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*I find the poetry I read
While running through this site
Takes my breath away from me
And makes me want to write

But when I sit to do the same
With thoughts I have to share
I drop the pen and realize
That I can not compare

For here I find so many words
From in their hearts so deep
Emotions put down on the page
Within my mind do seep

Amazing is a word I use
Describing what I see
Every day there’s something new
Right there in front of me

I’d really like to name a few
But please don’t take this wrong
My list would have a hundred names
And make this thing too long

I know that none of you would stay
And read this to the end
So I’ll just say to everyone
My thanks to you again

And now with that I’ll end this piece
So happy to report
I managed to thank everyone
While keeping this quite short

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*Standing on a lonely beach
watching the sun greet the horizon,
draping an aquamarine skyline
in swirling watercolor ribbons
enticing twilight to make an appearance

Remembering seashells we collected
while leaving our footprints
beneath a cheerful summer moon,
sharing warm kisses as
cool water caressed our toes

You drew a heart in the sand,
and we stood inside promising
to love each other forever,
then counted every star in the heavens
until the dawn returned

I have drawn another heart in the sand,
one set of footprints within,
no longer counting stars,
not caring if dawn ever returns,
standing on a lonely beach . . . alone