Come as you are
For we've come this far
To be lessened
From the lessons we've learned
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The ever satisfactory coffee with cream
Marlboro Sunday morning smoke
Circling my tosselled, from last night, hair
Still somewhat sleepy
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Fool was I to think you were the sun
For that blazing moment of beauty
Come undone...
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Call me sweet pea
And I shall leave the lingering fragrance of me
Like honeysuckle hanging
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See you in the shadow of the moon...
Meet you in my dreams....
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Could my calm coax you
To surrender to that sniffling cold
Leave all undone
Gather and harvest all
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I watch you sleep
Your skin shed
Your truth revealed
My endless wait over
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In a fable long ago
A father spun
Perhaps to ease a daughter's pain
Stitch her torn soul
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