Love Her But Leave Her Wild (Original Version)
Naked on Cashmere
Atticus Poetry
5.0 • 572 Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Take a deep breath. |
| 0:07.0 | This moment is yours. Take a deep breath. |
| 0:21.6 | This moment is yours. |
| 0:24.6 | This is naked on Kashmir. |
| 0:29.6 | This is Naked on Kashmir. The boy ran quick as rain, through grassy fields awake and dew, |
| 0:50.3 | and moon-dip steps a summer's night, through fireflies and sparkling stars, a glass |
| 1:00.4 | jar in hand, little cloud breaths up to the open sky, and there, so there at once, alone in that summer field she flew, a fairy shone, bright as day, |
| 1:17.2 | and the stars once bright dimmed back in crimson, jealous of the way she shone. She, the brightest bright he'd ever seen. |
| 1:30.6 | So bright she burned, for she loved him too. |
| 1:36.3 | And he took her gently in his hands and placed her in a jar, his love. |
| 1:43.7 | Safe now within his coat. |
| 1:47.3 | And back to town he ran. |
| 1:48.9 | A thousand laughs caught in his throat. |
| 1:52.6 | Everything he loved so finally his. |
| 1:56.8 | And with all the people's eyes around, he brought the jar out from his robes and held it high above. |
| 2:03.4 | His shining prize. |
| 2:06.5 | His love. |
| 2:10.9 | But alas, she was dim. |
| 2:23.3 | And though she tried, she could not shine so brightly. And the boy's heart fell, and the people turned away. |
| 2:30.3 | But I love her, he said, more than anything I could ever love. |
| 2:35.6 | Why can't she shine for us? |
| 2:39.2 | And the old man in the corner stood and walked up close to whisper something in his ear. |
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