Passing through the jade
green understory of yours,
discovering your
forest-like body;
betwixt and between at last
I found my abditory.
this page is bare in memory
you can write from abditory
a sonnet, lyrics, a poem of life
I read it all, reflecting
yes, I think you write for me
interpretation, of what I believe
I like to think I left a mark
tearing across your heart
renditions that I know aren't true
I've never meant that much to you
and still I read and what it seems
is all imagination
close your eyes
pretend I am there
an apparition that comes
from out of thin air
the scent of want
the taste of desire
breaking out in cold sweat
your soul on fire
dancing with a shadow
music sung from memory
a record playing in your head
from a phantom abditory
night after night
your dreams remain the same
whispering in your sleep
whispering my name
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