Imagine

The times we live in seem so unsure. It's easy to lose hope. I remember growing up in the Reagan era, and the fear that swept the nation over nuclear was minimal but was there none the less. It wasn't even a new fear. It was revisited from the generation before, and the generation before…

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Happy Endings

Lying next to you So often We could be a thousand miles apart and never touch each other While making love My fingers walk the contour of you body Slowly Slower Softly Tickling your aura Touching your soul but still keeping at arms length Protecting my heart While I wait in anticipation to taste you…

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Relief

I said goodbye to her again Again So many times we’ve said goodbye So many times she’s broken my heart Never my spirit I said goodbye to her again today My final goodbye The road I travel is paved with adventure Riding on dreams Like drifting my longboard down a steep hill Her road leads…

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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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