You See Now…

You see now. I didn’t know it would be like this. Who in their right mind would have ever taken it on had they known? I didn’t know the thing would follow me here. I thought I was safe from its nose, always sniffing the wind and watching for movement, any movement. I hid in [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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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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 [...]

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No Place Left

No Place Left   I made a wrong turn, or maybe two. That’s how I ended up seeing her and not being able to miss her—as if I would have anyway. She was riveting. I found myself wondering if everyone else passing noticed her too, or if she blended in with all the other homeless [...]

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Black Pearl

  Dark girl So long you sleep Beside me Black pearl, rise Awaken; shine, my Love I am your dream   Darkness So long you lay In wait Black pearl, come Arrive now, we are one Beautiful, my Love I will stay   Dark one So long this time Without my eyes Dark pearl, take [...]

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Sacred Salt

    His soul Almost transparent now The dregs Squirming at sunlight Foaming and withered To a stain   In the salt of truth She doused it with It lay Wheedling Convincing and in moments Even pitiable   Such agony No one could inflict Such pain   Such cruelty No one would wish This torment [...]

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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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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   [...]

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