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Deadly Nightshade

by Ian Whiteley

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Deadly Nightshade

 

touching you

gently

kissing your neck

feeling

your heartbeat

synchronise

with mine

 

the grey clouds

on a Tuesday

in September

spill

their leaden

tears

 

twilight

seeps

between

heavy

curtains

 

slowly

ebbing

into

darkness

 

time

slows to

a strum

 

s...

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Thursday 16th May 2013 10:50 am

belladonna   deadly night shade   lost love   poison   lies   parting   destructive affair

Gathering Winter Fuel

by Ian Whiteley

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Gathering Winter Fuel

 

Return to me and bring your loving flame,

despite your sparks my kindling rarely smokes.

Without you life will never be the same..

 

Between us lies a frozen lake of blame,

through which only a twig of passion pokes.

Return to me and bring your loving flame.

 

Unless we mend our ways the fates will claim

the pyre where our prid...

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Sunday 10th February 2013 12:15 pm

love   fire   parting   return

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