Book: Count of Alhassen Love poem #1 To Riley from Carus I wish we were born in a different time, Your shoulder was the place I could embrace, It was my safest place, You make me laugh and cry, You make me angry and joyful, When I cry over our broken hearts my eyes are never dry, When I wake up to this reality hope without you is never full I wish we were born in a different time, Your eyes are the perfect storm, In them I lay my most intimate life form

#1: Hallucinations Illusions of us together make wonder in the deepest of ways Your smile a delusion that I can never forget Dreams of me holding you close shine on my sleep like piercing sun rays My empty hand and heart the price of lover's debt Is it a crime my eyes never forget you Is it a curse my heart still holds onto your memory Will I hold on to this burden thinking my feeling are true I hold on to us even though you don’t complete loves symmetry N