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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Knowing

Knowing you’ll never be mine Knowing you never really cared Knowing my heart is mine to control Knowing my life isn’t Fate, kismet, and serendipity collide into a rainbow of hatful desire And I am once again walking alone I know you Better than anyone could And you know me Holding hands Touching lips Souls…

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We Dance

We dance in open air in the corners of my mind Our hearts beat in unison as great drums beating from tribes afar We can’t be together We can’t be apart We dance in open fields of wind blown grass Our hearts open wide to the many possibilities of where the universe will carry us…

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Does it need a title?

The way you’ve touched my soul will always remind me of how beautiful life can be You say that the differences between us keep us from being happy I say you’re afraid. In the end all that matters is love. And we had love. Glorious and passionate. I’ll miss you, my dirty little princess.

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Goodnight Ophelia

Gale force winds blow the trees I’m surrounded by the sounds of gods The river runs swift and the white caps rise quickly Neither the Wind or the River hold on My heart is a collection of memories Both good and bad Drifting in and out of love it survives sorted forms of alienation from…

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Love's greatest lie

What is the truth of the heart? Loves greatest lie is hope Giving into the belief that we can touch another persons soul Without losing our own How did we start? Where will it end? Are these questions even needed? Lost on a road only guided by dim stars we navigate by our own fears…

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