This poem stands for my thoughts,
          its silhouette shows my past,
          and light it's facing,
          is hope.

          Before this poem,
          the light was off.
          I silently cried,
          as stars melted down my cheeks.

          This poem isn't profound.

          I heard its whisper in a crowded bar,
          where the people gave a glimpse,
          to the magic of oblivion.

          I smiled as it yelled at me,
          from a clapping audience.

          It has met me in a sun soaked port,
          where the sun allayed my fears,
          and the ocean consoled my tears.

          Now, it sits beside me.
          I speak with it,
          and it shows me...
          it's showing me...
          to make the dark,
          in a silhouetted past,
          disappear.

          The swirl of events,
          makes me smile,
          shiver.

          And so the poem's words weave magic.

          The next I love you will be my first.

          23/08/01

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