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Blossom Up

I have written of the moment
ten times fold
of an embrace in which
I will speak of when I am old

your eyes could see through me
into my very soul
the movement of your lips
could somehow make me whole

will it be in a front door
of a home that is not mine
or in a smokey bar
where we dare to cross that line

or in an airport loud
people not watching but all around
our first embrace within a crowd
no doubt resounding within us now

will you reach for me
hands round my hips
cheek pressed to mine
shoulder close to your lips

will we breathe deep
and share a sigh
can I contain my rapture
and taunt myself not to cry

will we feel like we are complete
born a continent apart
who will pull away first
will I feel your beating black heart

how deeply will you look inside
to see the girl you could love
how open will I blossom up
to receive your gifts untold

and what about those first words
spoken in my ear
pretty things you’ve told me
that only I got to hear

so many tidings that could be said
swirling, twirling inside this head
even as I sit her now
I am still amazed at even how

I could have waited for so long
to live within embrace of song
of the heart you claim doesn’t beat
but for me, your love will reap

an ocean of chorus
love songs and poems
a grain of sand
plentiful with promise.