Together

Your whiskers
brush
playful
against skin
sensitized
to touch
Soft in nuzzle
and rough
in their graze
leaving pink streaks
behind
as skin flushes bright
in response

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Together

Just a stroll
on a lazy day
with summer heat
and cricket song
a meandering stroll
along a lakeside path
with fingers tangled
as shoes scuff hollow
on wooden planks
and we pause
to look at lily pads
and dragonflies

I want this with you

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Catch  of a Lifetime

Out of all
the fish in the sea
it is only me
Your eye drawn
and your breath caught
You couldn’t look away
You reached out
and your fist curled
around my throat
and then my soul
and I have fallen
so deeply
that it is only you
I see now too

I am the chosen
and yours.

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Ceanothus

Little buds
of palest blue
split
like a star
to unfurl
revealing delicate
bits of white
the heart of beauty
for bee’s delight
Your sunlight shines
upon my soul
and like these flowers
you make me glow

I love you.

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Delicate and Tenacious

Hope is a glowing star
in a night sky,
a shimmering flower
in the shade
delicate  and open
vulnerable and lovely
easily crushed
with a careless hand
or the wrong conditions
and yet
given the chance
to flourish and shine
with the smallest kiss
of encouragement

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The Next Bend

A shadowed path
through
towering trees
and dappled sunlight
is promised ahead
but it’s
in the shadows
where cool air sits
and soothes
inviting a pause
and a moment’s rest
before curiosity tugs
us onward

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