Tag Archives: love

magnetism

if our 2 halves of the same heart cry out to each other & shape their energy like magnets of opposing polarity & similar strength physical laws dictate they will meet somewhere between where you & I are standing what will … Continue reading

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nothing in common

you ask why I love you & I answer, because of how you love the way you bring it to me with such tenderness & singularity a word I once used to describe my own offering of self to you; … Continue reading

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unguarded

because I did not think my heart needed shielding you just walked inside, one kiss key to all my locks

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Were but it so simple

only the first time before we learn carefulness do we give wildly of ourselves & without reservation after that lesson love becomes more of a trust exercise: if you catch me once when I fall backwards, then I will show … Continue reading

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led

unwilling to define this giddiness that leads me, stumbling like a woman drunk on air or sunlight instead of labeling & analyzing I would rather be simply piloted by it & dance with the line that reels me, in whatever … Continue reading

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if distances were not as long as dark, lonely nights: a duet

By Noel Ihebuzor and Susan Daniels Noel:  If distances were not as long as dark lonely nights Susan:  The callous earth sees to it that even our nights and days oppose one another; but, let us ignore laws of geography … Continue reading

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it flew to you

I loosed my heart once in a second of pure impulse, opened the cage of my chest & it flew to perch on your shoulder, all the while singing. When you left it went with you, made a nest in … Continue reading

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