Sappho Recreation

happiness wets me as
          in torture,
          drip by drip,
           dropwise...

           impossible to drink
           the sea...
           how impossible
           is to count its sand...

           herald birds
            of spring,
            mosquitoes sent
            from rains,
            dry leaves signs
            of autumn,
            advertiser swallows
            of summer....

            your love extinguished
             from me while i
             burned me with love...

             Your love was only dry.
              and mine only flood...
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June 18, 2021 at 11:11 AM
Hello Alaka, now that is a different way to describe love. So creative. Salute Darlene
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