2010-06-13 For you ( gogyohka and haiku )

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for each year of your life
I left pebbles I'd painted
of all your favourite things.
I watched delighted adults and children find them
all around Red Rocks

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I stand on Red Rocks
and gaze out to sea
and I remember

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as waves kissed our feet
you gave me stone with red heart
your last gift to me

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garden of your heart
so many happy hours
spent there together

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memories of you
and all our time together
will never leave me

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tracing my finger
along the route we'd taken
then folded the map

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realising now
your words mean so much to me
center of my life

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you and I one day
walked for miles along the shore
our footprints long gone

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solitary I walk
your essence walks besides me
surrounds me with love

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your seas calm, gentle
my seas rolling, white horses
frothing and foaming.

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your presence was here
but when I turn you are gone
breeze from door closing

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my hand gently traces
your photo as I paint your
portrait on canvas

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enchanter you were
bewitching me in your spell
I am forever yours

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I watched you sleeping
dawn lit up the sky, your eyes
opened so slowly

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who is it that sits
on my bed when I'm asleep
then leaves when I wake?

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still
dark green
rock pools
your soul
within

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the island shrouded by mist
I go out with receding tide
as I get there
the sun breaks out
you are standing by my side

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on
the
island
between tides
we cloudwatched

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you
said
I
was
perfect

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after
high winds
we collected
driftwood
off the beach

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your
valentine
cards
my
bookmarks

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dark green
bluebell woods
you sat on a bench
I photographed
you

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in white velvet pouch
the rainbow crystal earings
waiting to be worn

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cream silk dress you bought
that made me a princess
but you fell asleep
forever
before I wore it for you

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