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I chose her

and she never knew

all that it contained; to choose

 

to recognize beauty

in things less beautiful

to find one’s self  within

the turn of an awkward face

a too thin body

or an animal while it dies

 

I gave myself  to these without trying

it is as I am to save by joining

to love by sacrifice

 

you were one of these, a boy

who wanted nothing but

a life to give to

a woman’s body to stay awhile before you

let you think and memorize the form

you did

 

and never again will I be immortal

the countless sketches

the hours spent

I held more color by your eyes

than I will ever hold again

 

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by Shannon Nissa Bailey Powers

                             from Shannon’s iBook