my ink gleams wetly
before it dries;
my love burns fiercely
before it dies
or so it seems,
disappears to surface in flying dreams.
love long corridors of paisley flowers
love perfect fires and books for hours
space and time,
meter and rhyme,
still my ink flows on and across
a purple crayon for my thoughts
to bring them to life, to tally my fright,
they hold me and make me, blindfolded, a Knight.
Inkslinger
Posted: January 20, 1993 in PoetryTags: Book, Dream, Fire, Flowers, Fly, Ink, Knight, Life, Love, Purple, Rhyme, Space, Time
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