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As Wives Wait
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As the rose's petal gives up a sigh and paints it soul across the sky The eyes of waiting silhouettes sweep dauntingly out to sea The morning mist is heavy here as the shadows of our heart Push through the dull and hazy grayness of our existence Time, like heavy clogs of granite, refuses to yield to our pleas While salty breezes wash over us, licking our would of loneliness And wringing the salt from our tears Slicing the air with her velvet voice the mistress calls from the sound We all pause, straining to hear was that her? Time drags its heavy load across out heart, threatening to crush our patience And we wait Then, like a ghost slipping through the walls of her house, she emerges From the humid fog of the sea and creeps quietly toward her river home Oh! Silent beauty, we love you and loathe you. You steal our lovers away Then deliver them safely back to us and all the while we pray Cloned eyes sweep along her back searching for a remembered stance There! A wave! Did you see? He waved! We are here our minds scream! We jump and should and demand attention! They are home, safely from the sea. They belong to us again!
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