Magnestism

by Paul - Libra


She said
men are compass needles,
loadstones :
after all their restlessness 
they turn to the far north.

Their love is
hidden,
dark,
unknowable as the iron entrails of the earth
and always obedient to them;
a borrowed gravity which
leaves an aftertaste of nails.

Nor a movement 
but a pale principle of movement,
like the white lines
down the middle of the road.
Birth sign: Libra
Date created: 2000-08-28 19:34:10
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:42:39
Poem ID: 57412

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