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Escape

I’ll run away tonight from you I’ll pack up bags so silently That nothing of my passing shall Even whisper on the breeze I’ll travel through the darkest hues Through quiet streets I’ll steal away And you will never raise … Continue reading

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The Lie

You turn your head Your blood-red eyes to me And speak Your tone is low You almost glow it seems Yet weak Your time to come A different drum I see We stray I feel the fear It’s creeping near … Continue reading

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Falling At Your Feet – for Prompt 52 – Soul Scarring Regret

You were to me the epitome Of loss of innocence You’d hand out blame and use my name For games at my expense I deep regret and won’t forget When I first saw your face So drenched in sin where … Continue reading

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Life on Mars

May as well seek for life on Mars In these hallways only ghosts walk And it’s been this way for years Dust is dancing in the sunlight And such hearts left here forsaken Are just listless memories And melodies to … Continue reading

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Delusion – for Prompt 48 Escalating Humiliation

For one moment to be right To have felt something, anything Warm in my direction Not some sad and lost reflection Of a prize that’s so forbidden From my life Did he smile and gaze my way Feel some attraction, … Continue reading

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A Triptyche of Pain: Three interlinked poems

Pain Slake the thirst of bitter pain Each tear a droplet unbidden From a depthless, vast sea Red as blood I’m stained All the secrets I’d keep hidden Part like lost friends from me No choice, just wail and cry … Continue reading

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Waiting – for Prompt 41 Consuming Impatience

My skin cracks and splits Beneath this weight of hours Emotions parched This desert life has gripped me Yet still has ill-equipped me For its slow and steady Portentous demands There was that moment on the stair Your hushed voice … Continue reading

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From Paris With Love

The words spoke ‘with love’ But cut like a shard Meaningless words On a gilt-edged card From Paris with love So perhaps it is true It was love from a city And nothing from you Not words of a lover … Continue reading

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Hope Dies for Prompt 39 Unwanted Truth

My truth is the one where hope dies It shivers on the barricades It is verdant in the Everglades But when the jury must be swayed Just silence and a nothingness replies My truth is the one deep known The … Continue reading

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Next In Line

I’m here Your next in line I’m alone But I’m feeling fine I can wait For the longest time The longest time Don’t forget That I’m next in line Patience is A virtue so divine And you’re worth All my … Continue reading

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