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Rhymes - 11. Looking

I wasn’t looking,

When our eyes met

Across a dark room.

 

I swore

I would never build

Dreams in another

Man’s kiss,

Or carve out futures

In their

Fleeting embrace.

 

But your words

So sweet

And touch

Inflaming.

Ocean water

To a

Parched

Shipwrecked sailor.

 

Your hold

Firm and touch

Reassuring

And so I built

These

Expectations

Upon foundations

I did not know

Would dissipate.

 

Your breath

Sweet and lips

Comforting

And so I held

You to

Promises

Made in a drunken haze

I should have known

Meant nothing.

 

I wasn’t looking

But I should have seen

Clearly

That this illusion

Would combust

In the unforgiving

Light of day.

 

Stay away from the flames.

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It's really beautiful, but the ocean water to a thirsty sailor image is disturbing, as if he drinks it he will only die the quicker.

 

Great poem, very personal too

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On 05/09/2015 06:58 AM, AC Benus said:
It's really beautiful, but the ocean water to a thirsty sailor image is disturbing, as if he drinks it he will only die the quicker.

 

Great poem, very personal too

Thank you! :) desperation and impulse drives us to do the most foolish of things.
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