Sweet summer memories, of a young couple.<\/p>\n
He is strong, fearless, a masculine perfection<\/p>\n
against her pale frailness, her gentle quiet.<\/p>\n
They stand beneath the glittering lights, slow,<\/p>\n
dance to the beat of drums and match, as we,<\/p>\n
two who were born to complement, bright<\/p>\n
brittle arc into the sky, triumphant thunderclap<\/p>\n
of sparks showering back to earth, before the<\/p>\n
boom of impending rain. I can taste the sweet<\/p>\n
of it on your mouth, feel the brittle bright heat<\/p>\n
of the fireworks echo in my mind’s cortex,<\/p>\n
a brilliant display of our love one summer year’s day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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