If you were a river

If you were a river I would dip my hands in you and drink,

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flowing over my hands

the sweetness of the taste, the clear drops like
liquid jewels falling

--and all would be known to me then, all things
would be known,

so pure so bright so sweet so cold, the water of the river you
make

 

If you were wind you would be a soft wash of air on a hot
night

when nothing is forbidden except unkindness or impatience

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fragrance you carry would bring clarity

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before, the poet in her long robes speaking

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leaves and the wind that you are

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envelope me and enter my soul

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and cleansed, when the body becomes

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light surrounded by the fullness of the dark

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would be your body for me, the sinuous curve

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the course of my desire, checked, so patient

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and kiss you, let you feel my mouth soft

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and devotion, whispering softly

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as I sit beside you, the quietness and stories,

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timelessness, the spirit you speak and the spirit you are,

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knowing contained in the simple words, the flower that unfolds

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