Bruce Schwab Poems

I kissed you in a dream last night.
The world stopped turning as our lips lingered,
the universe held in my arms burning.
Through closed eyes a sky full of stars
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I love you, sotto voce, she whispers my name.
I whisper, tremolo, I love you the same.
Having not heard this concerto for too many years
The depth of the music has brought me to tears.
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For many years I've watched it grow,
though years have flown the tree's grown slow.
And year by year events unfold,
and ring by ring a story's told.
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The closest thing to is that isn’t

A dream isn’t.
But just try to convince yourself of that
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Say we sat sometime, and (just) watched the way,
Played Rorschach Clouds, sat in tall grass and swayed,
Held hands with our shadows, and (just) …smiled.
What if we sat sometime, (only) watching the way?
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He came unbidden, without permission
(I did not ask or invite him so)
Perched on my shoulder of his own volition
(I did but ask him please to go)
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I am the moon, diaphanous.
My soul shines full
Thinly veiled beauty o'er
A wandering lookers chance,
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Some slash across the sky
so fast we hardly notice at all.
Others, a long, slow burn
igniting our imagination.
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Do They Know?

Do they know?
With gentle sweep of gossamer,
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Tonight my ship rides the mighty swell of life,
The storm so great the sails furled away and safe.
The spray and splash sting my hardened face.
Scarce I should care, the course I guide my own,
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