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[mazHur]

in space
there is no life
just one heaven and hell
pass through cosmic black holes first to
reach them.

[Il Penseroso]

reach them,
touch to escape
the sound ringing, light rolled
around each gapless stone, witness
their form

[alakungfu]

their form
rejects the rule
of space and timeliness
for mutually culled response
in kind

[CdnReader]

in kind
replies, polite
words, unengaging smile,
a desperation of motives
drives me

[ampoule]

drives me
betrayed message
this sinister touching
the abnormal definitions
you give

[firefangled]

you give
me goose bumps with that look,
makes me honk and fly like a bird
gone wild

[CdnReader]

gone wild
it's that finger-
in-the-socket look with
hair standing on end, a starburst
aura

[ampoule]

aura
radiating
I so want to touch it
but no, what if it bursts like a
bubble

[qimissung]

bubble,
dream holder, smile
giver, rainbow maker,
sail away on your fantastic
journey

[Il Penseroso]

journey
between white stars,
stale bulbs staring, the past
a static print from which is splashed
bodies

[firefangled]

bodies,
the Dollmaker
smiles at our ambition,
our finding within each secret
secrets

[CdnReader]

secrets
kept in boxes,
like bright jewels of thought,
treasures of who I am, pried from
my fists

[qimissung]

I just love this one, CdnReader.

[qimissung]

my fists
grasp my rage
pummel witless heaven
danger hears the siren song, leaps
I'm lost

[asilef73]

I'm lost
in this morass
of philosophical
questions, bereft of tangible
answers

[firefangled]

answers
always the same
hammer me like a blade
temper me and inscribe my soul
shine me

[asilef73]

"shine me"
offered sweet Spoon.
dulcet innuendo
made to Dish as Cow jumped over
the moon.

[mazHur]

the moon
shines on the sky
a galaxy of stars
approaches from all around to
own it

[Smoogles]

own it
my possessions
always getting me where
my greed leads me, along a road
endless

[mazHur]

endless
journey begins
when two hearts fall in love
destination doesn't matter
for them

[asilef73]

for them
that waste their time
with unrequited love
please be wiser than i and just
let go

[mazHur]

let go
trifling matters
taken seriously
ruin life by sucking life out
of it

[asilef73]

of it
i dare not speak
the overwhelming urge
to love engulfs my heart and it
consumes

[mazHur]

consumes
by full measure
nectar from the flowers
the hungry moth is full of lust
for buds

[mazHur]

of it
i dare not speak
the overwhelming urge
to love engulfs my heart and it
consumes

hey, this was a good one,,,I liked it !
chow!

[asilef73]

for buds
moths should not crave.
mature flowers are where
the sweetest nectar lays ripe for
taking.

[mazHur]

for buds
moths should not crave.
mature flowers are where
the sweetest nectar lays ripe for
taking.

taking
the nectar out
of mature flowers is
fine but every flower in bud
must bloom!

[asilef73]

taking
the nectar out
of mature flowers is
fine but every flower in bud
must bloom!

:lol: fair enough.

must bloom
to bear its fruit
or wither away in
slow, necrotic death. love is hard
to grow.

[mazHur]

to grow
is not loves goal;
love is love all the time
if it changes it is not love
take care!

[asilef73]

take care
of who you trust
with the delicate truths
of your hopes and fears. you may be
betrayed.

[mazHur]

betrayed
by my own life
I may be but one thing
is sure that your lasting partner
is death

[asilef73]

is death
coming to call
with his bony fingers
outstretched for the stealing of my
short life?

[mazHur]

short life
or a life long
all suffer the same fate
Heart's desires never get fulfilled
Never!

[asilef73]

never
is such a strong
word. i will lose all faith
if you cannot temper it with
maybe.

[mazHur]

maybe
I was erring
heart's desires may come true
if your faith is strong and your heart
passioned

[asilef73]

passioned
soul i am not
lacking. patience is my
missing trait. elusive love seems
to me.

[mazHur]

to me
what's important
may not be so for you
yet our hearts beat with the same
rhythm !

