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Fouchega
Gavin Fouche
South Africa, Cape Town

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Lost

Lost
to love
but still held
by the beauty
of your face,
the fascination
of your eyes,
the tenderness
of your touch,
the warmth
of your embrace,
I am like a madman
drifting through
a desert of desire
eating locusts
forsaking honey
instead
for a saltwater thirst
quenched only
by a mind
still lost
in the moments
of you

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xxsasha1xx Comment by: xxsasha1xx - 2007-03-28 13:33
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Love the imagery and the emotions. Smooth read.
fredav Comment by: fredav - 2006-12-05 04:01
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very, very nice piece. have to agree with manda. reads much better without the "I am". This flows quite well, and there's a simple yet complex feeling to this that I get.
Manda Comment by: Manda - 2006-12-02 23:22
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the only suggestion I have is to remove the "I am" bit. personal opinion here, but I think that by removing that, you will give the poem a more grand quality and it would give that particular section a dreamlike flow. Wow, that sounded like a load of poetic crap, but I think it'd make the entire piece just POP. :) otherwise it's a gentle and beautiful piece. good work.
bees Comment by: bees - 2006-12-02 23:00
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Its nice, the short lines lend simplicity to the complex emotions. I would recommend that you add a little more punctuation to slow the reader down over those short lines.

But that depends if you want the "lost" to be a frantic lost or a more relaxed moseying through the desert if you understand what I mean.

I like the sentiment.
Kerosene Comment by: Kerosene - 2006-12-01 09:41
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Cool flow with this poem. The simple words spark a lot of imagery. I like the part about eating locust and forsaking honey.
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