That Kiss

“If I were you”  She says  “I’d run” She laughed, and turned to face me. “I’m kidding. I am. You shouldn’t be scared of me. I’m direct, and I know what I want. That scares most men.” She paused and looked at me. She ran her soft hand down the side of my face, and…

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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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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 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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