[asilef73]

rhythm,
an important
aspect in heartbeats, but
passion is the force that makes your
heart pound

[mazHur]

heart pound
at the sight of
that beautiful maiden
when she unveils like Cleopatra
her face !

[asilef73]

her face,
in dewy youth,
unblemished new cream. who
would not love her perfection and
beauty?

[mazHur]

beauty,
is like a rose
that blooms in spring for the
pleasure of nectar-sucking moths
then fades

[asilef73]

nectar-sucking moths again is it?

then fades
dropping petals
and releasing seeds to
carry on the wind. beauty starts
anew.

[mazHur]

anew
shall we discuss
the matters of heart's joy
the problems of aging body,
Or what?

[asilef73]

or what
would you prefer?
mystery lies in both
aging and in joy. tell me what
you want.

[mazHur]

or what
would you prefer?
mystery lies in both
aging and in joy. tell me what
you want.

you want
exactly what
I had been looking for
a cocktail of beauty and age
to drink;) :)

[ampoule]

for buds
moths should not crave.
mature flowers are where
the sweetest nectar lays ripe for
taking.


Exactly!!

[mazHur]

Exactly!!

Welcome, Lady !

[asilef73]

to drink
in your deep sighs
and breathe your every breath
i would sacrifice all. i'm held
captive.

[mazHur]

captive
thou are not in
Love's world two hearts beat
together in total freedom
of self

[asilef73]

of self
i must give more
to prove my worth of love.
why do i always seem to give,
not take?

[mazHur]

not take
a kiss for free
nor give a kiss for free
but in the realm of heart givers
take lead!

[asilef73]

take lead?
dear, have i not?
recall the day we met...
didn't you discern the heart i
gave you?

[mazHur]

gave you
not me my heart
in return for your heart?
Why thou complaineth now , my dear,
kiss me!

[asilef73]

kiss me
you sweet young fool!
i swear to not reject
your tender advances bravely
put forth.

[mazHur]

put forth
whatever you
are hiding in your blob
of heart so I can put my soul
in there

[asilef73]

in there
your soul resides!
how is it you did not
miss what took me so long to steal
from you?

[mazHur]

from you
came the message
the messenger told me
'Sir, how did you lose your heart to
my dame''?

[asilef73]

my dame
or my sire
bestowed upon me the
impulse for dreaming of love meant
to be

[mazHur]

to be
in your lover's arms
is gaining paradise
on this terrestrial patch of
ugly gloom

[asilef73]

:) i know you are sleep deprived. sleep well, Maz!

ugly gloom
can be dispelled
by trading words with
me. we will paint a world where love
rules all.

[mazHur]

rules all
with equal hand
True love is willful loss
a sacrifice for another
and more

[asilef73]

and more
that is given
without resentment. love
is a selfless act when in its
best form.

[mazHur]

best form
of Love is Love
love for love sake they say
love for the sake of banal thing's
mere lust

[asilef73]

mere lust
can cause a wise
man to do foolish things.
judgment impaired for a moments
pleasure.

[mazHur]

pleasure
of seeing you
may not be as good as
keep loving an unseen goddess
for'vr!

[asilef73]

hey! is for'vr an actual abbreviation or are you cheating? :lol:

for'vr
is a long time
to love the unseen and
goddesses demand worship and
homage

[mazHur]

Well, the correct form may be different such as forev'r or bla bla but such contractions have been used by poets to meet their rhythmic requirements

homage
has to be paid
by the weak and fragile
to the powerful without any
demur

[alakungfu]

demur
as with a bud
a butterfly hastens
to choose a more mature bloom to
pander

[mazHur]

pander
why? The budding
flower attracts the moth
more than any flower in bloom
to bloom

[alakungfu]

to bloom
at an early
stage, when to spread your wings
and take to the friendly skies thrown
ariight

[mazHur]

aright
on her four feet
falls the cat on the ground
or the monkey on his two legs
aright!

