Love

You seemed a caryatid melting Into the wind-blown, dark blue temple of the sky. But you bent down as I came closer, breaking the image. When I passed, you raised your head And blew the little feather of a smile upon me. I caught it on open lips and blew it back. And in that moment we loved, Although you stood still waiting for your lover, And I walked on to my love.

Maxwell Bodenheim

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