Jess

Jess?
 
I found some pictures. Pictures of you.
Not the you I once knew. Gone now, the mass of black curls. Gone, the sharp cheekbones women whispered about, the slanted green eyes that pierced so much they frightened people. Gone now the tiny frame of muscle that had lifted me high and twirled with such frenzy as [...]

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Ruby Mountains

Ruby Mountains
Snowy Mountains
Lay your mantle on my back
When I’m leaving
Yes I’m leaving
Will you point me down the path
 
Ruby hold me
Tell me your sorrows
Drop your tears along the road
When I’m leaving
And I’m leaving
Light a candle for us both
 
Ruby Mountain
Ruby Snow
Keep your secrets from me still
When I’m leaving
You know I’m leaving
Keep what I have left you with

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I Saw You

A smoky golden eye. Green flashes sidelong, blazing. Shocks of bright blonde flying forward, and curls of chocolate tumble from under straw. Like clouds under sun. A warning: things are not always just what they seem. Are they?
Ensconced in shiny black, nestled in leather, giving it the gas. A satisfied purring powers down the highway [...]

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Neighbors

Frozen stiff
Not a figure of speech
In high desert winter
They found you
Not so hidden
But already far away
Victim of
Unrelenting bitterness
 
She handed that gun right over to you
Hospitable old gal
Gracious when you claimed
He’d offered to lend it
 
She hates to think of it now
Knowing she helped you
In ways she would never
Knowing she was
Unknowingly
Bidden
 
This country asks
That you not ask
Too [...]

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Do I Forgive You?

Do I forgive you?
 
Do I?
Do I really?
 
Hate you
I loved you
I wished you dead
 
A little girl
I knew even then
Shocked into knowing
Nothing would stop you
 
Only the ash and dust
You finally became
 
Dead
You are dead
So many years now
 
Hate you
Loved you
Wished you dead
 
When I heard
Satisfaction
Did not come
 
Instead
I saw you
Lifted
 
I saw you
Clean
And whole
 
Free
 
I sent my wish
Of redemption
Up
 
I did not look
To the [...]

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Magic Words

Magic Words.
 
I love someone who does not say them. Those two magic little words: “I’m sorry”. In fact, he doesn’t say much at all. At least, not in words.
 
Words; everything about me; words. I dream them, wake with them on my tongue, in my head. I see them on the wall, in color. Like pictures. [...]

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So Long

I’ve lost you
I think for good this time
I’ve lost you again
I’ve just now realized
How much I need you here
 
I’ve looked everywhere
I’ve tried everything
And I can’t replace you
I’ve pleaded time
And time again
But you aren’t coming back
 
I guess now it’s up to you
Or fate
Or the stars
Nothing I say
Seems to penetrate
Your stubborn heart
You’ve strayed
And nothing I can do
Will [...]

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One of a Kind

In my own time
I may find
A broken heart
Becomes then one
Of a kind
 
In a heartbeat
Things can change
Then everything
Once close has gone
It’s own way
 
In your own time
You had to see
It isn’t always easy
But no one said
It would be
 
For what it’s worth
Time will tell
I understand
No water draws
From empty wells

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Tasting Mercy

I take this bread
This cup for me
You shed
My weight
My so mistaken
Life
So long mislead
 
Take this blessing
Drink of you
Forgiven
No more owed
This painful suffering
Of human due
 
Eat this gift
Given freely
Never once begrudged
Swallow reprieve
From worldly bondage
In acceptance of this
 
I take this bread
And drink of you
Wash over me anew
Let me begin 
To know again
You will stand me through
 
Justice [...]

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Forgive Me

Forgive me
My truth
My integrity
My backbone
 
Forgive me
For standing
Not laying down
For rising
And not giving up
 
Release me
I will fly
And crawl no more
Please
 
Forgive
My strength
My spirit
My surviving

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