One Once Knew

uneasy presence
of someone
once known
even loved -

the space
however
gaping wide:
cloying,

suffocating;
treacle bath
easily sealing
claustrophobic
asphyxsiation

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Promise

when
the worms are done
with you
I shall await
the scent of blooms
that should one day
sprout and mark
the very spot
wherein
you last
reclined
that is,
if I don't
follow
soon
after

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Dario

D-iscover your dreams and dare

A-ll you can take hold of each day

R-ide your rainbows and run your race

I-n your heart and soul be always true

O-pen the treasures life offers you

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For You

cease turning my green to grey
with wilful acts of nature
your heart is found in theirs
providing for this urgency
to lose love's indifference,
redeem that part of self
that feels only for you

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Questing Relish

zealous young xenophiles
wail violent utterances

tasked surreptious rail
qualms permit ornaments

nibbling mice livid
kilo joule increments

harped geese fly
every delicate caress
bourne aloft

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Our Moonlit Getaway

if there be but two

on this twilight moon's

landscape, there might be

in a galaxy of its own

a hidden treasure trove

of good and loved things

that can be opened up

and relished each day!

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Delirium

they seek their birth

beyond all meaning

slipping through one's

yearnings into one's

e x p l o r i n g s

their spirits dwelling

within the crevices of

our delirious words.......

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Not now, I'm busy

`

shadowed
in early evening's
darkened corner
his smile
responds to your
gruff remark
and you
do not see
the tear
rolling
from his cheek
he turns
the faintest hint
of sadness
cloaks his eye

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Recall

`

memories
scaffold sleep's dreams

visions:
dancing with the sun

sensations
meld thought and emotion

remedy
for inevitable amnesiac

deliver
sibilant phrases
splinter
bridge to forgetfulness.

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Waterfront Solitude

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Less than a bell's tinkle
fainter than a whistle
stars in the sky twinkle
your breath a hushed whisper

O the tiniest sparkle
dapple on glassy water
far from distant heckles
my soul freed from shackles

`

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