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Uncoiled thoughts Jet past this timid clearing Far from the cooling, tranquil waft Of a lonely and docile wisp They are hopelessly ensnared By twining branch and shrub Where courage lay mangled Forever marred by rust and decay All roads curve In this endless, harrowing loop From the towering apex of spring To the lowly…
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Young heartache Tussles beneath my ribs A dull ache So weightless Fleeting and hollow Torment’s true mass Lies far, far beyond Lingering with angst Plotting a crude and vicious end Age shall erode My juvenile schemes My thoughtless horizons Maimed with passing time Broad seas of old Shall swiftly narrow And currents tamed Into shallow…
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Shorelines evaporate Enveloped by the treachery of waves I bid farewell To the warm, white sands Diverging steadily For an opportune morrow Wholeness takes root Beneath the fluttering sails Soaring across the tormented blue Unfazed by its endless span Binds are loosened By the brisk turmoil of wind My unfastening sorrows Fed to the merciless…
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I swallowed the horror Of black roving zeppelins Scarring the heavens With thick trails of peril All sound diminished In each second of muffled breath As the skies roared with flame Slathered in broad strokes Of murderous red Cool empathy descended Skewering my dormant spine Sending tidal waves of anguish Into my once lively Hearth…
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In sprawled hideaway Where humidity nests Is kinship’s refuge Beneath the twining branches High evergreens Span endlessly Echoing former years My treasured juvenile breaths The orchestral June Larks just the same With familiar, bold hues Beaming far and wide Folks thrive Steadily Coasting Day to day Peacefully Blissfully Full and content With warm greetings And…
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Outside The skin glimmers With a proud, exuberant sheen Yet the storm rages From the marrows confines Into the very core Of my timid psyche Ravaged memories plume Clouding my slumber With their untethered ghosts On and on I twist and writhe Wincing through the scuffle From half-truths spent Outside I hold firm to a…
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A scorched and scarred mind Wavers Taken, by the throws of grief The towering horizonsJagged and swervingAgainst the careless noon sky Laboring footsteps Are upward bound Across the brittle soilMarred by desolation The flesh simmers Blistering at the journey’s peakBathed in scalding light The high, beaming scourge of day Yet matter presses on Driven by…
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In the hold of simplicity My stern and faithful refuge I craft until I am brimmed Weighed down with satisfaction Whole In the caring Clutches of serenity As familiarity wafts The warm fragrances of home Salted seas And afternoon wisps Lash away at my skin While I passionately reminisce The tussle never quiets In the…
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Upon tarnished ground Laden with mangled thoughts Scrambled yearnings Bellow far and wide To lure me in To dispatch all i am Familiar turf subsides Swallowed by a roving glimmer Distorted fallacies expand Latching firm To an aimless wind They spill their refrain Of deafening mayhem Whirling, harrowing torment To lure my reluctant stride Sprawled…
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He strains to omit himself Cruelly barred From his treasured emptiness The world flocks For his hollow pastures Draining their anguish In torrents of vibrant shades Through his pores The earth lumbers on In his daily blood In his teary-eyed rut Introspection retreats Held off for another time For now, the earth Must hold sway…