Meli Secret Poems

You give and you take away.
You gave that smile
then you took it back...
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What was lost - found.
What was cherished - lost.

Not in that order perhaps...
but order is small comfort
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You chose it dear one.
Let your steps fall softly, quietly.
Let them be shadowed by leaves and pine needles.
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Sweet heart, dear heart...
heart that could never hurt you.

Never fear. You never fear.
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It's a dangerous game you're playing.
You have so much to lose.
You risk it all.
You risk for you and you risk for others.
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Quiet heart - shrinking heart.
Hoping not to trouble.
Happy for a smile, a twinkle from your eye.

Timid heart shadowing your steps.
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When I let it go I found it.
It wasn't what I sought.

Heart, don't let go the hold you have -
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Another's, another's.
He is another's.

Another heart that beats.
Another hand that holds.
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Standing together we see it. I know we do.
Such a long way down. Then the push.
Slight nudge, a halfhearted hand hold.
False security, why cling to such?
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Am I a poet?
What is a poet?

To bear your soul on paper
hoping someone will understand
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