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    Kalps
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    once upon a night, when you were sleeping in my arms
    i sniffed the intoxicating smell of your hair and sighed in love
    a lily tied to your silky golden locks, adding to its charm
    I plucked it softly and placed it in my wallet for fun.
    And today when I pay my bills of sins, disgust and hate
    your dried lily, with its fresh smell hits me on my face
    and I remember how it was to roam in your city, be your taste
    cause today heartbreaks apart i still secure a part of your maze.
    I am a lost and broken puzzle piece, do I fit anymore or not is secondary
    I wander hearts and bodies without knowing what I desire
    am I looking for a home, a place to mark my territory
    so I sob in misery, confusion, the lily wet with my pleas.
    they said “blood is thicker than water”, leave them in a desert
    I am a traveller, without destination, without journey, irony ruling my hours
    now im in the arms of death, without water but the lily buried along in the dust
    cause the lily was a part of you, somewhere i belonged in my life, and death doesn’t hurt.

    #18397
    Susan Katz
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    Thank you so much for submitting this very interesting, visual, image-filled poem for consideration for Featured Poem of the Month, for June.  I can feel the emotion and that is what good poetry is able to do, involve us in the feelings of the poet.  I appreciate you sharing your work with me, Susan

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