you love so many
yet how can I fault someone
whose love is so true
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told me honestly
she loved others as well as me
and we accepted that
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no master or sub
no courtesan nor concubine
just lovers making love
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often you follow me
edging towards the edge of love
because you understand
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have you ever felt
loved so much but never held
but by poet's words
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seeing you i smile
as at the edge of wild woods
naked nymph appears
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her wrists bound with words
honor sacrificed to poet
as poetry filled her body
made her arch with ecstasy
her soul held captive by
her needs and wants and his
coursing from body to body
wedding soul to soul and more,
and, though willing captive
remaining perfectly free
to live her love by
the unchained and uncaged
desires they lovingly shared
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taking my true path
do you dare to follow me
to where love is all
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yes i know i'm old
and though you love the poet
you can't love the man
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bent in love's climax
a rainbow's exultant arch
aching unashamed
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i don't say i'm right
this is what i see as right
for me if not you
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her thoughts made action
how deeply they penetrate
how intimate their touch
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a foolish poet
believing his words matter
to anyone but him
Donovan Baldwin