Effie Yalena Steyn Poems

Lustre, il erre
En bas Parisiennes
Ses cheveux dans son col
Son coeur dans sa bouche.
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I have never wanted anyone as much as I did you today.
It was in your eyes, in the way
you half blushed, lips curling then scared, I looked away,
then turned to meet your electric gaze.
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Misery calls, I answer:
Not today, dear,
Today I am happy.
Like water, like sun
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Dark and dim, a battle overhead.
Fear is in the air, sweeping around,
screaming in ears that mute out all of the sounds of the horrors unseen.
They know
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There she was, juxtaposed in my line of sight
Prim and proper yet prima donna
Coruscating in the early morning light.
With twirling hair like copper and almond eyes that knew
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... to heart break
Eyeball ache
Roving, shuddering, slowing as I
Sickly down in bed, lie
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My fingers rest in wait for your reply
On a tiny screen in the back of my mind
We talked today
You said you'd never go away.
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Sometimes when I see your English girls
I wonder what the others felt.

Emmeline Pankhurst
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I can see you
Every minute of each day
As you work and as you play
I can see you
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Love forever love is free
Love in places makes you see
Oh! This world is so big it's small
With all the bitterness and all...
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