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How Do I Love Thee: Life

should I attempt to tabulate the ways in which I cherish this thing we call life a single eye to count the twinkle stars might I borrow the worlds fingers and toes arms, legs and noses, still shy my target better still to prey my heart from its chest laid out raw, in ore, wanting more, love score no magician can fill up a full cup that does, clearly, already overflow bulbous, crimson, life, spilling down solid sides flooding the firmaments, essence of me a reason for being, forging, worthwhile I straddle the beast who carries us through tallyho, avanti, onward we go

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 3/10/2012 4:32:00 PM
Life it not always easy, but we will try to make the best out of it.Very well written poem Cheryle. -oxox love Anne-Lise
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Cheryle Sanders
Date: 3/10/2012 4:34:00 PM
thank you, Anne, I am really getting into sonnets cc x

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