Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Release (a poem)


He asked 
why I 
write
I wondered 
if he didn't 
know still

I said
I write 
because
I need 
release
I cannot
contain 
this love
I have to
let it flow
I have to
let it spill

for if
such
immense 
love
stays
i know
it will

strangulate
my heart
it will
poison me
it will kill

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