I know the plain of your back
and the valleys where your faults lie 
sheltered from tourists’ eyes.

I know the shade and shadowed
orchards of your sorrow
as I know the road that leads 

a wanderer to mountains poised
in the mist of passion. I know 
the landscape, as I know the hearth,

where I return to love
painted of pastoral warmth
from your pastel heart.

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