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Poem by Manushaqe Hoxha Laçi

A Mischievous Girl

A mischievous girl
with her eyes teased me,
like moonlight’s shimmer
her gaze seized me.

Those eagle eyes
burned me like the sun,
when fireflies glowed —
a fallen star undone.

Her golden hair,
long as a vine,
flowed down her back —
my eyes froze on that line.

With arched brow fine
and a mole on her throat,
dressed in a gown
that burned like a note of fire afloat.

Her smile — so sweet, so light,
like a bud in early spring,
as petals open bright,
and tender breezes sing.

That graceful beauty rare —
I think of her alone,
that playful maiden fair
I cannot leave unknown.

A body like a doe’s,
a siren of the sea,
when she swayed with grace and poise,
she enslaved and melted me.

I lie down to sleep,
but dreams take flight,
my mind still keeps
that lovely deer in sight.

As a friend in life,
I wish her near,
for she has set aflame
my moon-browed dear.

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