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Tenderness
I still taste you
in every sip of liquor
O, how quickly
our past begins to replay
projected on the evening lawn
as the oil lamp burns
ghostly, beside me
You said so little
like some men will
That stillness was a balm
to my life’s tumult
Your stoic way
and silent eyes
a recurring character
in my diary’s scribbled lines
I don’t do much
but work and walk
and play the records
y...
Sunday 8th June 2025 7:35 pm
We Were Beautiful
The complication of those earrings
the texture of the paint around your eyes
the sun's highlights in your hair
The redness of those parting lips
such belief in everything we said
the pristine shape of your nose
Lying on the roof
your head close to my heart
summer blushing the sky
weren't we beautiful
weren't we beautiful then
Nothing to fret about
just prolong the passing day
sw...
Tuesday 20th August 2019 5:33 pm
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