‘discoveries of the unknown’
you’re dead to me
the air you breathe stale
corrupted
you’re not who i once knew
someone i don’t wish to discover
anymore.
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‘another’
another night of haunting
another night of listening
to the hands strike the clock.
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‘a poem for my daughter (someday to read)’
maybe someday you’ll recall how sentimental
i used to get but i couldn’t help it, especially
knowing your hand wouldn’t be quite as small
in my own anymore. maybe you’ll remember the
nights i read to you, and i did my best to make
all your books come alive. you thought i used magic—
it was only because your subtle grace
allowed me to build your kingdom in the sky. forever
my sweet little princess—
you left me bowing at your feet, wrapped around
your fingers and toes and you knew it.
it seems like yesterday that we lay, head to head
upon your pillow. you’d ask if your room would
grow dark soon as we watched dusk brush soft hues
across the walls;
i was always lost inside your inner sun
blinded by your beautiful.
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‘egg whites, veggies on a whole wheat wrap’
i had an epiphany
the morning i ordered breakfast
in that old deli and grill
listening to the mumbled tune
high up upon the shelf
from that static crusted radio.
i realized i understood
everything that was sung
each word every chord
while not one person in my life
has deciphered my signal
quite clearly cried out at all.
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‘intrapersonal’
i exist
within my mind;
within your mind
i exist
not at all.
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‘mirror, mirror’
you left your face home.
what stares back now
is divided by cracks
and all the sighs in the world
cannot fuse it back together.
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‘young love’
to die a thousand youthful deaths
silk grazed innocence
soaked by fingertips
without cognizance of time;
the seasons give no quarter.
should we all be so blessed
upon the stage of our darkest hour
to recall gilded promises
before the frost crushes them all.
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