I Cannot Stroll Along The River Bank

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I cannot stroll along the river bank

I cannot forsake my senses to the

Kaleidoscope of bud and blossom

I cannot surrender my soul to the rushing rivulets of wash and weir

Inhaling each stolen breath

I am defeated by the languishing air

Placating smiles, pleading in their defence.

They prefer deafness and arrange deliveries of lilies

White, for the promise of eternity

A pink healing crystal, with all good will 

Placed in my unfeeling hands

Later, beneath the thickened black night sky

Swallowed into the coma of sleep

Relying on the physics of my beating heart

I gasp in my dreaming at the silent perfection of yours

I Cannot Stroll Along The River Bank