Wondering

The biggest lie I tell people Is that I’m ok… On nights like tonight I’m my own worst enemy Listening to the voices in my head telling me it’s all going to be ok, but Knowing that they’re fucking lying to me My friends, loved ones They all say it’s going to be ok but…

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That wasn't my journey

This is not my journey, he said Not where I’m supposed to be Where I belong… Walking nights Aimless Unfathomable comfort in not knowing yet uncomfortable enough to admit he knows the truth Surrendering to the gravity of where he belongs but where? That’s still the question It just isn’t here Not in this time…

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The Devils Desire

Under stars like the blanket that cover you I kiss your lips Heaven bows to the majestic view of your form As I marvel in your greatness Bowing only to your whims Bending to your desire I follow the road signs to your inner thighs Slowly and gracefully You succumb to my will You overflow…

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She Dances

A silver men’s watch rested on her wrist Like her soul it was broken long ago It was worn as a reminder of her past She has no need for time She’s never in a hurry The world stands still and marvels at her as she dances by herself With her selves Many forgotten memories…

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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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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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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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