resonance

moving near you
with you
or just seeing you

there's a bonus
to the smile and wave
the giggle
and the purposed stride

that turns the heat up
even more

we won't even mention dancing

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dwindle

every goddess that I see
carves out a little piece of me
though who she is may not be clear
my heart imagines that she's dear
and would should caper hit the mark
offer up some bit of spark

to such a gray and tattered fool

sometimes If favored with a smile
some hope emerges for a while
only to turn to bittersweet
when my attentions force retreat
and in those eyes clouded with fear
reflections of this fool appear

my truth baldly revealed

mostly I continue on
a little more of me then gone
to dreams and wishes unfulfilled
while in it's place darkness instilled

but then a twinkle in my eye
completed with a smile that's wry
considering my complement
the company found where he went
and what they're all up to

clearly I must ... find portal through
perhaps the goddesses I view ...

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Colorado altitude

breathtaking view
bones of earth broken askew
heaved up and piled bounding the plain
telltale of some seismic mole
headed on a southward stroll

ascending elevations
among fantastic crenelations
breathless
craning neck to capture peaks
in home of elk and big horn sheep

given all this natural splendor
difficult not to surrender
enmity 'twixt all the tribes
in favor of global decree
to save earth for posterity

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imbalance

symbiosis only works when there is give and take
and magnitudes of both alike
for if the thirst of one grows great
the name that's right is parasite
to fit the one who's slaked

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Inspired by Heart Arts' The needs not by by red tape

pursuit

itching for a flight
unencumbered to the light
Icarus survived you know
blind and burned with phantom limbs
screaming in the night

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the way to my heart

my love abides at Hurricane's each day
burrito breakfast you have claimed my heart
'tis lust not love some keen observers say
and in their eyes I see it from the start

eggs scrambled to perfection seasoned with
the playful bite of salsa mild not hot
add bacon's savory influence and dis-
appointment will most certainly be naught

and in your wrap coquettishly demure
your treasures steaming barely out of sight
I can't resist your scent and your allure
so hungry I could eat you in one bite

oh Hurricane's she is your finest meal
at any price her tastiness a steal

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cycle

stress
leads to duress
and later we resign
and deign to sleep
after we weep

before
we begin
again

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Inspired by Priya Patel's Fall Leaves.