Category: poems
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…when we fell apart
and when we fell apart,looking back at it in hindsightthe both of us did soin a different fashion from each othersix months sobersince i was at the mercyof the idea of who you wereversus who you actually wereand that tore me apartcame undone right at the seamswhile still in your armswhere love bombsturn into ear-splitting…
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in the last hour
days were gonewhen he could no longer rememberthe sound of laughteror the taste of happinessall those were distant memoriestheir ghosts would run across from time to timewith anxiety etched on the wallsand depression and disillusionmentlurking in the hallways. as he stared at the ceilingand it all unfolded in the one screen of the film reelin…
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ocean tide
most timeswhen he wakes up each dayhe blames himselffor staying at the docksand chasing a ship that’s already set sailheaded for whereverall he knew was thatit was going to a place far away from himhe knew it probably wouldn’t have turned backbut just in casehe jumped headfirst into the oceanswam after itright through the high…
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when You looked into my eyessaid you loved the way they shinedand told me yOu’d never leavesaid yoU hopedyou’d never lose me and We sat on your couchused your armsto build a fortrEssaRound my wEary souland that’s the safesti’ve ever beeNyou quiet the sTormswirling in my headwith the soundof your calmly pAced heartbeatthat became my…
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forever wasn’t enough
remember when You saidyOu’d be here foreverremember when i believed?now i’m picking Up the piecesthat once built a paper housebuilt by your promisesperhaps it stooD too talland not enoughto stand the test of tImeit fell apartwhen you slammeD the door too hardoN your way ouTjust like everyone elsewho proMise mE heAvenand eveN bring me a…
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shipwrecked (reprise)
now we’re washed ashoreand soeverything was too hard to bearsomething…somethIngmust’ve set your demons freefrom their cages;you aren’T the knightin shining armourthat i once knewyou wRestled a silent battlethat only the hairson your skInknew aboutand still i was thErehelplessly.i did everything i coulDto keep you hereto keep youwith Me.but for You,nothing would ever Be enoughi set…
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Helplessly
i stand In the hallwayi watch you like a haWkengrossedin your fAvourite novellanothing else could matterthaN this momentfor you i stand in the hallwayi waTch you as you drinkand wallow in everY single wordevery sentence and paragraphhere, there and yOnderevery page is yoUr playgroundyou masTerevery swing, slide and carOuselnothing else could matterthan this momentfor you…
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the here and the now.
youalways have a waywith wordshow you Knot and weave theminto a golden blanketof reassurance and mellowand i guessthat’s why you’re so tallreachIng up to heavenfor a piece of happineSsand angel like Splendour.an all faMiliar facethat, every timE,begs to say“we’re in the here And in the now.”nothinG elsecould ever matternot ‘morrow,not even ten minutes ago.“we’re in…
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i just want to hold your hand
i just want to hold your hanDand feel it holding minebonded by eternal glue perhapskidding,i justdOn’t want to lose youagaiNbut what if I doand you come back aroundlike you didin The spring of may?invisibLe string so to spEakthat broughT you back to mepulled me forthintothe right arms; yoursbut even iffate happens to snap this strinGi…
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shipwrecked
storm rollingsHipwreckedtidEs turningwaves tossingcatchingmy breathbLackoutswePt ashorenothingnot even a diMe to my namEyou were tHere.thatwas alli cOuLd think about.the oceanechoeD your voice.maybei wasn’t going crazybecauseyOu were there.thatwas eNoughto get me Through. you;dOe-eyedface of poiseand gracewordsof solacethat builda fortressthat quietmy deepestdarkestfearshandsso carefuland precisepulled me forthintothe right arms i won’tmake any promisesfor now;but please saYyou’ll stick by mein…
Emotion 