Lonnie Hicks Poems

Moments are so tragic;
each to pass from Now
to the indelible Used To Be so quickly;
to pass Out Of Existence.
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She stepped up
and removed her coat placing it beside her
and turned slightly.
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It could be that I am Perfection's Love
and all that you need.

It could be that you will brim with satiation
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She fixed me with those large Devotion Eyes
my psyche paralyzed by those liquid lights
which reside there twinkle-flashing into me.
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She came in from the Crowded Night-
flecks of light and flecks of dark-
on her clothing shimmering
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Her instrument fluttered like the humming bird
a harp humming strumming true
kneaded the Carolina gloaming.
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She's not the end of my rainbow
she's its beginning-
I am blinded by her colors-
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She spoke:
I grievously regret Lord this has come to be so,
and even as I carry this child my heart still longs for you,
even as I know, I have betrayed your trust
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The problem was
I looked best to him
walking away
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They took her to the Edge of Forever
and she looked into Love's Face.

They had her dine with The Verities;
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