Poetry
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Give Me Your Hand—I Promise You My Own
I want to know if it is okay.My efforts are not missing.My intentions—given weight. What I know is the best I can do.There is nothing more I would wish for than the best for you.To know exactly how to be and how to show up.To know exactly what is needed,it’s the thing I keep dreaming. But I Continue reading
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Beyond the Steps
I create art with my eyes. Colors catch like sunlight shimmering through thick, syrupy honey I create art with my ears, Hear the songs that penetrate deep into my bones. I watch the world from my porch. White columns. Three steps leading down. Cars that stop at the quiet intersection. Children that cross at the Continue reading
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The Strength to Conquer Hate
To you I am erased. To you I have no face. But don’t I ever get a say? People take your tongue, and tie it to puppet strings. Pull you around in whichever ways fulfill them until they’re pleased. Make balloon animals out of the words you speak. Force feed you what you must mean. Continue reading
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Love me as I am
I saw his face in the dimly lit street-puddles. I ran my fingers slowly along the sides of his face. I felt the scruff of his thick beard. I saw his face when looking up at the constellations in my dreams. I wondered how on earth I would get up there. I felt his warm Continue reading
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The Gift of Love
I had been paddling all night, when I suddenly saw the sun’s light. The icy winds were defrosted by its gentle warmth. Waves of oxygen evaporated from the salty waters of the sea below. I looked to the right of me just as soon as the sun’s first rays shined across the left half of Continue reading
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The Stars at Night
Looking around you everywhere, only dust, grays, and browns ever appear. Cold is the air. Quiet are the stares… No one who actually sees. Only people who are thieves. Stealing the remainder of your leaves. Stealing what makes your heart free to be. But here comes night—the stars shining, bright. Yet they still witness your Continue reading
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A Love That Is Not For Me
There is no one else like you. Your soul as vast as the sea. Your lips as sacred as the trees. Your breath, so subtle. . . I. . . freeze My heart quivers when it knows it can’t see you. Hidden in a prison that is impassable; I can only visit you in my Continue reading
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Will I Shine Tonight?
I once had a dream found within the stars. I kept it tucked away in the sky, untouchable to everyone else, but, I soon realized it became untouchable even to me. Through many seasons of yearning, the stars moved across the sky. Little did I know, the stars I kept hope for had been long Continue reading
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What I Used to Do
I took the same drive I have taken many times before. Up along the winding mountain roads. To my favorite little olive grove. Oh how I wish I could move again… I climbed these hills many times. I walked my stride along its ridges and lines. Not knowing then, I wouldn’t ever be walking them Continue reading
Wolfy Chai 