how do i protect you, hold you close hold you gently, privately in the great cave of my arms how do i keep you safe from the sharks when they're out for your blood how do i love you without stifling you love you enough for the two of us how do i show you every inch of you all the way to your lovely bones is worthy worthy of worship how do i explain that though the world might see your brown skin as scraps of shame i see every wondrous ray of golden sun swirling just under the surface how do i show you that the willow trees take after your hair show you that almonds curve themselves after your eyes how do i. how do i
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Poetrythe kind of love i've been dreaming of 2018 - 2023 #29 in poetry, 2nd april 2023 #56 in prose, 23rd may 2019 #16 in non fiction, 6th april 2023
