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Nat · 04-20-2010, 06:05 PM

Walt Whitman

And when I thought how my friend, my lover, was on
his way coming, then O I was happy,
Each breath tasted sweeter – and all that day my food
nourished me more – and the beautiful day passed well,
And the next came with equal joy – and with the next,
at evening, came my friend,
And that night while all was still I heard the waters roll
slowly continually up the shores,
I heard the hissing rustle of the liquid and sands, as directed
to me, whispering to congratulate me,
For the friend I love lay sleeping by my side,
In the stillness his face was inclined toward me, while the
moon's clear beams shone
And his arm lay lightly over my breast – and that night I was happy.

04-20-2010, 06:05 PM	#11
Nat Senior Member How Do You Identify?: bigender (DID System) Preferred Pronoun?: he/him or alter-specific Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Central TX Posts: 3,537 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,047 Thanked 13,967 Times in 2,589 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Walt Whitman And when I thought how my friend, my lover, was on his way coming, then O I was happy, Each breath tasted sweeter – and all that day my food nourished me more – and the beautiful day passed well, And the next came with equal joy – and with the next, at evening, came my friend, And that night while all was still I heard the waters roll slowly continually up the shores, I heard the hissing rustle of the liquid and sands, as directed to me, whispering to congratulate me, For the friend I love lay sleeping by my side, In the stillness his face was inclined toward me, while the moon's clear beams shone And his arm lay lightly over my breast – and that night I was happy. __________________ I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl. - Bjork What is to give light must endure burning. -Viktor Frankl