Love Poem: Once
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Written by: Keith Bickerstaffe

Once

I still miss her mystery, moments
when I'd wake beside her and 
nuzzle her nape, hear her 
breathing so softly, so sleek under 
satins that sculpted her beautiful shape. 

My days are now vacant, 
evenings are empty with no one to hold, 
to ponder and pattern ambitions 
together once shared,  
and now so far distant and cold.