Thursday Poems
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A cloud latched to the top of my head. Fogging the road ahead. Was I destined to carry this rage? Was it a choice I made along the way? However it happened,It locked me in its cage. Controlling my lips,With strings Attached to its grip. Rage stopped looking like him,And started looking like the face,Staring back in the…
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The fog wraps around my brittle fingers.Clinging to the steering wheel, 7:55 am. The air on the road muddy ahead,Rest my soul. I know where to go. 2 pm, the sun isAglow. Bright red nose,The river sure looks cold. Another autumn walk,Thanking the sun,For that little bit a warmth.Soak it in,Summer is long on the…
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There’s a secret hiding inside her. She wants everyone to know,But then again, she doesn’t. Many parts make up her heart. With their own names,They each want their own stage. The meanest one Rattles against her iron cage,She demands they bow toHer seething rage. But once you’ve met her,She can’t be unknown. Chomping on the…
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Face flushed,Wrinkles ripple on your face,You’re finally free fromthe lead clawing at your heels. On the open road,With nowhere to go. Run as far as you can,Life is a circle. Rolling through mountains, plateaus, and river eroded Canyons.Have you gone far enough to forget?Sun sets in the semi-arid dust,Not a single problem,Left in a cup. To…
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I have this thing I never talk about. I got it when I was young. When the personality train dropped off my traits,my mind was too scattered to keep them straight. In one bucket, they’re all supposed to go. But mine got scattered, Into several small jars. To be strong enough to face a monster…
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Misty drops melt into thunderous pelting beads,Leaves threaten to change from green to brown. These first rains of autumn Turn around my summer frown.When the rain drips, my tears feel free to fall in toe, Hidden under gray clouds. The caverns of my soul search For the holiness of my inked drenched page. A treaty…
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The madness of chanceThe odds these exact Atoms collideBut here I stand, 5 foot 2 inches high. The foolishness of a body,How ridiculous I prance around on 2 legsInstead of 4. The silliness of thumbs,How’d you end up over there All alone? Thank goodness though, Up or down,I need you, friend. A jaw dropping wonder,How…
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On the merry go roundShe let her hair down Pushing her harderHands held tight Eyes strained upSpinning in space Wind whipping locks out of placeSewn into her smiling face So dizzy, she became But still They spin her round Metal, hot to the touch Sizzling tender thighs Fingers getting tired Fearing she’ll fly into spaceThey…
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My palms pound the headboard Searching for the source of buzzingRattling me awake.Another lucid dream sent to live in rifts around my psyche,I bat my eyes and press my feet to the carpet. I reflect on the moment the ship was going down“Where are the life jackets?” I scream at my dad as he dove…
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Trickles of rage Pool in my palms. The acid threatens to shoot out my eyes again. The unmistakable sound of a man’s upper handed shake. Daring my knees to buckle,begging my will to break. Invisible scars line my cheeks from the men before him. The ones that sharpened my tongue before I had the chance…
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My first few flights since the time I fled,I wasn’t quite sure why it hurt inside.I was supposed to feel freeI was supposed to feel alive. Weak kneed and wobbly eyed It became clear to me. I’d spent my whole life trying not to drown in that cage,I’d never learned how to spread my wings…
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Every dagger plunged through porcelain bones,Shattered my pieces, scattered on the floor. No blood to be found, Just remnants of a once hollow place.Shattered glass shaking, pulling jagged edges together again. Not even a tear could she shed. Sat pretty on Mama’s shelf Shattered in daddy’s shop. What would be left when she was all…
Healing Birds Fly Again 