The Raven

Photograph of Linda, the true woman of my dreams-my Raven Soulmate
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In the Fall of 1983, I was staying in North Miami Beach;
Not too sure of what my future held, or what goals I wished to reach!
I was taking a slight sabbatical, from a girl I was living with;
She stayed up in Cincinnati, while I figured out life’s pith!
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I was renting space in a Dania gallery, my paintings on the walls;
One day, a beautiful young woman came, so statuesque and tall!
She stood five feet eight and was regal, long dark hair down to her waist;
We locked eyes and I felt a connection, this gorgeous girl my taste!
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We talked almost an hour, she was a photographer by trade;
She was also one-half Cherokee, this exquisite piece of jade!
In my mind, I labeled her “The Raven”, her plumage hanging like a coat;
I did all I could to impress her, and a relationship promote!
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I told her I needed some photos, of a couple of paintings I had bought;
She agreed to shoot them the next morning, all night long my mind was taut!
For she seemed the answer to many dreams, my heart raced when she was near;
But did she feel the same as me, was her heart, like mine endeared!
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Sure enough, just like she promised, she was there at ten a.m.;
With all the right equipment, she so deftly photographed them!
Then after she was finished, I asked her out to lunch;
She said she had another appointment, that her time was in a crunch!
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But she said she could come back tomorrow, to bring the developed pics;
And if I still wanted to take her, lunch was yes, and not a nix!
Again I spent a restless night, her charms had me on fire;
I had feelings that long had been dormant, such passionate desire!
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Around eleven the next morning, she floated through the door;
Looking more ravishing than ever, a sight for my eyes sore!
Her hair was done in two braids, like a Pocahontas Belle;
My heart was doing somersaults, I think in love I fell!
We walked to a local restaurant, each step like a fantasy;
At lunch, I ingested all her loveliness, but then she said these words to me!
“Larry, I feel a great attraction, as I know you also do”;
“I have wrestled with these feelings, but to another I must stay true”!
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I saw a tear fall as she said this, I felt some also in my heart;
Even though we had these passions, our love could never start!
We returned back to the gallery, we exchanged our first and final kiss;
It took me almost ten more years, to find another Raven such as this!
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                                   We shared brief love
                            Then nine years later I found
                                   My Raven Soulmate