Effie Yalena Steyn Poems

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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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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Witchy eyes turn to me and stare
Inciting a reaction
I don't care.
A thousand people quizzically compare
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on top of the world I know I'm flying
so why do I feel I should be crying
one more shot one more one more
shivering in the wind behind a dark door
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Anthracite statues in all their well-worn, cheruby goodness, guard our hallowed ground.
The willow tree, old and bowed, its bark like a thousand solid rivers, drags over the grass, so mellow and enticing. Where the leaves have shaded it there is a trace of the morning dew, but we dont mind about suspicious patches on jeans today.
Hand in arm we lie, always that way, like you need a bigger part of me to feel connected.
I feel connected with just your little finger.
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In company so divine
It does not pay to pine
for more of your precious time.
Nothing could happen anyway.
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