Don'T
Don't relinquish the grain of perfection
that nurtured in the oyster mouth
evolves the priceless pearl.
Don't surrender the shot at redemption
held in religious embodiment of
the love devoted girl.
Don't spurn away the crucial future
for a past beyond compare
that fades 'till black and dead.
Don't jettison the pleasure
the ardent swell of angel wings
which soar within the bed.
Don't grasp the failing wreckage
of things that breathe no more
and beg to be at rest.
Don't hold to duty's empty depths,
vain denial of the heart
beat in the longing breast.
Don't scorn this absolution
which in joyous warmth may drag you from
the cold and numb abyss.
Don't sacrifice her, for she is yours
forever in each breath, each smile,
each everlasting kiss...
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