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Gentleness
You’re a study to me
content in your calmness
not derailed by desire
nor rotten with bitterness
You cry when you need to
outspoken but reasonable
never screaming, no ill meaning
at your core, only gentleness
An easiness in each movement
you wave everyone in
make integrity and kindness
look utterly effortless
Disarming and charming
you got strong
from lifting others up
as if it...
Tuesday 8th November 2022 5:05 pm
The Hourglass
We exist on the clock
a meander in the changing river
I clutch at air but it’s gone
the sand of the banks
slips through my hands
my hands
flow all over you
There is a magic I think we should birth
there is a magic I think you’d regret not knowing
and yet we look the other way
as those sands flow…
as those sands flow through…
We tussle on the floodplain
blowing leaves caught by the...
Tuesday 3rd February 2015 3:07 pm
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