Monday, March 2, 2020

To Love Again


He lit a cigar and swam through rhinestone-dreams. They
cascaded, ever into puddles, where temper fell sullen. We
polish sadness, to settle storms, as wretched as the
Grinch. Was it paradise, a night in Cancun, to ink a false
document? We perish as empty, to struggle our focus, where
love has spotted. He sketched a mural, a woman’s ideal,
to perish softly. She knew for turmoil, to ignore a deep
abyss, to cater to fancy. He spoke less, to puff more, headed
for a parish. She treasured screams, to forge joy, ever a
contrast. They parted stories, partial for incomplete, dividing
furniture. The days would cry, featured in sorrows, a symbol
for a sign. He felt for guilt, to crush for glass, a song of birds.
They awoke for rain, the breath of friends, as careful as
freedom. They learned to laugh, a portrait’s frame, as tender
a new birth. He saw for wealth, his stature ran, plucking
grenades. She felt for heart, a second glance, built through
fate. She loves for soul, this air of love, a seed of faith. They 
vowed for skies—to love again, partial to doves.

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