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"Sweet innocence, fresh face with eyes so clear, Chaste soul unburdened by the taste of fear, Skin soft, unscathed by times withering ways, Thoughts uninterrupted by the way life plays....... Each da..."
"I don't remember your smile, Maybe I just forgot, Maybe those last years, you never, I remember you cried, It breaks my heart, So sad in retrospect, I remember your voice, It was like mine, Only you..."
"I dreamt I was a small child, Nestled against my mothers breast, Warm, and safe, Protected from all that be, Unharmed, and healthful, To falter not as a waif, This was the best of worlds, My mothers..."
"I see you there, Looking at me with distaste, Smiling, as if it hurts you face, I see the disdain in your eyes, Putting yourself on that pedestal, In love with only you, I see your money flashing, A..."
"Waiting,Always waiting,Always been waiting,Awakened anew,Arriving fresh,Just to wait,Awaiting love,Awaiting knowledge,Awaiting life,Waiting for patience,Waiting for incite,Waiting for wisdom,Growing,E..."
"I awoke this morning to find blood on my doorstep, I turned on the television to see those faces who wept, My eyes became glued to the screen, adjusting to the morbid, A view of darkness of which I wi..."
"Just when we think we are getting the hang, Of this thing called life, We are handed a different set of rules, And, have to find a way, To circumnavigate existence, and, Contemplate our place in time,..."
"Who am I? What am I? Where am I? This is what I think, As everything around me moves lazily along, as I, Move at break-neck speed towards finality, and, Question my motives, and motivation, and Concl..."
"The wind blew cold, as I stood watched your window, Stressing over things I probably shouldn't know, Worrying about things that I should turn away from, Giving myself to the demons, I know will come,..."
"She awakens to the smell of coffee, brewing downstairs, in the kitchen, She rolls over for a few more minutes, but, the ugly sound, of alarm won't let her, Throwing a leg over the edge, the other foll..."
"I cannot see, but, I can hear, The sounds in my heart, the touch of a tear, I cannot fear, but, I can learn, Those things in life, that I have to earn, I can feel the wind, and taste the rain, I ..."
"Sometimes, just before sleep, I gather my days gone by, A laugh, a smile, a face, a voice, a tear to the eye, A nick in the past, etched forever into my heart, A chance at eternity, a lasting memor..."
"She slid into view, gracefully, smoothly, she sat down and smiled, Immediate things come into my mind, as to how our time can be wiled, She glances in my direction, slyly, innocently, as I forget to..."
"I prefer the silence; The light fills the room, As the sun shows itself from behind distant hills, Little creatures dance in the trees; The branches sway in soft breeze, Quietly behind the window..."
"Impaled am I, by this love that was given, Received by one whose heart has been driven, Was lost in a wilderness of persistent lonely dreams, And, taken to the depths of times murky streams, A wi..."
"On the outside again, seems like I'm always looking in, Forced to only watch, and just be the friend, Why am I always sticking out my neck?, I start out with hope, and , end up a total wreck, And,..."
"Dancing in the breeze; Flight without wings; I see you, but, cannot touch you, Helpless; Suspended, floating; I want you, but, can only want, Dreams, well worn; Visions in desperateness; I call your..."
"I know not these strangers eyes, Peering back from silver edged reflection, I do not recognize these lines etched, Upon wrinkled skin, and silver edged hair, I know not this hardened voice that spea..."
"Falling, the world looms near, I can see, Gray clouds behind, green earth pulls at me, The air rushes around me, I know the time is near, The sky is full, and, moist, I have no fear, I am not alon..."
"Within this heart, buried silently deep, A part of me sits and waits for recognition, A lonely corner all by itself, The me that wants to be, goes unnoticed, Watching for the opportunity to rise, ..."
"I can never replace those things you have taken, I can never renew, I can never squelch this pain you have inflicted, nor be rid of you, I remember the nights I waited for you, no sleep for worry, The..."
"Gather your riches before you, gather all your sins, Gather up the courage to try and make amends, Call in all your markers, call in all your friends, The shadow of death is closer, the slow proces..."
"Alive, these dreams, inside, awake, and begging, to be acknowledged. Just for one moment, the truth, staring, at me. Telling me to relax, hold on, night, soon to give way to day. Worries, ..."
"In your eyes, I could live forever, The way they look at me is, divine, Losing myself in the softness of your gaze, I want to be here, I need to be here, In your eyes, my life becomes simple, Ther..."
"Planes fly, bombs fall, men die, People bleed, war begins, God speed, Hate grows, buildings crash, blood flows, Questioned why, parents falter, children cry, World afire, innocent faces, condition..."
"And, God made the people, He gave them the land, He made them to till the earth, He made them care for the animals, And, God was sated, And, the people were happy; Tending their fields, Caring for th..."
"The old men have gathered again, They wish to discuss our fate, We try to live our separate lives, But, our trails will surely mate, They call themselves the wise men, Though that has never been prov..."
"There's too much music in my mind, too much song in my soul, too much hope in my dreams, too much written on the scroll, too much passion in my love, too much want in my need, too much questioned in m..."
"Sometimes, as I lie awake, in that half-dream state, the limbo between sleep, and, not asleep, I feel this undeniable fear, creeping into my throat, a crushing weight, pressing down on me, holding me,..."
