Lisa Pringle

Why do my hands shake just a little
When your side leaves mine for a while?
Why does my heart break just a little
When you take away your smile?
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Although we have spent all this time apart,
Please know that you’ve had a place in my heart.
A girl of fifteen you were when I saw you last –
That means an absence of 23 years, now in our past.
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Come be an infant with me yet again,
Let’s make our lives free from hurt and pain.
Our chubby limbs flailing wildly as we lie,
Giving random smiles to the big blue sky.
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You come to my bed when Mommy’s away.
You mess up my head – bad thoughts, they stay.
It’s dark in my room and I hear every sound,
How sinister the gloom when she’s not around.
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You were a bloom, displaying some beauty, even in darkness
Notwithstanding your gloom,
Not detecting your cruelty,
I set out to explore your vastness.
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As Horus' great discus touches the horizon,
A kind of calmness descends on the plains
And for a moment in time the world stands still.
Zebra calf nestling against his mare's rump;
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I danced with a wolf in my midday dream
His lips brushed my neck - a silent scream!
He held me tight and I heard his breathing,
As all around me his spell he was weaving.
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