LOVE

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Slender flame in the black of your

green eyes

burns

my lips long

for your triangular sky mind

(my) teardrops swim in endless circles

Round the base of this great pyramid

This great mystery of fire and pink flame

Would you know my name

from a kiss

These characters, from a poem

May you never know the elements that sober

The cruelties that shape

And the repetition that leaves us jaded

May you never come down 

but teach me to climb

Love is not something you go looking for

but stumble across one day

mislead

by a wrong turn or a no parking sign

It is a numbness of the mind

and a body full of bliss

A renewed sense of limitlessness

and restored faith in the cosmos

"The conscience of two lovers is a wild horse!"

A young man confesses

Says he truly loves every girl he meets

and upon meeting a girl he truly loved

became rather antisocial

Love is not what you think it to be

or thought it to have been

because it is felt

moment by moment

ache by ache

And if you simply cannot feel

Perhaps it is because you feel too simply

Allow yourself a wrong turn

and listen for the sound of galloping horses in the distance

This hopelove feelthing

is too young for mindpleasing futurespeak

and too 

herenow with worddreams

but is 

somehow

real

And I should like to ride these transcendental peacewings

beyond mystery and jaded will 

judgement or strangefeel

For this may be the least important or

the MOST

faithleap

or mindfuck

If recklessness finds only climax

Then, nevermind packing a bag

We are already here and so

We are there (too) if we choose

Where everything and nothing collide

Like dead stars

And where I feel more

about lesserthinkers

and think less about feeling anything but the herenows

Perhaps I am losing my head

Perhaps I am blind

or in love

Only poets could draw up the night like this

Crazed lumineers chasing their bliss

Amidst old welcomed dangers muted by ale

Waves calmly pardoning attempts to set sail

Dewdrops soften my fists full of fight

Safe in your promise and draped all in white

I find in you islands we may never know

But the stars in our eyes feel enough like a home

Sometimes man

Sometimes stone

cold

and barely breathing

helpless

And me and you and us

sometimes

But not much

and not many men

or stones unturned

penetrate this armored heart

Nor does any one man succeed in finding my company

In misery

but you

I guess your nobody is somebody to me

Love is let go

and vulnerable

me

Coincidental luckworth

Honest fate on a piece of toast

with a cup of warm milk

and sunshine for the soul

I rode a spaceship past the sun

Stared down the barrel of a gun

But danger never was as fun

As spending time with you

I’ve romanced Hollywood enough

I’m not impressed by all that stuff

Movie stars just aren’t as bright

As you

You didn't know me well enough

To go through all that hell (for us)

Your heart was where your head should be

The night you slipped away from me

You'll never know the ways I cared

The things I did when you weren't there

The battles that I fought and won

The mornings that I prayed would come

You didn't know me well enough

To think that I could fall in love

Your only fault was your intent

My cross to bear is my lament

Love is an artist

when the paint runs out

Love is a liar

who dreams in doubt

Love is animal

escaped from it's cage

Love is the ocean

with fits of rage

Love is a thief

who comes in the night

Love is a secret

though never as quiet

Love is a spell

Cast out loud

Love makes us humble

Still I am too proud

You're the metaphor I've been looking for

A big comfy bed

after sleeping on the floor

A fire when the night air turns cold

A hand to hold

You're a ship at sea

when I'm floating aimlessly

A shelter from the storm

A sanctuary

You're a breath of fresh air

You're the roots of a tree

You are the man I didn't know that I need

A little bit of you sits on every street corner

in every smoke filled bar

at every party

Memories scattered around this city like cigarette butts

Every woman I meet, every new friend

and when i run into old ones again

I hear you in the way they laugh

and know they’ve come across your path

You've made your mark on this small town

I only wish you were here now

He spoke in many tongues

Wise with lies, a charming prick

She was a girl of merit

Of any man, she’d have her pick

And when she came to know this

With dignity in her demand

She left him for his brother 

More suited for her heart and hand

I feel you in my bones

I crave you to my core

Everything you do

I feel until I’m sore

I hang on every word

And slip off every hook

You are my great mystery

I am your open book

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