they were tender words
melting sweetly in my mouth
your lips shared with mine
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marks upon my soul
left by fingernails on skin
and a lover's words
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touched by his kisses
tender petals weep for joy
dew drops down the stems
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bring your love to him
show him how you feel inside
shouldn't have to guess
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i know all your sins
they're the reasons i love you
let's sin together
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we add skeins of words
weave a fabric which can't hide
our naked desires
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how thin this lace is
loose woven words exposing
love we cannot hide
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in lovers' embrace
dancers move slow face to face
in moon's silver grace
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i know she's out there
better poet than i am
i have seen her words
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poets write of
love that lies beneath the lace
only we can see
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she defied the rules
in her desire to be free
a poet helped her
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she's the poetry
poet merely writes her down
using his best words
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she was his helen
he'd go to troy to reclaim
despite gods and men
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watch for your return
from where the moon has you hid
sunrise in my eyes
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like some fabled queen
tender lips cite poetry
neath a foreign moon
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somewhere she's sleeping
and perhaps she dreams of me
as i do of her
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ardent lost lover
kneeling at her secret gate
begging to enter
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wolves around his fire
the poet drives them away
howling ancient words
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he accepts her needs
way that she accepts his wants
on their pleasure quest
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blunt pagan passion
instrument of ecstasy
for mutual use
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you offer yourself
each piece of body and mind
to my loving use
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she feels she does right
feeding body's needs and wants
carnal appetites
Thank you, Susan.