Not Your Baby

I’m okay I’ve never been helpless I’m not the baby Anymore   Don’t worry I don’t need saved I’ve made it this far On my own   I’m all right I never asked for Not your baby All alone   Don’t worry I’m okay I was your baby Not anymore

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What About Us

What about me Was I what you thought at all Did I live up to your fantasy Did I step up to the call   What about you Are you done with me at last Have I used up your imagining Your dream of what is past   What about us Have you really seen [...]

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Creative Blogger Award 2009

Hey y’all. I want to start with saying this will be my very first time writing an entry here that is addressed directly to whoever my readers happen to be [I know I know a few, but hey, I can’t see everything]. It will also be the very first time I will write in real-time [...]

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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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My Bat

I must confess You give a chill To flutter by my head Your inky form Causes a thrill Of shudders in my bed   I will admit You have a way Of mesmerizing me With jerky flight I’m hypnotized By something I can’t see   I can’t deny I long to know What calls you [...]

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The Devil Without Horns

No, you would have shunned her Had she not Ever scornful Of innocence   It was the contrast You dug Ever the enigma Of labels   You couldn’t pin her Down Not really Even as she tried To define herself She proved this Even as she swore Undying loyalty Ever yours You knew   She [...]

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Seeker

So, you’re still out there Too driven to die Like you said you would   Age happens to the best of us What’s left, once it does, And you’ve never learned How to live?   Do you look for something, still? Were you ever really looking? Or, just trying not to see   For all [...]

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Disclaimer

The thing is, I’ve never wanted to tell another how to interpret my writing. I want to create it, not define it. I’ve always believed that once I write something, it’s like a picture; it’s however you see it. Just like song is however you hear it. It’s your experience. If I give it to [...]

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One of the Shes

One of the Shes She’s got it so bad She’s counting the seasons She’ll take to be had She’s one of the Shes He’s leaving behind He’s giving her notice But taking his time   One of the Shes She’s falling in stride She’s counting her reasons She’s standing in line She’s one of the [...]

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Collected Perceptions

Now that you’ve taken everything Tell me how does it feel to need more Now that you’ve drank your fill Tell me how does it feel to be bored Now that you’ve spent all your time How do you know you’re too late Now when you empty your pockets How do you sort your mistakes [...]

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