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Jair Graham Apr 2017
The swimming pool in Kansas.
Grey eyes!
Your hand brushed mine;
The water was cool and there were chestnut-coloured butterflies in the air.
Stormclouds.
It rained and we kissed eyes-closed in the car-park under an elm tree.
No communication, only a shared moment and then into the night you walked; walked away, away.
Jair Graham Apr 2017
She's a newspaper.
There's her headline bold and brash;
But read the small print and she becomes a 5,000 piece jigsaw puzzle.
The words are memories which moulded her, the pictures are dreams, aspirations and fears.
Her paper pages may be thin but each is woven with lines of strength.
Her heart lies at the epicentre of the fold in the pages and it's the most wonderful thing.
Jair Graham Mar 2017
In your eyes I find strength to go on,
In kisses from your lips I find love,
In the way we hold hands I find hope,
In you I find everything.
Jair Graham Mar 2017
I, your oak tree ask, will you rest your painted wings on my branch?
I know I can't make your fleeting candleflame of a life last more than your few bright days, but for now rest upon my ancient bark and hear the lullaby of my leaves.
If rain should cause you to falter I'll bend my branches to shield you from the icy volley of raindrops.
As stars fade out in ink of night, I'll let a leaf fall from my bough and I hope it brings some comfort, in your last glimpses of this cruelly beautiful world.
Jair Graham Mar 2017
I was an empty house before you found me;
You have planted wildflowers in the garden of my soul.
Now I walk beyond every horizon and paint the morning sky with our story.
Jair Graham Mar 2017
Holding you, it's magical;
Like flying.
As I lie broken vase-like you reassemble me.
You're a slender flower, am I the petals?
Now, always;
This.
Jair Graham Mar 2017
One
His lips, honeysuckle.
His hand on her chest, warm and soothing.
A hot kiss at the base of her neck,
His strong fingers running through her hair...
Whiskey on her tongue;
Two bodies, touching, feeling, receiving.
Hot, delicate, sublime;
Tender, creating sparks,
Surrendering..
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