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15
The Truth
Believe as you are told
Love the way you are loved
What is the truth
in loving
Will knowing the truth release
Will not knowing the truth deny.
Friday, March 14, 2025
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
I Thought I Knew
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14
I Thought I Knew
I thought I knew
better then
But today
I wish, just a little,
I had tried, a little more,
(to do things differently)
Today the house
would remember laughter
of a complete nest
The luggage
would have scratches
of paths travelled
on roads less known.
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Hide Away
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13
Hide Away
Welcome the night
Repose the day fights
Shedding the day
Of wild and ugly says
Darkness is a shell
Away, free to laugh and cry
Night turns to day
Shadows into rays
It’s once again a fight
to stay right in the light.
Sunday, March 9, 2025
When We were Young, and You too
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12
When We were Young, and You too
I remember
You
by the candlelight
Face
circled in shadow
framed by thoughts afar
Wrinkles of memories
like slashing rain
on window pane
I remember
Your face
Lined, baby soft, cold
when I touched a last time.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
If Only
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11
If Only
Hoarse and stumbling
You spoke on the phone
I tried to offer comfort
My tongue grew heavy
Expressions
were not our language of love
The language you had me learn
The tongue I’m comfortable with now
has alienated us more.
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Once Upon A Time
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10
Once Upon a Time
Echoes in an empty hall
Eyes clouded in tears
The dust writes
Of many voices, many laughters
That once upon a time
blew the ceiling high
and now, like the little one
peeking through the paper hole
seeing only what she wants to see.
Monday, March 3, 2025
Woman, Where were You Lost?
* Tears Allowed *
9
Woman, Where were You Lost?
Child who sees bubble in a moon
Child who traces hills on grandma’s frowns
Child who feeds the ants, they work so hard
Child who sails the world in the bath tub
Woman with plastic face
Woman with diamond eyes
Woman in hood and cloak
Woman with tongue in the womb
Woman, where were you lost?
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