Romance Poetry posted June 5, 2018

Chapters:

...3 4 -5- 6...

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free verse

A chapter in the book Paper Dolls and Toy Soldiers

How, Then, Do I Love Thee

by michaelcahill

I do admit delirium             and a quest for words for how can I admit           indescribable               inexplicable                   ... at a loss for when I am your humble poet       (I dream your laureate extraordinaire)   a flower then unnamable       for the bloom stuns           with the blossoming the fragrance staggers           the sensibilities   but, no for a bud but blooms once         and you a thousand times                  and a thousand more the scent of the loveliest flower fades but yours remains on my pillow                         and in my mind until ...   the stars then               endless lights a sequined walkway to infinity                              but that is a fancy              a myth scribbled in desperation   stars are distant             and you envelop me stars burn unpurposed             you warm as if I matter   you are why I write                what I write and why I sound the fool                   the lucky fool   sense is for the lonely considering the moon reflected on a tear shed for a poem's sake

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