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Staring at strangers

An unexpected connection And you are caught His captivating smile And you are trapped You may have thought Your delight spent You may have wrapped Away sentiment You’re his awhile All his, his perfection

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The longest trip

You count to one hundred again The seconds, the minutes raise This is the longest trip Caused by you; time paused A raw feeling of fear inside This is the longest trip I am terrified, potentially cracked Scared; forward or … Continue reading

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Reflections

All of the words repeat themselves Snatched catches of conversation Across a room filled with people We speak with our eyes and our dreams Caught by a vision beyond our time A connection that empties rooms For us, plays out … Continue reading

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Common Language

An extended evening we sit at a table share experiences speak to each other we share one language not romantic French not the logic of German nor the beauty of Spanish we are surprised to discover that we can converse … Continue reading

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Sunrise from the cliff top

You are under the same sky A rising sun bleeds out night Clouds pitch, yaw, something awry You are thoughtless, without sight Locked in a dreamless waking Gulls screech, dried-out grasses sing You are with him In a distance, in … Continue reading

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Icon

A new desire Begins to emerge As the snow falls You are exhausted The pretty girls Play with irony As the sun shines You are weakened Your words remain Bound – they’re unsaid As the snow falls You are covered … Continue reading

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15 seconds

I have caught you I anchor you down My hand on your ankle I hold you I have not lost But what I never had Has become dust in My cold hand The moment I faltered Thought too much Changed … Continue reading

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Dusk

The pinch of winter on the breeze The fox as it trots across our road You stand at our gate Your eyes hollow; you wait I will not be there By the door, your raw fingers Whitened by cold light … Continue reading

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Fever

There is a thread that connects us. You’re three feet from me, there on a dance floor perfectly still. I feel the beat of your heart and hear it, nothing else matters, your breath touches me I burn with the … Continue reading

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Unknown soldier

He kisses away the saltwater of her tears Tells her that he will return We make a liar out of him Send him out to the mud, the dirt and the blood That is war, we don’t bring him back … Continue reading

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