Tag: poem
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New
Twenty three has taught me how to be free and feel the need to fly unoccupied. Somewhere in the sky I came to find someone new and bold, electric. Feelings I can’t ignore Feelings I’m still unsure. I thought I’d be mad Hating the fact of another man. But with him I don’t mind it…
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Her Garden
In the garden a palace of peonies, sweet spring splendor paints the skies beautiful blue. I almost don’t remember winters blues Until I do. Here I am still, in this garden I’ve grown to hide away and feel like I’m home. The roses and hyacinth smell like the memories of sweeter times when I felt…
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Birdcage
Locked in, trapped golden edges, encapsulated sadness, madness, ensnared. The craziness in the birdcage pinned her down into endless delusions, enraged by the mad rue. She cracked, snapped her soul into pieces on display, sealed. Company of one in a birdcage witness to her delirious deceptions and foolish failures… Locked away, on replay. -emc
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Oak
I would have gone through my whole life searching for a place to paint my sky. In need of a place to plant the oak trees my children can swing on sipping lemonade in the glow of summers day. It’s never easy to run away and to hope and pray that someday you’ll look around…
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Clay
Too caught up in a daydream To care about the real life mess she’s made. What a shame, She built a castle out of clay. -emc
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Dragon Slayer
Alone in the stone walls I crafted In cold winter silent nights Through sips of wine, dejected. If I’m a damsel then please let me be merry. I’ll be busy reading my library And praying this is all temporary. A shrew is sure to go mad When the candle’s light is cold. Loneliness makes my…
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