Home The Heart Is A Canvas
Front Matter
Dedicationiii Acknowledgmentsiv Table of Contentsv Prefaceix
Poems
The Heart Is a Canvas1 Don't Prune Me3 The Dream Box5 Ghosts7 Inner Garden9 In Search Of11 Dying Star13 Naked Nights15 Scars17 God's Acre19 Self-Theater21 Crippled Heart23 Becoming25 Dream Broker27 Pages29 From Now On31 Indifference33 Troubled Angel35 The Touch of a Stranger37 Eclipse39 Partner41 The Pain of Choice43 Tarnished45 Teachers47 Above All49 New Wings51 Transported53 In Need of Nothing55 Inner Prayer57 Vines of Unmet Needs59 Partner in Flight61 Each New Love63 Intersection65 The Tides of My Heart67 Childlike Abandon69 The Crossing of Another Soul71 No Greater Distance69 Each Encounter71 Unknowable73 Why Is It?73 True Love's Arrival77 The Soul's Timing79 Abandonment's Release81 Deep Embrace81 Vines of Unmet Needs (II)81 Imaginary Love83 Love's Fragile Dance85 Love's Return87 Imperfect Endings89 In Her Shadow91 Each Encounter (II)93 Unknowable (II)95 Dark Lord97 Sweet Addiction99 Fantasy to Flesh101 True Love's Arrival (II)103 Abandonment's Release (II)103 Eclipse (II)107 My Father's Daughter109 Spark of Genius111 The Longest Mile113 Finding Me115 Paths of Passion117 A Season of Peace119 The Open Door121 Shadow Voice123 Awakening123 The Chase125 The Heart of a Child127 Army of Light131 Union133 Keys to the Kingdom135

Each Encounter

Each encounter is a spark
That fills my pen with ink
Opens the gate of words
Within my being
I barely know you
You are the canvas
I paint upon
Using the colors of my heart
And whether the spark between us
Is ever realized
Or vanishes
Matters little
What matters
Is that you have helped me find
The lover within

71

← No Greater DistanceContentsUnknowable →
Parvene
© 2026 Parvene Michaels · The Heart Is a Canvas