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Release

The mourning comes Swift like death With eyes open Mockingly sweet So saccharine A passive engagement Painted in blue Deceptively thin Like a razor’s edge Slick with blood Awash in tears That never end This gentle rain Tender as morning Conscious as fear Hoping for a release That never comes. Sam Continue reading Release

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A Friday Love

I want a Friday love So slow and easy Honey smooth Such sweet emotion Poured out Spilling over This Friday love Like a postcard Neatly tucked away Waiting for tomorrow Dreaming in color Just for a moment A circumstantial pause Right after midnight In this afterglow This sweet release An unfettered joy Bathed in light … Continue reading A Friday Love

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Films About Ghosts

“If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts.” ~Counting Crows This love is a ghost Haunting in its simplicity Silent and brooding A nightless dream Fading into nothing In the bright sunshine Making pretty pictures That fade in time Understated fragility A loss of innocence Drowned in memories These haunting moods This … Continue reading Films About Ghosts

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Perfect Love

Love is concrete Poured smooth Laid out flat Hardened by time It slides beneath Singed in fire Yet unscathed Naked and afraid It crawls forward To be comforted Safely ensconced In angels’ wings Transparently thin Yet strong as iron Clutched by hands Scarred by time And facsimile By a near-love A straight shot That went … Continue reading Perfect Love

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Dusty Feet

The road stretches on Through shallows and shoals An imitation of life Fascinating to follow Complex in detail With no end in sight They walk with dusty feet Trudging blindly on Wishing for redemption In a world of lies Soles cracked and bleeding With limping gaits They march onward To the promised land Armed with … Continue reading Dusty Feet

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Settling

She sits sideways Fragile as dust Waiting to dissipate If the wind shifts Tears dry from time Slipping swiftly past While dreams fade Replaced by settling Deep inside her bones Where love died And she was born From its ashes These charred ruins That decide her fate Cool in desert air Detached like his voice … Continue reading Settling