there's that distance in her

something remote and far

like the canals of Mars, an

ice monolith atop a star

her soul of cosmic mystery

went to places I cannot ken

sheathed in armoured silk

none knew where or when

in those blue eyes is infinity

windows on time and space

blinking before shutters up

in a cryptic chain-mail face

enigmatic were her ridd...

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he could not make her out

at close quarters but afar

smiling yes but acting no

near, yet distant as a star

like rain falling half-way

a tide trapped out at sea

an infant sapling stunted

a blossom without a bee

brows furled with doubt

mouth unstable not still

eye contact fraying, lost

signals iced by inner chill

curious blend, rare alloy

what el...

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