[alakungfu]

I think mazHur you would have preferred if I answered your haiku

to bloom
as to which bloom
moth roughshod crusading
through reveries of rapturous
riot

[mazHur]

It's just a game,,,, friend!

[alakungfu]

Sorry, mazHur

aright
Woe, wrong, I sing
this song to pass away
the time of day and gravely say
"S'aright!"

[mazHur]

"S'aright!"
well said, my friend,
when the heart misses beat
when circulation has slowed down
all's dull

[asilef73]

all's dull
when routine has
established itself in
all life's aspects. variety
is spice.

[mazHur]

is spice
too hard to find?
Fetch some from the blue sea
some from the garden, some from hills
Rejoice!

[firefangled]

Rejoice!
with a whisper,
bouillabaisse, bisque, potage
cucumber, vichyssoise, Ah!
saffron

[Oniw17]

rejoice
take what you want
communal luxuries
like the amish or like the tribes
survive

[alakungfu]

saffron
circumscribing
a dish of rice into
a signature-rouxed recipe
for two

survive
in pairs, two heads
together battling the odds
and end up winning the raw deal
of stakes

[asilef73]

for two
the moon shines low
across the shadowed leaves
atmosphere of romance in the
garden

of stakes
and twine, water
schedules, growing seeds
and time must you be possessed to
garden

[Oniw17]

garden
growing ideas
seeds of deceit sprout roots
Knowledge does mean paranoia
protect

[asilef73]

protect
your tender heart
with a mask of jaded
visage. you are much safer on
your own.

[mazHur]

your own
business is what
you are supposed to care
about; let God manage His own
affairs

[alakungfu]

your own
as now, as then
fruits of restitution
shabby souvenirs to hollow
by heart

[alakungfu]

affairs
of the frail heart
transported parcel post
to the ends of the potently
heartless

[mazHur]

by heart
she remembered
moments of those joyous
days when moon envied her beauty
unique

[alakungfu]

unique
the figuring
of a visage of
rare vintage shown fair reflection
in time

[mazHur]

in time
all is going
to be well; hand in hand,
you and I will roam the blue skies
entwined

[asilef73]

entwined
my fingers in
your hair, silken tendrils
rubbing against raw nerves. i am
obsessed.

[Oniw17]

Obsessed
With solitude
Turn inward, rays recede
See the ground where you plant your seed
Reflect

[ampoule]

reflect
think long and hard
the pictures of your love
riding, coming to your rescue
blades drawn

[Oniw17]

Blades drawn
At the ready
Pen's tucked, smashing dead dreams
They don't know he's fast and deadly
Prepared

[CdnReader]

prepared
I stand my ground
sword at the ready, wrists firm,
the challenge is laid, and I am
unfazed.

[ampoule]

unfazed
her glaring eyes
steam the tendrils hanging
she pushes them away and stands
erect

[alakungfu]

erect
denying the
confluence of trial
and error, rejecting failure
in fact

[CdnReader]

in fact
there is no truth
separate from feelings
and reactions, a personal
defect

[mazHur]

defect
may be perceived
even in the freshest rose
in music lisp with impaled hands
in us

[CdnReader]

in us
will you ever
find the serene comfort
of a quiet life, relaxed and
happy?

[mazHur]

happy?
No, I am not
a rose plucked from the bough
amidst spring and laid over the
dead, Oh!

[CdnReader]

dead, oh
the dead will walk
again, despite your fears,
zombies and vampires....will you be
ready?

[mazHur]

ready?
tell me who isn't?
a day will come when all
yes all would be over,zombies
and us

[firefangled]

and us,
what then happens
to us - our energy?
God hides, even in our despair
and fear

[CdnReader]

and fear
will cover us
all, like a grey sheet of
cold rain, dripping down the back of
your neck

[mazHur]

and fear
not fear for fear's
sake; for fearing fear is
worse than fear itself; for God's sake
have heart

[asilef73]

have heart,
my dearest friend,
love will overwhelm you
when you find your match. she will be
flawless.

