Faller

There was a man
Who lived in a wood
Of ghosts who whispered and knew
They spoke to all
The buried truths
Of those left roughly hewn

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Injustice

What are you going to do? Arrest me? I’ve been myself for this long now, how could you think I would stop? And I never could stand injustice.
It’s been said that when I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone. Not the most flattering analogy, but likely true. In fact, I believe [...]

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Waiting On Him

She waits
Counting hours
Days
Weeks
She’ll wait
It’s been a year now
She’s waiting
For him
 
She stays
Counting fears
Doubts
Assurances
He’ll stay
For all those tears now
She’s staying
For him
 
She hates
Counting signs
Red flags
Hunches
She hates them
There are so many
Waiting
On him

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Just a Kid

When you’re a teenager, you think you know everything. You also think you are indestructible.
I look at kids that age, and I see children. But once in a while, I see one who also reminds me of me. A certain squint in one eye, a stance, a way of breathing. Not willing to wait, be [...]

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Realizations and Reminders #2

Two things I learned today:
#1
The one time you skip a shower and end the day knowing you really need one, because you were just too tired, a car will strike a power pole in your area the next morning and knock out power for 500 people, including your house. Your well pump will not work [...]

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Realizations and Reminders

Two things I learned today:
 I can’t see. I mean, I can see, it’s just that up close I don’t know what I’m seeing. I’ve realized I cannot shop without reading glasses, as I can no longer always tell the difference between the words “Shampoo”, and “Conditioner”. Without The Glasses, I am doomed to a life [...]

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Frye Boots Calling

She saw them first. She always sees them first.
I stared at the rows of over-used shoes, dismal looking in their states of seen-better-days; walked-over heels and cracked leather, if lucky enough to be leather at all. Most bent and arched with the inner imprints of someone else’s feet, the weight of their bodies and their lives; [...]

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Be True

Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.–Janis Joplin
 
Don’t listen to those who say, “It’s not done that way.” Maybe it’s not, but maybe you will. Don’t listen to those who say, “You’re taking too big a chance.” Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today. Most [...]

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Sparrow

“I don’t believe in dream catchers.” she said. I looked at the small hoop that hung in the window, the only thing left behind. I paused, several beats, at a loss. Finally I ventured, “What do you mean when you say you don’t believe?” I didn’t want to offend or challenge, having nothing at stake [...]

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In Your Hands

[So Long; Epilogue]
 
You’re studying
Matching words and dates
Looking for a way
To make it all make sense
 
You’re combing
Catching links and cues
Chasing after trails
That lead me back to you
 
That’s my book
In your hands
That’s the story
You can’t understand
That’s my book
On your shelf
That’s my story
You’ve kept for yourself
 
And I’m just letting you
Now I’m just letting you
 
You’re reading
The pages of my [...]

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