the mountain breeze softly wafts
like the breath of a lover
blowing my hair
kissing my face
I close my eyes
and remember dreams
as fantasy returns
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Friday, December 3, 2021
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Someone I'm Not
There’s a lot of places
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To be someone I’m not
A façade that I am holding
Hoping I never get caught
Acting always acting
like I have got it straight
If they knew what’s underneath
It wouldn't be that great
Strong, is all they'll ever see
No one gets beneath
Keeping up appearances
A mirror of what they see
Keeping up this misthrow
Keeping up the inner hell
How long can I do this?
Only time will tell
If only I can fool them all
Yeah, that’s the what I think
But I am only fooling myself
Bordering on the brink
It’s me that’s got the answers
To the questions that they ask
Pretending I am something
While hiding behind this mask
But I will keep on holding fast
To this pretentious veneer
Till all in side me crumbles
And implodes all hiding here
The racket will be heard for miles
As all inside me rots
Never letting them see at all
I’m something that I'm not
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Tuesday, November 30, 2021
buried
didn't need a shovel
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my heart was buried deep
no light showed through the darkness
or the walls that were so steep
didn't see it coming
my head was in the clouds
safe from all disasters
the signs apparent now
didn't feel the earth drop
as my world started in this spin
forgot to leave a safety net
or something in which to depend
didn't recognize the symptoms
though I'd seem them once before
should of heard my mind click
when you left and closed the door
didn't get any closure
didn't want to stop my mind
the goodbye kiss you gave me
was for the very last time
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drift
a different place
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in a different time
when we were together
when you were mine
we could have made it
we might have been fine
it was the outside influences
that started the decline
too many headaches
for one lifetime
a steep, rocky mountain
which you can not climb
we started the drift
lost our mooring line
no way back
no longer intertwined
separate lives
that can't realign
we accepted the failure
and became resigned
an end to the love affair
a poem with out rhyme
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Monday, November 29, 2021
win
I must always win
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competitive by nature
yes, it is a fault
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two sides
to every story
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perception, reality
believe what you need
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game
it started as a game
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a game without the rules
invented as we went along
that’s how it was with you
excitement slowly building
a stairway winding up
maybe we climbed to quickly
I never looked closeup
should have left out feelings
and kept it as a sport
before it got to serious
and I found that I fell short
need a different perspective
need to get a grip
need to rethink all of this
stop shooting from the hip
you weren’t the only player
you are not to blame
going in with eyes wide open
culpability is the same
I think it’s time to walk away
my purpose has been served
there’s nothing going forward
now that the road has swerved
the memories I take with me
bittersweet at best
keeping
feelings I keep close to me
but aborting all the rest
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ode to a gerbil (ss)
little gerbil in a cage
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running the wheel to work off rage
hate being locked up
all the day
waiting for your
big escape
wondering what it would be like
to play
in the heat of the sun's rays
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Friday, November 26, 2021
nitty-gritty
when you filter out the craziness
of people we have met
matches not made in Heaven
you can scoop them up with a net
some were a waste of time
there are those we will always regret
when you get down to the nitty-gritty
I think we're the saneness ones yet
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web
nothing but sorrow, nothing but ache
nothing but memories whisper my name
nothing but sadness, much too severe
nothing but silence is still living here
too many bridges all that were burned
too many lessons shelved and unlearned
no promises ever were there to be broken
tender lies promised and sweetly were spoken
I couldn't change your heart
I couldn't from the start
I couldn't change your mind
I couldn't be more blind
a tangled, twisted web
intricately woven in red
a love that won't flourish
starves without nourishing
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Thursday, November 25, 2021
Thank You
I give thanks,
every single day
for all of the blessings
I have received
for the little ones far
for you that is near
for happiness received
and waylaid eased fears
Thank You, dear God
and guardian hosts
for keeping me safe
and for those I love most
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love speaks
I took a chance,
that you would be the one
my banged up heart
beating new beats
life flows in through windows
and doors
long closed
love peeks through mirrored lenses
asking me if I feel lucky
well do I??
yes...yes I do
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that you would be the one
my banged up heart
beating new beats
life flows in through windows
and doors
long closed
love peeks through mirrored lenses
asking me if I feel lucky
well do I??
