Winter Fantasy

We build cathedrals
When the illusion disappears
When we are cold in bed
Under covers that cover
Little
Or too much

We scratch our guitars
Hoping they'll be tickled
Yet tight cords hardly could
Cover
The mist, we walk to meet
When the illusion within us
Disappears
An October morning
Full of rust and leaves
Full of echoeing space

We write and never send
For to receive takes the illusion

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poem by Vahe Kazandjian
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Portofino Sounds So Far Away!

It is the story of nights
When love somnoles for a while
While near the window, a dogwood tree
Blossoms in white, in flowers, in time

It is the story well known
When I hold your hand
To stay where we are, or just
To stay

For with time, between two kisses
Suddenly, love leaves for a while
In lavender, in tears, in promises
All goes, between two kisses
On an August night

It is the story others only know
The story which, with time, becomes ours
Between two goodbyes, at a train station
On an October night

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poem by Vahe Kazandjian
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