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Points and Poles

Sometimes it’s like pulling teeth in pain, even with Novocain Or climbing a San Francisco hill in a Chevy Chevette Or trying to fly a kite on a none windy day Words I say, from my heart to yours, seldom come easy I’m certain my brain is not on ‘lockdown’ or it would have told me so. Or maybe it did, and I simply wasn’t listening It appears that I was born in the quiet zone, but I’m trying to get out I wish that I was more vocal because you are a lover of words It bothers me greatly that my words don’t flow as freely as a river Is there a blockage? Is there a dame holding back words I want to deliver? Although I know the beauty and the power of the spoken word; Still, I struggle. But today, I sense a few fitting words, coming from my heart to yours. Please forgive me when I seem cold and distant, like the North Pole Please do not hold it against me when I’m like the birds of Fall, anticipating wintry weather. May it never be said of me, that I have flown South on you. Surely, it is not the fault of one such as you, who is as steady as the sun, rising out of the Eastern sky. Never should one be blamed who is strong and sure, fearless and faithful, so kind and true. O dear one, may you never cease to be this way. May it be said by me today without further delay. You and I, forever together, we shall stay. O, my dear beloved wife, the point is this: I am sorry for the times I seem far, foreign, and dry. There is no excuse for one like me, who’s such a lucky guy. For I am blessed with one as lovely as the setting sun in the Western sky 04252015PS Contest, A Difficult Topc For You, Lewis Raynes

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Date: 9/27/2016 8:30:00 AM
Curtis, such a touching poem and well deserving to be on the winners list...congratulations on your placement :)-luloo
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Date: 9/27/2016 7:34:00 PM
Laura. Thank you kindly

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