"The land is dark, as night quietly moves towards end, The trees, though unseen, sway in the gentle wind, Campfires glow behind the darkness, voices ring in crisp airing, Unguarded moments of truth hid..."
"I used to be so shy: You couldn't get me to look at a girl, You couldn't get me to talk to a girl; I used to be so naive: You couldn't teach me the truth, You couldn't show me the trut..."
"Angel sleeping I saw you in the morning sun Softness preceding visions in splendor accompanied desire Golden hair laid across pillow fluff halo reminiscence Serene and graceful beauty evinced brea..."
"Rainbow between the clouds guiding my eye towards the infinite consoling, counciling colors flowing life affecting creating me forming me lessons in consequence I bow to it I give myself to that singl..."
"She looks at me with expectations, I look at her with desire, She wants to touch my soul, I just want to touch her, She speaks to me of forever, I talk to her in vague terms, She wants to take long wa..."
"Along the wet hills sculpted in white alive in the fury of winter dreams captured alone the soul of me realization begin conscious travails in one breath gelid air into my lungs awakens remembrance of..."
"Within the Kings walls inside the lonely room a room with no key ...the Lady waits; Within the royal chambers upon the velvet chair a chair with no comfort ...the King awaits; Within the lonely hear..."
"I drove a country road a little creek running beside it. Trees hanging over the lane birds dancing. Leaves, so many the view was blocked. I didn't care it was peaceful and serene. The world a dist..."
"The meager house atop the hill chimney smoke rising in wisps haze aloft placid image not lonely but, pacifying the valley lookout always alert stern but generous allowing the flow of natures gifts to ..."
"I saw the gates of Heaven, perched upon golden sky, Framed by the solar rising, the empyrean in Gods eye, I watched in fixated awe, this glimpse of paradise, I felt an ecstasy of heart, and sensed my ..."
"I took a walk amongst the markers to visit my kinsman in his resting place. the stones neatly laid greensward trimmed flowers softly placed monuments of remembrance shining out to me as if to say "I w..."
"The tears are frozen to my cheek, my eyes wide open against this anonymous tree in these last moments posed in helpless abandonment, worn out the cold, laughing at me in silent amusement; Down the ri..."
"Her head lies on my shoulder gently her breath soft against my cheek tingly her hair spread across my chest warmly her voice plays in my ear mildly My hands rest on her skin loverly my eyes gras..."
"On waking and seeing light the day begins a series day in day out over and over the rising of the dead flailing about a dance with no end human experience the slog to nowhere affliction with no cure d..."
"There came a knock upon the window in winters frigid shroud A startle sure a surprise event jolt with fear endowed A timid approach while seeking voice finding night too dark Bolt is locked a safe..."
"If a heart can be broken a mind can be bent a soul can be tortured a body can be rent...... My spirit runs free; I may be tied to one time or going in one direction but, my spirit is free; I can fl..."
"The battle done; fires glow again reflecting weary faces dirty and splattered blood and pain; fewer this time; what were their names those brave heroes seeking glory and finding none silence now; no..."
"He arrived here like most of us did he was born here It is said, his people were here first long dead the kinsman In the back of his mind he knows his claim is more than he has But, he doesn't push th..."
"A kind old man he goes to the park in the daytime when the birds flock He always brings bread in a little bag held in his hand as he sits the bench In the quiet morning he claims his spirit finding ..."
"Ike was a guy, a very lonely guy he had a twisty, turny messed-up way of looking at things he saw evil in everyones face only his dog could make him smile Sarah is a girl, a lovely girl she loves eve..."
"In the sleepy town where the street lights don't change after midnight In the quiet neighborhood where the oak trees have grown forever In the simple house where his grandfather stayed before the to..."
"Lying here in the darkness your breathing settles me A moments fright chased away by the nearness of you The days close confrontations come back to haunt me I then realize, I need you I've always need..."
"Everyday I look at myself, I see the scars from labor; from work on cars and trucks, the hot exhaust searing my resolve to finish this job I detest and machining, the hot pieces of metal flying ou..."
"The days, though not longer, are brighter now The sun returns from a cloudy hiding place The sky, so blue it takes the breath from me A warmness touches my skin awakening new desire..... Her eyes are..."
"Wind; dust blowing tumbleweeds trees bending hot sun burning, drying brown acreage joshua trees lizards horned toads trapdoor spiders roadrunners coyotes snakes people living..... Written March 1st, 2..."
"I talk to angels; in the silence with heart in clarity I call to them; They talk to me; in insinuative moments with soundless voices they speak to me; I know them well; they belong to me kinsman lon..."
"Raindrops hit the window splattering into patterns making unexpected sounds; lightning creates shadows hurried flash show playing on the wall; thunder comes loudly patiently rolling along stealing t..."
"Underneath the footbridge away from trample in solitary plot isolated, but vibrate tiny bud emerges given taste of light through crack in wood delicate petals open bright colors shown yellow and blue ..."
"are they looking at me, and only me, as I lie in quiet repose naked in truth and flesh aware of only the air on my skin gentle breeze goosebumps splendid and beautiful I am the focus I am the attract..."
"How long the days whence came and went until we meet the morrow; Gather the boys the songs we sang to fill us with sweet sorrow; The celebration grand loud, jovial crew we start the rummy night; Th..."