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What is this love?

A many faceted crystal. 

Treasured jewel only few can afford.

Polished smooth surfaces of words

mirroring lustrous love in your heart,

while sharp edges of passion ignite

inner most, intimate spaces.

The depth and sparkle the sun gives your eyes,

a setting of simplicity complicated

by haunting, pronged hues when magnified,

dangling on braided, silken cord,

prismatically darting yellows and blues

a tempting reach away.

I want to capture it, bring it close to me.

wear it next to my heart...

a symbol of commitment and longing.

It should be enjoyed, cherished

proudly displayed for all the world to see,

never encased in smothering glass

...even if our world is only you and me.

 It should glisten with captured light 

protected from a thief that would steal,

even those least suspected, clouding truth,

foreboding paths…carats of doubt.

I covet this elusive gem

I thought would forever elude me.

Imagine it from afar as moon casts solemn spell...

Its beam captured and projected upon my soul,

Carbon hardness riveting,

yielding to explosive dispersion of light

releasing the reflective brilliance.

I’ll keep it safe, yield to its splendor,

never lock it away.

Love....

as that jewel that hangs about my neck

caresses the softness of sepia skin,

kisses the nape when it becomes tangled

in silver chain or silken linens

warmed and wrinkled by passion’s embrace.

Gentle pause for touch in passing...

pendulous memory

so subtle, so seductive,

so valuable, so rare.

A diamond in the rough.

is there a tougher stone?

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Taylor Ryan

5/2006

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