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My Love

You are not flesh and bone,
Not clay and dust,
Nor light and darkness.

Neither are you some color
Fixed between good and bad
Or a mere figment of a poet’s imagination.

Rather, you are an admixture
Of fierce fire and flexible water.

Whenever I am near you,
All I feel is constant steam, ripened heat—
A desire to burn, no matter the consequences.

New Beginnings, poetry by Benjamin Grossman at Spillwords.com

My latest poetry publication at Spillwords Press:

New Beginnings

You are the conception of peace,
The beauty within the eventide.
[read the entire poem by clicking on the link below.]

Source: New Beginnings, poetry by Benjamin Grossman at Spillwords.com

Spillwords.com presents: New Beginnings, poetry by Benjamin Grossman, who received his MFA in Creative Writing from Rosemont College.

Yesterday (Song Snippet + Lyrics)

[Verse 1]
Your face reminds me of yesterday (Oh whoa)
I said those words and I meant ‘em, babe (Oh whoa)
Now can you whisper them back to me? (Oh whoa)
So I can figure out what they mean to me

This ain’t the part where I tell you not to leave
I don’t belong with you, and you don’t belong with me
But that’s the thing about love no else can see
You don’t get to pick and choose what you want it to be

Matter (Song + Lyrics)

[Chorus]
I will love you
Until I cannot
I will love you
Until I cannot

Because you matter
You matter, you matter
Because you matter
You matter, you matter

[Verse]
You’re the best thing in this world to me
My only hope
My only dream
My only need

I haven’t felt a single fear
Since I held your hand
Kissed your lips
Wiped your tears

My only job is loving you
And you loving you
And loving you and loving you
And that is all I wanna do

[Chorus]
I will love you (I will love)
Until I cannot (Not)
I will love you (I will love)
Until my pulse drops (Drops)

So I will love you (I will love)
Like there’s no stop (None)
And will love you (I will love)
Until my heart pops

[4x]
Because you matter
You matter, you matter
Because you matter
You matter, you matter

[Outro]

I’m In Love With You (Song + Lyrics)

[Chorus]
I’m in love
I’m in love with you
I’m in love
I’m in love; it’s true

I’m in love
I’m in love (with you); it’s true
I’m in love
I can’t say bye to you

[Verse 1]
I never thought you’d be the one inside my heart
I never thought you’d build a home inside my heart
I never thought I’d see you and think these kind of thoughts
I never thought … I never thought beyond

[Verse 2]
Who knew the path was the path we could never stay?
Who knew the past was the past that day?
Who knew the future would be so sad all day?
I never knew it would … it would go this way

[Verse 3]
I had a feeling I’d love you for always
I had a feeling I’d love you if you went away
I had a feeling my feelings would always stay
I should’ve known it would end—and I’d end up this way

[Chorus]
But I’m in love
I’m in love with you
I’m in love
I’m in love; it’s true

I’m in love
I’m in love with you
I’m in love
I can’t say bye to you

Flexible Structures

By Benjamin Grossman and Kritika Tanvi

Delicately close the distance between our pens
Stretch your words to fit within each sentence
Would you rhyme to make their rhythm intense?
Or would you let free moves to mesmerize with their dance?
 
Press your ink to the page without hesitation
Feel the scintillating words with sensation
Craft a letter that has never been written
Look at the two swords profoundly smitten
A phrase that has never been expressed
A love that awaits to be transgressed
 
Between the comma and the period
The opening and the final full stop
Show me the outline of your heart
Having sagaciously built the base
Patiently engrossed and embraced
The calmness of strength speaks for the aura of this beautiful art

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