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Love Drifts

Brackish nerves languish and latch like seashells clinging to the shore— something in the water pulls them in… some fervor from something Familiar and Ancient. I’ve seen your eyes before… on too many arresting horizons… how light hits your features, colliding waves of my senses, twisting my inner bitters— wringing them out to the tactless tide. Bitters melt in the salts… nerves narrow and focus. My lit up eyes drag against tidal forces and you’re lost—drifting love…drifts…love drifts… Love Drift. Those dream-drooping eyes are too knowing—too familiar— which makes me whimper to realize… you’re too bright for me to handle.

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Date: 3/21/2025 10:17:00 AM
The handle becomes the heartbeat which drifts sagely into the future of your breathing love faith Laura. You have better than a handle Poetess, you have love heat...Justin
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Laura Breidenthal
Date: 3/25/2025 9:38:00 PM
I like the idea of not being able to latch, how light encompasses without even holding… I appreciate how you see me Justin. I adore your heat more than most. <3 Laura
Date: 3/21/2025 6:12:00 AM
Dear Laura, How mesmerizing, capturing the ebb and flow of emotions like the tides. Beautiful! I loved how the bitters melting in salt and love drifting away is deeply evocative. It beautifully portrays the vulnerability of love and the ache of longing. Such a heartfelt masterpiece. Spring Blessings, My Dear Friend, Daniel
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Laura Breidenthal
Date: 3/25/2025 9:36:00 PM
Daniel, your words are so touching. Thank you for taking the time to read this… appreciate your thoughts immensely <3 Laura
Date: 3/21/2025 5:44:00 AM
Awesome poem about wanting but not having. Is he truly out of reach or is it her own lack of confidence? Time will tell
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Laura Breidenthal
Date: 3/25/2025 9:34:00 PM
Thank you Tom. I like the idea of the reaching, latching ocean, a reflection of how the soul reaches for another… <3 ~Laura

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