Sunday, July 12, 2015

Young Adults

I’m without a photograph—of something such music, a
drifting love. I can’t act, but wonder: Is texture richer,
more delicate, even late night groceries? I sliced
salmon, bit a shrimp, mourning—we should ofs. I lay
there, overconfident, listening to blinds rattle with
winds. I never touched such beauty, enchanted with
fairness, a heart speaking of love. We ate, longing for a
message, semi-damaged, filled with slight fever. Our
stamina, something remarkable, where pain transformed.

I colored your eyes, filtering sorrow,
writing innocent poems. There’s a trail to your soul,
secret from loving eyes, even mourned—for deep scars.
You never wore a barrette, either clips or clamps,
flowing in aesthetic. Everything was so new, afraid of
love, impressing a certain style. We died for a semester,
loved for a summer, ever a passion of purple eyes. A
trestle sits blank, yearning for letters, long destroyed.

I love her, I love her not type activity, where missives
were burned, even scattered afar. What was our
intrigue, pure esthetic, pinched with a firm
compassion. Where others laughed, you cried, fully
responsible. Hell tore heart—to hear of such turmoil.

To love self is difficult, where affection takes
advantage, reaming our souls. It’s pure addiction—to
fight, where evenings witness such a rush.   

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