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The ship boards creak. The rigging sings
And down my cheeks stream mist and spray.
My breath grows fast. My knees feel weak.
As fate speeds me away.
Her eyes, her lips become her face.
The...
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Enthroned within her realm
she asks me "Why?"
Why what?
Can I recall?
(She wants to know)
I answer logically.
"But why?"
I lie this time.
(a phase? a game?)
I let it go.
"But whyyyyyyy?”...
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Some driver cut me off
in my commute.
I swore.
At work I told a friend
still mad.
Said she,
"I scream 'God bless you'."
I fell mute,
incredulous,
then foolish,
hopeless, sad.
'God BLESS...
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To change my life today,
I'll not ignore injustice;
covet what I haven't got;
repress or
pity myself,
placate,
plot.
I can,
no matter what I've done before,
create the person
that I want...
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TEMPLES-
My Human Light,
the look in your eyes,
when they seen mine, shined so
much light into a happy sy,
like the promise of God
My Human Light,
you took my heart,
then...
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It's like in summer,
when your throat is dry
your lips draw tight,
your lungs refuse the air,
it's all you think about.
You dread the sky.
Your ears are singed.
Your lids can't shield the...
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just a bit of fun
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If you think
I'm just goin’ to go away,
then you've got me all wrong.
And if you bet
I'll take offense
or get discouraged,
say "I'm done. I quit!"
Then you don't know me yet.
'Cause I'm a...
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The woods grow smaller every year. My leaves
Fall green and withered. Bitter water stings
My shrinking roots. Yet I am Laurel still.
I am the tree that one time was a maid,
But that was long...
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