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How to Touch the Lips of an Eclipse



"How to Touch the Lips of an Eclipse"

calamity, the heart rushes in 
up against a wall of thorns
and the one removed watches it all

Love comes in little steps small,
or the opposite, thick fast floods 
that break the walls

drowning, 
you drown, 
in the best drowning of all

time stands back 
adjusts its hands 
dials in time with the Sun 

pulls you in closer
like you're the tide
and the other, your shore

yet Love stands back, 
barefeet, feeling 
the sands of time

moving underneath
surmising the deep
afraid of it all

and Love, stands back
watches and waits 
for the Moon to rise 

how to touch 
the lips
of an eclipse

waiting for some 
rouge command,
the curves of a kiss 

rippling like waves 
across a waist 
caressing the time it takes

dragging the delicious
birdsong quilled against 
a body like Love

the words unheard
invisible 
written on a page

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)



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Date: 2/28/2025 2:44:00 AM
It's good
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Date: 11/26/2023 2:32:00 AM
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Date: 11/26/2023 2:32:00 AM
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