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and so it was
that I stared,
more enraptured
by the back of your
head – your hair
has grown,
so like those
coin-caught
emperors –
than by the
incompetence
of Roman
generals;
that combination –
rose-ribboned
high notes,
curlewing truths,
and your profile
all Xenophonic
style –
that coincidence –
phone, Veyne,
and you
the very
picture of
all I’d like to
be;
and so it was
that I flew,
gentian-shy,
fleeing the
centuries
I knew;
no fledgling
was I,
zephyred in
cherub sky,
just a
moon-lost
bird
wing-heavy
that I stared,
more enraptured
by the back of your
head – your hair
has grown,
so like those
coin-caught
emperors –
than by the
incompetence
of Roman
generals;
that combination –
rose-ribboned
high notes,
curlewing truths,
and your profile
all Xenophonic
style –
that coincidence –
phone, Veyne,
and you
the very
picture of
all I’d like to
be;
and so it was
that I flew,
gentian-shy,
fleeing the
centuries
I knew;
no fledgling
was I,
zephyred in
cherub sky,
just a
moon-lost
bird
wing-heavy
Vague associations with the Sappho lyric that begins something like 'He seems a god to me, the one who sits across from you...'
I'm not sure if I like this one.
I'm not sure if I like this one.
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*swoon* Absolutely, breath-takingly stunning~ Those last 3 verses really are are just... wow. I'm lost for words.
Your poetry makes me so happy. I love how it reads so delicate...
Your poetry makes me so happy. I love how it reads so delicate...