foreplay never ends
in love's wonderland we share
each end a beginning
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we have met before
you're the love I dreamed about
before I knew you
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candlelit body
shifting tones of brown and gold
dance on naked skin
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never meant for me
all this love i write about
exposing heart to all
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never was special
or meant much to anyone
some notice my words
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mystery is she
secret goddess beyond sight
hiding in my heart
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burning gaze strips her
one by one her petals fall
she blossoms for him
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gift to your lover
sharing your secret flower's
petals and power
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bare yourself to me
leave the lonely world behind
this bed our refuge
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friction causes fire
rough against tender tinder
her small torch blazes
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i created life
when the gods deserted me
in my own image
took equal measures
of different kinds of love
blended together
chose another's words
go and love one another
this time i mean it
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sorry i bothered you
earlier conversations
made me think you cared
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tonight's a good night
for vodka and ginger ale
letting it all go
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someday i'll matter
you might come and visit me
wish i wasn't gone
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touches replace words
fingers strip poetry from
your beautiful skin
Donovan Baldwin