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    Searching for you

    By philip lister

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    Searching for you is a collection of rhyming poetry about love, heartbreak and happiness. A raw journey looking at our search in life for that special someone.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisherphilip lister
    Release dateFeb 2, 2020
    ISBN9781393862062
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      Searching for you - philip lister

      Find all my poetry at listerslyrics.com

      My other books available:

      Rhyming poetry to change your day

      Dare to Defy

      Live Love Life

      Life of Randy

      We hardly kiss goodbye

      Talk to me softly

      I can't remember the last time

      We had an intimate moment

      Or shared a bottle of wine

      To smile and laugh together

      To hang on each other’s word

      All this wanting

      May seem to be absurd

      We just need a little attention

      To spark the match again

      To go back to like before

      When we were still friends

      But all that being lost now

      As we hardly kiss goodbye

      All the time thinking

      Why it is like this? Why?

      Beautiful moon

      Why would you watch me?

      I know you better than most

      Although everyone gazes at you

      I will not be thrown

      We have had many a moment

      Just you and I

      Your beauty overwhelms me

      Brings tears to my eyes

      You can be blinding

      As you light the path ahead

      There is nowhere else to be

      Nowhere else instead

      As the stars vie for your attention

      Flashing bright and true

      You stare right through them

      As constantly you do

      .

      Will you love me forever?

      If I never look away

      Tell me you'll never leave me

      And that you'll always stay

      My love for you

      Stay in my arms forever and a day

      Never leave me, never go away

      Melt away, breathe my air

      Closer now, I can smell your hair

      Kiss me with your soft velvet lips

      Closer to me with those goddess hips

      Lose ourselves in our lovers embrace

      Caressing your cheek, your pretty

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