Naked Truth
Faces passing by
Wishing they had not seen me
Affectedly nodding
And smiling-worried
Mumbling conventional offerings
Of salutation...
I squirm trying
To break the discomfort,
Why do they pretend
I even exist,
If I cause such embarrassment?
Guilty misunderstanding? ...
Only time can tell...
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After The Speed Of Soul
After the speed of soul
Not a body
But a spirit perspires
And I pass over the highest roof
Shadow-like
As if a soul passes into another soul
And when you look at me
You put me on a higher tower
To hold the sound inside...
And when you pass this stage
Only silence remains.....
O Lord! What a tragedy...
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Like A Butterfly
Who are you that hold me up
When I am weak?
I think that you are a tree
And I am the wind
That blows through your branches
Tingling when touched...
Your leaves soften the breeze
That knows no relief
From the ceaseless momentum
Of life that began
Like a wafting butterfly
Sailing in the sky!
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Blue Christmas
A Christmas eve
Without you my love,
Is like Adam without Eve...
It is like a white dove
Who has a broken wing
And is fighting against the wind...
Christmas becomes just another day
When you are so far away...
Now, the questions remain:
Am I happy How could I be?
Another Christmas without you, again? ...
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When I Let Go...
When I let go, it was because
I couldn't hold on any longer,
And so I relaxed knowing the worst
Was behind me,
I finally let her go forever
From my heart and mind...
I could no longer be overwhelmed
By fear or anxiety
Riding on a life with no handrails
And no seats left
When the time arrived
To move on toward a new horizon...
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Now I Can See
A tear
Scratching
Across a rough surface...
From a square
Package
Commonly lit
With pick-up sticks...
One is chosen
To shape the air
Bluish while
In smoky flare...
Crawling down
A ticklish spine
Until burning
At the fingertips...
Too hot to handle
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A Wish
Break the rules
Parts with tools,
Matter need not be uniform,
Things that should
Or should not occur
Can all be changed
From the other side
Of the invisible door...
If I can believe
What repercussions
Can really bind me,
No penalty can steal from me
Once a wish is written,
In faith it can exist...
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A Simple Fact
The future speeds ahead of me
Somehow of my making
A distance venturing
Into unsettled territory...
A highway with a clear direction
Takes me further along
A route without boundary
To a place of compensation...
And I realize years ago
It was the same struggle
The need for expression
Was the reason behind the goal...
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And A Falling Star
And a falling star
Will relieve you
From the shadowless and sorrowful
Solitude of marble....
When you will rise hopelessly from prayer
The twilight will fade
In the black of your beautiful eyes....
And there shall be
No more complaints....
And maybe again,
You shall be a happy
woman again...
I doubt it....Who knows?
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Reality
My will has deserted,
Must have found another place
To agonize with desire,
Like another distorted face....
Fading, I am fading
Fast, very fast,
I am powerless to resist,
Realizing that I sacrifice bliss...
Turn around, no, don't go!
Trust awhile, -stay, play, play!
Repair the ruination
Relax, and wait a day...
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