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  • fragments

    swollen heart. ripple tears.burning bridges. flooding scenes. secret weapons. behind the scenes.felt you here. feel you gone. dare to fly. send a wire.pick up the phone. burry your ego. shaking bones. timid and cold.wrestled hair. stare is stale. fragments in frames. silly war game.pretend you care. forget i’m real. walk of shame. how’s heaven, any…

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  • guard down

    I’m just looking for a distraction,But I’m home every day.The wind is strong,And it’s too cold to go outside this way. ’Cause my heart is achingAnd that wind will take meSome place that I don’t know. And everywhere that I go without youIs just another placeUnlike home. I’m missing a part of meThat part of…

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  • time

    Permission to live on time-anyone can hurt us.Anyone can become a striking linein a poem,the reason behind a stroke on canvas- to push youto analyze yourself,to be your best, or stay in bed all day,dripping red stains on the sheetsfrom crystal. Just enough time,and you’ll have criticswondering what it all means.

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  • untitled

    The cement slithered like sand through my toesexcept through my bones.I became cold,a brick wall.So much time passed,I no longer knew what I held inside,what I was capable of.But I still feel.I still love.And…it still hurts.

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  • take me home

    He’s just as reckless as love lets him be.He blows in quick with the birds and the bees. At my feet,he tells me he loves me.He tells me I’m his. So why don’t you take me home?I’ve got to get going. Take me—home with youif that’s what you want to do,if it’s true that you…

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