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a poem about your skin MAG
September 19, 2009
you are covered
by land, a lithosphere,
a continent sprinkled
with snow. i watch
sky-water run
off your surface, leak
into cracks. i name
your freckles after cities,
your eyes after oceans. you
are a world, my world, but this
is only a layer.
© Kim M., Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
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darling, this is perhaps on of the most beautiful love poems i have ever read. It is so simple, clean yet deep in imagery and meaning. you are a true inspiration, would you mind reading some of my work, i need critic and your comments would be greatly appreciated!! <3...amazing
MadAsAHatter GOLD said...
on Sep. 29 2009 at 9:21 pm
i really like the lines "I name your freckles after cities, your eyes after oceans." Its very sweet, I like it a lot
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As a whole a touching piece