[CdnReader]

flawless
turning in the
bright sun, glinting, breathless,
shining jewel of love offered
freely

[mazHur]

freely?
There is no such
thing as a free lunch in
the world. Earning love freely is
rare chance

[CdnReader]

rare chance
a chance to dance
give me your hand, follow
me into a spun daylight trance
spin me

[firefangled]

spin me
you will I know,
rain rippled clay dirt road,
walk me down there so long ago
again

[alakungfu]

again,
cost yet too dear,
recognition declined,
dross lassitude spiraled into
morass

[CdnReader]

morass
deeply held in
no way up, no way out
all helping hands have disappeared
help me

[alakungfu]

help me
to my reward,
invested charity
drawn in times of uncertainty from
loose change

[mazHur]

help me
to my reward,
invested charity
drawn in times of uncertainty from
loose change

good one, Ala!

loose change
scattered here and
there clinking like cymbals
Ah, my life is minted like a
fake coin

[alakungfu]

nice one yourself mazHur,

fake coin
a plate for a
tender destiny of
denial and conquer in the
real world

[CdnReader]

fake coin
passed between hands
fine manipulation
prestidigitation process
magic!

real world
nipping at heels
no more imagining
no more daydreaming, time to get
busy

[mazHur]

real world
lies beyond stars
but, hold on! Are the stars
really what they appear to be
I doubt

[CdnReader]

I doubt
that you can know
what monsters lurk deep in
my darkest places... ready to
jump out!

[alakungfu]

I doubt
that my words will
be remembered thiugh I
trust that they still meant something at
the time

[mazHur]

jump out!
of your black holes
proceed to the cosmos
someone might be waiting for you
up there

[CdnReader]

up there
in that big blue
expanse of beautiful
sky, my love for you unrestrained
let loose

[mazHur]

the time
would decide what
is true and what is false
we cannot be our own judge
mind it!

[mazHur]

let loose
not your feelings
high, I'm but a tiny
bit of hunch back, ugly and dark
mind it!

[alakungfu]

up there
in the recessed
star nebula, vessel
for erupting satellites. Wrung
vista!

[CdnReader]

mind it
and then grind it
i can hardly find it
in the deepest darkness mine it
diamond!

vista
stretched beyond the
horizon, greens and blues
violets, too.... and then coral-hued
sunsets

[alakungfu]

mind it
till the cows come
home and then hie yourself
to the watering hole, shake a
trickle

[alakungfu]

diamond
clarity of
preference, hued, in the
tradition of Oriental
princes

[asilef73]

hmmmmm. i'm picking trickle

trickle
through my fingers
and pool about my feet.
feather-light grains of sand that i
can't grasp

[ampoule]

can't grasp
my emotions
this animal instinct
could easily bring us trouble
take care

[lucidnightmares]

take care
of what you have
it can all slip away
with just one moment of despair
forgive...

[asilef73]

forgive
my present lack
of discretion. i know
my eyes betray me. they drink your
presence.

[mazHur]

presence
broke the suspense
of my love for those eyes
all that I could see in them was
not me

[CdnReader]

not me
floating backwards
running my fingers through
beaded doors... jangling my entrance
annoyed

[mazHur]

annoyed
at what he said
she carped at him at once:
'Go and wipe your nose; show me not
your face!'

[CdnReader]

your face
swimming in my
memories, watery
visions of a mere liquid past
succumbed

[mazHur]

succumbed
to the pressure
of the gust of gentle wind
roses spread their petals in joy
of spring

[CdnReader]

of spring
earth's renewal
sprouts reaching for the blue,
tendrils of green, spiralling up
climb me

[mazHur]

climb me
deem it as a
ladder leading to the
moon i have built a house of love
for you

[CdnReader]

for you
i could breathe deep
inhaling your being
into me, becoming you, and
joining

[qimissung]

joining
pieces of wood
together seamlessly
tender carpenter of my heart's
desire

[CdnReader]

desire
is nothing but
wants and needs run amok
listen to what i ask of you
relent

[ampoule]

relent
touch my Lamb's Ear
the bees will not hurt you
everyone needs your tenderness
me too

[CdnReader]

me too
cogitating
dusty gears, whirring quick,
gathering pieces of my brain
in place

[asilef73]

in place.
you have plastered
us together with our
same sticky secret; making me
peaceful.

