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The Greenest Time -A Poem
Leaves thrive at their greenest In the final light of day. Bouncing vibrancy as if excited Suckling the last moments of sun Stretching...
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Stay Open
Open is hard when I'm continually hiding Finger prints left on my arms Bruises from holding me down Shame so deeply embedded inside....
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Defenceless - A Poem
I thought I was strong now. But I am not. When I consider you. I crumple to the floor Wrap myself into a ball. And Cry. You see my...
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Unwrapping Roots - A Poem
How do we explain the purity of this And this And this. A more tender way of being in this world. A gentler way to touch ground. Like the...
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First Morning - A Poem
There are depths of motion in my sky Dissolving clouds a constant transition Light washes across with inperceivable lethargy Breezes leap...
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Worthy of Self - A Poem
Say It Standing hands on hips Being Strong Say it Scared child truths Brave from some place else Say it Boulder strength Numb nerves Deep...
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She belongs to the Sea- A Poem
How will you ever hold this broken heart? When, like a siren, she only belongs to the sea? Prove you deserve this broken heart. For she...
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Already Gone - A Poem
I won’t cry for you. I am not so sad. Anticipating loss When I already lost you.. Let me count the ways. I was your sunshine, Your only...
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Patience - A Poem
I feel it, at the end of the line Straining, running with the reel Tugging against the flow, Sunlight sparkling, breaking the surface....
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My White Swan Woman - A Poem
She showed up in my silence Not beautiful or serene. But forceful and ferocious In my face, Huge and imposing. Her headdress of feathers...
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I am All Mine - A Poem
I am not your “Go To” For the bored, the lonely, the empty or the ‘let’s see” I am not your safety net, Your sure thing, Your easy...
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Waiting for Myself - A Poem
I will wait for you. Until you show up on thunderous hooves With the sound of the wind whispering through me The surface of the water...
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Bowing Out Gracefully - A Poem
The sword we pick up gently is always double edged. Should you rip them in two and run? Or face them and your traumas Sword pointed at...
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Embracing Righteous Anger - A Poem
This for a time, a reason or a season. Letting my long-held anger bubble up, and spill over you. A wound and a bandage wrapped years...
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No Redemption in You- A Poem
Looking at life differently now. I don’t seek salvation in another. Because what can someone else redeem for me? The affairs we had? The...
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The Lost Prince - A Poem
At the end of this fairytale of her thought labyrinth. In the corner of her mind’s eye maze, Through this particular cavernous dungeon,...
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Alone Like the Moon - A Poem
Today I am alone, but I am not lonely I remember that a single light bulb can illuminate a room And the rhythm from a solitary drum can...
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When do I find Trust? - A Poem
Can you Trust this? Trust comes as a menace, crawling across the ground A naked shadowed figure of anger Fingers gripping the dirt,...
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Icarus flew first - A Poem
What if being slammed against the wall Stops me building it higher and stronger. What if falling without a safety net Makes me learn how...
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Breathing you out...A Poem
Should I stand at the edge of a tumultuous ocean Letting the wind blow through me. Open arms and hoping Or should I....? Breathe you out....
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