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From Friendship to Love (V)
Working in isolation
our love built itself up
from almost nothing
brushed against the end of winter
just before spring kissed the air
playing a secret with
everything we felt
throughout that summer
with laughter stealing
each other hearts
and then autumn
when a innocent picture
revealed more
than either of us expected
into a explosion of feelings
and now almost a year later
...
Saturday 23rd September 2017 9:54 pm
From Friendship to Love
The deepest love does not rest
In just lips or eyes
Or kisses or caress
Carried in gentleness
Across the wind,
But rather an emotion
That hangs on your thoughts
Whether across meadows
Bathed in frozen dew
Or listening to raindrops
Developing slowly over time
Like a detective novel
Opening up in soft layers
Until the meaning stares you
Straight in the face
Across borrowed harbo...
Thursday 12th January 2017 1:30 pm
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