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Watching you
by Sommer
Copyright - 2000: Paul Sommer, All Rights Reserved

I am just a man, a visual being from my origins;
My wiring is fixed towards known gratification;
I am absolute, so easy to know;
Yet I have fought to expand these simple paths;
Other senses struggle to break free from these bounds;
Smells and sound, touch and taste, I have grown to love them;
My memories, categories of sorts, are filled with each;
How easy it remains, though, for my eyes to lead;
How easy it remains to be thrilled by the visions of you;
Fully clothed or not, in moments of solitude or together;
The mere sight of you drives me to live and love.