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Wednesday 19 November 2014

A poem about love and contemplation by David Tombale: Cool Waters

I’ve felt a genuine need lately to define love and Cool Waters was one of the answers I came up with.

Cool waters 

Fires burn short and fast much like we do,
much like lovers and poets who trade words
for stolen moments in hay ricks and what you
don’t know is, that it is cool waters that love best,
that take the shape of whatever heart they pour in,
that calmly ease the fevered rise and fall into a steady
beat that will warm your toes during the lonely winters
and wash you clean, salt licking at your wounds in summer,
sun tanning your skin while you lie before me
and love me like a good friend.

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