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POE TR Y C ORNER
The Value of “Te Amo” Life's Lonely Path THE YOKE
By Maggie Ramos by Stephanie Lee by Kristin Chemis
We became tight So much is lost, Come to me,
The instant are eyes met some gay, some blue. bring me your hurt
Across the room we glanced So much is lost and your disappointment.
And dropped the intensity to from me and you. Give me your pain
The floor. We have wandered along and I'll hold it
our paths of life, within me, carry it
We had never met, and stumbled upon each other for you.
We had never been introduced through toil and strife. Your troubles
There had been no need for But that doesn't end shall be mine,
Our lives to cross their lines our stroll with love. your sadness
We will remember each other my absorption.
I can't express “I Love You" just as the dove. Blame, sacrifice,
I haven't been taught to Yet our lonesome paths the weary suffering
I can't say “Te Amo” cus have ended today. —whatever you have for me—
You haven't learned it's value. How far can we go I take it.
and which way, which way? You
At direct sight from your weak are forgiven
Intense looks, what burns shall and released.
Not be shared. All I ask
My heart on fire and your desperate in return
soul meet in a hot stuffy room. Our Hearts Became One is that you sing to me,
By Maggie Ramos give me praise,
You fix your spirit over my heart tell me I'm worthy,
And I fix my heart over your spirit I sense when you are well lift me up
I can see my heart on the floor, shredded I feel when you are in harm for in the end
In pieces. I can feel it as it tears But when you are in danger, I can't bear on my own
itself out of my chest. my heart jumps out of my chest. as much as all of you think I can
and sometimes,
With an open wound we die apart I wish for you joy day and night in the darkness
With an open heart we connect I wish you didn't experience sorrow of this space
from a distance. I reach out to the Lord in your name the question whispers:
With an open heart, we hope to when you come to heart and mind Am I God
Reconnect to express “Te Amo” or a woman?
And to say “I love you". Your joys become mine
Your smiles and giggles
every day I shall experience
I pray you embrace love
for an eternity and beyond.
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