Rolleiflex

I didn't take your picture, darling, with my Rolleiflex.
I didn't need a lock of your blonde hair.
I was quite content to keep the picture in my head,
so all I had to do was stand and stare.

I took in every detail
as you sat there with a smile;
a simple kind of smile
that I could contemplate forever.
You're one of those people
who are gentle, like a child,
and yet you are no child
because you took me as your lover.

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This song has found a home, and is in the process of being set to music.