There's a gate with no fence
But it's shut tight and locked
So stand on the outside and wait
my time is a thread
pursuing the lock
So I rest with my lust on the gate
And off in the mist
A glow in the darkness
A woman of beauty and grace
her silks flow around her
ethereal seduction
I doubt she'll remember my face
We had spent time together
Disguised as young lovers
That drive each other insane
But we did have our moments
Neither surrendered
Just anger without any pain
She comes close beside me
She whispers so lowly
Then I'm hither and thither and yon
Make this night last forever
and don't be discouraged
If you find in the morning I'm gone
But where would you go
I asked her at midnight
A time when we askers can't wait
I will just be a moment
She said through her smile
But I have to lock that old gate
I wanted to say
you are liquid today
Your clothes seem to flow with the rhyme
I was eager to stay
And bathe both your feet
and hopefully watch you bathe mine
Perhaps I was anxious
Perhaps I was frightened
perhaps there was no reason to stay
Our worn out romance
had gradually faded
Just gradually faded away
She came back to me at twilight
with a vow to start over
She had her heart on her face
I was righteously scolded
and relentlessly molded
And properly put in my place
You think I don't know you
You think you can have me
Well I won't suffer the disgrace
when we broke into pieces
You plied me with poems
But it was time you had to embrace
Her voice became softer
Her sighs became stronger
She was certain her decision was right
She threw open the curtains
that remained in between us
and basked in the newly found light
a tear in the fabric
Just growing desire
She felt she had all it would take
A rustle of slkens
to debride the wound
And try to make me go straight
In the mist preens a couple
I fidget she trembles
She's sweating while reading a line
You can lie here beside me
But seek absolution
then I will let you be mine
You must write me a poem
About a fence with no gate
and without any circular rhyme
Forget my desire
my lust will recover
you just have to give me more time
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