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Resilience
I hear the children
in the fieldsat play,
their swings squeaking
with the oils
of naive protection.
Do we know
what lies beyond
for..
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The Vacuum
We knew each other well,
we tasted one another’s passion.
Intimate, fulfilling desires
that held moist skin
in the sweat of fulf..
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Filigree Heart
Judge not those whose hearts
you cannot see,
whose soul is buried deep
within the womb
of their safe haven.
Do not count me
in ..
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Glory
I stood,
talking business
and longed to press my lips
to your desire
for the first time.
I yearned to feel
your breasts
pressed to my c..
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New Rooms
Oxford is full of new rooms
and students,
and tourists,
and push bikes.
Its dreaming spires
are photographed
and painted,
captured ..
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You Cannot See Me
I was long lost;
searching to be seen.
You found me,
entreated my attention,
and I came to cherish you
heart and body and sou..
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Concrete In Your Heart
Your reincarnation did not last.
You returned with no more wisdom
than before;
No further offering,
no insight,
no promis..
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That I Would Die For
Let me cleanse you of your pain,
like a gentle summer shower
that leaves the air refreshed.
Let me wash away your guilt,
l..
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Do I Still Have Faith
For ten days I mourned
over the corpse;
a body of love,
now seemingly a body of lies;
false hope in mortal flesh.
Then as ..
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In Search
You didn’t ask to read my poetry,
I wasn’t that interesting to you;
just a passing phase.
A surrogate for you to use
to tes..
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