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The other side of the road

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Some choose, to be different
glancing across the street,
watching people walk on by.
Others find themselves sedated,
failing to realize where they are,
or even where they are going.
I find myself moving along,
sometimes fast, sometimes slow,
often waiting for a signal that never comes.
I find myself waiting with hope,
failing to protect my caution,
as I step into traffic I cannot see.

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Things that make you go Hmmmmm…..

Monday, October 16th, 2006

In five seconds I forgot to mention
The way you saw me standing in awe
as we both found we knew nothing
the lifetime I would remember you
in the blink of an eye, so fast
the day my hopes were so grand
Do you recall that moment?
the second you lost yourself
in a mere glance across the room
from the quiet heart […]

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Dreaming

Monday, October 16th, 2006

Dreaming***************
I think to myself
is the air I breathe
something of me
I try to believe
as I focus on if
a soul can be free
I wonder of things
the need to see
a reason to be
as I ponder
Your words
subtle yet strong
they make me belong
Your eyes
reaching deep within me
in search of destiny
Your heart, so strong
I realize,
is not yet gone
as I hope
that […]

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A Wordsmith’s Prison

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

I trusted myself, more than I should have
There was deceit in my mind,
burrowing in my thoughts
My hands were corrupt, covered in soil and hate
And my words, my words…
.

They were simply venomous
So sharp my own tongue bled as I spoke
Every word was painful,
Fueling the anguish in my soul
Leaving me a taste so foul, that I could […]

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The Candle

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

In the absence of darkness
I stand almost unnoticed
A shadow of hope
Cast aside by society
Until I am needed
Barely holding myself
As I am cold and hidden in view
But when I am whole with purpose
I shine with everything ounce I am
Flickering against the night
Caring for a world I cannot see
A world that hardly knows me
Touching it with my […]

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Poetic Riddle

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

Upon midnight’s glow to these dreams you should know
To be adored, would you never hear it evermore
And while I thought my words became entwined with this heart
As if no one could hear the gentle beating missing
No this heart was not fleeting nor would it be lost in lore
Upon these dreams I heard the sound, gently […]

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Betoken

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

Subtle betoken
  My veil has dropped
    Was this dark life so dim
      Feeling this ice within my veins
        This darkness resides my brethren
Windows tinted with malicious spirits inside
  Can you hear these noises
    Feigning voices this screaming resides
      My own depth wanting so shallow
        This pain suggest I die
When dim thoughts harrow my mind
  My […]

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Catechize Within

Friday, May 19th, 2006

Reflections, tell me
  What do you know
    Tell me now
      What secrets do you keep
I have your dreams
  I’ll give them to you for a price
    I have your dreams
      Do you know what makes you weep
Simply tell me all your secrets
  You know them all so well
    Simply tell me all your secrets
      Is […]

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Phantom Words

Friday, May 19th, 2006

Subtle words
  Shouting in my mind
    I feel this phantom
      Whispering wind and rhyme
He is not quiet
  Nor absolute in tone
    He cannot stop his screaming
      Is this wanting dreaming
Who can hear this voice so shallow
  Do I have a choice to listen or delay
    Does this echo voice my thoughts
      Why do I choose […]

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Witch’s Thought

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

This is about having a thought or belief that you realize it wrong. Something you held value in and later realized wasn’t worth the value you gave it. I named it Witches Thought because it refers to how Witches were often burned for being something that couldn’t be understood.
 Witch’s Thought

This thought I held so […]

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