Mess of Dreams

I stumbled onto you A picture, no less In fact there were three   Grinning in one Head thrown back Softness apparent New to me   Black shades the next Guitar aimed Like an arrow At her heart   But the last The soul heavy tired eyes I remember these Even now   So old [...]

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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 [...]

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The Truth of Us

The Truth of Us   The look in his eyes. The awakening to new conciousness, to that knowing of another like never before, to being known, to real love. To knowing this was meant to be. The look in my eyes. The deep recognition of what has always been; this time to not turn away, [...]

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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 [...]

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Prickly, Stickly…

Whirring, shaking, in rhythm, I make music I’ve never heard, accenting the complex picking his fingers make. Forgetting that I don’t know how to play any kind of percussion, at any level, I become one with the blend of sound that lifts my body’s arms, moves my body’s hands and fingers. I dance, twirling and [...]

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Donut Angel

  I don’t remember much about him, but I have never forgotten him either. My impressions are now of gentleness and a small stature. Brown shaggy hair and glasses. Some kind of coat. A nondescript man, not young, not old. But the gentleness, this I remember with clarity. Somewhere in my wandering, my reeling, he [...]

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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 [...]

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Imposter Complex

My wickedly brilliant friend Maxine told me I have Imposter Complex. “What’s that?” I asked. “Oh, you know…the thing that makes you say, “I’m not a REAL writer [landscape designer/artist/musician/adult/Mother/fill-in-the-blank] because I lack the proper credentials [education/formal training/degree/piece of paper/recognition/circumstances] to tell me I am, to tell everyone I am, and when people find out, [...]

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I Used to Be

I used to be like I used to be the way I used to be the way it used to be the one I used to be I used to be I’m not at all just the way she used to be the one you used you used to be I used to be the [...]

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Ghost of Me

Tell me Tell me Was it worth it? Was it everything you thought It would be?   Give me Give me A peek inside The world you run to When you run from here   Is there a shrine You look to Where you keep The Ghost of  Me? Is she all the ones Who [...]

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