Tag Archives: memory

If

If I were to see your face today I’d turn away There wouldn’t be a single thing I’d want to say I’d pretend I hadn’t seen you Or never knew The things that you turned into And how you grew … Continue reading

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Marketplace

They are dancing in the marketplace With colours wild and free There’s a riddle here I cannot place There’s something here of me The items that they here display Are colourful and grand And I may ask them if I … Continue reading

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Would

I would have your sighs For just one moment Gaze into your eyes If only for this To turn and walk away And shake my head and say ‘I’m sorry that it had to end this way’ I would have … Continue reading

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Artist

Be for me an artist of my memory These shining links which fill the void-less universe are only you Your hand which binds enchains me in your brittle grasp Sweet Eros on the hunt throw out your snares for I … Continue reading

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Mirror

If I held a mirror Closely up to you Could you see yourself Could you witness true? Could you see the dissonance Tween what you say and do Could you see yourself Could you witness true? In your world a … Continue reading

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Softly

Softly falling rain Against the window pane Undulates a rhythm Sings a sad refrain Gently falling snow As above, below Crystalline and bright Icy inner glow Deftly written line Ode to the Divine Only of the best Aging, vintage wine … Continue reading

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Tarnished -for Prompt 23 – Anais Nin Quotes

“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.” Anais … Continue reading

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Whenever I Love

He said that the walnuts Looked like a brain Defiant, built sand castles Out in the rain Divined all the mysteries I couldn’t explain But unlike that last winter He won’t come again He seemed like a man But was … Continue reading

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Dancing All Alone

I’m dancing all alone To sleepy syncopation Every slide and step just seems A singular innovation The sweep of saxophone And I’m dreaming of the night I’m just dancing all alone It’s a kind of sweet delight I’m humming to … Continue reading

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I Am Lost

I am lost within this maze This labyrinth I am frightened of the shadows And the Minotaur within I move forward Or so it seems Till I’m backward Lost in dreams Just lost I am lost within this house This … Continue reading

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