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Iced Air

I like to taste each drop of iced air trickling down my throat, Savour all the melodies carried in on the ancient wind. I like to wish the coolness into my skin, Feel the textures coursing through my pumping, purple … Continue reading

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Catch the Tangles

Billowed darkness emptying itself in sheets of steely rain She caught up with the moment so her head could catch the tangles But still she whirled away because the stutter of the weather Metronomed into her brain The window trapped … Continue reading

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My Boat Rocks

My boat rocks. Coarse and rough oceans shake the tides, Saltwater slamming into the sides of the creaking, tearing vessel, Its threat to tumble me into the stormy blue, My boat rocks. Winds churn the writhing waves, The drops of … Continue reading

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Luna, Stella, Sol

When Sol began to shiver, breathing thin and cold She felt the wrinkles of the day becoming old And with her fingers cast a glittered, cobwebbed spell To let her saffron light disperse to vivid gold   As Stella clawed … Continue reading

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Thin, Pallid Skin

A cold stone weighed down his chest. With rattling, trembling lungs He whimpered out his last few breaths. Through his thin, pallid skin a heart beat slow. Each thump shattered the earthbound rock. His soul wrenched itself from its chains, … Continue reading

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To Vivid Night

She woke up to a single glowing sun.The tightened bounds of sleep became undone.Her steps that fell towards the Earth were young.The dew of life so sweet on her dry tongue.She stumbled into something like a walk,To write a name … Continue reading

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The Poet’s “I Love You”

A golden bee played background music to her thoughtful sighs, Her gaze attached to hummingbirds and silky butterflies. The Poet leant himself against the sunlit, cloudless sky, And it was then he felt an urge to send her a reply. … Continue reading

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Supernova

A beauty lost in space, almost beyond our starlit skies. The jets of golden dust and clouds that burn into your eyes. Our universe is full of darkness, soon there will be light. In distant space, a tiny spark burns … Continue reading

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Clouded Glass

Fingertips pressing into clouded glass, Staring through empty space, Feeling time thickly flow by, Dipping toes into cool wetness, Droplets squeezing life out of the solitude. Looking up at a distant sun Between the shadowed petals Reaching into the atmosphere; … Continue reading

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The Wisdom Sitting in my Chair

The wisdom sitting in my chair Is torn and broken, marked with wear, But brightly coloured, soaked with sun. The wisdom sitting in my chair Is old and cold and worn and torn, But much better than none, I do … Continue reading

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