love
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Jewels of Your Love
To be…Adorned in the affectionThat shimmers out ofYour mouth Pearls embroider my throatLeft by the ghostsOf your touchWhisperingOver the sensitive ridgesOf my collarbone And malachite gemsPattern the memoryOf your lipsAgainst my earWhere your breathBurned its teasing warmth So let my bodyUnabashed and willingBear the indelible intaglios;The jewels of your love. Continue reading
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The Sound of You
Paradise becomes possible In the colors of your voice Splattering through The monochrome prism Of my world With blinding light More radiant Than the primrose flushes Of dawn Streaking the horizon And could I sink Within the velvet embrace Of your laughter I’d tuck myself away Like a child Cocooned in abundant sheets Clinging To Continue reading
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Unloved
Am I Not trying hard enough To let you see Beyond the folds Of these frayed seams Keeping me From falling apart? With razor-tipped talons And an indelicate touch I bear the bruises Of your thorned caress While the candied petals From your lips Silence every Tremulous breath— Swallowed protests To tear my flesh From Continue reading
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Beneath the Sycamore
With pens dipped In the ruby inkwells Of our hearts We wrote each other Scarlet promises On scraps of parchment (Such silly children) Staring at each other We placed them On our tongues And swallowed Those bittersweet vows Beneath The sycamore tree Still standing Though our love Had long withered On the wings Of spring Continue reading
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What Isn’t
His touch was always like a phantom wind. A zephyr grazing her cheek. As if he was afraid fire would trail his hand and burn her. And he always kept his distance whenever they walked together. Careful that their hands never bumped or brushed together. The subtlety of his avoidance perplexed her. But she would Continue reading
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Loving A Recluse
It would be easier If I could peer into your soul Without need of untangling mysteries From the vines of your lips Coiled around each syllable Choking every honest word Through your apprehensive smile If only I could part The gossamer curtains Revealing the stained window To your heart Sheltering the things You wish to Continue reading
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Inside Out
I wish to know the secrets Gathered ‘neath the curtain Of your lashes The mysteries embedded Within those evergreen depths Your fears Hopes Dreams Shadowed in demure caution I wish to know them all I want to know the real you Stripped of all protective façades Cloaking your vulnerable soul From the world Continue reading
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Misunderstood
This meditative silence Torn by agonizing staccatos Of frustrated anger As I rip apart My paper heart Shred after shred Of flimsy flesh Fall at my feet Spilled ink Of my veins Wasted To make sense of these feelings And give them to you Cohesive Beautiful Untainted But I only hold These haunted scribbles Madness Continue reading
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Bleeding Love
His hands coilBarbed wire about her waistAnd his teethPrick like thornsAt her neckDrawing wine red dropsOf bloodMeltingOn his tongueUpon his bedOf petals and painShe is under his controlWhere love bleedsBut never dies Continue reading
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Let Me
Let these wordsLike finely spun silkCaress your mindIn its exquisite textureAnd let my loveLike an ethereal blue flameChase the shadowsFrom your heart Continue reading
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