Poem 10 (25) -- You are like a poem to me–

Mikka Mi Amor                 Bones Kendall

 

You are like a poem to me–
Delib’rately imperfect unity.
Not quite pure, but near,
An error in meter here,
A line that’s not quite straight,
Rhymes that aren’t quite great,
A hair that’s out of place,
And an all too human grace.
Yet somehow the details conspire
To make that of which I don’t tire.
Unique it is and so are you–
A vessel which if true
Is bursting with emotion.
I live through my devotion.
There may be a finer beauty
Or poems that have more formal duty,
But if there were no faults,
You wouldn’t be you,
And what I want this poem
To say wouldn’t be true.
You are my purposely–or is it purposefully–
Imperfect poetry.

 

 

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