Beware my love is strong
Nothing to make up for
Everything to gain
He said
Water was dripping from
The ceiling but unsure
Where it was coming in
Or from
Fall victim to generous
Mysteries that plummet
Forward into
Beauty
What nature do the stars
Hold in their light
With us standing
Beneath
Even a sliver of black
In the background of
Our story can tell the
Unforgettable
I am touring off the
Traditional imaginary path
Into a sea of light and
Darkness
Mixed emotions
Yellow sky
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Put a dint in it
Arranged abcedarianly
Turn up the cynosure
Count the bees
One by one
A flame can burn
Even on rose carpet
My emotions are
More effusive than the
Color of the background
Is it sexual or passionate
Or both by default
Misunderstood on both sides
Turn over rocking from
Corner to corner and
Light is painting shadows
Into the room with
What is left
I have more than enough
Somehow now the
Thought is having
Just enough to ensure
We are covered completely
For what comes not
Just the edge of the
Blanket but the
Entire comforter
Resplendissant
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Try to remain sparkly
In a darkening world
Head is spinning keeping
Up with the ridiculousness
Of it all separate worlds
Put a wall there between
The worlds that make you
Want to be something
Do something with yourself
You lazy good for nothing
And the world that says
You are everything already
You don’t need to try
To become something
You are already everything
That is truly enough
Let go floating out
Into the atmosphere
Lasso the ozone of
Leaving our legendary
Marks behind
Just a few more steps
Before you pass the test
Complete the rest
Which is nothing
Made into something
Also possible by
Stacking rocks
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When someone pours their
Heart out to you
Show them some kind of sign
That you got it
The only way to get past the
Stress is to acknowledge it
And move on
Stop repeating the pattern
Own it in the moment
Five decades later
Still contemplating the truth
When you know it already
Listen to your body
Stop second guessing
To play this game with yourself
Is a special kind of torture
Out in the open
Stand up and call it
Perfect by nature
It will satisfy your want
A desire to be excellent
Not good
This kind of pressure
Cannot exist in a
Mediocre world
Today marks the day
No matter the time
No matter what comes
No matter what’s on the way
We stand for getting it right
In the moment
Stick to what you know
No need to experiment
With the lock when
You already have the key
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How could you
Be so flippant
With my heart
Archetype nebulous
Have I become derelict
No longer needed to be used
By anyone just a panache
Roadside waste
If nothing happens
Nothing to live for
Nothing to gain
Speak out loud about
The genuine pain
I found my apogee
Many cars waiting for
My happy return full
Of smiling faces that
Want to be with me
Peaking a climax
Allow me to elucidate
The feeling of love
Genuine care
Looking deep into my eyes
Is anyone there?
Anyone home to meet me
Where I’m at?
Anyone there?
Quiet porch swing vibes
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Can’t see me don’t know me
Oblivious to who I am and
What I need blind to my truth
Absorbed in your own needs
Blundering like a bull through
Life and everyone around you
Spacey unconscious and
Totally zonked whereas you’re
Forgetful to the point that
No one else matters and
Of course it’s sad
And of course we have
Compassion for this
But how do we survive
Around you when you’re
Out to lunch all the time
Negligent emotion waves
Goodbye to relevant
Feelings that are not your own
So no comment
What knavery!
All the strength and respect
Our connection embodied
You wrestled it to the ground
And killed it! Because
You would just think
All of us want more of you
When some of us
Need less
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De rigueur of attitude
And life lived is like preservation
Is there only so much time
A limited amount of space
Where there is nothing left
To share it has been spent
Every last drop expended
Only the end left and
A memory of the way we
Laughed and played
Together in the echoes
Of a burning heart
With our feet hanging over
The back porch and our
Eyes captivated by the
World around us
Of course the smiles in us
Is there nothing leftover
Or are we the ones
Who will keep it going
Even when their is
Nothing but an empty room
And the recollections
To haunt us or blanket us
In our dreams forever
How long should a
Friendship last?
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Is it jocose to think that
I could ask you not to
Dig a hole into me
Fight me
When I ask you for help
Fake dredging
Pretend sugar
Why
What for
Who are you really?
Emotional turmoil
Knowing you hurt me
When all I needed was help
My lord
Why do I help you
Why do I show up for a space
Where I feel disrespected
Unheard
Under appreciated
Pretend to catch me
Just to fall
Beneath the roots
No stability at all
Is there any escape
Will your ego rise up
To slap me in the face
Every time
Will you promise to do
What you didn’t before
And lie just to move on
Without having honor
Or accountability
Can you be a man
Of is it just a joke
Say whatever it takes to
Pass through the gates
Make excuses for your
Actions that do not
Match your words
Real care
Fake care
Where
Are you there
My soul is hungry
My heart is thirsty
You have drained me
Is it jocose to think that
I could ask you not to
Hurt me
Again
If you hurt me before
You will hurt me again
© GÄ
There is no such thing
As a relationship where
No one gets hurt
I can barely hold my eyes
Open long enough to see
The future of what it can be
Inside my head
Inside my head
It’s almost dead
It’s almost dead
Ocean views and
Covered in foam
A moment before
Nothing left to lose
Connect me
If we have to wake up
Do we have to be there?
Can we zombie it out
Someone else split the difference
Someone else do it for me
My heart breaks to see
The sweetest child share pure joy
About the little things
Resonates the dark parts
Of my world that I don’t
Feel seen or heard in
Turn the lights down
Remember innocent laughter
Time will heal it
Time will heal it
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She feels new in someone else’s arms
Like a race to get to the next one
Just a portfolio on her phone
Swiping humans to decide who
Will be the next president
To her racetrack for the night
Funny the people we invest in
Can find ways to disappear
Without saying goodbye or
Thank you or really anything
Unless you ask and even then
You may get nothing or just
A story that is a lie that still
Feels like nothing
No oil no gas
No juice in the tank
To last
When the speedway is empty
I wonder what it feels like
Just to have quiet
No engine revving
Sit underneath the happy light
That should make up for the
Unrequested abandonment
The messages you sent to
Make someone feel better
Visit their house
Carry them out
Be their best option
Until they don’t need you
Any longer
Turn to the nearest convenience
Didn’t matter if you were there
For them and they signed off
You wonder where did they end up?
Feeling new in someone else’s arms
Like a race that had to end
A journey that could never
Last forever
A false friend
© GÄ
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