Cherry Blossoms

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Washington cherry blossoms
On tidal basin's shore -
Hear me: You are awesome
And I your sight adore -

Branches like stems of roses
Flowers like butterflies
Resting in lustful poses
Like Dali's model lies -

Pink, white and full of splendor -
Sensual, warm delight -
Elegant, loving, tender -
Luminous to the sight:

How I love rubbing on you
Cheek on the flowering branch -
Let me caress you, fawn you
And with you my thirst quench -

Washington cherry blossoms -
Children of clouds and rain
Tending to all the lost ones -
Making them live again -

Bringing the world around you
Into your soft caress -
Holding them as they're drowning
In your white-pinkish dress -

Filling their hearts with softness
And with your tender bliss -
Making them potent, dauntless -
Warriors for love and peace -

Warriors for what you know!
Warriors for what you are!
Rising, row upon row,
Willing to travel far -

To lands of death and darkness,
To lands of fear and doom -
To lands unfathomed, chartless
And bring those lands to bloom:

Bloom like your gorgeous branches!
Bloom in the pink and white!
Bloom, like the water quenches
Thirst, or sun dispels night!

Bringing with them your kindness
And all that's good and true -
And there you'll surely find us:
Lovers of life - and you.

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