Despite the lectures
we sought one another
love her like a sister
she loves me like a brother
I left the table gathering
bits of conversation
chatting with others
I learned she wished to marry
we joked about our status
and smiled when we spoke
of us together
She hunched me with her elbow
and told me a kiss change me
ever since then we were together
she really makes me happy
night swallows the light of day
under the glaring moon
hazy humid summers
a evening dinner in june
we wished to marry
on Valentine
on a cold frosty day
but the baby was due in
august
the moment carried us away
As the dew of dawn you would appear.
Radiance and warmth is in thy aura.
The sun vowed never to disappear.
Moments away from thy, meant an era.
To gather flowers and freebies brought,
Alas, a mere day of year devoted to thy.
Racks fill with old lines said in thy thought.
But thy timeless devotion bears the mockery.
For soothing pain is where you’re concerned.
God made you such to see here no penance.
In thy move is selflessness discerned;
Unconditional love is thy tendance.
Forgive me, to be bound in the trend of life
Knowing well that at the end there’s my turn.
To fix horizon in hope for afterlife
To embrace, with heart that in longings burn.
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