I GAVE YOU MY REFLECTION
I gave you my reflection
And became invisible
Like a phantom, called upon the night
For there is no reason to stare
At my changing face & hair
When the mirror in my mind shines
Upon the shadow of your heart
With the thought of finding you
Inhabiting my flesh
Flowering my soul
For your beauty burns with patience
Into my restless limbs
Which cannot hasten to hold.
I’ll leap through flames
Muttering hoarse love words
Waving my burning poems
Like a flag of self-resurrection
And will hand you the glowing key
To lust’s memory
To preserve the secrets of the soul
And live again
In the remnants of the heart.
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