some fool threw away
a perfectly good heart today
that i found upon my way
and took it home to stay
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eden's story wrong
eve herself forbidden fruit
adam had to taste
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the errors of youth
the embrace i failed to give
lips i should have kissed
echoes of memory
missed chances unspoken words
touches never felt
regret and longing
reaching back to other times
when i wasted youth
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when i see you appear
isadora duncan springs to mind
and i can't help but smile
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we commit no sins
when we stop along the way
to indulge in love
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a poet showed her
lewd temptations of the mind
most beautiful sins
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how open is love
enough to accept true love
any of its forms
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you cannot love me
a fact i've long accepted
yet i still love you
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tears of love flowing
from the center of her rose
gift for darling bee
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soul's constant tingle
gentle scratch at the edges
of secret desires
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gift of the goddess
nectar she bestows on me
clear wine of desire
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before there were words
there were ancient sounds of love
moans and howls of pleasure
in darkness of cave at
edges of the fire as
would-be lovers circle
in atavistic dance much
like warriors about to battle
and take each other in barbaric
rituals bred into blood and bone
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i've said i love you
in thousands of words and ways
yet never heard it back
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show me how to love
not just motions and the acts
make me feel like you
Donovan Baldwin