Category: Poetry

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Love Like Ravens

So much dedication A focus so keen Driven by foreign need Shackled to promises Lost before it begins Straining to reform It reveals itself Then sits in wait Fighting for relevance A redemptive chance Strained from abuse Like brackish water Wanting to be clean But it’s hopeless The childish dream Needless fascinations Proven false And … Continue reading Love Like Ravens

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Shades

She lays in wait Disappearing from view Light like feathers Sliding into shadow A tempest in blue Stormy to the touch She is finally revealed Shaded in gray Pencil-thin like lead With her veiled sympathy As zealous as sin Catching my eye Tender and shy The essence of love Waiting to happen So brilliantly red … Continue reading Shades

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Imperfect

She was never as perfect As the picture in my head A misplaced photograph That lingers at the edge Threatening to fall Like my tears when she left That unexpected exit Ripped my soul apart As radiant as the sun She blinded me Like night’s wings That ghost of yesterday Fading into memory’s web I … Continue reading Imperfect

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Still Water

We fit like puzzle pieces All flat edged in places Bowed out in others Concave in sections Roughly shoved together That predictable reaction With its ebbs and flows Now we are at even tide As stagnant as still water Buoyant like white sand Pressed flatly together Breathing shallow and rushed Braced for a new beginning … Continue reading Still Water

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Saying Goodbye

The second hand shifts in stages Marking a time more precious Than the beating of my wounded heart As it pounds between my ears That neverending metronome All but saying goodbye The candles lighting our path Guttered out by silent rains A flood of emotions poured in Spilling across the tipping point And screams that … Continue reading Saying Goodbye

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Los Angeles

City of angels Dressed in devil black Shining deep down Where alleys meet And the smog lifts Cylindrical into air So beautiful With its colors And smoky edges Meeting azure sky Framed in gray The natives drift by Wearing second skin Tight and taut With toned muscles Headphones thick Blocking out the world Insulated souls … Continue reading Los Angeles