
by love's design.

Many Homes of Love (poem)

Many Homes of Love
by Tim Kavi

although some have said
it is hard to contain it
know it or show it
the human heart
beats and lives
in the light of love
it gives

into our joint heart
are the many
homes of love
many loves
live there
breathe there
every day
a new one
thrives

For this
my love
I say
a kiss

thank you
I love you

For you know
we have built
it so carefully

laid a strong
foundation
brave and sure
standing high
in our love
so pure

built the path
to the door
of each room
I find you
burning
as a candle
with sweet perfume

from outside
each window
lit by a love
deep within

let us gather
in the living room
where our love
does begin

let us retire
to the bedroom
where in it
we rest and love

hand in hand
we walk through
all the happy
habitat

each day
in the many homes
of love.

fortress of your love (poem)

fortress of your love
by Tim Kavi

gentle
fleeing waves
splash our love
all over
distant shore

your sweet calling
to me
is a love I have
never
felt before

your love
shown to me
makes me
want more

your sweet smile
lit by your
beautiful eyes
makes me
know
the joys
I have in store

when I first
saw your face
it was love
at first grace

and in the
calling
of your love
there is
a safe
hiding place

away from all

that troubles
bothers
and some fear

I have found
in your love
a fortress dear!

Sayings (Moments in Dialogue that Occurred Today)

Tim Kavi Says:

for many it is a happy discovery
to see that falling in love is only the prelude to staying in love the rest of a lifetime
and that sometimes love doesn't follow all the rules we have for it !

Born Again (poem)

Born Again
by Tim Kavi

spoken like a whisper
in the wind

where the junction
of time travelers
do bend

there is only
an eternal essence
that says when
the sacred birthing
begins again

trippy

here I am again

don't seem to want it
can't choose it
why flaunt it

determined destiny
so here I am again

but She opens
to home
Eternal Gaia

landscape that unfolds
brings to meaning again
what ancients myths have
foretold

there is only
among the many lives
this one as
the promised One.

Surprise of Our Love (Poem)

Surprise of Our Love
by Tim Kavi

the surprise of our love
lives eternal
its memory
is most dear

existing still

eternal
all through the night
at universe's edge
it is still
an awesome sight

an when I looked
and saw
your precious
heart
I knew it beat
in mine

when in the smallest
raindrop
your love did shine

and when we finally
kissed
lip on lip
there is a moment
that shall never be missed

the surprise of our love

eternal
and true

seen everywhere
and in everything
it did sing

spoken in every utterance
of words
and being

Divine Yes
burning inferno
desire drove
me

that says
always
without ceasing
never failing

I love you.

Valley of Your Bed (Poem)

Valley of Your Bed
by Tim Kavi

kisses burn across candle lit nights
in the valley of your bed
I found a goddess

she moved with passion
kissed with grace

and came with volcanic desire

she was you

there was
the all consuming beauty
of destructive bliss

breaking me to only see You
mending me in your healing
all seeing love

Holy Goddess
standing in your fire.

In Your Room the Birds Do Sing! (New Poem)

In Your Room the Birds Do Sing!
by Tim Kavi


Jasmine and clover
birds sing
outside your window

I kiss you
in the candle light
over and over

sweet Notes
of Nature
transfixed there
as I beheld
the Goddess
unashamed and bare

she is kissing me back
in the beauty
of our song

our feathers
are soft and sheen
never wrong

her Love
guides me
to a softer place

a nest
in her love
for we have
become the birds

outside
her window
free and in flight!

and in that soft glow
I saw her
that day
a sweet gentle dove
a singing robin
a mother bird
a sweet eagle
a flying
manifestation
of her love

leading us back
migration
of two souls
finding
each other
again and again

through all time
for she is my mate
and in our bird call
is the precious
sounds of our love

a sweet wooing
a cooing
of love birds
heart broken
when apart

but always
coming together
in one heart!

we fly away
at the next dawning.

Asian Woman (poem)

Asian Woman
by Tim Kavi

all beauties
adorn you
like great gowns

i feel your
light and love
see your pretty silk

all your hugs
are filled
with sweet milk

Asian goddess
your ways are soft
your hugs endearing
your laugh
sweet childlike
you love
like the woman of all women

I salute you
honor you
adore your
fair skin
love your Asian
eyes

and never
cease to be amazed
by you.

Battlefield Winds (Poem)

"Battlefield Winds"
by Tim Kavi

can you smell it in the wind
it's love
wafting
over lost battlefields
one man's soul
found you

searching alone
his bloodstained
eyes
looking for hope
scanning
the horizon
endlessly

the fumes
of death
almost
overcome him
strangling his
soul

at his feet
lies his
beaten
weaponry

no man stood
not even him

in the distance
was a shadow
moving brooding
over the earthen landscape

her hands outstretched
to the bleeding
and dying
many arms
of compassion
mercy
and grace

Goddess
his soul was crying
for you
angel of love
he was seeing you

redemption's song
was long overdue

her long dress
flapped
in the smoky wind
while
aching healing
sounds
cascaded from her lips

descending
to his heart
knowing he
would never be
the same

he had
forgotten
his warrior
name

taken back
dancing in the streets
your love had made
him whole

sweet angel of love
your man
waits for you

and he is
not tiring
longing for you
nor dying

as he
once believed

in your
arms he is
forever free.

To another sleeping goddess (poem)

"To another sleeping goddess"
by Tim Kavi

sweet whispers
of lullaby
from the sea

like the sea shells
of childhood
magic was seen to be

sweet Nature
always brings rest
near the angel's thigh
when I looked
I saw you sleeping!

your wings are
the kindness adorning you
like the white silk sheets
that only souls can know

in the twinkling
lights of night
a sweet firelight
of the dawning too
of your love's eyes
so bright

blowing breezes
soft on the skin
of hot days
your mercy
always pleases

and forgives
white as snow
as you lie sleeping

it is me
You are keeping.

Ladybug (Poem)

"Ladybug"
by Tim Kavi

my little
red ladybug
in my gentle palm
you are free
to fly

to the nearest flower
may you take flight
free as a bird
in all of its might

this passion's song
in midnight sigh
is always the
sweetest
song when you
draw nigh

so
you can glide
to the safest resting place
for wherever you go
I watch over you

and when I see
you transfigured
into the
goddess
you truly are

I know you are never too far

oh gently ladybug
you are free
with me
to be

all that you
ever wanted to be
and to go to
all the gardens
you always wanted to see

so fly
fly in our love
there is no
prison for
you in my gentle
hand

but only
a kind appreciation
of you
in all that Nature
has clothed
You with

and a rest
in seeing yourself
as you are

for the very first time.