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I wouldn't lie, but for this once...
Contributed by
iodinelove
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Saturday, 16th September 2006 @ 08:08:52 PM in AEST
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I wouldn't lie, but for this once, and then only to say that I cannot love the persistent towers of your hair that spiral down over black lapels that, like a courageous water, begin to cross the valley of your breasts.
No, I wouldn’t lie, but for this once, and then only to say that I could write upon this page, the magnitude of my shame when I wake to find you weeping softly at my side.
I wouldn’t lie to you, but for this one occasion, and then only to say to you that I can understand what it is to be a man and know the strength that it takes to be afraid, and that I could comprehend the suffering that hangs from the streetlights over the memories of an old age.
It is not in my nature to lie, but it is for your benefit that I do so, but only this once, and then only to say that I can see the golden sea beyond these earthly shores. Then only to say that you should not cry, that you will see me again, and sail with me on those black eternal skies.
No, I wouldn’t lie to you, but for this once; and then only to say that I cannot love the autumnal skies in your eyes, that with the dying day, shift into the treacherous gray of an old stone broken so long ago.
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Re: I wouldn't lie, but for this once...
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by ever1der on
Saturday, 16th September 2006 @ 08:21:19 PM AEST
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| I love the imagery |
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Re: I wouldn't lie, but for this once...
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by Lionel on
Sunday, 17th September 2006 @ 06:08:10 PM AEST
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| Good write. Reminds me of a work buddy who used to say: " listen to me now, I'm telling you the truth this time". |
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Re: I wouldn't lie, but for this once...
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by Fionndruinne on
Saturday, 23rd September 2006 @ 01:25:02 PM AEST
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Another brilliant piece of work, Abraham. This brings home the pain and emotion of the imperfection of human love so well. Would we were not so imperfect, eh? Not perfect, but not so imperfect as we are.
Keep writing.
Andrew |
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