Desert Dweller

Are the words streaming into my mind mine

or do they come from another?

When words filter through my heart

to be scribed onto parchment, are they mine

or do they belong to the other?

When I have signed my nom de plume,

is it my trademark

or does the other hold the copyright? 

When I share a verse

and you believe in my love

do you also believe in the other?

After I die,

as you recall this poem,

is the memory yours

or does it belong to the other?

© 2026 Bruno Talerico

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