Under a Blood Red Moon

Under a blood red moon my heart falls into submission under your gaze Your hand leading mine along your curves Your bare flesh cold to the touch Warmed by my wandering hands My lips parting yours as my tongue unleashes hidden treasures  Under a blood red moon on a blanket we discover a new universe…

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Thoughts on life and love

I don’t count my year by good or bad times. I just doesn’t make any sense to me. I can honestly say that my shitty vs. good days this past year were pretty even. Maybe, but does it really matter? So what? I had some really shitty times last year. I try not to look…

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That wasn't my journey

This is not my journey, he said Not where I’m supposed to be Where I belong… Walking nights Aimless Unfathomable comfort in not knowing yet uncomfortable enough to admit he knows the truth Surrendering to the gravity of where he belongs but where? That’s still the question It just isn’t here Not in this time…

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Wild Flowers

There is a certain sadness in the rain The heavens crying, mourning some great loss, some great love. The moon hides The sun has ran away Fragments of my broken heart are spread like wild flowers across the universe And you gather them Water them Use light from your own soul to mend my heart…

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One small step…

Neil Armstrong took that final step of mankind. Stepping into the great void he leaves just as a new era in space history is starting (kinda). He was a childhood hero of mine. I got to meet him once in Dayton, Ohio when I was young. He might be gone, but his energy is now…

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