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If I had but one last sorrowful day of my life left, there would be words I would say without delay. Too long have I struggled, uncertain and bereft, my tongue silent as though mired in a pit of clay. Until now, I found myself sifting sand from my soul. Now, willing to bare my heart's unavowed affection, I must find the bravura to proclaim it and be bold, and yet I find myself fearing your gentlest rejection. Time warily squandered shall never be returned. So, I'm seeking courage to reveal what I am feeling, while hoping my sweet ardor shall not be spurned nor the love for you that I have long been concealing. Gleaming are stars hovering aloft in evening skies, but if gathered together, never could they outshine the luster I descry in the fulgent light in your eyes when the beat of your heart and mine finally align. When the pale moon rises to Heaven at zenith height, its glorious beauty shall emerge from a lunar eclipse. Not as seductively alluring to be with you on the night when alas I shall feel a kiss from your sensuous lips. Thereafter, sunlight shall yawn on the edge of dawn but your love shall warm me more than his golden rays. No greater fire is there to be compared with love born by your searing touch that easily sets my heart ablaze. If this is but a fantasy, I dare not lift tremulous eyes to see the response to my avowal, if on your face it is defined. I shall not bear the heartache if you turn away from me, for then it would be a benediction, if my eyes were blind. January 29, 2023 2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 26 Contest Sponsored by Mark Toney Originally written in 2016 for a contest sponsored by John Hamilton
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