Set Me Free
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Pages of photo album,
Stored in my mind…
Flipping one by one,
Images of you…flashing.

How many times…
Need I set on shelf high,
Hoping dust of time…
Will cover,
So dreams dying…
I’ll forget ?

Different perspectives of love,
Kept us from becoming one…
For more than a few stolen moments,
Where depth matched heights of love…
So intense with passion,
And dreams to come.

Me…so willing…
To risk it all,
Abandon the past…
Handing you what was left,
Providing foundation,
To build new…with you

You…claiming to want the same,
Encouraged and welcomed…
The investment of menial remains,
Of heart and possessions…
While remaining in barren,
But safe domain.

Are you still walking…
Love parched grounds,
Stealing bits and pieces…
Where pasted smile hides,
The emptiness inside,
Just to maintain status quo ?

I can still smell,
The scent of your skin…
Taste of kisses and lust,
Your love for me manifested…
In heat of passion,
Where in your eyes…
I viewed truth of desire,
Within the moment…

 Flattering words,
And flirtatious smiles…
Of eyes so seducing,
In time lose their grace.

Show your worth…
And come at once…
To my side,
Lifting strands of blonde…
In flight,
Or forever lose sight of me…

Setting me free from memories.

Erin Woods