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"Surf and foam A single grain Pushed, lifted Carried, placed Ebb, flow Each with purpose Tread lightly For often the sand is hot And here or there a gull will pass The breeze will blow A spray, a call..."

"Windswept field Golden grain And a child, small Alone She stops, reflects While air moves around her And deep within she wonders "Will there ever be a time In this life In my life When I am not to bla..."

"Sunlight bathes Sadness and smiles Cool breeze wraps The pure and depraved Trees give shade To both sides of the hunt When children walk On bruising ground Their feet, their hearts Soft and blue Then..."

"Not a sound Bird nor breeze Could it be that I'm alone? Mountain top Balsam and pine Are these my steps, Granola bar crunches Drowning out the silence? When the sound of life is drained away..."

"There's something about rhyming That seems so contrived Beauty to fit Round into square The truth be told With echoes and smiles And roses need noses Or fragrance is lost How clumsy, how crude Seem w..."

"Floating silence All is still, but me Hurtling endlessly Plummeting toward nothing Falling from nowhere I don't know what sent me My form travelling the void Released me to tumble In emptiness Am I ..."

"When is life so true As in the lines of a poem? While volumes of prose Seem no more than a tome. Is there a more vibrant Glance at within? Like eternity dancing On the head of a pin. While fleeting ..."

"There are those that see beauty, I, sadness. Nestled here in the sun ferocious Where glimpses of wonder ignite and fade, I find darkness and worry, The pained and forlorn. Pleasant thoughts rouse ..."

"A black spot on my finger Grew evil in my mind Dark shadow, specter Of things that I might find While full of its silence The shade spoke soft to me A hint of melancholy And all that’s meant to be D..."

"Ashtray Twisted mouth Cawing crimes And misdemeanors You couldn’t rest Relight Shuffle cards Solitaire in the dimly lit Kitchenette How lonely were those Weeks, months, years Night into day into nig..."

"Music spills into Night of warm bricks and Sweat Children sleep fitful Called to the alley Side street where Dance and smoke fill The air Old men croon With ocean’s spray Calling The night A softly ..."

"Tortured you left us And hid behind Mystery And forgetfulness To him you gave sadness Like ribbons Blue and purple Imprinted and implied To her you fed anger And truth Its teeth and shad..."

"I did not know you Sitting alone Kitchen table A toaster that sparks Nor you Who shuddered With the sound of Hot water Rumbling through The pipes And you Whose only crime A daily one Extra pat of Bu..."