another day

I reach for you but you're not there

grabbing at straws; clutching thin air

perhaps I imagined, thought you were real

another dream that is congealed

the dawn is bleak, the raindrops fall

another storm as I recall

making it through the long hard day

dreamless nights, I'm held at bay

what was it like, before the gloom?

with beautiful flowers in full bloom

another day, a long lost time

when I was your and you were mine

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only a fool

only a fool plays by the rules
it's said beggars can't be choosers
only a gambler has nothing to lose
only a rock's too hard to bruise

more than two can play the game
how many in the end remain?
it somehow doesn't come out the same
when each and all start laying blame

when we take off the velvet gloves
inspecting and examining this thing called love
seeing what it's not or is made of
praying this time it's enough

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glock

I go to the range
and load my glock
the day I had
still in shock
I load up the clip
with hollow points
gonna use them all
before I leave this joint
there's nothing better
than shooting at the range

it feels so good
in the palm of my hand
squeezing off a round
this feels grand
the hit dead center
right through the heart
I never miss
this, my true art
there's nothing better
than shooting at the range

pretend I'm Fiona
the Burn Notice gal
I think you could be
my sidekick, pal
do you think you can handle
a chick with a gun?
you can load my clip
while I'm having fun
there's nothing better
than shooting at the range

maybe if you're good
I'll give you a bout
to relieve your stress and
get rid of those doubts

no doubt about

the way it feels

see the target

get the chills
there's nothing better
than shooting with you


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Lucky

You got lucky mister 

Lucky when we met

Lucky in my perceptions 

Lucky in my depths 

Like a fortune in a cookie

Like a gambler at the table 

It’s all on the line 

And destiny’s unstable 

Peeling back the layers 

Getting to the heart 

Uncovering the mysteries 

Of all that’s deep and dark 

A meeting that was chance 

Odds a thousand to one 

You still came out on top 

Obscurity undone 

I Put you on the path 

And turned it all around 

Gave you a new insight 

Put your feet back on the ground 

When all is said and done 

I gave it all to you 

And what you take away 

Is more than what you knew 

Yah, you got lucky 

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litmus test

a true litmus test 

turning me deep crimson red 

a beautiful shade

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carry on

we carry on
when it all comes down
there's more thunder than rain
our dreams lay in shards
we carry on

we carry on
through the reality of it all
more fable than fairytale
more investment than return
when it all starts to shatter
we carry on

we carry on
because the sun will still shine
a silver lining to be seen
after the storm's rage
tomorrow will come
and it will be a better day
we carry on

match

every dream, every chance
you burned them all
with just one match
brushing against
memories once sweet
incinerated ash
laying at your feet

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we

you make me laugh
you make me sing
you promise the world
and all good things
seven months
a milestone for me
it keeps getting better
now that I is we

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Slow Down Haiku

You need to slow down 

Pull back, kick back, don't look back 

it's time to relax!

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maybe

maybe I should have fought harder 

maybe I should have been smarter

maybe it should never have started 

maybe we should stay apart 

maybe, maybe, maybe 

maybe we should not have met 

maybe I shouldn't have left 

maybe I will have regrets

maybe I will never forget 

maybe, maybe, maybe

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ride on

ride on 

ride on 

moving out of here 

dream on 

dream on 

all the dreams are gone 

stay strong 

stay strong 

getting through some how

 

moving on, 

moving on

using all my strength

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laundry

feelings hung to dry 

like laundry on the line 

emotion and despair 

stains are retained there 

sometimes the spots that remain 

freckled, flecks of pain 

splattered all across 

don't come out in the wash

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left behind

how do I know 

what to leave behind 

what I'll no longer need 

in this future of mine 

what if what was left 

was what I needed  

and it can't be retrieved 

because the history's deleted

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ambrosia

passion comes
cherry sweet
juicy kisses
the taste and smell
of ambrosia

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forget the math

I want to make it easier 

stop over analyzing, 

more compromising 

one and one doesn't always equal two 

gonna stop putting up walls 

let it out of the box 

erase the lines that I drew 

I want to take it easier 

take it as it comes

push the envelope some

 
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storm

your storm ravages my heart

the lightening flashes from your eyes 

the thunder of your voice 

the hurricane force winds 

of the words you hurl, 

cutting and deep 

intended to inflict and destruct 

the storm rages through the night 

no protection, no shelter 

and in the morning, all is calm

the storm has passed, 

but not without devastating my spirit

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drops on the tile

sometimes, good things pass 

spilling like wine from a glass 

hurrying to contain it too fast 

missing the drops on the tile 

although, I take it slow 

looking for secrets I don't know 

the extinguishing inner glow 

disguised in crescent moonlight 

reflecting on what I see 

and all you once meant to me

doubt now plants its seed 

a vision of hidden perception

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sunset

as I look for love that feels just right 

not too loose and not to tight 

someone to hold me late at night

till the dark sky bleeds red light 

looking for a love that I haven't found yet 

filled with passion, no regrets 

a heart in which my dreams can rest 

as we ride off into the sunset

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happily ever after

shall I start yet once again? 

look for it, seek it, search hard 

will it come to me? 

a spring breeze 

blowing down from green mountains

or arriving on wings of doves 

will it ride in a cowboy hero? 

from an old black and white 

swinging me up behind on his horse 

as I wrap my hopes and dreams 

around an image of what it should all mean 

hanging on for dear life 

as we gallop off into the sunset 

and live happily every after 

or not

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blindside

every heart has a blindside

part of all devotion 

overlooking the obvious 

omnifarious emotion

the counterfeit good faith 

that travels across miles 

it's not the first mistake 

but it's part of the file 

when illusion of choice 

goes out a revolving door 

and all the words I hear 

have been said before 

forgiveness becomes weakness 

when it comes down to this 

the blindside sees truth

hidden in the Judas kiss 

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temple

my body a temple 

where my heart resides 

you hunger for one 

starving the other side 

sustenance I offer 

feeding body, heart and mind 

you consume till you're full

and the rest is declined

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coup

a reason to believe 

a victory I won’t taste

tension in the feelings 

a love that’s gone to waste 

I feel it in my soul 

the words escape my lips 

a bloody, useless battle

my mind can’t seem to grip 

the air escapes the room 

and I can’t seem to breathe 

a scar that just won’t heal 

a wound that always seeps 

a heart that is still screaming

it beats it’s disbelief

never, ever thinking 

that you would really leave 

no pleasure in the moments 

that I once spent with you 

the fire that burned inside me 

defeated with your coup

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toi et moi

a story that needs written 

a sonnet of all that I feel 

a poem that's not yet titled

an ode not yet revealed 

my unpublished heart 

un histoire d'amour 

you and me

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thoughts

your thoughts on my thoughts 

your fingers caressing keys 

as you kiss my mind

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Walking Home

You walked me home 

After that bad storm 

Making sure I got there 

Safe from all harm 

Surrounded by darkness 

No light for my way 

No stars in the sky 

The moon tucked away 

holding my hand tightly

Though you were not there 

Talking me onward 

Your voice in my ear 

Alone that late evening 

But your presence was there 

A light in the shadows 

Removing despair 

You walked me home 

The moon tucked away 

Your voice in my ear 

With me the whole way

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