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In this moment, I love the face of a dead man, Repeated by chance in the guise of a stranger. His lips quirk the same way in Sweet sarcasm, And in that moment, Three years beneath the earth scatters, Ashes to the wind. And you are here. His shoulders span the same width And I know- cupped in my Needful, grasping palms- Their touch before I even Pass a phrase to their owner. I know, his abrasiveness is softened from a scour To a pleasant heat And those who hate it Love him fiercely, unreasonably, and unquestioningly. I know this And yet this man Is nothing more than a mirage left In the wake of a fire storm. After the remnants of goose-flesh have failed to leave my skin I'll take it.
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Aug 7, 2017
Aug 7, 2017 at 9:23 AM UTC
Another Time, Another Face
In this moment, I love the face of a dead man, Repeated by chance in the guise of a stranger. His lips quirk the same way in Sweet sarcasm, And in that moment, Three years beneath the earth scatters, Ashes to the wind. And you are here. His shoulders span the same width And I know- cupped in my Needful, grasping palms- Their touch before I even Pass a phrase to their owner. I know, his abrasiveness is softened from a scour To a pleasant heat And those who hate it Love him fiercely, unreasonably, and unquestioningly. I know this And yet this man Is nothing more than a mirage left In the wake of a fire storm. After the remnants of goose-flesh have failed to leave my skin I'll take it.
sarah-spang
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Aug 7, 2017
Aug 7, 2017 at 9:23 AM UTC
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