her beauty confounds
those who roam round
their shadows slide down
white walls of sheer brilliance
heated by the sun’s serpentine
a boy holds the tangerine
while wilting waiting
they melt into sidewalks
the soles of their shoes
stick to the pools of heat

the petals pulsed dewy eyed
flying ore wing tipped skies
cumulus clouded shores
envelops dreaming altitudes
lapsing into dazed streams
all black and white dominated
the colors of her face contorted
yet the lines are contoured
wherein lies formless curves
her beauty confounds

the tops of ponderosa pines
brush scintillating hued pillows
of rainbow tinged flights
into babbling brooks of foam
the water flows crisp and clean
into sun baked frosted minds
when my pupil contracts
I seize the light

the flaming lambent sparks
flew hiding among sandy cliffs
she mesmerized my sight
hypnotized I fall at her feet
like the shadows outside the light
curved by windy heights
the strange longitudes driven
by abstract latitudes
a treasure map

I melt and swoon
my heart pounds a beat
the street drowns out the sound
all I can hear
are the whispers of the sea
the mysteries are told
by the shadows of old
pooled in the heat
her beauty confounds

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