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I Will Live For Love

Using a mirrored acrostic as my defining line for my submission to the 'Tattoo This Line' challenge.

By Daniel MillingtonPublished 8 months ago Updated 8 months ago 1 min read
I Will Live For Love
Photo by Anastasia Sklyar on Unsplash

In silence I withered, until your safety shrouded my Insecurity,

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Words were quiet, but your name shouted through my Whispers

I had forgotten how to feel, then you taught me Intimacy

Light found my soul through the veil of your Laughter

Lonely no longer—your warmth now ends my Longing,

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Laughter returned like a bright spring Leaf

I got locked in your gaze and told you all without Inquiry

Vows where unspoken, yet clear in the hush of your Voice

Every promise with you, rewrote my old Endings,

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Forbidden thoughts linger in the touch of your Fingers

Over and over, I request to submit, you finally Obliged.

Reaching for you, my hands trembled with Rapture,

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Love, defying darkness, a candle that burns with Loyalty

Once I lived in stasis, now I live in your Orbit

Virtuous acts define you, stitched with your sweet Vows

Even at night, a brightness now covered Everything.

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Thank you to all who suffered through my attempt at another poem. I would like to give a special thanks to the Marriam-Webster Thesaurus, as it was a god send :D

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About the Creator

Daniel Millington

A professional oxymoron apprentice whose mind is polluted with either bubbly grimdark romances or level headed chaos. Connect on:

https://bsky.app/profile/danielmillington.bsky.social

https://substack.com/@danielmillington1

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  • Komal8 months ago

    Ooh, this is beautifully intimate and layered with quiet power! Love doesn’t always knock loud—it sometimes arrives as a whisper, rearranges your silence, and stays. ✨

  • Oh wow, I had no idea that there's a new challenge. I just checked it out, seems cool. And whoaaaa, you nailed this double Acrostic!

  • Marie381Uk 8 months ago

    Beautiful ♦️♦️♦️I subscribed to you please add me too 🙏♦️♦️

  • Rohitha Lanka8 months ago

    Such a captivating poem and well written.

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