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Salute.
When
The bright fireflies
Enlightened the black
Stygian darkness
I ran
Running like thunder
Into the darkest of September nights
With my mind's eyes firmly
Fixed upon you
In the distance
With your bedroom lights
Burning so bright
What strange power has
Compelled me to love
You so
What has summoned
This taste of paradise that
Burns so deep
Like a volcano's burning hot
Pyre
For inside I now
Smile
Forever
Always aglow
That hint of a shimmer of
Paradise
Within your dark eyes
Makes a man's beating heart and
Soul weep
For
I'm only made of
Flesh and blood
Especially whenever
I feel lonely and emotionally
Weak
But your seductive words
And hypnotic powers
Just lift me up and
Drive me wild
Your spells upon my indomitable
Soul
Cast upon me
Do beguile
For inside and behind
Your delicate eyes
I know
There's a white room
Filled with candles and
A black leather chair where
I only exist
It’s a place
I send my gift
From the Almighty
My soul
Nightly
To stand safe
Within this strange
World's
Ever-swirling dark mists
For whenever these old
Emotional tears quietly fall
In this Stygian darkness
What your eyes cannot fathom
Or see
Or see
I think deep
Down you'll always understand
I'll forever belong
To just thee
Copyright John Duffy
