#Love and Romance

Silver Linings
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Silver Linings

A poem written in 2020, looking back at a marriage whose damage I kept hidden. The silver lining was real; it simply never came from him.
numbers divided
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numbers divided

five days ago i wrote to you wishing I’d hear from you three weeks ago you wrote to me but, one word will never do nine years ago we scened but once
So-and-So
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So-and-So

So, you don't want the words I spill, pouring from this surging swell, cresting lips you've known so well from depths of me you've helped to fill
Two
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Two

He wasn't there at all; it was just the music that made her heart ache, swim, stir like those moments when they had kissed, when he had touched her hand, when
Only You
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Only You

Only you Defied reality Defiled my mind Withstood my sea Came back to me Not only you Resisted reality Withheld your mind Shrank from my sea Came back to me Only you (And
If You Ever Wonder Why You Lost Me
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If You Ever Wonder Why You Lost Me

If you ever wonder why you lost me All you have to do is remember The countless words I spilled for you Swept aside like autumn leaves Blown away like apple blossoms Discarded
Tell Me How
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Tell Me How

Tell me how You might be brave When you run away At the first glimpse of danger Tell me how You'd make me a slave You demand your way But you&
Different Love
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Different Love

You may know so many things, be attuned to my mind... But do you know the depths of love? Why stop a feeling that is so kind? Why stop a lover's
Tender
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Tender

Tender is his heart, Tender is his love, The one who reaches me, Plucked me from skies above; Tender is his touch, Tender is his kiss, And tender is my heart for him;
Whispers
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Whispers

Tuck your nose behind my ear Speak so softly I cannot hear Lips pressed gently to my skin Murmur nothing again, again Slip your fingers up my throat Utter hushed words so remote
Love In Rainbows
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Love In Rainbows

Love me in rainbows, Not just red, blue or green, Love me with whispers of the Agean Sea Love me in rainbows, Not with some smattering, Love me with fervor of mosquitos'
Bending Time
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Bending Time

What's left when a kiss is o'er and through, When limbs once-woven unfurled? I still see kinks from me-and-you, Bear the gravity of our world — Still,
The Way of Intimacy
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The Way of Intimacy

Lost in the heart of One Too Few Or One Too Many, who never knew The rhythms of a soulful heart, The need of love that could barely start Lost in the minds
A Sonnet of Me
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A Sonnet of Me

You asked that I write a song of me And, humble, I could never think to be So bold, so arrogant - if yet true; But this is me, and of me, just for
Simple Breaths
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Simple Breaths

It was simple, A breath, And I slipped from now to then, And I saw your face again, And your face remotely yours, As we stood before the doors... It was simple, A
Fire & Water
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Fire & Water

Fire burns at your fingertips Fire that leaps from your perfect lips Fire that heats all of what I am Fire that burns in your epigram At length, you and I are endlessly
Prisms of Love
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Prisms of Love

Don’t you know? I long to feel the skin upon your face, The brush of whiskers nettled on your chin And when I reach to touch, you to embrace I find that
"Be Good"
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"Be Good"

"Be good," And I am filled with confusion Singed with pain Filled with fear For what good Is implied in that allusion When your stain I hold so dear? I was
Scorpions
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Scorpions

Give me a reason not to erase us from me, not to complete the job you are already doing so well. They drop bombs, here in the desert, where they harm no one
Still True
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Still True

(tho singed and lost within the smoke of recent fires) I love you I know I say it all the time, (I love you) but I do I love your smile, and the
Beyond Reality
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Beyond Reality

He's the end of the alphabet... Sometimes, I wonder if he’s not the end of the world, too; The end of me The end of everything I know and want,
The Muse
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The Muse

“The trouble with a muse,” (my dear friend said) “is that one cannot control it.” I am bound by the aches and pains, By the emptiness and the questions that remain In the
I'm Sorry, Darling...
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I'm Sorry, Darling...

I'm sorry, Darling, the light is fading, though the love does not wane I'm sorry, Darling, the world must go on, my life must go on, you must go
Wonderland Has Come
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Wonderland Has Come

He doesn’t know - And neither do I - How much time passed in the netherverse of love How much power heartbeats have in times of need. Years passed by without him near, And
P.S. I Love You, Still
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P.S. I Love You, Still

I fell into your world, my love; And here, I shall remain, in heart, Even if I am away, Even if I must away, Even if I am to be in a Wonderland
The Road To Giving Up
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The Road To Giving Up

he’s just not that into you… It’s been a week since I’ve heard from you Sweet words of love Of tenderness he’s just not that into you… While men
Chaos
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Chaos

Real love is always chaotic. You lose control; you lose perspective. You lose the ability to protect yourself. The greater the love, the greater the chaos. It’s a given and that’s
The Magic of An Autumn Night
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The Magic of An Autumn Night

A thousand leaves quiver a million colored hellos And I remember you. A brisk wind chills my fingers And I embrace the sensation, Tickled by the thought of you: Your warm hands on
Speaking In Tongues
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Speaking In Tongues

I can’t even tell you. The truth Is that I do not have a choice On this planet But to quit But to be quiet Because I’ve said so many things
Narcissus' Redemption
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Narcissus' Redemption

If you knew how I live, Would you ever go away? Would you ever want a moment alone, Or would you want to bask in me? If you knew how I see you,
Rivers of Passion
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Rivers of Passion

Yes, I do have a mind -  but I have a body, too and I deserve to be touched to be worshipped to be admired to be adored as any cloud as any storm
Prides
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Prides

