altar and idol
exploring and adoring
the goddess displayed
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a source of sadness
all I've been all i'll ever be
until sadness ends
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no need to love me
read my words as if you do
ones i wrote for you
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stimulated by
his shadow her moonlight
beauty becomes beast
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she, blushing blossom
inspires poet's images
which become poems
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i thought i mattered
then life taught me otherwise
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no longer wanted
fit for writing poetry
but not for much else
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dreamed someone like her
subject of many poems
who never was real
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that look on your face
the quiver of your body
ecstasy's entrance
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when i think of you
thinking of me with touches
following your thoughts
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alone you wander
along pathways of desire
touching loving ways
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door closed she's alone
with the words that heated her
only thing she wears
letter by letter
she invigorates herself
meanings quivering
poetry inside
she must release her feelings
woman's ancient song
falls with a shudder
tired smile upon her face
poems at her breast
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milady's wardrobe holds
ladylike pink petticoats
scarlet bustier
daring selection of
lingerie and toys
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I don't care about past lovers
i don't care where or how you learned love
i don't care about your "skill" in love
i care about loving YOU now
i care about you loving me
and me loving you
in the best way we know how
and in whatever way we learn from one another
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not that i wanted you
as much as i wanted you to want me
that was the difference
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rips his words apart
trying to reach the poet
to drink from the source
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so long she has burned
honestly sinful desires
secrets she won't hide
Donovan Baldwin