Taking in a Stray by johnjgeddes

poetry · @johnjgeddes · Jul 2 '20 (edited)

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Taking in a Stray

<br><br><center>![Taking in a Stray.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmQNiJErTQYt1ebS7vx193wn4qdCs2gtettxD6wez4dsJc/Taking%20in%20a%20Stray.jpg)</center>




<br><br><center>I brew tea and
Stare at glassy trees
Swaying
In rain
Like seaweed.

<br>My arms
Suddenly empty
Need you
To fill the hole
Inside me.


You know
The way of the wind
In the night,
The desolate alleys
My soul takes—

And you know
 I don't control anything
Let alone
The shadings of my sin

So maybe I need
To say it again:

I'm not flawless--
I don't expect it
From you
or want bare walls
Perfect and empty.

So don’t hang back
In uncertainty;

I want your soul
Trapped
In the amber of your skin.

So I can say some day
You stayed

Not because of rain
Or being swayed  
I was
Flawless,
And without sin...

Only that you were wiling
To finally 
Let me in.</center>

<br><br><center>© 2020, John J Geddes. All rights reserved</center>

<br><br><center>[ Photo](https://pixels.com/featured/cats-pause-2-black-cat-on-the-front-porch-bonnie-mason.html   ) </center>
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