By Peyton Nicole Jackson antiquedoll@aol.com
Date: 24 February 2001
Differences Loom
...I fly my kites much higher than yours
I swim more boldly in rough waters
and when the rain streams down in silver sheets
I embrace it and choose not to share your umbrella
but this is irrelevant
let's eat a big pot of hearty homemade spaghetti
with garlic breadsticks
and Mediterranean salad
wash it down with Pinot Noir
and forget about it
differences loom
I want yellow and spring green in my room
you want black and teal
but my Oriental perfume intoxicates you
you are helpless in the depths
of my hazel stare
and I bear your burdens as my own
if a stone is thrown in your direction
I catch it and throw it back
we never lack love
in snuggly quantities
there is plenty of hope blooming in a Waterford crystal
vase on our baby grand piano
if true trouble comes
we'll greet it and meet it
holding hands
more powerful and resilient
a unified front.
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