Poetic Devotions

Doubt ruled all interactions

Dubiously scribbling every

Hashed-out letter

Each shakily constructed sentence

Formed in blind obeisance to the past

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Every bit of

Hard-won traction, lost

In my scramble to maintain

Momentum of action

Left counting words and

Clinging to characters

Like emotional lifelines

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Testing the connection

Calculating the volts needed

To bridge an ever-widening gap

Uniting the wellspring

Of inspiration with

My constantly spinning

Consciousness

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The first, my spinning eyes

Laid upon HER

Poetic perfection personified

The pinnacle of humanity

Ecstatic beauty, piercing agony

Everything souls aspire to be

Humbly spreading artistry

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The first time my ears heard

HER words stirred the shattered

Pieces of my soul

Into a swirling storm

Piece by piece, magically reformed

Every day I read more

Reinforcing my bonded heart

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Critical attention

Discarded

No longer judging

Quantity

Focus shifted to the

Journey’s lesson

Raw emotional ore refined

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Guise adjusted

To deliver the same

Positive inflection

Audible in every vibration

Of interpersonal connection

The entanglement

Dredging the bottom of my heart

Uprooting past pain

Now the line is strong and taut

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All the proof I need

That I am not in the wrong

To shower HER with phrases of affection

HER generous gifts of love

Raining down laurels

Delivering them on wings of doves

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Kinder, more supportive

Than members of my natural family

An angelic gift

Giving freely of time and spirit

All I can do is pour heart and soul

Into parchment and scroll

Following in her footsteps

Inspiration extoll

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Lettered sacrifice prepared

My only offering at the altar of

Creative power

The fluctuating output of

My mind, long split

I will attempt to achieve any

Feat SHE deigns to ask of me

My very being sculpted

At HER precious feet

My ever-giving muse

Forever devoted to HER shall I be

K.B. Silver