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Boise
Philosophically I knowI should be happyJust knowing you are orbiting out there 405 miles or sofrom where I love you In a generous moodI knowI should be altruisticHappy to share your awesomenesswith the world at large 405 miles or sofrom where I … Continue reading
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The Princess Escapes
Chapter I The princess had been lonely a long time. He had cast a rather potent spell all those years ago that kept her captive within those cold tower walls. She could see out the window, see the country, the … Continue reading
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Tagged #heartbreak, #poetry, #psychology, #sadness, abstract, dream, fairytale, Happiness, poetry, prose
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Lost & Found
This hole in my heart? a small leak Not life threatening yet ever-present a lump in my throat a sense that something vital is missing That I’ve lost something That I’ll never be found The tear developed slowly starting in … Continue reading
Love Without Laundry
The man asked, “What is it that you want?” She boldly answered, “love.” He shrugged, looked away & replied, “I won’t marry again. I like living on my own.” She understood his confusion regarding love & domestic duty so she … Continue reading
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Tagged #conversation, #laundry, #men, #poetry, #women, love, relationships, Seattle
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Mollusks & Sea Walls, a Love Story (sort of)
Audaciousimpudentimpertinentthrowing herselfat this salty wallforming a fierce attachmentwithout so much as an invitation The sea wallmight have been flatteredsuch a pretty, charming molluskbut he barely knew herhe wasn’t in the marketwith more pressing concernsa shoreline to protect20,000 Leagues to managesand … Continue reading
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Safety Belt, Hard Hat, a Kiss: Whatever It Takes
my dear friendyou’ve been reading her memoirthe ramblings of an angry womanwounded well before you met herscarred beyond a reasonable doubtwhile still a child yet, in a revisionist, vitriolic, renderingit seems you are to blame,you are the traitor she needs … Continue reading
Release & Return
Lost in a good book adrift on a summer breeze not looking to be found but, if discovered please release & return to 137 North Easy Breezy Street
A Brazen Act of Summer Love
Come play awhile leave your sadness for the afternoon the summer is young the sun kisses your face bare legs, bare feet, brave heart we will catch falling stars make wishes, dream & never sleep we will tame the wild … Continue reading
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Tagged #musketeers, #romance, #romantic, #summer, #summer2012, friendship, love, relationships, Seattle
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Come and Kiss Me
kissing you it’s all I can think of sheets still a tangle all points of pleasure at high alert as if you were still riding beneath fast and slow powerful and sweet come and kiss me I can accomplish nothing … Continue reading
Safe Passage, Not Sidewalk Art
You know that sad girl? the one that sometimes stops in to see you? she says she feels so small tells you she is irreparably broken says loneliness is erasing all trace of her she worries that soon she will … Continue reading
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Tagged #compassion, #insight, #poetry, #sadness, Happiness, love, relationships, Seattle
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