Now, You Lay Me Down, Poetry and Digital for Mono-Chrome Monday @old-guy-photos

in poetry •  6 years ago  (edited)

Now, You Lay Me Down

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Me
just a body
at war
with my mind

You
just a mind
at war
with your heart

Just two hearts
at war
with our souls

Desire
at war
with love

Now, you lay me down

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Digital art is a composite of images found in the public domain.
https://www.goodfreephotos.com/animals/mammals/wolves-in-the-spooky-forest-at-twilight.
https://pixabay.com/en/people-man-woman-dancing-dancer-2593562/

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You don't mince your meandering weaving of words.

I want to be on the winning team. Desire usually gets lost on the way, trying to find the right exit.

You have such mad poetry skilz!

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Thank you, Denise. You have way with the words too ... desire gets lost on the way, trying to find the right exist ... yep. Well said:)

I made the grade Pryde :) That's a beautiful poem btw

Welcome, Ray:) Nice to see you here:)

I've got no idea what i'm doing haha

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Excellent! I love it, @prydefoltz.

Thank you, zeleira:)

WOW 😲 🦋

Thank you, May:)

the war of the sexes and the mind-body dichotomy, but who let the dogs out?...Oh, they're wolves....well, that explains everything :) layer upon layer...no pun intended

Thanks, John:) The wolves were what I found when I searched twilight. Eureka!!!

Desire
at war
with love

Beautiful

Thank you, Cordero:)

I tell you, J Geils had it right:

You love her
But she loves him
And he loves somebody else
You just can't win
-Love Stinks
The J. Geils Band

hahaha ... it's a steep learning curve, that is all:):):)

Passionate words

this poetry is amazing and meaningful

Thank you, Fikar:)

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