go ahead and stand before me in the shallow light

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Billy
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go ahead and stand before me in the shallow light

#1 Post by Billy » 01 May 2021, 08:43

go ahead and stand before me in the shallow light

like a rising river
tempt me with the moon’s fierce
ascent even in blindness

as a homeless man
befriends whatever rebuffs the cold
that sneaks up on the helpless

who sleep in boxes
like skin to be shed in season
the lesson never learned

BobBradshaw
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Re: go ahead and stand before me in the shallow light

#2 Post by BobBradshaw » 03 May 2021, 07:33

I like the 2nd stanza best. I am puzzled by the closing stanza.

meenas17
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Re: go ahead and stand before me in the shallow light

#3 Post by meenas17 » 03 May 2021, 18:30

Moon's fierce seems far fetched.
meenas17

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