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Jimmy LaValle “Spring”
Where I once lost you
I found you anew
Where we first kissed
I can still breathe the mist
My pale lips blush in glistening rushes of you
Knee high in daises in bloom
Seen by the eyes of appraisal
Upraising to glacial peaks
For the most replete view
Sated of faith
In the name of the rose
Ever so fearless and brave
Bled of the finest wild grape
No more primed a frame to climb
Assign the weight required to chime
And dignify dried grain revived
Within undying frame
Where I once lost you
We used to fly kites
To the heights of our mind’s eyes attuned
Rode a bicycle streamlined for two
You’re the reason my eyes remained blue
You’re the breeze that my smile pertains to
How life tried to change you
From the Curly Sue once groomed
Knew you would return to me
That we’d resume with urgency
To further see the most unique a view
Where I once lost you
I found you anew
Where we held hands
To withstand the hailstorm
Forewarned of no major ado
For I always felt safest with you
Where I once lost you
I found you anew
Knee high in daisies in spiralling bloom
Something amazing
Inspiring and true
Glad that I came here
And made daisy chains here
For each smile inflamed here
Reminds me of you
Richard Charles Stevens
Keeper of The Crimson Quill
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