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This next poem is excerpted from page 82 of the book  Towards Understanding   ...which you can find on Amazon, as part of the  Playing In The Sandbox Of Words , poetry book series: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YMCRVZ3 ME AND YOU I anticipate your call I follow the lights, as they pass, Only to find, it’s not you - alas! I wonder what could keep you. What keeps you away from me? I reach, I call, and you are not there. On my knees, I beg you to show you care. A token, a wink, a touch Yet you do not hear my unspoken plea. Dutifully, I patiently wait For you to find time, Time to decide our fate. Never barking a claim, Never do I complain, Trying to give whatever it takes. But honey, I hurt when you don’t call. Tears well, and gritty feelings grind. Afraid, I drown my tears in wine. A voice whispers, “wasting time.” Yet I wait here - giving room. Hoping you need it too. Do I build this up to be more than it is? Yet I feel everything in your solitary kiss. And I wait - followi...

This next poem is excerpted from page 27 of the book Rhythm & Rhyme which you can find on Amazon, as part of the Playing In The Sandbox Of Words, poetry book series: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YMCRVZ3 Forever Changed Young lad shuffles on cobblestone path Skipping stones across fields of gold Eyes focused on the sky Where scenes of wondrous dreams Float past like thunderclouds While carriages clatter by …just by chance their eyes met And he knew – she was the one He – in torn pants Sun sweat soaked field clothes She – sparkled like sun on water The moment passed before the eye could blink Yet his life – forever changed. And she – couldn’t breathe. © Lillian Brummet;  Rhythm & Rhyme ~~~   Discover the Brummet's Books on Amazon :  https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0845RLK1X  Find Them Online via :  https://taplink.cc/brummet  https://linktr.ee/LillianBrummet ~~~