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a poet's playground

definition of beauty

you think
i’m beautiful
really
you think
i’m beautiful

i feel rather
plain
just like
any other Jane
Ashely
or
Susan
who is really
the beauty of all

you say
beauty
is not skin deep
but mine
a rather

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do you believe

i believed
everything said
when the sun rises
waking we
to a new day
promises we make
our dreams woven
in words
that needn’t be spoken

i believe
truth
is the basis
of trust
that luck
did not
bring us together

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silence

shhhh…..
hush

please do not
make a sound
disturb
the perfect balance
of this moment

someone
needs quiet
to sift
through
the rough spots
of the day

someone
needs noiselessness
to meditate

join in
absorb
the loveliness
that quietude

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a question for you

i have a question
for you

do you really think
you can
out stare me
do you think
you’re better
than we
do you think
trust
isn’t earned
do you think
there is
nothing else to learn
do you
think

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portal to adventure

be fearless

the creatures of this wood
will watch
as you wander
hear them
rustling
in the leaves
curiosity
is their concentration

in this wooden trek
lay an opportunity
to leave humanity
outside
becoming one
with
the inhabitants
learning their secrets

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stand with me

i amble alone

i stand for every belief

you may not recognize mine
but i stand for yours
and all the others

you watch
and wait from a distance
not sure of which
direction to fly

without being asked
i won’t fail
those around me
i’ll

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