Submissions by Hepcat61 (geoff cat)

Keen wit behind glass shields were my shields, too.    
So tall, that first encounter eye to eye.
"Do they look dumb on me, as they on you?”      
A wicked flash, her words no love imply.      

But mind and heart did self fully betray.      
And as she turned and walked with no pursuit,      
Her face was burned in brain and there would stay.      
And I, unwilling acolyte recruit.      

Together then, now half a world apart.    
At times, me wishing we had never met,    
For blaming her that I had broken heart.     ...

(a sonnet)    
   
Encircled lens holds sun like leaves in Spring,    
With sprite-ly flash that speaks eternal light.    
No words they own, or melodies to sing,    
But fill my eyes, as if just given sight.    
   
I wonder what she sees when eyes find me,    
If lust invoke, or want, or heart’s desire?    
For me, I would devour all I see,    
And never stop until all strength expire.    
   
Though love may be, it’s not the poet’s song,    
But scribed in grown, in flesh, in sweat, in scent.    
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