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Gypsies

Gypsies

Across a misty channel
Sensor fingers
Stretch
Through foggy, silent waves
Where two souls embrace
In expeditions of speechless discovery
Two minds stand naked,
Face to face,
With wordless words
Each knowing the inner rhyme 
Of another soul –
Intimate outside skin and limbs.

Across the barriers of minutes, hours, months
Two silent gypsies wander,
Through heartbeats
They stand, then gaze,
Connected to each other -
Escapees of the spoken word;
Outside the limits of ticking clocks
Two hearts touch
And see the signature of yet another
Self
At the address of the not yet arrived,
Undelivered.

Across the minutes and the moonlight
Pushing past the stealthy march of mysteries
Two fugitives flee holding hands 
Leaving footprints
Escaping lines and spaces
Of a calendar;
Two almost strangers stand
At the mystic gates of the unknown -
Today’s unwanted guests
Intruders in tomorrow’s dwelling -
Thieves of time -
Fate’s despoilers.

Across the walls of midnight’s 
Crumbling castles
Two wanderers peer into fleeting glimpses
Briefly understanding
The images and ghosts
Taking shape in the mist undefined;
Two stowaways crouch in secret coves,
Hidden from eyes born into mortality
In the warehouse of the borning
To see and not quite
Understand
Young future’s dance.
	
Across all barriers of time and space
Two gypsies touch outside galaxies to identify
Vague daylight outlines- dim midnight contours - 
Embracing imprints, 
Acknowledgment of events to come -
Words still unspoken;
Two souls run past the morning
Then return in recognition
For they now stand
Outside of themselves -
Vagabonds of facts
Nomads escaping demands for proof in black and white.

Great minds get the memo.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020




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Date: 3/6/2023 5:03:00 PM
Congratulations on your win, Sam. Your wonderful, lovely images allow one to visit magical places of mystery and romance. Love it! This is a fave. :)
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Date: 3/6/2023 3:27:00 PM
Two outsiders rapt in tangled spirits as part of a cosmic love theme. A sensitive and well crafted piece in a unique form. Nicely done and congratulations on your placement Sam. As usual your visit and commentary were uplifting. Thank you.
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Sam Kauffman
Date: 3/6/2023 4:02:00 PM
You are so welcome Greg! I always look forward to your thought filled poems that leave me pondering! Always a sign of a good poem! Thank you much for your thoughtful words. There are some people in my life who seem to know my thoughts before I can express them. This poem is dedicated to them and to that experience! Many thanks for your words of compliments. So grateful! Blessings to you!!
Date: 2/21/2020 5:10:00 PM
Ahhh I love Gypsies great win !;)
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Sam Kauffman
Date: 2/21/2020 6:48:00 PM
Thank you so much Brenda! This one was hidden and I just rediscovered it!
Date: 2/20/2020 3:59:00 PM
Your poem reaches depths of splendid imagination--exquisite details, Sam.
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Sam Kauffman
Date: 2/20/2020 4:36:00 PM
Vijay, Thank you so much for visiting and for your lovely feedback of encouragement! I am most appreciative!

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