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Aye brother, Listen to me
Don’t let em knock you down
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Legends of this monster began
On May 2, 1933, when somethingCame out of the Loch Ness lake, and this wouldHave Scotland...
They gave me the keys during the dusk of a summer day
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I got into...
I sit here with my pen in hand
I don’t know what to write about.
I think, I think, but simply can’t
Find what will make the...
I lie awake in bed
with thoughts swarming around in my head,
the memories come flooding in
of old times with my kin;
I can't...
The Paradox That Was 2016
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My 2016.
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A breach of joy and light from my mouth
When feelings go south
Is like...
You are a child's entertainment.
You are my entertainment.
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Grey nose, white tail.
Soft feet hop down the trail.
At the end a light.
Shining in the night.
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And with that, middle school was over.
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The path of darkness,
does not taunt all.
For the patient and hopeful,
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Home is a sanctuary,
Narrow as a niche and wide as the sea.
The world's an adventure,
Bright as the sun and bold as nature....
Dear past me,
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Dear Friend,
Why do you persist?
Continuing down this darkened path
Will lead to destrustion
Your soul-
Pure and sweet
Will...
Poor ugly little girl
burn your lips with perfume
you mistaked as lipgloss
Poor naive little girl
just because he said
how...
Home is a sanctuary,
Narrow as a niche and wide as the sea.
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Bright as the sun and bold as nature....
I'm the silent creek of the floor board
The quiet steps you never hear
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The stars are bright,
But you’re my only light
Through night and day, you guide my way
As if I was already astray
You...
In a verse I have discovered
A vessel of magic
A wand of wizardry
The purity of witchcraft.
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Bruja....
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indeed we shall to a world that is broken.
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poetry is like a tree -
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by half...
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Another time--
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A teacher,
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He soars on...
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I'm not sure I want to be found.
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