[mazHur]

peaceful
days are over
tranquil nights are no more
we are under the torrents of
strong love

[CdnReader]

strong love
flexible yet
unbending....relenting
in time for forgiveness, steadfast
stand still

[asilef73]

stand still.
breathe in, breathe out.
ground yourself in present.
there is time yet to make yourself
fulfilled.

[ampoule]

fulfilled
filled full of what
my ego up to here
makes me sick of myself and yet
I preen

[mazHur]

I preen
feathers and fur
of the monster of my
ego with my beak and tongue to
be free

[CdnReader]

be free
of the shackles
that bind you to this earth
fly above your inhibitions
let go

[ampoule]

let go
please don't fight it
stop thrashing around so
just lie back upon the water
and float

[mazHur]

and float
like a dead corpse
in the Dead Sea of Life
Or keep on moving your hands and
feet. Swim!

[ampoule]

Hmmm...you made a tough one mazHur. :)

feet. Swim!
hands. Kick! breathe in
breathe out, without a doubt
tread this water lightly, just come
closer

[mazHur]

Hmmm...you made a tough one mazHur. :)

feet. Swim!
hands. Kick! breathe in
breathe out, without a doubt
tread this water lightly, just come
closer

HEY, you simply 'knocked' it down! good catch !

closer
as you bring your
eyes to mine you will get
lost in a sea of Unity-
love-bound

[CdnReader]

love-bound
in your deep pools
my ankles tied to the
bottom....cannot rise....no breathing
allowed

[mazHur]

allowed
to serve your heart
I will decorate it
with the roses of my deep love
in bloom

[CdnReader]

in bloom
rosy cheeks shine
a smile as wide as the
Mississippi....eyes glinting with
mischief

[mazHur]

mischief
is it not than
what? Your smile is so big
bigger than a sky asunder
My God!

[CdnReader]

My God
has swords and spears
to defeat enemies.
Wouldn't it be better to just
play chess?

[mazHur]

play chess
the game of the
kings. Pawns,rooks,baron and the
queen die one after another;
King smiles

[CdnReader]

king smiles
library burns
nothing but blackened beams
timbers crashing down around us
books lost

[mazHur]

books lost
in cyberspace
hard to read on the screen
hard to scribble notes with your pen
no ink

[CdnReader]

no ink
can ever change
the way history is
written by the victors and the
strongest

[mazHur]

strongest
will never learn
from history and in their
whims try to alter history
by force

[alakungfu]

by force
perchance by hest
luminous quality
imprinted oh the very soul
supplants

[ampoule]

supplants
I won't allow
my sword is at his chin
backwards he steps to the plank's end
you're safe

[qimissung]

you're safe
from bitter exile,
from poverty's fierce kiss
and calamity's tight embrace.
You're home.

[CdnReader]

You're home
and I'm still here.
Will we ever meet in
the mists of evening, when shadows
lengthen?

[mazHur]

lengthen
not the journey
of love by your short steps
walk with me swiftly hand in hand
cut short

[asilef73]

cut short
again; feelings
that are never going
to be realized except in
your dreams.

[qimissung]

your dreams
knocking at my
dreams' door, blithely soaring,
holding hands for ageless eons
we love

[CdnReader]

we love
those who love us
near-perfect symmetry
flowing between our bodies and
dancing

[asilef73]

dancing
down the same path.
always oblivious.
deluded by this illusion
before.

[Xyrus]

before,
you knew me well--
your heart beats so clearly
In your pretty pink bosom's core
No more

[alakungfu]

no more
the grind of stock
and trade, my hearth belies
the toll that toil has taken on
my nerve

[ampoule]

my nerve
is on the edge
you better hold your breath
watch me tiptoe on that taut line
look out!

