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The Web Poetry Corner - Rick Bandy - Gentle Thief

Gentle Thief

by

Rick Bandy

O gentle thief, stay.
That which you have taken
I no longer treasure.
It is the taking I will cherish.
Velvet hands smashing
my ice-locked center
with caresses.

O gentle thief, stay.
No force of arms could my defenses gain.
Yet the unlooked-for siege of kindness,
The innocent onslaught of friendship
Brought the battlements tumbling
And left me bereft of pretense.

O gentle thief, stay
Claim your place in the castle keeps
So willingly surrendered.
So long vacant
So hungry for human warmth.

Or flee.
Take your light with you.
But leave me my lies
And the darkening deep.

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