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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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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Hope

This must have been a dream Countless endless nights were spent grasping at images dancing in my head And each one a vision of it’s true self Of you Memories are dreams that have value In the pale morning light as I rise I feel the sunlight breaking over the foot hills and thawing the…

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Me

I took a walk inside my head just so I could talk to my heart It led me down so many paths of bad choices and broken dreams Finally I found what I was looking for I thought it was me. Then I woke up and realized I just wanted it to be me. But…

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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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It's raining on the inside

I’m stuck between the sounds of the wind And the beating of my heart Songs of new life and new love Surrounding me like a dark symphony A quartet of angels or a hard metal band of demons? I’m not sure My head is clouded by the needs of my heart Love is here …So…

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Letting go of time

Waves of emotions cover me Like the waves of the great Pacific I see birds flying Much like my thoughts They are scattered I see your face in the waves As they kiss the shore How much I wish it was me Kissing your lips So close to heaven Just like heaven How much I…

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Escaping

Stars cross Blasting the Universe into being Our souls race at the speed of light Away from one another Both halves of a whole understanding Two separate beings Individuals One heart One soul Two minds Two bodies My blood rushes at the sound of your voice Your knees buckle when I’m near Yet, we are…

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