To make sense

I wish you would hold me like you held him Close and tinder Letting your passion run wild Taking me to that level of excitement and pleasure That level you were willing to show him I draw my coat closed pulling close Walking on rain soaked streets Wondering Overthinging Why am I so different? Why…

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Again

I can hear the cry of the train carrying across the valley Alone again Wishing by daybreak to be by your side I can’t sleep Waiting again Holding on to my blanket the dark covering me like a black bird Dreaming again Letting go of hope while drowning in the rain Singing again Maybe it’s…

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Unfinished

Waking up in pieces every morning I reach out for a memory Often wishing things could go back Back to the way they were Waking up alone is better than waking up feeling alone Late afternoon rolls around quickly Wasted and wishing I stay in bed Wishing I could move Wishing I could find some…

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An essay on sadness

Some days I want to sit and cry I’m not sad I’m not sure what I am My heart is at peace As peace as it can be When my anxiety doesn’t take hold of the wheel anyway Even then I’m not sad I don’t know what I am I am Something else Someone else…

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You Are The Sun

I led a plain existence until I met you Walking through life blind and afraid A moth to the flame of each boring encounter Looking everywhere Finding nothing Blinding lights of dreams never furthering Held back by fears of things unseen I walked backward Looking everywhere Finding nothing Black starless nights I spent Alone on…

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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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