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Mistaken steps of lost array Of broken branch and multi-colored stone façade the pathway steals my outward glance Winding through the cottage hills like kite string freed by a strong wind, it spills Patterns shadow in abstract array through barbed wire and solid steel barricades, creating menacing shapes, criss-crossing narrow wheel ruts of long ago Obstacles, of stead and stood, branded in a wilting wood directions carved to empty me of all I know as good Within my chest sits a living compass, beating my quest in a never ending melody, sweet as creamed corn pie and pointing towards the sun, which sits before me two hills above the horizon on this new day Temptation beckons over my right shoulder, whistling in the breeze of delicious offerings, and I do hunger Take your glow of nectarines Cool refreshing summer streams For I shan’t waver, not an inch, her love calls in my dreams Midday, as the solar glow finds my shoulders red and sweat clings like life in dampened conclusions, blisters form bringing the pain of decisions made before and I would have it no other way, for this I deserve Mountains faced of fractured stone break my crawl, rubble sweeps my feet, as my knees bleed, thirst speaks in the language of a long feared enemy, yet I do not listen… State your case in hammered stone Tear my skin of broken bone No tethered vines of loneliness shall sway me from my home My shadow now waits before me, long and slender, molded by dried weathered foot prints, my foot prints, once heading a direction opposite my heart Many years old yet still their outline remains as a warning, When I see it, the lilac arbor, scented in old desires and new in life, encasing a glow, melodies of gold finch song as my eyes find your smile, an extended hand, a soft touch I have found my way home, to you Decisions made along the way Mistaken steps of lost array When found my every dream it longs within your arms to stay
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