Something Familiar

There is something familiar about her Her smell Her touch Having her lying next to me Her lips Her breath The way she moves So automatic to my touch So obedient to my words I push forward to hold her She pushes back with lust We dance to the sounds of our own passion There…

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My Dearest One

Motionless I lay silently on the floor as she played piano across the room Note by note a stream of endless daydreams pass as if my mind were a kaleidoscope, and the memory of another woman was the shattered glass inside The music stops with a sudden crash as though she read my thoughts and…

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I let go

How often I daydream about waking up next to you Feeling your soft skin in the morning Watching the dim light from the rising sun dance off your hair Feeling your breath on my face as you wake Breaking my own heart I let go Watching you dance I imagine all the places you take…

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Air

I follow you with my eyes as you walk across the room Tonight was a night we had talked about I had many dreams about You moved slowly Like a lost memory returning to my conscience Your smile Your eyes As you brushed my legs with your gown The hair stood in anticipation My breath…

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