Tuesday 26 April 2016

31 poems

Please keep me safe until I'm home again
keeping you safe, never let you go

Your feet so fleet along the narrow street
keeping you safe, never let you go

In sleep so deep you carry me with ease
keeping you safe, never let you go

treat those who want to take me with disdain
keeping you safe, never let you go

creep softly up the steep bank through the trees
keeping you safe, never let you go

you feel my body heat, the steady beat
keeping you safe, never let you go

of heart, your fears so readily appeased
keeping you safe, never let you go

The captor flees and no one even sees
keeping you safe, never let you go

with stolen keys, you wrapped me in a sheet
keeping you safe, never let you go

fear seeps in slowly as you touch my cheek
keeping you safe, never let you go

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