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Selflessness
Although reciprocation would be ideal
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it does not have to be all or nothing.
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If I can be
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as a
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Writing poetry
It takes me
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perhaps a few minutes,
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at most,
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to write a poem.
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In the brief instant
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between
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Picking flowers in a meadow
I was fine
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with waiting;
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the breeze
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of melancholy
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carries with it
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the distant smell
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of b
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In remembrance and farewell
There will be others
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after you.
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But
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none are
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as you are
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to me.
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Drops of mist from a waterfall
The drops of mist from crashing falls
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descend upon my face
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and scatter in the whirling breeze /
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Masculinity
Bruised knuckles
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and
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broken hearts,
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with the smell
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of vomit
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in the back of the car.
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Conviction
The most stalwart of loves
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go unfulfilled;
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a brilliant,
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unfettered affection,
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purified
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by
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Blossom
A timid flower
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comes to full bloom
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under the brush
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of the summer breeze.
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Similarly,
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I have
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Datura
At night,
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I have a terrible urge
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to be sentimental.
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It's as if my insecurities
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are a Datura
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Goodnight
I am ready to drift
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into the endless night,
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as if it were an ocean.
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Like waves of the tide, /
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