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The Springbok

She has the tools to draw you in, without such tricks as flesh or skin, perfect orbs that stun unknown: eyes that spoke, to me alone. Every feeling would they betray, want and hatred as clear as day, love and need given full show, fear and woe when she was low. Never shall I again receive from her the look that makes doubt leave, or the glance to still my heart: now are we too far apart. In my arrogance, I can see that her face darkened without me. The eyes that once shone our way are now downturned, without play. What I would do to get once more those lights to open my soul's door. They will not though, through my fault. Yet, my yearnings never halt.

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Date: 10/18/2022 1:31:00 PM
Beautifully written. Loved the rhyming.
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Date: 8/18/2022 5:15:00 AM
Thanks for sharing this. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." The Lord's blessings be with you.
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Lynn D.
Date: 10/18/2022 1:31:00 PM
Well said.

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