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Welcoming waters

My eyes could not turn away

And they drank you in

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We were in trouble

But neither of us said it

So we didn’t touch

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You asked for more time

And believed we could save it

So we clung to hope

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I closed one chapter

With no words for the next one

Onward in silence

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I watched you dripping

As the sun was hanging low

My tongue had its fill

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I offered escape

You offered divine pleasure

How could we refuse

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“This won’t work”, she said

It’s because I was too much

That’s a first for me

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My wild lioness

The river drowns out pleasure

And I drown in you

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Songs About Jane played

You looked out over the sea

Your silhouette sang

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Lusty teenagers

Who didn’t know what to do

We learned twice that night

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Hands held so softly

Became words spoken harshly

It all had to be

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It was my birthday

I lit a fire for us

And then you lit mine

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You couldn’t see me

Being homeless and alone

You were doing well

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Those years were better

I wish that I could pause time

We were in love then

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We watched from afar

Arousal stirred between us

We made our own show

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Good morning, lover

Let me take your photograph

They’re all I have left

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We tried building home

What we built was a minefield

Carelessly, we stepped

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We waited for this

You called me that name I like

Hold this secret close

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With summer’s last wave

We tangled on the shoreline

River and souls raged

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I did therapy

You were doing other boys

We were not the same

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We were only friends

I should have drawn you in close

I’ll always wonder

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You had asked me out

I hated to lead you on

I had not healed yet

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There was something off

And it wasn’t just our clothes

I couldn’t shake it

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I wasn’t too kind

Selfishly playing my games

Hurting so many

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We lay motionless

Still ringing with ecstasy

Yet we yearned for more

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Daughter of the sun

Your mother’s love radiates

And naked flesh glows

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The connection made

We both should have known better

But, God, you felt good

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The cove gave shelter

Our clothes hanging in the trees

A gift from August