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voodoo eyes chant softly to my soul

the magic spells that bind me to this fate

still under her enchantment, i am caught

within her web of silk-spun trappings...

029

behind dark glasses lie the outlines of her eyes;

echoing in my ears her voice like gentle rain

thoughts unbidden race into my waking mind

hovering there, just within my grasp.

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be gentle with my heart, it is a delicate thing

like snowflakes in your palm it melts

like butter over the fire

of your love.

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i climb you like rapunzel, clinging madly to my memories,

scaling so far up above the daily drudge i feel i could not

find myself among those disappointing places again,

head and heart and soul unblinking towards the sky.

lizard

brown speckles cover such a tiny space

darting across the red brick, i see a

wind-driven blur of mottled green and

lose him in the spikes of the palm frond

longing

how i long to kiss her slowly, to feel

the lightning strike me as her lips fall

onto mine, her cheek so soft beneath

these fingers held like feathers on her skin;

how i dream of how her hands might

find me helpless in their grasp, falling

faster still like shooting stars i streak

across the moonlit sky to her.

patience '07

there is no rush of movement in my steps,

no need to make this journey overnight, or force

some fast conclusion. this is sweet, like candy

for my soul, a voyage through an undiscovered

land of warmth and beauty i have never

seen before, and every step i take along

this path i watch in patient admiration

of the tremors rippling through my soul.