I can’t compete with time
I can’t compete with journeys
I can’t compete with photographs
I can’t compete with wordings
I can’t compete with holigraphs
I can’t compete with simple rhymes
I can’t compete with that which drives
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I simply want to live in our world
I simply want to breath the air
I simply want to feel your stare
I simply want to matter, above all
I simply want to allow myself to fall
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I don’t need your hands
I don’t need your eyes
I don’t need your pleasure
I don’t need your lies
I don’t need your love
I don’t need your number
I don’t need your covers
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I do need your thoughts shared
I do need your emotions to lap deeply
I do need your mind weakening me
I do need your cravings
I do need
Oldest Daughter & Red Headed Sister 
That very last line… I always suspected that was exactly what a woman wants. (Well, that and a Happy Meal, of course.) 🙂
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Chris, I always knew you were smart, but this just proves it all over again. (Finally! Took you long enough to bring that out to play again. Happy Meals produce millions of smiles every day. Smiling women are less needy…lol.)
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Gorgeous poetry about relationships..!!
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Thank you, Laurie!
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Holographs–now that’s something that really intrigues me.
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It is something to think about for sure, Starralee. 🙂
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This is a good one, Audith. I love the structure. And the…yearning….
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Written quickly out of anxiety, I think. She’s a yearner, too. Not just a learner, Duke.
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I like it. Sounds a lot like me…
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Thanks, Duketh. What the anxiety part or the…what?
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Yes, lots of anxiety at times, and the yearning, too.
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Because we both are perfectionists, do you think? Yeah, the yearning… *Grabs Oscar, the Pug, and heads out for a walk*
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I think that’s it, Audith. And I think it could be good overall–when kept in check.
I remember Oscar! How is he?
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Perfectionists should always be kept in check, I agree. I just have to push save or post without thinking, or I’d never get anything done.
*smiles* He’s good!
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Yes, I do that sort of thing. I just tell myself that my mistakes are lovable. (It’s a lie, but it works.)
Give him a pat for me, please.
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Not a lie.
He says thank you and could you offer a scratch on his left hip? *too cute*
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But the professor isn’t lovable, you know.
Haha! Yes, I would do that for him.
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*agrees with him because he is*
*Oscar shakes and thanks you with a sniff*
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Hmm…I’m still trying to work that one out…
What a nice sort of chap.
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*gets him paper and a dull pencil*
What are your dogs’ names, Duke?
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A dull pencil–just like me.
I’ve got two German Shepherds. Rommel is my black male and Freya is the female.
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Tis why I offered it. I figured you’d prefer the dull one.
Lovely. Or since they are Shepherds I should say…Protective.
Okay, please tell me about their names, Duke.
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Haha! Imagine that.
Okay… Freya is the norse goddess of prosperity and child bearing…I think? And Rommel is named after the General, who was actually a good man.
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Freya, I like her. Is she protective of you? I think Rommel and I would get along smashingly. (Great names, Duke. Tis what I wondered, you know.)
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Yes, both of the dogs are protective. But Freya is very finicky about all that sort of thing. I bet you’d love Rommel. He’s a sweet guy, unlike the professor.
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Do you have a rubber suit you wear when you play with her? Is she an attack dog? Rommel, would like me, I’m quite certain of it. Dogs and I get on wonderfully. Yes, the professor is always reminding me.
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You’d like Freya too, she’s sweet. No protection needed. Though she is vicious.
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I like her name very much and would definitely try to make her my friend. Vicious I understand, you know.
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Not near as vicious as the professor.
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I will believe you. I must, I think.
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My favorite… this one gets to the root….
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Thank you, Mom. I love you..
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We truly are made for relationship.
🙂
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Thank you for summing up what took way too many words to convey. *smiles*
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lol.
🙂
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Deceptively simple, evocatively expressed. Loved the repetition. ~ Michael
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Aww, now Michael, you know your comments are almost as good as your poetry, right? Thank you…
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Reblogged this on Walkingtomydreams13.
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Poem with a contrast device. Great, this is the first time I’m reading one like this and I like it. 🙂
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Yes. I appreciate your thoughts. Thank you so much and a thank you for the reblog, as well.
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You’re Welcome. I love reading poems they open a dimension of life in front of me. 🙂
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Yes, I agree. Reading them is most of the fun. 🙂
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🙂 🙂
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