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#11

Gone gone

Mmnnñnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
She should know me by now Pushing me away Shadowing what's bothering me Walking past me...

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#12

The Wing-Push of forever

The poem is about breaking free from long held ideas or traditions. I initially wrote the poem in response to a series of conversations with a young woman who had left off from sex...
Ideas Old ones Like straightjackets in time That keep us from who we are coming to be Sometimes breaking free comes in shove-push But the truest is spirit-light Dove-like release From whoever's naked body...

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#13

How Do You Un-love a Child?

This poem is how my parents were able to un-love me and write me out of their lives forever as if I never existed.
HOW DO YOU UN-LOVE A CHILD? (4.1.19) How do you un-love a child? Is there really a possible way? You bring them on earth and protect them, Yet toss them away some day. You’d die for their safety and keep...

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#14

In This Age and Day

People Wow'd too often by words Do Surrender Not asking nearly enough for actions Before raining praise On the reigning kings Whose PR teams Always Do earn their pay In this age and day

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#15

The Final Song.

I was abused as a child. I want to shed light on the topic. My only hope is that my poetry will help someone else.
The thud of my body echos in the room. The impact takes my breathe away. The cold temperature of the floor welcomes me. It brings me back to the surface of reality. My lungs try to draw in...

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#16

The weight of loss


I find myself craving the emptiness that fills up the space that was once you. The burn that follows the anger. Careful, I have to remind myself, for these flames catch and grow quickly....

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