Breathe a little, Live a little, Yearn a little, Burn a little
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When I Trust
How many years does it take to trust again?How many moments of being thereWhen my eyes open?When I can predict what you will sayIf anything happens?To let go of that hard won shell?To not expect once againA loved one look at youAnd say you were mistaken?How many promises kept?Hours of murmured love?That happy smile when…
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Kintsugi Of Me
I am revealedIn the fissures of my being.In the nooks and cranniesHidden dark corners where I hideEven from myself.In inky tunnels where I danceTo the music in my mind.The insistent beat of my heartReady to leave everything behind.Sheltered valleys where in multicolored huesMeadows of glossy moss and tender dreams bloom.Or that cynically grinning harlequinDelighting in…
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I’ll Walk Alone
I am loved, they tell me, like no one ever was,I am good, apparently, with the purest of heartsBut but but my words, they say, and yes, my attitudeToo much, too many, too loud, and too confused. I gather my shreds, my shards, my shameAnd lift up my chin, square my shoulders and thenI say…
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Poem: Lines on my palm
No ends, no beginnings, just infinite loops, As I watch my self, my self watches too.
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In me the river flows is set of poems that describe the complex layers of betrayal and grief to resolute determination, with calm pools of compassion through it.
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