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  • a poet’s playground
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    • evocative muse
    • meditation relaxation
    • reflective healing
  • a poet’s art
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  • a poet’s notes
  • contact

alternative avenues

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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final din

time ticks
slipping away
flowers
bud
blossom
shrivel
and die
she
gently breathing
gathering hope
for 1 more day
of sun
of rain
of winter storms too
of smiles
of laughter
of many hugs

who thought
the clock

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darkness doesn’t win

i cannot remember
a day
when darkness
didn’t cover me
in a cloak
when light
barely broke
through a crack
in the shade
when opening
the door
took every bit
of strength
that i no longer
had

you kept on calling

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oh my child

oh my boy
exhausted be you
rest
while the party
continues
music plays
in the street
and i feel
my feet would dance
for a few more hours

oh my son
fatigued you be
rest
while the chores
be through
in

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passing – in gray

he slipped away
unnoticed
as light dimmed
into dull grays
his breath
no longer with life
he found his way
by angel’s wings
caressing with endless love
they carried him
to

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i’m confused

woke up this morn
clear headed
i thought
my dreams
had me lost
in the meaning
of life

head screaming
get more rest
my arms and legs
unable to move
my pillows and blankets
have formed
a nice warm nest

feeling so cozy

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