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Close to you
I move a fingertip, I breathe, I blink,
And I communicate a thought to you.
Where others speak and listen , we but think,
And all my dearest longings thus are brought to you.
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There is within me something separate,
Sits back to wonder, only dumb at this.
Never dreaming of such mindless beauty.
Barely tapped by thought,
The fathomless wells of love.
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Time, wa...
Tuesday 24th February 2026 8:26 pm
Instructions for an Impossible Love
Don’t call.
Not today, not tomorrow,
not when longing makes promises.
Don’t wait.
Waiting has teeth
and it bites when you nap.
Don’t write letters.
Paper keeps too much,
and some pains deserve to be forgotten.
Don’t wish for meetings.
They happen at the edges,
where the world can’t reach, and there, everything slips away.
Don’t blame time.
Time just passes.
What remains is you,
with...
Wednesday 25th June 2025 5:38 am
Magic Wool
Wandering the winter roads,
I found a few soft balls of wool—
left behind by someone
in the bitter cold of last year.
I brought them home
and tucked them into
the torn blanket
that mother wrapped herself in—
hoping maybe,
just maybe,
the holes would fill on their own.
That I wouldn't have to hear
her bones shiver through the night,
or watch her lips
tighten against the cold
like...
Wednesday 11th June 2025 8:21 am
The first touch of our lips
You left a particle of amber, the most beautiful,
at the first touch of my lips
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The sweetness, the source of your breath,
I felt joy and began living;Â
I drank the gentle breeze of your kisses
on a winter's night
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Something divine, transfigured,
drawn without words;
the glory of being in your armsÂ
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We shared the sky at night and honey at dawn,
for betwee...
Wednesday 22nd July 2020 6:39 pm
From Friendship to Love
The deepest love does not rest
In just lips or eyes
Or kisses or caress
Carried in gentleness
Across the wind,
But rather an emotion
That hangs on your thoughts
Whether across meadows
Bathed in frozen dew
Or listening to raindrops
Developing slowly over time
Like a detective novel
Opening up in soft layers
Until the meaning stares you
Straight in the face
Across borrowed harbo...
Thursday 12th January 2017 1:30 pm
Human Wreckage
See their faces so jaded
With all the torturous barking they hear
Over and over and over again
Assaulting their innocent ears
Our mouths keep spitting out poison
There’s bile wrapped in every word
After all these years of affection
How did our love become so absurd?
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And I hope, just hope
You sleep sound and safe in your single bed on this night
I kn...
Monday 14th October 2013 6:28 pm
TENDERNESS
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Tenderness has million of faces and names,
Tenderness has million of secrets and signs.
It is in the autumns rains,
It is in the young wines.
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Tenderness is a high flying bird,
It’s in the light breath of the wind.
It can be everywhere heard,
It can never be sinned.
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Tenderness can be in crystal tears
Shining on your eyelashes.
It can be i...
Saturday 10th September 2011 5:07 pm
The Kiss
the kiss shouted passionately
you anguished tenderly
we kissed a placid mouth late
a desire loved us
the flower cuddled the languishing kiss slowly
she anguished desperately
a breeze anguished
the nice kiss anguished
a misery danced for you
the stormy love shouted tenderly
Friday 24th September 2010 11:37 pm

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