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Legend Has It You'Re a Myth

Legend has it you’re a myth but I remember, we once kissed, not so very long ago, beneath shooting stars and falling snow. You were more mystical than I back then, my secret shadow and dearest friend, searching the heavens and in between life and death for things unseen. I remember how you came and left like a spirit on a travel quest, for something only angels bare wanting more than I could share. In this or any other place I fell for you and your covered face, and nothing more than the love you swore, for me was like a swinging door. The way you teased and pleased me then as if in a dream and tail head-spin, more than any one’s reality could take, to survive, I surmised you were all but fake. Beguiling with your childish charms like a black hole pulled me in beyond, the piercing stare of your sweet, snake eyes blinding me with your deep disguise. Dancing, prancing, romancing, like a queen of hearts and minds, you were killing me, day by day and night by night, loving you was a yearning, burning, dismal delight. Full of anger, worship, and whispered dreams that someday you might marry me, still deceived and full of grace, I prayed someday we would embrace. Until you vanished like a splendid swan as I watched your wake dissipate ‘till you were gone... into a legendary land I’m told comes and goes, like shooting stars and falling snow.

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Date: 6/24/2023 8:39:00 AM
wow, if this person is not an actual legend in your area, she was certainly legendary for you. It's how I feel for a special guy who was in my life all too briefly as well. GREAT poem.
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Terrell Martin
Date: 6/24/2023 8:48:00 AM
Thank you, Andrea and what a pleasure hearing from again! With apologies, I've been away too long. And to be clear, she was a mix of both the real AND the legendary. Glad it touched your sweet heart. Wishing you the BEST, Terry
Date: 6/22/2023 7:58:00 PM
Hi Terrell, this is lovely, the meter and rhymes come together so effortlessly, and the ending line repeating from the first stanza, I feel the longing for unrequited love here~
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Terrell Martin
Date: 6/22/2023 8:09:00 PM
Thank you, Michelle, your comment means more than you know because I just began writing again after a considerable time away. Your thoughts are encouraging, and I'll be sure to follow you here in PSoup. Thx again, Terrell

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