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  Mar 2018 sassybutsweet
Mary-Eliz
cannot be bought
cannot be found in stores
cannot be touched
or held in your hands

the gifts I want to give you

are the gifts I meant to give you all along
but did not know how
the gifts I tried to give you but could not,
not enough

the gifts I want to give you

won't warm you body
like a woolen sweater
but will warm your spirit

the gifts I want to give you

won't satisfy your hunger
like a box of chocolates
but will soothe a craving
in your soul

the gifts I want to give you

won't be music
played on a machine
but will stir music
deep in your heart

the gifts I want to give you

won't be a book of words
already written
but will be your own
fresh book for you to fill
with your life

the gifts I want to give you

won't be gadgets or tools
won't fit into a box wrapped
in shiny paper
won't have bright colored
bows or tags

the gifts I want to give you
love
 strength
   self-worth
    acceptance
     a free spirit

are all this and more...

I don't want to give you the sun
I want to give you its light
to warm you
and help you find your way

I don't want to give you the moon
I want to give you the eyes
to see its beauty,
the soul to feel its power

I don't want to give you the stars
I want to give you the desire
to reach for them
yourself

the gifts I want to give you
are all this and more
  Mar 2018 sassybutsweet
Marty
Visitor,
On my door
why has your shadow not crossed?
Is it my companionship you do not want?

Is it greed that parts us from sharing?
Is it mine lust for thy company?
That keeps you from my presence

Night after night, room to room
I search for you my friend
It is for the sake of peace
Your name I scream

As I walk to and fro
With my head hung low
And nothing does my eyes see
Your gentle face I cannot find

Oh visitor
Where are you in the night
So many have found your arms
And want not the journey they began

Yet,  it is for your name
Upon my knees the dust I scatter
Tears follow the traveled path
And my voice can no longer sing

Oh my friend if my eyes you find closed
At the door, bother not with a knock
My welcome you have in your ears
Sling thou foul blade, for you my heart yearns
  Feb 2018 sassybutsweet
Poetic T
It takes one star to guide me,
            but a million
     to momentarily lose myself within.

It takes one star to dream upon,
          but a million
     to lose it within mirages of self.

It takes one star to go out that,
        but a million
   still glow, but I miss that one the most.

*"We each have a star we gaze upon,
               Let it always flicker for you,
  Feb 2018 sassybutsweet
Axion Prelude
I dreamt of you the other day

Such sweet resonance with your presence, it echoed a calm I only experience with you; awoken, and sound

You caught me in a time of plight, pulled me forth in valiant fervor

Your smile shined upon me, and I felt safe; feverishly exposing your excitement to explore the horizon

We drove into the fog; your warmth was tangible, even in my subconscious dwelling

Next to you, I simply felt good; a place I can not substitute

I felt calm, as if all qualms and scores of darkness simply melted away; you seemed happier than I had ever seen when I had not declined your beckoning

I felt home, and you seemed content to feel the same with me by you

If ever that could be true when I awake for this, life would forever be a dream

I dreamt for peace, and you were there; simplicity, two threads cut from the same cloth, bound together

I hope to bring you the same light
  Feb 2018 sassybutsweet
Eric the Red
You ask me to call on you
Sometime
To never forget
About us
&
I ask you how you want to
Remember
‘Tell me of our memories...
‘The way you know how...
She says
The way I know how
‘You say it so beautifully...
‘Your Words...
‘I wish I could stay...
Just remember
Our laughter
&
Our pain

The tears mixed with the rain
That’s where I’ll be
With you
Once again
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