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To The One I Can’t Stop Loving by Selvo

To The One I Can’t Stop Loving
By: Selvo
Why did my heart forget,
that at the end of each day the sun will set.
Oh it hoped for the sunrise
it did not matter if pain is the price.
Why does my soul ask why,
did it forget that summer is dry.
Oh it hoped for the changing of the season
It hoped [...]

Grow Old With You by Katherine Burden

Grow Old With You
By: Katherine Burden
Loving you is different
Loving you is cruel
Loving you is selfish
Loving you is sweet
A spell running through my veins
A poison that locked my heart
The air that keeps me breathing
Torch that lights my path
Miles may separate us
Time may pass by
But in my heart you’ll stay
Forever shall I say?
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Unweaving

UNWEAVING
by Joy Barredo
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We met when the moon
was kissing
the earth
communing with the sun
from then on we
said we were one
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Time comes for unleaving
because no matter
how much the leaves cling
to the strength
of the tree
autumn
never fails
to fulfill its promise
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I am part of you
as much as you
are part of me
one body
one heart
but two [...]

Scaling Jade Mountain: A Woman Song

SCALING JADE MOUNTAIN:
A WOMANSONG
by Joy Barredo
the strong scent of pine
teases my nose
while I wait till dawn
when I know I shall be ready
to climb the stretch
between forevers
slowly
my eyes trace the exquisite
parade of wild roses
and poison ivy
the moon’s delicate radiance
creating trinkets of gold
dancing on each
tiny petal
I can hear my heart
treading the [...]