Poetry

hold my hands she said

seemed the loving thing to do

i did what she asked

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audience of one

to your soaring aria

rousing crescendo

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you're the path i seek

the hills and curves and valley

on love's dear journey

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touch me like that dear

how ocean strokes naked shore

most natural way

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so i have written

first law of love is freedom

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sweet as you may be

you would never look at me

words are all you see

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sweet and honest she

in the midst of her own pain

taking time for me

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i wish that you knew

dear the truth would make you blush

how much you matter

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how soft are your lips

yet so warm and insistent

mine long to find out

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poetry our storm

caught in carnal hurricanes

thunder at the end

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how i fear your words

reading them i come undone

with desires you raise

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to choose a lover

i would softly call your name

hope you would reply

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dark shade of orchid

petals of a pastel hue

a blush of honey

• Donovan Baldwin