Susan Lacovara Poems

Return to me
Immersed in the mystery
Where has the time taken you
Far from eyes that want
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In a drawer full of pencils
In my roll top desk
Like a graveyard of memories
Headstones marked by an old address book
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I'm gonna write you a love song
Gonna stay up late, all night and hum along
Til the nightingale and mourning dove
Perfect their harmony
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Pinching prayers into the polished beads
Of rosary in hand
They stand in row after row
A sea of souls
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I have my nightfall quiet
Rain drizzling in the veiled darkness
Of soon to sleep eyes heavy
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Brick by brick
You laid it on thick
Till your stone walls
Cemented the door
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I love you easy
Like the rain loves thirsty petals
And the sun, the sea's drowsy horizon
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I tossed a coin of chocolate
At the corner store, just bought it
In my pocket, I was keeping it for you
It's merely just a trinket
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A small boy with a view
From the Everest summit
of his father's shoulders
Passed me while peering
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Long labelled a Dr. Doolittle
Lover of creatures all
Could never imagine the injustice
Of raising a hurting hand
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