Mother,
The day I learnt to tie my own shoe laces you sat beside me, pausing the aching earth with the hand you laid on me.
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23, Of March and Moon.
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For Lack Of A Better Title
#augustwriteaday #abandoned Abandoned is this mind where it lays, Quietly settling to its uninspired ways The busy hands of a clock that ticks, Had I not tried, it would have taken me weeks.
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She Is Criminal, But I Approve
#acorns (This was the very first post I had written on Opuss) I know not well those whispering hips, They pardon whole my silent lips Of many words that curse its groove, She is criminal but I...
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Dear, Ignorant Snob
Ah what a complete, utter snob You wear your nose so high You walk around with a face of a blob And an attitude, no one can defy.
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A Toast To All Of Thee
We are eternal as we are and nothing comes close to this. The dates and the hours, they tick away in our precious hands as a form of presence we cannot deny.
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'Relax' Friday
Flapped wings, and high soarers Baked skins, and sun bathers Shore breaking from wave's presence Turned eyes, beauty snatchers Volley high, but hit it low Flying frisbee, throw it slow Lay the...
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Rosy Rum Cheeks
[Warning: Contains Mild Mature Content] Thy breasts that have held us together Have streamed within its blood, a milk vessel A sweet fluid of the opaque white— A wine of drunkenness for the...
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I Bathe In Your Light
I pace around these same floors that pave your walking feet, covetous, for a hint of your scent. And once before, we held hands in these very corridors.
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Pursuing 'Greatness'
Once upon your stumbling feet, Was somebody with a face of pride.
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A Course To Forgiveness
I have heard stories of failure and how men always pursue in finding the basis of the matter to be as relevant to how much he has grown as an individual.
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A Sweater, A Day
I want to give you a sweater a day, Sweetheart. Maybe a letter in each pocket too, to fill your journeys with joyful remembrance.
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Remember, Lovingly
There is no understanding pain, or the ache that our hearts hold. At times it shakes the very soul, and on others, it shatters us as a whole.
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Disconnect
Devotion parts. A stranger's lips. Meeting hands. Gazing eyes. Brings about,. Momental slips. Heartfelt calls. Voice exchange. Endearment. Longing. 3am ennui. Sleepless hours. Occupying vacancy.
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Furry Companion
My socked little companion is wandering about Pawing at places I never quite allowed. He sits between my legs Attention he enjoys.
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Softly Now, My Heart
How tall have you grown, dearest. From the distances that were borrowed, From the pride that you have swallowed. Has it been as beautiful as you have dreamt it to be.
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A Widow's Peak
Improv Challenge #sixwords set by @naaviie She knew her fragile bones, Of how they've grown diseased She looked into the MIRROR, Hoping for a fragment, A form of some RELEASE.
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Thy Moon
A lambent creature Spinning atop red brick roofs— Making love to dark..
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The Bird By The Window
- To my dear friend somewhere around the world, A couple of years back I told you I was afraid of many things.
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These Hands They Choose You
When we sleep next to each other and your shoulders graze against mine, you move through me like different souls from another place. Weaving into me stories of past and present.
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Chicken Wing Dreaming
Little Wings laid in the smelly bin with his drumstick sticking out. He wasn't too very happy All he wanted was to get on out. He was all bones, naked and tired.
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"Just friends"
Once, I placed you up high on love's suspension,. In its tender hands was a queer comprehension. Then, the voice in my throat grew less of my own. My lungs, damaged, from proportions you had blown.
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For "Fun Day Monday"
(F)ew have forgotten the happy dance (U)-turns aside, just take a chance (N)o more worries the time has come (D)ance off the fury and have some fun.
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Of Your Disposition?
It's going to take awhile before any inspiration comes back. Maybe all the way to hell and some time 'round,. "Cut me some slack". I wait around my thoughts for something to arise.
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Rag-and-Bone Man
His head grew full of white ghost hair, His body was clothed in tattered despair.
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I'd Cross Oceans To Save You
How many times have you crossed this god forsaken road, Fracturing bones from carrying too much load. How many times have you visited your face. Seeing through the smudges losing even its grace.
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Mon Fleur
You are my favorite place that has no name My Mona Lisa smile in my cherry heart frame The way you dance beneath the silver moonlight You piece me whole of joy and pride.
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Dear Self—
Write here, and write away the careless sighs in your story of devastation. You could do away with a little less on your shoulders now.
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Hope, Violently
I am waiting patiently for my mind to seep back through my body. My solidity and substance have kindly taken leave. Separate now.
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Not All Is Fleeting
Cough syrup in pallid handling hands, this fear is substandard. The mirror in your eyes reflects a hollow projection of your voice.
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Let Me Fix You Something
Let me fix your heart For the art they did not see Let me fix your part In this poem I wrote for thee Let me fix your soul From the voices that stole its passion Let me fix you a goal And give you...
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Happy Fins
Choppy waves are blue, Dancing fins of the ocean— Drunken from sea 'weed'..
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A Barren Waste
I once knew of a place that had a face It wasn't far, it was always near It was in the clasp of my hands, And I held it dear. Beneath my feet, above the ground Its hurt ran deep, but it wore no frown.
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Bank's Atrocity, Maybe
Go get some posture, son No one's going to teach you how to get one They will bury their money hands too deep in you And they will sell you short for a penny too few You think you'll be remembered...
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A World, Poles Apart
Tonight, the walls have listening ears A symphony of sounds from our drunken years A thought as well, in its makeshift wonder Will be most inaudible to a mind of clutter I will pass among them,...
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An End With No End
May 6th, 2012 Alone May 7th, 2012 Fractured to the bone May 8th, 2012 Now yours May 9th, 2013 But broke up through the phone May 10th, 2014 A stop, a pause, a little more chaos May 6th,...
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Of Vows And Marrow
And on this night, In your flawless white with flowers in your hair, There will be no parenthesis (just delight) To separate these names we bear.
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Step 1: Thinking It Through
Man once measured fear in the things that he dared not do, that it was always more favored than thinking.
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Hello There, Kind Eyes
Your eyes they shine As bright as the bluest skies, And they break my heart without trying; Without fighting these walls that I've built You, you make me feel alive again It's like falling in love...
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O, Little Opuss
I have strayed into the chaos of your dimension. Corrupted by your words of temptation. O puss, what have you done to me. Spoilt me an assortment, Of ballads & allegory.
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The Transcience Of Hope
Brace yourself, sad soul. You may be one against many, but when the time is right your song will be sung. You will see how I see you. I see you as a fountain, a God, a poetry; barely translated.
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Plagued Eyes, Oh Charmed Youth
I don't know how to sleep anymore. I watch the sky bright-eyed upon its freckled scene, as its light gazes back upon me and my spineless soul.
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A Heart's Content
The morning sinks into its solemn blue, as I lay awake thinking of you. No turns on this wet land is lost enough for truth, when one is ever so constant how else can one prove.
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Hunting Men
Softenened focus, the points are blank. The causal of death sunk deep in flank. Hands this slow they move the best, As the soft of green, lay the animal's rest.
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There Is No Remedy, Only Rhyme
There is a penny in your pocket that you keep as spare Someday this token will take you somewhere. Machines and dollars, they never sing in tune, To what you desire it's a pirates doubloon.
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In Your Name
I wrote this song lyric when I was 22, when fame was a frustrating issue and good friends, few. I wrote this for someone, in return it saved me.
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She Is Criminal, But I Approve
I know not well those whispering hips, They pardon whole my silent lips Of many words that curse its groove, She is criminal but I approve.
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