[CdnReader]

look out
the chance to fly,
the opportunity
to live life high above the clouds....
toss me!

[mazHur]

toss me
as you may like
I'm a little blob
of flesh in the hands of your eyes
toss me!

[CdnReader]

toss me
o'er your shoulder
'tis good luck, they all say,
like salt strewn behind you...path of
crystals

[mazHur]

crystals
of white sugar
are not as sweet as the
gentle kiss of some rosy lips
I love

[CdnReader]

I love
marmalade on
toast, pepperoni and
mushroom pizza, and a glass of
red wine

[mazHur]

red wine
isn't as red
as the blood which runs in
my veins at the slightest thought of
my love!

[alakungfu]

my love
my ribald wretch
the Adam for my apple
I'll never get over the ways
you smile

[qimissung]

clever, ala!

[CdnReader]

you smile
and i melt in
the puddle of your eyes
absorbed by your being and thrown
sideways

[qimissung]

sideways
out of kilter
skewed, I tumble, roiled
in the open sea of your love
centered

[CdnReader]

centered
in my being,
eyes focused on middle
from where all goodness arises
accept

[mazHur]

accept
that earth is round
accept that sun rises from
the east and sets in the far west
accept

[qimissung]

accept,
evil exists,
goodness can not prevail,
And love only an illusion~
never.

[CdnReader]

never
let go of me,
even though the winds blow
from the north, and the sun burns holes
above

[mazHur]

above
the clouds it flies
the golden eagle has
no fear of wetting from rain and
falling

[CdnReader]

falling
through the rain-filled
never-ending sky, and
no parachute can save me now
catch me!

[mazHur]

catch me!
I heard her say
but how can I catch her
she is too bulky for my lap
my cat!

[CdnReader]

my cat
drizzles long white
hair on every surface
in sight.... she needs a better hair
stylist!

[mazHur]

stylist
can't help your cat
from shedding her hair all
around; better get a new cat
from Siam!

[CdnReader]

from Siam
i ordered jam
blackberry and ginger
put it on my toast, and dreamed of
the east

[Page Sniffer]

The East
urns dripping tall
with rose kiss, hug berry
and mint starry night swirl -- you'll love
next Fall.

[CdnReader]

next fall
we'll head elsewhere
Paris, maybe, to walk
along the Seine, or Venice's
canals

[asilef73]

canals,
filled to bursting
with springs heavy downpour,
curl among hills fraught with tender
new green

[Page Sniffer]

New green
along the banks.
Or perhaps we'll read Yeats
in Washington Square, while doves coo
hopeful...

[qimissung]

hopeful...
wizard believe
you can cast a spell and
change these unlovely stones into
beauty

[mazHur]

beauty
draws me nearer
not to you but your mind
you may be white, black or brown
or dun

[CdnReader]

or dun
or tan or sand,
all these colours that are
neutrally bound by the spectrum
of light

[Page Sniffer]

Of light,
that sparkles in
the eyes of an ardvaark.
Smitten by jams; subway horns and
moon jazz.

[CdnReader]

moon jazz
saxophones blare
a mournful wail into
a dark lunar night.... will you dance
with me?

[mazHur]

with me
she came to the
discotheque but soon left
to dance with an old sickly man
My God!

[CdnReader]

My God!
What was with that?
She disapproved of your hat?
Your tie? Your hairstyle? What was she
thinking?

[mazHur]

thinking
about your gait
makes me stagger like a
drunk who had sipped love from your eyes
wholesale

[alakungfu]

wholesale
from the beds of
drowzy flower petals,
reserved seeds of good intent as
compost

[mazHur]

compost
spread all over
the cemetery was
nothing but the blood and flesh of
flowers

[CdnReader]

flowers
in shades of love
blooming in every thin
crevice of a heart's device and
bereft

[mazHur]

bereft
of its color
fragrance and gorgeousness
a rose is but like crumpled waned
paper!

[Page Sniffer]

Paper!
Words written, words
said; both cut deep as do
words both carelessly and fully
pondered.

