alone together
hand in hand we stroll your paths
among your petals
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when YOU are ready
that's when the time will be right
let no one push you
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I've never met you
yet think about you often
set you down in words
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it's not about me
but i'm having so much fun
watching you take wing
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in some of your words
mark me down as accomplice
for the part i played
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i dreamed you loved me
something that can never be
let me have the dream
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looked into his sky
where she found a different star
pulsing with desire
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serene in the knowledge
that they'll never be perfect
except for each other
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yours the only heart
calling to me with heartbeats
that my heart can hear
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it amazes me
so many poems you've caused
sharing your purpose
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hooked on poet's words
poems make her strip her soul
exposing herself
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keep my fire alive
feed me the fuel for my flames
your burning desires
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in love it matters
that our pleasing ourselves
makes each other happy
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holding her he asks
do your desires frighten you
let's conquer them together
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do i respect you
despite daring words you write
or because you dare write them
i hope you know why
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i always seek you
whether i'm happy or sad
because i always need you
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some won't understand
the way poetry releases
the body and mind
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hammer of fingers
taut and straining vibrations
shatter need's crystal
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why do i not speak
it's not my place or time
i am not wanted
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odd this memory
i remember loving you
in lives not YET lived
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i would give you all
if i had anything to give
other than poems
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poet falls silent
without words i am nothing
just whispers on a breeze
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i recall my youth
delicious and delightful sins
committed now in dreams
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much as i desire
you will never be my love
except in my heart
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she desires but fears
this offering of herself
for the sake of love
he'll never allow
the indiscriminate use
of body or soul
yet he will guide her
into darkness she desires
guard and protect her
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perhaps tomorrow
the day my love returns to me
back from her darkness
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naked you're floating
a dance upon my back
face down on my skin
Donovan Baldwin