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Zywa 4d
It is still so new,

I'm disconcerted, sitting --


here waiting for you.
Song "Turn me on" (1961, John Loudermilk), a.o. sung by Nina Simone (1967, album "Silk & Soul") and Norah Jones (2002, album "Come away with me")

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in 60s and 70s"
Zywa 6d
What are her feelings

for me? Well, I could ask her --


but that is risky.
Novel "The Green Knight" (1993, Iris Murdoch), chapter 1 Ideal Children

Collection "Unspoken"
Zywa Dec 1
Most people in love

are just not at their best when --


it really matters.
Novel "the Passion" (1987, Jeanette Winterson), chapter 2 the Queen of Spades

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 80s and 90s"
Zywa Dec 1
In the compartment

window, we kiss and we merge --


with the May blossoms.
Poem "Spiegelingen" ("Reflections", 1999, Hans Tentije)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 80s and 90s"
Zywa Nov 21
Don't ever leave me,

if you do so anyway --


please, let me find you.
Song "Zelfs je naam is mooi" ("Even your name is beautiful", 1998, Henk Westbroek)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 80s and 90s"
Home, for me, was never a place;
That comfort and safety aren't tied to a space -
for me it's the people, and emotions they bring:
a hallowed steeple, a hymn to sing.
.
Since you left I've been homeless,
- a wandering wreck -
no refuge nor address,
a stone 'round my neck.
.
My friends have homes,
and I'm a welcome guest,
yet my soul still roams:
a traveler with no quest.
.
And my friends are springs,
fresh, clear, and pure,
but for one who is starving,
water's no cure.
.
I hunger, my love, for your lips on mine,
Heavens above, grant me a sign.
This beaten-down husk, this wretched shell,
A shadow in dusk, for you unwell.
.
31.05.2024.
(for G.)
アラン Nov 10
morning air, soft,
warm and welcome as a lovers touch
summer leaves promise
almost time
almost ready

I travelled far
not counting footsteps
shapeless past not formed
by ranks of hours
yet now days to come
are measured precise
and welcome as
the needle falls

too short now
and too long
stretching home

and footsteps close
to beating hearts
to clasping hands
to sighing breath

together
Zywa Oct 24
Can it comfort me,

that I am in love with him --


who holds me captive?
Air "Alma oppressa [dà sorte crudele]" ("Soul oppressed [by cruel fate]"), from the opera "La fida ninfa" ("The faithful nymph", 1732, Scipione Maffei, music Antonio Vivaldi, RV 714), 1st act, 9th scene - Licori

Collection "Love Mind and Death"
Zywa Oct 22
Take it or leave it,

she demands. He is in love --


and takes it.. for love.
Novel "the ground beneath her feet" (1999, Salman Rushdie), chapter 11 Higher Love

Collection "Low gear"
Maya Fields Oct 12
His eyes
Meet mine,
And they sparkle.
Light the night sky.
They build the days I look forward to.
Deep ocean blue,
When we swim so deep
That blue turns to green.
A beautiful pool
Of dark blue,
Mixed in with hazel and
Patches of green.
They look at me.
And inside i want to scream,
But outside i smile back at him,
As he smiles at me.
And he looks with such care,
And caution.
Love, and passion.
Sometimes, when im sad.
He gives this look,
Of sorrow and empathy.
True love and understanding.
Sometimes,
his eyes say
‘I love you’
When they look into mine.
And with not just my eyes,
But my voice
I will tell him,
‘I love you, too’.
D.B
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