her bud unfolded
nor did she prevent it...
it was its time
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penned up by others
climbing ladders made of words...
the poet escapes
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as if warm fingers
dawn streams across her body...
my eyes following
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night sky wonderland
Cheshire cat's lopsided grin...
orange sliver of moon
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she sees past his scars
the beauty that goes unseen...
old soldier poet
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forgotten poet
poured soul and heart into words...
they could not understand
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some have hidden pain
secret unseen agony...
for most of their lives
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kiss and touch linger
her tongue and fingers tracing...
recent memories
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she's not his to own
and yet he has all she is...
for that pleases her
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haunting dance for him
beautiful sighs and gestures...
along love's edges
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ethereal goddess
serene beauty haunting gaze...
kiss upon her lips
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stripped her with words
lashed bare skin with poetry...
naking love to her mind
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smilnig in your sleep
i'll not wake you for a while...
watch you as you dream
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not sun that rises
that tells me dawn's arrival...
but your sleepy whispers
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standing in dawn's light
streaks of rose your only gown...
you return to me
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found a mind like mine
to capture in poetry...
my words her beauty
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strip down stand naked
defiantly and proudly..
show me all your scars
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leaves me at morning
her fleeting embrace goodbye...
as my dream departs
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melting barriers
rain bringing us together...
in the storm's center
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sweet petals open
this bee sips at her nectar...
within her flower
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storm outside and in
but i cannot hear thunder...
over her soft moans
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lovers far apart
weep blood tears within their souls...
as the moon laments
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Donovan Baldwin