Short Hudson River Poems

a love so defiant
so powerful
our embrace caused the Hudson River to go up in flames
as the passion inflamed us
out of fear 
I refer to this obnoxious love in the past tense
my past
too intense
prayer lifted me up to you
just with thought my plan would ricochet 
your English accent caressed my ears that day
the night 
you became my knight
yet here I am
looking for you
searching...

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I have wooed,wined, and dined you
Till Broadway carries sweet scent of
Your perfume, light and airy
As Hudson River views.

I have seen you gracing love renewed
No more lonely hearts
In cool of summer's eve
Time will stand still like the Hudson at twilight.

Say you'll come away with me
To nostalgic breeze
Come with me to Belize's sun-lit grounds
By the Caribbean;
Bottom line,
I'll propose on my knees
At bottom of the Carib Sea,
Heaven already knows.

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