"we return to each other in waves. this is how water loves."
- Nayyirah Waheed

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Gently he touched the curves of the land , carrying with him their soul's desire.

He led the sandy land's desires towards the foreign haze of life.

Flowing north from the backwaters of Egypt, he was seemingly endless.

He meanders through the golden sparkles of human civilization .

Enigmatic growth of nature on his edges with blooming myriad of mortals.

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He who rose from the Dark Waters,
Created the mighty Nile from his sweats.
The mortals feared his strength.
The Pharaoh praised his gift of fertility.
His head, that of a crocodile,
Was adorned with a horned sun disk.
He was the flow of life
He was Sobek

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Dear Sobek ,
You were the celestial mirror of cosmos - reflecting the dynamic explosions and fusion of stars in your drifting touches. The way your scales gleamed under the Sun and the beads of pure water clinging to your body .
You loved capturing our infinity in the photo booths, whenever we went to amusement parks. The cherry ice-cream was always your favourite. You were all about late phone calls and wax stamped envelopes.
Do you remember that summer when we became best friends ? The sunflower's crown on your head and the sweet tangerines on our balcony. I still have the cassette tape with all your favourite songs that you gifted me. For me, that summer never ended.
I wish I could drown in your water and let it choke me- atleast I would end in the endless.

Your beloved,
Shezmu.

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A smile paints itself on his freckled face , pink lips dappled by light.

His sparkling eyes met mine.

Rings of cobalt blue euphoria and washed denim
Ocean of deep magic, a bewitching heaven
Stagnant unlike his turbulent frame
Patiently waiting for my claim

My wandering gaze came down to his lips

A sweet beckoning serenade
Scented candles and mellow coral shade
Soft clouds hiding behind the moon
Words spilling like an angelic croon

His lips touched mine
Whispering secrets in roaring passions
The curves of his lips were like broken hand writing
My toungue swiped over his bottom lip
His moans were gripping to sanity
Peach slices and sweet coffee
That's when we defined infinity .

His lips faltered,

" When it comes to you there's no crime
Let the indifference of cosmos
sublime
Rivers wet every depth
Just to end in life's breath "

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The rage paralysed me, the pain and trauma touched my skin flowing all over my body. Rain would make your rivers beautiful and quench your ripples. But now this rain washed the blood off my sinister hands ; the same hands that once cherished you.
You were right my love,

"Rivers wet every depth
Just to end in life's breath "

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"With the swiftest tides, your love overflows
Like rainwater dropping over the destructive flood
In the back and forth, we fell down like children
Scrapping our knees, love flowing in our blood.
But when you came with the soft kisses of your ripples
The whisper in me turned to one of thunder
From cobalt to turquoise, I was intoxicated with your blues
Before I knew, I had turned our summer love into a blunder."

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