All you have to do is take a picture for a moment
And hope that everything that you felt
That was brooding inside of you
Like a tempest dismantling a leaf
Does not show
Can I be you in the photo
Hidden, silent, emotionally dull
Expressing form, fantasy, philosophy
In a few slight movements of the hips, lips and arms
Can I be you in the photo
Allowing the artificial sun to entwine your
Granite body in ghostly warmth
Making the lavender stalk rise to reach the sky
Reaching for an answer that you know
In the pursing of your lips
Naked in the lens, laughing
In the crimson light of development
Never sharing that truth that you know
That is revealed in your eyes
That truth that I want to be just like you
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