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Pretense, Public vs. Private Monikers
Friends share secrets I am your secret. I had thought we were lovers, best friends Turns out you’re just a guy collecting secrets So on this Memorial Day let us take leave of pretense, of the notion of public versus … Continue reading
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Tagged #bestfriends, #betrayal, #endings, #growingup, #heartbreak, #memorialday, #poetry, #secrets, love, relationships
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Extra-Wide Heartosphere
The best part of my best friend’s leave is the coming home laughter at the start of day stories & love ending the day Life, lovely even in his absence, Coalesces perfectly the moment of re-entry into the seattlesphere an … Continue reading
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With Great Abandon, Anticipating the Moment of Becoming Unabandoned
You’ve abandoned me. Not in the ‘left without a word’ sort of abandonment & not the sayonara auf wiedersehen walking out the back door lost in translation, sort of abandonment This abandonment has nothing to do with your intent I … Continue reading
Coalescense
God save me But I am missing you Seems I’ve fallen, irrevocably, in love with you Aroused by the preponderance of everything intellectual, sensual, philosophical With you I live I breathe I believe With you coalescence is more than a … Continue reading
Quiet Confidence
He leaned in close taking her hand whispering about quiet confidence squeezing his fingers, nodding, lodging herself solidly within that space under his left arm leaning far in, as close to his heart as possible Quiet confidence? Yes, certainly. She … Continue reading
Quiet Confidence
He leaned in close taking her hand whispering about quiet confidence squeezing his fingers, nodding, lodging herself solidly within that space under his left arm leaning far in, as close to his heart as possible Quiet confidence? Yes, certainly She … Continue reading
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Tagged #confidence, #lovers, #music, #poetry, #romance, #silence, #summer2013, friendship, Happiness, relationships
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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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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
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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