seeking willing prey
shadow upon moonlit sands
love's stalking leopard
hunter seeks hunted
each in need of the other
feed desires and needs
one falls to appease
the hunger that consumes them both
so that love lives on
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groping in the dark
hunting for the words i dropped
glowing ones for you
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like sunlight at dawn
her warmth covers my body
causing me to rise
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no finer poem
than one she imprints on me
body marking mine
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she finds his lost words
pieces of poet's puzzle
solved they form her name
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in desperation
poet whispers the name of love
but hears no echo
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mirror cannot tell
truths of you love's heart laid bare
what this poet sees
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love has many forms
i write of passionate things
with innocent words
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love's spark speaks out
brings a shout of passion's fire
whispering embers
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intimate nature
caress of a summer breeze
after winter's cold
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came to beg from you
waited long outside your door
gave you all my words
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i await your words
poet in empty silence
in need of echoes
Donovan Baldwin