She

She stood alone Naked Bare Body Mind and Soul In front of the Universe She stood Broken Alone and Afraid She walks countless beaches looking for lost treasure She waits for something real Something true She gathers the lost children of the Ent Putting them back together in sorted menageries that resemble her scattered thoughts…

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Goodbye, for now…

Watching you collect you scattered clothes and pack your bags is heartbreaking Our time together is so brief, yet neither wants to be here We fit so well together, like a puzzle piece A missing piece exists It keeps up forever apart You walk back and forth humming I’m not even sure which song it…

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My favorite shirt

On the edge of my bed she sits waiting for the sun to rise My favorite shirt hangs from her like a dress It’s the only thing she’s wearing I hear her singing “Blue Jeans” by Lana Del Rey under her breath “I will love you til the end of time…” As the morning light…

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Something Familiar

There is something familiar about her Her smell Her touch Having her lying next to me Her lips Her breath The way she moves So automatic to my touch So obedient to my words I push forward to hold her She pushes back with lust We dance to the sounds of our own passion There…

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My Dearest One

Motionless I lay silently on the floor as she played piano across the room Note by note a stream of endless daydreams pass as if my mind were a kaleidoscope, and the memory of another woman was the shattered glass inside The music stops with a sudden crash as though she read my thoughts and…

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These steps

Every breath takes me one step farther from you Every sigh and every whisper from my heart move me one step closer To forgetting the pain Every step as I walk away leads me down the path of letting go Every path I walk and every avenue I visit puts distance between us And one…

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Butterfly

I had a dream that I was surrounded by butterflies They covered everything around me like a blanket through the darkest night As they flew around me I watched in child like wonder Excitement filled every aspect of my soul And then they flew away Carrying with them a vision I had never seen When…

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Untitled

I woke up with new eyes today The same blue eyes have sat on opposites sides of my nose from birth But when I woke up I seen the world differently I walked in such painful strides before Overlooking signs and appocoliptic visions of an end so near Yet I ran so far from myself…

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Out of Eden

I look for answers everywhere I see the faces of the uncaring They always have answers for unasked questions The tragedy comes from the distance between our heart and head It’s the difference from picking from the tree of knowledge or choosing to be ignorant in the bliss of not knowing There are some things…

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