Obsession is the word that comes to my mind.
Maria. On My Own. So In Love With The Night Mysterious.
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I find that I’m indulging in nature metaphors and similes.
For example: you are to me warm wind. At near-dusk in late August
On a Monday, when Nathan and I are leaving the library to go
Back to his house, when I have just read for the first time
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Dripping with desire,
Reckless, I aspire,
Like a church steeple spire
Stretching higher, higher, higher.
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