Birds sing
And the sun drops
Light fades
And the dark brightens
Stars twinkle
While the moon beams
Day turns like clockwork
Into night
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Black Dog
A black dog
Follows me around
As a dark shadow
Biting my legs
I run as fast as I can
And still cannot outrun
The bared teeth threatening
To tear my flesh apart
My dreams are nightmares
My hope is ash
I run until
I cannot breathe
Barbed Wire
My mind closes rank
On itself and on myself
I reach past the barbed
Wire capturing my freedom
And the harder I reach, the closer
The wire encroaches on my well-being
Threatening to destroy my world, my life
And all of me
Falling Leaves
Wind chimes
Sing in the sparkling
Light of autumn sun
Blue skies
Rejoice in a changing
World of falling leaves
Color adorns
Landscapes of an
Approaching winter
Exposed
I never stood a chance
Never could have
With an exposed heart
Of tender flesh
And no shell to protect –
It was there for the taking
Sacred
I will hold my heart
In tender hands
I will wrap my heart
In silken cloth
I will protect
My most sacred self
That was ravaged
By a spineless wolf
Time Bomb
I’m okay and not okay
I’m waiting for the winds
To carry me away
To mountains high
Or valleys low
My eyes cry tears
My heart weeps too
For pain and loss
And constant sorrow
Time goes by
To steal the child
And turn us ever
Older, wiser
Until a time
The ticking stops
Forever
A Moment
Colors merge into one
Images melted from
Memories
Running with the wind
Into your embrace –
A moment
Rushing with the thrill
Kissing with passion
I remember
Delicate
My heart tears
For every whip
That lashed
Across tender
Skin
My eyes well
For every slice
That cut
Across delicate
Layers
I cry
For every time
I made myself
Worth less
Illusion
Without the magic
Of the highest highs
And the lowest lows
The waiting, anticipating,
Hoping, thrilling
To be remembered
To be kissed
To be loved
Each day morphs into night
Each night morphs into day
My life is without light
My heart is without hope
My flesh is without fantasy
And the most powerful magic is
Illusion
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