[mazHur]

pondered
whole night and day
the clouds covered the sky
and all in it like a shroud set
on dead

[CdnReader]

on dead
memories grow
new ideas, new thoughts,
new philosophies to take us
higher

[mazHur]

higher
up in the sky
there are heaven and hell
wonder what made god keep them
so far

[CdnReader]

so far
over oceans
and round about the poles
this massive earthscape twirling through
the days

[mazHur]

the days
belong to you
you own the nights as well
it's my poor heart that you disown
stealing

[CdnReader]

stealing
away the light
moon-shadows creeping ever
closer to horizon's sharp edge
delayed

[mazHur]

delayed
flight of love took
off for the moon with the
speed of light until it landed
safely

[CdnReader]

safely
guided through the
harrowing shallows of
the everglades, watching out for
'gators

[mazHur]

gators
and crocodiles
have spiny backs not fit
for riding on;get on the horse
and flee!

[ampoule]

and flee!
I wait for thee
to help you free your need
your wants and your desires I grant
thank me

[CdnReader]

thank me
in the morning
when the sun has risen
and your eyes are still glowing with
desire

[asilef73]

desire
is a tricky
thing to shackle. it has
a tendency of eluding
these chains.

[mazHur]

these chains
must be broken
time and space should not be
allowed to hinder our love
progress

[symphony]

progress
has its issues:
chance one at a time and
wait for the next, watch your coffee grow
colder...

[Oniw17]

colder
moves much slower
When ice looks like boulders,
glacier walls melt and flood over
sober

[mazHur]

sober
people around
have no business in a
pub; either they should drink or leave
at once

[CdnReader]

at once
life seems little
more than a blip on the
screen of the universe and i'm
left out

[alakungfu]

at once
at rainbow's end
as soon as I wake up
winsome chances will surface in
tandem

[qimissung]

tandem
thoughts crisscross my
mind~keep or leave you?
Autumn leaves can better see the
future

[asilef73]

future
lessons to learn
and beauty to see. cling
tightly to my hand and do not
lose hope.

[ampoule]

lose hope
you will shrivel
become little to yourself
no arms to reach, no hands to clasp
so mute

[mazHur]

so mute
yet I can hear
the sound of her heart from
miles away resounding my name
mazHur!

[alakungfu]

mazHur
I implore you
not another word! You charm and you
tempt me to do what I would not
do! Please!

[CdnReader]

do! Please!
take me with you
to another world where
we can eat chocolate and drink wine
till morn

[mazHur]

till morn
we sat under
the yum yum tree and looked
in each others eyes until we
were lost!

[CdnReader]

were lost
and then were found
crystalline pockets of
life's beauty, hiding there among
the reeds

[ampoule]

were lost!
oh my mittens!
come here little kitten
I know if you find them you'll be
purring

[alakungfu]

were lost,
smitten for good
cheated from playing the
field for nought or ever for oft
a deal

[ampoule]

ooops! ya beat me!

the reeds
they gently sway
the frog peeks through and laughs
the fireflies tell where he is though
you're it!

[firefangled]

purring,
so alluring,
must you be demurring,
if so, I will be deferring,
surly

[firefangled]

now what do I do....!? I don't have three in me right now.

A deal
to make one squeal,
free gas for a whole year,
all you have to do is drive here,
go south

[firefangled]

You're it!
So come find me,
but you'll have to climb high,
to the top of the tallest tree,
catch me

[CdnReader]

catch me
in pearlescent
shadows of spring's glory
swing me beneath tall oaken boughs
softly

[mazHur]

softly
the wind whispered
something in rose's ears
all the garden began to swing
with joy!

[CdnReader]

with joy
and hand in hand
skipping gaily to the school
they grow up so fast, and we must
let go

[mazHur]

let go
he's just a kid
what if he whacked you on
your shoulder under impulse of
touching

[asilef73]

touching
is an art form
conveying tenderness.
fingers the brushes and skin the
canvas.