Only I Swim

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========================== She is a dark river only I swim... Where others find desert they can never cross, I drink her cool water as I jump in While they suffer sand, I sleep upon moss... ========================== August 17, 2015

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Eric Boddie

Date: 8/20/2015 12:52:00 PM

can I swim with you....I want that comfort too....lol

Lycia Harding
Date: 8/27/2015 4:08:00 PM

But now that you mention it, this DOES kinda have that alternative vibe to it....

Lycia Harding
Date: 8/27/2015 4:06:00 PM

Ha! I have much love for my lesbian sistah's but I myself am 'strictly dickly'. Tell ya friends.

Eric Boddie
Date: 8/21/2015 1:21:00 PM

I thought it was from a dyke...I know many of them....lol

Lycia Harding
Date: 8/20/2015 1:43:00 PM

yeah you can jump in/../but you might not want to/../read the poem again/../its a mans point of view. heh heh...SUCKA...!

Lycia Harding
Date: 8/20/2015 1:43:00 PM

Hi Eric! How you doin?

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/19/2015 9:37:00 PM

wowowow. YOU did GREAT with this verso poetry. Nothing like what I came up with!! (mine is not posted yet) I like how you styled it too.

Lycia Harding
Date: 8/19/2015 11:14:00 PM

Thanks, Andrea. I know you like the challenge of a structured poem, too and this one was hard! I can't wait to see what everyone else came up with, so post yours, okay? xoxo LyLy

Jan Allison

Date: 8/18/2015 11:38:00 AM

beautifully penned lycia- good luck:-) hugs jan xx

Lycia Harding
Date: 8/18/2015 11:53:00 AM

Thank you, Jan! Good luck to you, as well, if you're entering. xoxo