Wink at me and melt my heart
Like only you can do
Add your smile to it
And I'll belong to you
Indirectly I espy,
Your presence what I seek
And when I see you walking in
I'm rendered without speech
However that is not the case
With what goes on inside
No indication on my face
Excitement's what I hide
A momentary passing glance
The locking of our eyes
Will give my spirit cause to dance
Desire to arise
The little things are what I love
The bookmarks that you give
I'll treasure always, all my life
As long as I shall live
Compact Contract to Enact
could be a compact
very important contract
which we should enact
Jim Horn
The twilight sky blushed
as the sunset
kissed the horizon
While the
universe blushed
as I kissed you
This form is what I call a Compact Poem, in case you were wondering. :)
What I am writing about, is a simple four letter word
It's a word that's rarely used, in life or in daily homes
The reasoning behind this word, is too never to let it roam
This word that I've been invited to write about
It's so invisible that we rarely do see
But this word so resonates, in peripheral, it surrounds thee
Please now open ones eyes, be compact and tell
For the word I describe is pact, used correctly, this word works well
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When the mirror's unfamiliar,
What do you do?
When your image is a stranger,
Who simply looks like you?
Do you like this new version,
Who you hadn't noticed forming?
Or were you better before this,
In your unaltered glory?
Do you find you can talk to the silver glass woman?
Or does she not fit in your head anymore?
The eyes and the hair and the skin are no different,
But she's changed underneath, and you can't call her yours.
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