This home feels different now.Quieter, open, tear soaked.Echoes of giggles and wonder appear in each room as you enter. “Goodnight, little man.” A mother once said to an innocent bundle. A smile appears. A finger holds a hand.Rooms once filled with love, now feel broken.Toys scattered, bittersweet. Table left unclean,…
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In the silence of the lonely nights,Where the stars offer their distant lights,A man stands, strong, and alone, his heart yearning for love’s sweet embrace. No friends to call, no family to hold near,No love to soothe, no laughter to cheer,Yet, he stands tall, a pillar of strength,Concealing the ache…
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Underneath this fiery lapse of eyes lidded of sunset’s doubtsI build this Keep to house all beauty left to meSoftest blue meets the kindest touch of lips tipped in loving breathThe mercy beguiling all hope left rotting on the vines withered of a calloused serenityKeep the love insideKeep the beauty…
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Tomorrow is the day I get cleansun gets high, and the sun setsand by noon, I always forgetyesterday’s promisesare today’s mistakesdrunkards like I often makeso tomorrow is the day I get cleanpunch into work, and leave as soon as I canoff to my fix, was always the planhours after; stumble…
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Caught my collapse on the specks of a paintbrush, Lemon-lime splatterings, paddlings over the retention pond In my lungs, an endless wake leading to another in a Christmas-lit bar. Never was the creative type, but I made moles out of mountain work, A red sea respite and moonshine lullaby out…