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Love endures...
under the weight of 10,000 tonnes of guilt, inside this endearing day, beneath her purply orchestrated 'come on'
this is where it does it.

Fine poem

Dear Boss... this year, more than other years it seems, I've been burdened by something... a desire to connect to something greater than myself it seems... Poetry to me connects me to my soul, or my heart... which doesn't know much in the way of cleverness... I'd like to accept what seems like a positive review, and yet this poem is being impossibly sincere... to wish the beloved the capacity to heal simply by its being in love's sights... to keep hold of that greater love, even when one knows too how covetous and selfish romantic love can be... and yet it's part of the same thing, I'd like to think... that in love if we seek to be unselfish we are wed to something far greater than ourselves... So, how to be this thing in words... to inhabit such a place through these simple words...

I don't know if that ruins the poem for you... but that's where it's coming from...

sincerely,

v i o l e t


edit... I didn't like referring to my heart as this throbbing exposed thing somehow, and so I removed that phrase... v.

dear violet,

i ain't no boss. love is all we got. that's it. period.

adam

Hi Violet ~

It's been a very long time since I've encountered a poem here that I could use as a personal gift in very personal way. Thanks for putting all of that together. It really captures the essence of it all a thousand kisses deep.


~ Lizzy

Boss wrote:dear violet,

i ain't no boss. love is all we got. that's it. period.

adam

dear adam,

thanks so much for your comments on the poem, and your comments, period... I feel closer to you, though I know you very little (except for that imaginary pot of tea I once made you!)

here's to love and friendship,

v i o l e t

lizzytysh wrote:Hi Violet ~

It's been a very long time since I've encountered a poem here that I could use as a personal gift in very personal way. Thanks for putting all of that together. It really captures the essence of it all a thousand kisses deep.


~ Lizzy

... hi Lizzy... it's interesting that poems are able to be that sometimes, and I'm honored that a poem of mine could be that for you in this instance...

... it's been fun getting to know you better too these days...

my best to you,

v i o l e t

This is ever so wonderful Violet. Without love...we are rubbish.

Yours,

-ph

... thanks ph... I love your signing name, by the way.. but how does one get the little squiggle over the 'n'... ? it really adds I think (!)

yours too,

v i o l e t (flower)