i once dreamed of love
and that's all it ever was
lifelong dream of love
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i'm too old for this
and too beaten down by life
to rise one more time
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sometimes difficult
to recall the happy words
or to write of love
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poet describes sky
blue land of endless white clouds
countless gold sunsets
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bright words in the sky
stars strung into poetry
speak of hope and love
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how silly we are
being together makes us so
another sign of love
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why this delusion
imagining i'll find love
after all these years
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learned more from his gaze
and secrets his hands exposed
than from written words
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open your petals love
follow the folds to your stem
tease me with honey
fingers glide and slide
glisten with silver nectar
watching me watch you
smile upon your face
lift sweet fingers to my lips
feeding my desires
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shyly eyes cast down
yet the small smile betrays her
her actions as well
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sipping from petals
your honey as it happens
warm upon my tongue
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she's so smart and sweet
so impossible yet real
this lovely woman
Donovan Baldwin