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To be a poet
I'd give most anything,
for only the words of
a poet could capture
your heart
and reveal to you
the purity of my love.
For I alone have
not the skill
to make you understand
the complexity of my
emotions.
They are a turbulent mass
with one unified purpose.
To be a god
I'd give my soul,
for only a god is worthy
of your goodness.
But I as a being
am wretched and cheap
and unworthy of your gaze.
Your taintless
beauty,
created from within
illuminates your
entire being.
Therefore I fear to touch you,
for my foulness may
break the spell of your radiance.
by
Tanna Lynn Pekrul - 1995
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