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Tenderness
by Padre Scott West → (All Poetry by Padre Scott West)
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a slow speed encounter with joy. Nothing extreme, but an intimacy of knowing that surpasses the physical

 I encountered you.

                          I am broken.

You filled my mind with your life

                           So much to learn.

Then, you gave your soul to me;

                            you made me yearn;

Not so much a collision as a long deep breath

                             not a token;

A fire, deep inside my soul.

                               I try to bank that fire;

it only burns more brightly.

                                Your gentleness is unique;

your geniuneness undeniable.

                                 you mend my heart;

with gentle touch;

                                  not ravenous intensity.

I do not ask why;

                                   

I lay down in your gentle river;

                                      and float peacefully.

No hurry, no abandonment,

                                       These are slow warm waters.

No hurry, no pain;

                                        just hope.

 


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 Reviews of "Tenderness"
Reviewed by empire mike (Reader)
Reviewed on June 27, 2012
very nice poetry, sir. i would like to meet that guy!

Reviewed by Chip Bergeron
Reviewed on June 26, 2012
" I try to bank that fire;it only burns more brightly." That is one of the REALEST things I have read in a poem. God knows I've been there, and I miss it so....

Chip Bergeron



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