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How I see you there,
Boy of mine in sun and moon,
Star eyes, lips of dew.

A field of flowers,
The vast array of color,
There is such beauty.

Autum wants to buy
yellow dresses for the leaves
dancing in the night.

Coily hair, brown eyes
We call you our swirl baby
You fill us with hope

You are a lizard.
Thin, and weather-worn orange.
Fighting the world.

“What is love?” You ask,
Your eyes heavy with hope.
“Ephemeral” I say.

Phoebus blinds His seers,
For foggier sight bespeaks
So focused futures.

Two hearts gently meet,
Whispers like soft winds entwine,
Time blooms in their touch.

Summer arrives
in a dazzle
of pink blooms.

The gardener admires
my petals with his fingers.
Reach for the sky!

Seasons pass. Rivers slow. The gardener comes in shadow — a small flask
of rain.

A brutal cutting!
Tendrils reach out for him, asking
“Why?” as they fall.

His tapping boots fade.
I curl in grief, hidden
under earth’s dark starve.

Endless night, silence.
Who am I without my bloom,
my admirer?

From the stillness, Spring
enters in a rush to wake
‘n shake me up.

Why didn’t I know? Pruning
brings new lustrous blooms.

It was only winter.

ani martin 2024

ntrinsic to you
A smile that betrays love
That which I return
—-

A wave of fear for –
My comrades, too numerous…
Walk with me inside?
—-

I have seen the dark.
In a world you are not.
There, my resting place.
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How can I explain
I did not sit idly by
When does the wave come?