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Contest-The Logic of Longing-sponsor-Ink Empress-8/1/26

The Logic of Longing

With our fervent lucid longing
    we tried, my love
to seduce the stars without a script
when my soul bowed to your eternal beauty
that glowed softly in our days as lovers
    sanity was abandoned
while quivering in lonely, tethered spaces
claiming the right to be loved
carrying whispers of unexplained attraction
found in ancient sunsets of borrowed ambiance
discovered in our eyes of scarlet rapture

where we fell to earth with hungry kisses
melting our lips from intimate intoxicating elixir
    causing delirium
to burn through the paradise of our fantasy
from the white-hot ash of desire
to leave scars on the flesh of our memory
twisted and turned into an unknown
where a torn canvas is two paintings
    of what could have been

to leave us exhausted
holding the rusty key to the door of shared longing
stained by unfulfilled promise of our imprisonment
when we impassioned our souls and found illusion
    laden with regret
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August 28, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Youve woven in such eloquence is felt ~ and I want to reread this. I love poems that leave me aching. Thank you for supporting my contest Pleasure reading Congratulations on your first place win 🏆 Sending you light always A fave ofcourse 💫
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August 28, 2026 at 5:05 AM
I felt it deeply as I read " we tried my love" awwn! This felt like a very honest soulful poem that is woven from your heart! Your words from the start until the end kept getting better, with so many emotional layers, and I love especially the ending and the way youv used the prompt and also how your words flow so seamlessly! I resonated especially with " sanity was abandoned while quivering in lonely, tethered spaces claiming the right to be loved" that hits home for me! The aching truth
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August 3, 2026 at 2:48 PM
a touching poem...especially liked: holding the rusty key to the door of shared longing stained by unfulfilled promise of our imprisonment Your imagery was perfect, by the way. Faving.
Andresen Avatar
August 2, 2026 at 2:50 AM
- A deeply moving poem of longing, Frederic - Best wishes in the contest :) - Have a lovely August :) - hugs
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