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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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Past Lives - A Poem
I cannot run fast enough I can feel my feet thundering on the hard earth My legs are moving, so fast, so fast Beads of sweat peel down my...
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Bad Company - A Poem.
I can be your Bad Company. Your healing hands, Your breath of fresh air, Your release from the lonely. As you wish. Let's play this game....
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Did anyone listen to you? - A Poem for a friend.
Would anyone know you exist if you did not reflect off someone else? The moon cannot shine alone. It's a reflection of what you can't...
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Catch my Fire - A Poem
I'm complicated, just like you. There must be someone who knows where I am coming from, What I've left behind, and yet where I could be....
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A Hopeful Romantic - A Poem
I know you don't need me, But I've got your back anyway. I know you can feed yourself, But here's something I cooked for you. I know you...
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Cold - A Poem
It's so very cold over here behind these electronic walls. Often far less heat behind loving boundaries that I set. That familiar chill...
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The Tango of Life - A Poem
Release me from tortuous thoughts of love and compassion From an overriding need to have you in my life From the touch I feel even though...
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Isn't everyone an Empath? - A Poem
Sometimes I wish I didn't feel so deeply. These layers of knowing cannot be all mine. My artistic soul cannot hold all these thoughts I...
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Becoming Anyone - A Poem
If I have to become anyone, Let me be the women in her oldest years, still striding magnificently into the ocean at sunset in a bright...
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Isolated by Concrete - A Poem
In a midnight street in New York City, 2020. The street lights gathered their pools on the pavement. People used to dance here. We used...
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Between Noise and Silence - A Poem
Listen to the silent ones for they shall speak. There is total peace inside a quiet mind, Their breath weaves between the leaves like...
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Love Amnesia - A Poem
Love will take away the pain you feel as it cuts you deeply It will scrub clean the tears which plowed furrows in your cheeks. It will...
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Love Fully - A Poem
Dear Heart, I did not ask you to close off, I invited you to Love Fully. Love fully like the tiny bud which clings to the branch Pulling...
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Letting Go - A Poem
What is letting go? It is coming up for air in the ocean When you did not know you were drowning. It is inhaling a fresh breath through...
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Fighting Demons with Angels - A Poem
Kick me and I might go down Kick me again and I might stay down But I will get up again. Rising in front of you, blinding your vision....
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