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396 · Jun 2020
Child’s Offspring:
Claudio Mazzoni Jun 2020
Blood of my blood
Thick and strong like rivers mud
You overcame many lows
Gifted me wisdom; gave me love
I gave you effort, I made you proud of
And now I am you
Blood of my blood
My emotions flow like a biblical flood
Little creature, little you, person of my core
I gift to you, forever more, my love
244 · Jun 2020
On this Leather Binding
Claudio Mazzoni Jun 2020
Small and brown
Wrinkled and worn
It's insides hide secrets, nicks and some nooks
Mold of thy mind, mold of my soul
When pen finally falls
When the body gives finally breath
And man I am gone
It will stress me none
Because I loved, I cried, I laughed
I lusted with wild desired,
More importantly, reluctantly I confess
That above all what puts my heart to rest
Is to know that a tiny speck of me will still be here
In this leather bindings my soul will live
211 · Jun 2020
Time Traveler
Claudio Mazzoni Jun 2020
On a fateful rush hour day, I laid eyes on you
Sitting across the cart, looking at your phone
As my gaze wondered through your statuesque shape
As I lost my sense of self, and I traveled in time
I am twenty years old, and I told you farewell
Unreciprocated love, I won’t see you again
I am sixteen and I am scared but gather strength
And with an unbroken broken tone say, I love you
I am nine years old, between promises to meet again
Like lightning ray, I don’t see, you took my first kiss
I am five years old, and thousands of miles away
Walking through the sandy shores of Piriapolis is you
And just like when David faced Goliath
Terrified but determined I approach you
I am enchanted by your eyes and legs
As I reach you, with a flower as my sword, whisper
I like you
You gaze at me and smile
The subway doors open, it’s your stop, you walk away
I am nine years old again,
I and sixteen years old
I am twenty
I’m here and now,
How wished I had a flower to give you

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