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One knelt,
Neck crooked at uneasy angle,
Expression angelic and
Sleeping face
Cradled in grasping hands
With pianist's fingers.

Autumn leaf hair
With flowers drifting
Amongst the nest,
Spiral pattern on golden cape
And a yellow aura
Draped.

Venetian glass again
With gold, the colour of love?
Can these metallic tones
Be symbolic
Of embrace
In the face of divinity?

I went for a massage
And drew a card:

It said I was 'motivated by love',
And there it was
The print that my family
Use to adorn walls
With ardent amour.
With hope and time it's truth

Shall seep into our rooms
And beds
We presume?
As we lay our heads
With whomever
We choose to rest this night.