yes...yes I do
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only you
only time can stop
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this dizzy spin I'm in
hot desert winds
blowin against my skin
bringing it to the surface
only time can stop
these thoughts
that flow
like a leaky faucet
or the Niagara Falls,
the sea into the ocean
only you can fix this
heart that pounds
like the loud beat of a drum
or a hammer coming down
echoes of what is lost
a loud aching sound
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Wednesday, November 24, 2021
planets
two worlds that collided
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a meteor shower ensued
this is the very way I felt
the first time I met you
all planets in alignment
in this ecliptic plane
the solar winds that blew
these memories that remain
as I orbit around your moon
the nuclear fusion is strong
there may not be enough space
to protect me from this burn
these two worlds that collided
I don't want to be torn apart
from this galaxy of loving
burning deeply in my heart
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goner
I just can't trust this feeling
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that I get when we're alone
one look from those green eyes
I'm a goner don't you know
you're turning away from me
ignoring this chemistry
this thing that we each know
is a lot stronger than us both
I can't trust one little hug
not even one chaste kiss
don't get to close to me darlin'
I can't trust myself like this
so baby, send me a message
or you can call me on the phone
but keep your distance sweetheart
we can't be trusted alone
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cowboy dreams
a cowboy has dreams
of sleeping under the stars
of deserts that bloom
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of sleeping under the stars
of deserts that bloom
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hybernation
the way you touch me
I am awake once again
hibernation through
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I am awake once again
hibernation through
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Halley's comet
like Halley's comet
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I burned quickly through your heart
a flash in your night
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Tuesday, November 23, 2021
more than a friend
the door is closed but you still make the time
you drop lots of hints but won't speak your mind
the ceiling fan hums as around it does spin
we're back where we started...back where we began
you sing a cappella and I pick up the tune
but the moment is lost and it's over too soon
we pick different partners and hit the dance floor
we've minutes to play and I'm keeping the score
I want more than friends--someone to stick around
the smile on your face gets replaced by a frown
you'll dance in the dark but not in the light of day
I put words in your mouth that you'll never say
you'd walk a mile to see just how far I'll go
never asking the questions that most want to know
we run the long race but neither one of us wins
we stepped over the line between lovers and friends
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more than once
I've crept into your mind
more than once, so it seems
too many times, infecting your dreams
conscious sun that drives me away
breaking clouds with the dawn's rays
you thought that you wanted me
you think that you don't
while you mull it over
I'm already gone
I drop in to see you
again and again
the touch of a lover
the guise of a friend
wanting what I offer
but only for one night
selling your soul
by the candle's dim light
you thought that you needed me
you think that you don't
you
turn over to hold me
I'm already gone
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refuge
watching
a cowboy on the ridge
hat pulled low, he does approach
silhouetted against the darkening sky
shelter sought from the growing monsoon
scaling
the cowboy spans my wall
jumping with ease my barriers
all within now inside out
graceful are the rider's moves
promise
something never offered
refuge only from lightning and thunder
taking more than what he brought
the cowboy rides out after the storm
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Saturday, November 20, 2021
love sleeps soundly
the sun shines in your smile
your eyes the color of blue sky
your touch warm like the rays
you start my day
the moon glows through blinds
the stars blanket cool skin
your voice the whisper of a mountain breeze
when you say "good night baby"
love sleeps soundly in your arms
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terrain
soft peaks...silk valleys
a short hike only to discover
a terrain you already know
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Friday, November 19, 2021
asylum
here, inside my crowded mind
padded walls of my asylum
I slowly part with things on a list
I know should be left behind
things that weigh too heavily
things that have torn me apart
things that I thought settled
things that have hurt my heart
as I close this massive book
sealing you in a special chamber
finally knowing what just won't be
and walking away without anger
loving you netted no dividends
investing more than I got back
I didn't blame it on you, although
part was your fault as I reflect
here, inside my crowded mind
padded walls of my asylum
I slowly part with things on a list
I know should be left behind
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the answer
no answers to my questions
or mending for what needs repair
I gave you love and affection
knowing you'd go from here
visiting in the dark side
while all around you sleeps
dancing in the moonlight
with something you couldn't keep
truth and my conviction
on the other side of my door
like a heroin addiction
that left me wanting more
love faltered at my bedside
faking what wasn't here
although I was often chided
I wasn't ever that clear
as you waited for justification
demarcation wasn't defined
solutions not forthcoming
and clearly no fault line
so forging ahead you leave me
it won't affect you none
the truth was never out there
you take care of number one
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