I looked at you a thousand times
before I saw you once
You never did look back at me
my vision sorely trumped
Till that one day I saw you clear
in substance and in form
But still I longed for one more look
where I still got it wrong
You’re with me now in all I say
and everything I do
Though never more than what this is…
a lovesick waterloo
I wish I could have squinted more
or glanced with just one eye
As stars misled a heart deceived
—my fantasy belied
(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)
The Masque
Rhyme
to mask the message
Rhythm
to drive it home
Trapping words
in cadence strong
Cutting
to the bone
(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)
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Author:
Kurt Philip Behm (
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Comments1
'I wish I could have squinted more'
those who know
the depth of this line
in the context of love
also know
how deep, the word 'wish'
cuts to the Bone...
(these words hit home, dear poet
far, beyond their rhyme or rhythm)
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