ruby cunningham

This tree standing here
all gnarled and bent
was once a young sappling
with branches unbent
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We met in the park when we were teens
you with your blue eyes and jeans
laughing and talking the hours away
each wanting the other to stay
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Here in the ocean of my mind
where my thoughts churn
and slap at the shore
The world with its morals lost
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Shadows dancing in flickering light
guiding souls into the night
Heeding the call of twilight hours
basking in their unearthly powers
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When the wind blows through
the heart of natures soul
You can hear the songs of ages past
Close your eyes and open your mind
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Twilight glow of Heaven above
Starlit nights looking down on love
Gentle breezes over passion spent
The night winds of nature's vent
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I come to the ocean as to that of a lover
its warm wet embrace like that of no other
With a gentle tug it lulls me in
swirling around and tasting my skin
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