i undo buttons
you raise your arms to help me
revealing yourself
nakedness is more
than discovery of flesh
baring of body
love's nudity
is more a special gift
trusting love unwrapped
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Unquestioning love?
Please don't take that route, dear.
For, you MUST question first,
And find that the answers
Are ones that tell you
To go forward without doubt.
Unconditional love?
Condition being, of course,
That it works both ways,
What you give and accept
Without condition,
You must also accept and give.
Unrestricted love?
Oh, darling, love and respect
Must go hand in hand,
No matter how we choose
To display our love,
In public or private,
Ways and places.
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little things reveal
cresting tides within her breast
lips and eyes and cries
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after her tempest
set out to reclaim herself
but never forget
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throbbing to reveal
intensity of her desires
to someone trusted
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to me you're priceless
treasure i might never touch
but in a poem
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ancient runes of love
words her timeless poet leaves
carved into her skin
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never doubt yourself
or wonder if you're enough
i'm here aren't i
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we fell from heaven
yet we found our paradise
in each other's arms
we've sinned many times
sins that brought us together
as if miracles
we've done and will do
with our bodies and minds
such sinful wonders
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i love completely
and yet it will do no good
for i won't be loved
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i want to be loved
to the extent that i can love
that will never happen
Donovan Baldwin