Hope, are you still out there?
As buoyant as the blue?
Plight and poison, pine to pare!
Dark fire, burn me new!
Chains a-causal, wrap us tight!
Flicker as you fly!
O Erebus, bid good night!
Light of spark, bely!
Wind atop the pinhole shade?
Machine, marmalade!
O for games as yet unplayed!
Belladonna, bade!
Torment of the tornado?
It spins unevenly.
Swiftly flies the dappled roe!
Io, lost at sea!
Rejects of line, assemble!
Serry thou thy ranks!
Sing in we, O brazen bull!
Soldiers, guard the tanks!
Salvage operation?
It helps to pay thy rent.
Sacrifice! Such songs to shun!
Queen Dido, where went?
Rage and riddle, red rook rhyme!
Roundabout and reel!
Prisoner, what is thy crime?
Show them how you heal!
Plight and passion, prickly pear?
Pyramid, receive!
Load on my back, burr to bear!
Ricochet, reprieve!
Harpy star in skies of grey?
Onward, O hounds! Bay!
Poison pill, debt to repay?
Crucible and cay...
What a heaven's gift is your smile!
In your voice flows fairy's song's Nile
Your fragrance I can smell from mile
A magic in eyes you carry
I fell in love with you, Mary!
Your golden hair: treasure of silk
Your face is fair as fair is milk
Houris of God and you are ilk
Such a feeling was felt nary
I fell in love with you, Mary!
I saw you first walking that way
What I felt, can't properly say
'God! Freeze the moment!' was my pray
Your steps to my heart would serry
I fell in love with you, Mary!
Could not dare give though bought a rose
I watch, though far, your each pink pose
Looks beautiful mole on your nose
Accept my love, please don't tarry
I fell in love with you, Mary!
Be kind, be mine for heaven's sake
My life without your love is drake
Your 'Yes!' for falling one is rake
Let's trust each other, be merry
I fell in love with you, Mary!
March 03, 2022
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