Love Poem: Prelude To Beauty
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Written by: Malik Nottage

Prelude To Beauty

Had you not inspired such
a  flame deep and bellowing 
in the cavity of my chest 
where my heart used to be 
i'd be not but a shell 
A beautiful, soulless
corpse condemned to walk 
this earth for an eternity 
ready to deafen and destroy
with eternal noise 
that signifies nothing 
i can only add my desire 
of forever being yours 
make me as happy 
as i can be. 
Only then can I be saved
from damnation and my 
soul set free.  
Looking at you there from 
above the clouds, 
my under oxygenated hands
turn pale blue, 
never has anything in
all of history looked 
more beautiful than you 
do in this moment.  
for your smile is so breathtaking 
You would wonder why anyone 
ever lived in the first place 
Inert with heavy slumber, i 
wondered if i was ever awake 
at all. was it a dream i loved?