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Breathe

AllowYour eyesTo flow a riverOf bitter, angry tears,To cry,And reveal your fears. ResistThe urgeTo hide them,As you do often,Don’t hold them in;For once, just allowTheir abundant flow. BreatheThrough your tears,And through your fears;Even if you’re alone,The only one,To live this … Continue reading

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Broken

The little girl surveyed the mess Broken shards and litter, Here, there and everywhere; Looking up to me, she said “You are worse than me, That’s a right melee!” And she was right – For the things she’d held tight, … Continue reading

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Definitions

Tired – It does not begin To explain What you feel In your being Without and within. Alone – A feeling You’ve always known Without having To be told What it means. Distance – A measure Of the time and … Continue reading

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Numb

When water freezes And loses its freedom To gurgle over rocks, Play hide and seek With sunrays peeking through leaves, Or to give a lift To a friendly fish, Does it mourn The seeming downturn Of things as they stand, … Continue reading

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Escape

A fugitive Evading justice Sought shelter in a dark, Cavernous cave; He waited for nightfall To make an escape, But it brought no peace To his hammering heart, So he retreated further, Into the pitch black of the nether, Until he … Continue reading

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Love

Love demands no answers, Nor does it hold captive, It certainly seeks no ransom, To release a restless soul Desparate to leave, All of that is but deceit; And if it is love you seek, Look for it in the … Continue reading

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What use?

I One fine day, To her dismay, She found that she was Missing her shoe, No, not the pair – Just the one that would Ensconce her left foot. She did what she could, What you normally would, When such … Continue reading

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Shine

Sunshine, is welcome But sometimes not, When it gets too hot For human comfort. This fiery star Heeds no one, Choosing at times, to disappear When we’d rather it not. The sun shines, And nature responds, So too, the usually … Continue reading

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Dark comforts

The day the sun forgets to set And the street lights fail to turn on, The glow worms will be dulled And the cicadas stilled, While tired birds will circle The sky, in confused whirls; That day, light will have … Continue reading

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Some day

Some day Her smile will touch her eyes, Which will twinkle With the joy of life. Some day She’ll pack up her fears, And drown them with her tears, Deep in the ocean, To the point of no return. Some … Continue reading

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