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Rose—petal paint flaking, On a small iron wrought gate, In a length of wall. But for creepers, And crawlers and
To Love Is to leave it alone To have strength in weakness Not to shout or be angry
On thermal currents along the shore Out and back, Seeking silver sided fish Glistening in the sun
Smiling, a shoulder trimmed by gea… Frayed jeans hems, ferry deck soaked from toes to shins. You first pervaded essence.
Crawling through the mud Raising my head To look at the stars I see only your face Patterns depict your eyes
Man, I feel your pain. I know how the heart can burn, and How the fires can rage I hope you weather it well, and
For soon, I shall die, And there shall be nothing between… But the vast emptiness, Which I will inhabit like an echo… The boundless void,
The compound eye. Looks at me from every angle, directly into my soul. Our minds are one, connected across the space between…
The night, Warm and heavy. Your dress, Mauve. Your eyes and hair,
Life, my love Is as fragile as a dream. Whether it be known to us or not, we have the potential to effect
You sat at the restaurant table; Your eyes rested on the bubbling h… Gazing at the distant waves, and s… beyond the lighthouse at the head, As a painter would paint you,
Thou, so happy nymph, My fulsome pounding heart, Waited on the stone folly! Through the arboreal arch. Married with moss and ivy
You left during the unprecedented… The new grass in its first season… blew in the gentle breezes outside… You were quiet when I visited you… Your eyes bore through the will of…
Lest you walk through her streets, and feel the granite at your shoul… taste the stone of old bridges Bow waves at her supports Surging torrents of energy through…
Green White and Orange Her head—lighted nose would sit pr… beyond the edge of the door jamb, Lanyard—hitched outside the gun—sl… She seemed to smile at my gaze,