Themselves
He gave in
and embraced the
shared pitfalls,
exotic anguishes
and tempered
lonelinesses
of her swollen,
plaintive embrace
They lived
within the space
between freedom
and constriction
and never
were more
themselves.
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ayaz daryl nielsen, veteran and hospice nurse, lives in Longmont,
Colorado. Editor of bear creek haiku (35+ years/175+ issues),
he is online at: bear creek haiku poetry, poems and info.
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