Love Poem: Lines
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Written by: Graham Bentley

Lines

I know each one, every line

My eyes trace them every day

From dawn’s light to dusk’s dark

One fascinates me, long, curved

It’s history hidden, for me to imagine, build a story

Bisected by others, short, shallow or deeper

Like stems of soft grass maybe

It lays there, reflects light, casts gentle shadow

But is one of many, unnumbered, multitudes

Sometimes still often ambulant

They frame smiles, laughs, sorrow, concentration

Then in rest they return each to its practiced place

For me to gaze upon them once more

Engaging my wonder, my thoughts

Building a beauty I will never forget