I Wish Our Souls Were One

I kissed you
And I touched your hand;
You were
Too precious to understand.

Your breath was like perfume,
Your tenderness
Like a child’s innocent heart.

But I’m fragile, too,
Not believing in anything
Except my love for you.

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Stand In Shit

Beaujolais in paper cups
Beside an alley dumpster
Beneath a praying streetlight—
Holding hands in a grimy city,
Midnight still feels romantic
In the flowerless void;
I always expected
I’d stand in shit
But still write about love

poem by Uriah Hamilton
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Autumn and Winter Eyes

One day,
I’ll gaze into mirrors
With autumn and winter eyes,
Squinting into the ancient sunlight
Of my forgotten former lives.

When there is nothing left but cold frost,
I’ll remember the green paths
That preceded this demise.

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Before They Fall in Love

My heart is fatigued
Sitting in the rain
Remembering your eyes
And the way that you smile.

Some children die
Before they fall in love,
Many old men as well.

I’m swimming oceans
To make you understand
That hasn’t happened to me.

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Elaborate Mysteries of Love

Dripping daisies
From her blue eyes
Of myriad dreams,
She makes me believe
In sunshine,
Rendezvous’,
And euphoric affairs.

Her intoxicating breath
Is sexual perfume,
Her erotic room
Spins and weaves
Elaborate mysteries of love.

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Her Perfume On A Pillow Fades

Cold rain
On an autumn morning,
I was alone by railroad tracks;
I smiled and wept
In the damp, lonely fog.

When I can’t remember
Your perfume
Or the bed where we slept,
I’ll probably be in a coffin
With nothing left to forget.

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Blue Mystical Bride

A blue mystical bride
With a violet hue
On a lilac afternoon
Met me beneath
Pagan trees
With supernatural charms
To protect me from despair
And transport me through storms
To a sanctuary of prophetic flowers
And fortune-telling leaves.

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I Worship the Mother

I burn incense
And pray to the goddess;
I believe in the feminine heart,
I worship the Mother.

Man is a lonely creature
Tossed and tattered on a lonely and angry sea,
He depends on the light of a woman
To guide him safely to shore.

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An Old Man

An old man is drinking
In the cool night
Beneath intricately scattered stars.

He thinks about his wife
Still more beautiful
Than autumn leaves.

This is a lovelier moment
Than seeing for the first time
A Degas painting of ballet dancers.

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Smile At A Girl

Eating canned beans
And saying a brief grace,
I walk out into the cool night
And wink at stars.
I know there is suffering
In this cobweb entangling universe,
But everyday I fall in love
And smile at a girl,
And sometimes she smiles back.

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