I knew our days were numbered, from the start: Your soulful, aching gaze lingering; Your life, your willful ways chaining; You were a longing man amongst a pride of lions; I am a
Falling in Love in the Rain
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Falling in Love in the Rain

The rain streamed down so many panes of glass, With you beneath, bustling, working, And I watched… My mirrored soul-streams spilled outside, reflecting As my confessions, compliments, and I fell hopelessly, endlessly.
Lionheart
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Lionheart

You might not want to look at me In the way that stole my heart, But he does. And he intends to steal my heart back, To place it back in my chest
The Loyalty
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The Loyalty

I am still yours. Whether you discard me or keep me close, I am still yours. My wild heart is broken; You tamed something in me, And there is no way I know
Breaking Tides
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Breaking Tides

Fill me with your new love With your way of seeing With your way of knowing; Fill me with visions of you And drown out the memories of him: I don’t want
Shades of Light
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Shades of Light

I may not need you To make me happy; I may not need you To give me beauty; I may not need you To give me love; I may not need you To
Still Unstill
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Still Unstill

I still need to see you. I still need to breathe the same air as you In the same spaces as you In the same moments as you. Perhaps there are greater things
The Awakening Foretold
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The Awakening Foretold

One day, my dear, we will see each other again And our eyes will lock again And we will see each other again And I wonder if I’ll cry Or if my
When Angels Love Devils
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When Angels Love Devils

Somewhere in me, I’m crying over you. Your hardened heart and devilish mind say I am not supposed to, And still, the tears well in my eyes Because I love you Because
Song for a Sultan
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Song for a Sultan

So, You think that it is ended, That it is all my fault. I can bear the weight of our responsibilities, I can bear the weight of the pain of our unborn affair,
Still Saturday
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Still Saturday

I don’t know why you had to leave But you left. I can’t believe the words you spoke, Except as filtered flickers of the truth. It’s ok. The rain still
As You Are
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As You Are

I am not for you. You’ve said it: You are not looking for beauty. You regret asking me for my strength; You regret asking me for all I am, You said you
Secrets
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Secrets

We all have secrets we don’t tell each other: Mine usually start with “I love you” And spill like starlight from my eyes; Yours usually start with “I want you” And spill
Old Love
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Old Love

Old love is almost always as good as new love. Sometimes better. MLM
You and Me
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You and Me

I would live to delight you, To turn your every day to magic As mine are turned by you As mine are turned by me. I would live to entice you, To turn
Desert
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Desert

I deserve to be kissed with tumul, To be loved with such a verve, To be wanted, desired like none other, To be pursued with the intent of a hungry wolf. I deserve
You Know, Don't You...?
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You Know, Don't You...?

Don’t you know that my heart aches for you? For the way you smile, For the way you dress, For the way you hold yourself in a chair, So gallantly, So arrogantly,
When Connections Cease To Fade
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When Connections Cease To Fade

Resist me, if you will: Your fight reveals you, Betrays your desire, Demands my attention, Commands my response. Be silent, if you must: Your vibration pulsates stronger, Reaches farther, Throbs within me, Speaks
A Break From Insanity
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A Break From Insanity

Remember the days of blue skies and sweltering heat when your love clung to me like the humid air when your arms found their way around me when your head rested upon me
Unfamiliarity
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Unfamiliarity

Who are you to walk into my life to stare at me that way with mesmerizing eyes with an air of knowing your body commanding me your inaction owning me then walk away
Commanding the Mystic
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Commanding the Mystic

As you command, my love. For I am a woman, and you are a man, And I love the ways you are. As you command, my love. For I am tamed by your
Your Way
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Your Way

I’ll always love you. My heart, Fragile as it is, Wants to follow you: Wants to leap into your mind, Wants to follow your train of thought. It is how I’ve
The Ineffectiveness of Transformation
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The Ineffectiveness of Transformation

And so, I must transform my addiction, Transfuse my heart’s beat To give words life. You will not take my love. And so, Your intent transforms your words, Searing your mind’s
Currents
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Currents

I immerse myself in your ways And I find myself swimming in my own depths Returned to fresh waters I knew only in theory Returned to dammed waters I knew were true Awash
I love you
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I love you

How can I ever not be disappointed When every car passes, not handled by you? How can I ever not be disappointed By any single evening not spent through-and-through? How can
Our World Awaits
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Our World Awaits

There is not much more I can do I know you would worry if you knew I spend my days in reverie I spend my nights in longing I spend my mornings crying
To Know You Is To Love You
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To Know You Is To Love You

I do not know how to go slow; I do not know what that means. I know how to be real, To feel the world around me In patient succulence; I know how
Awaiting The End
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Awaiting The End

Passion emboldens me, a temporary elixir I rush, thrilled; my veins fill thickly with the thought of you: Your eyes, holding my gaze, filling my mind with spears of scalding iron; My memory
For a Pisces Love
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For a Pisces Love

Streaming thoughts invade my mind Unbidden Unforgiving Desired Memories Emotions Dreams Wandering through space and time Do you still believe Skipping like a stone Across the energies of your life Will prevent your
Call Me Intensity
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Call Me Intensity

I am officially “That Crazy Girl,” “That Obsessive Girl,” “That Girl Who Will Not Let Go.” Everyone’s heard of me:  My boyfriend breaks up with me; I stalk him, I cannot let
Love, The Infinite Unknown
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Love, The Infinite Unknown

It’s not the easiest thing in the world, to love. I mean:  it’s easy, but so many things can get in the way, distracting us from love, from letting ourselves fall
Single
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Single

I am single. It really dawned on me this morning, having finally stepped from bed after a difficult night’s sleep and the email I received last night from someone I love, saying