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Dear World
Dear World,
Remember
that everything you know
was learned
from someone who once
wondered,
and everything you do not know
will vanish -
hollow light
i begin
unbroken,
round as the moon,
bright
with autumn,
heavy with seeds,
complete in
my silence.
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Feeling the Weight of Time
Sand runs down
and into the chasms below.
Gone.
If you could
turn back time,
you would go back to that day
when she was playing
in the pool. -
Two Roads
There are
two roads
under the weight
of war:
one paved in iron
and blood,
brutality met
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Trees of Wishes
A glowing tree appeared in his backyard. Its roots curled in the dirt, grounding itself and claiming the earth. The bark shimmered faintly in the light, a beautiful light taupe color, reflecting the sun covered by a thin layer of clouds.
Loves
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When History Speaks
I'm sorry.
And I guess that's all I can really say.
I watched them fall
watched and I couldn't do anything
at Columbine
at Sandy Hook
at Parkland.
I couldn't do anything
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Birdie
Every day —
Monday through Thursday,
starting at 2:30 pm,
I grew wings.
Peaking when reaching for the birdie.
Gusts of wind and floods were my fuel to hit the
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Death of the Cat
If curiosity killed the cat, then homo sapiens sapiens is closer to felis catus than humanity would like to admit, which is all the more reason to reach for new frontiers.
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We the Broken, Weary Now
The clock is broken
It stopped ticking a long time ago
stopped counting how much time has passed.
It's an old grandfather clock, oak wood, and sculpted to perfection
carefully crafted by hands
that belonged to men
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Pretty
You’re pretty like sunshine and roses
But also like orchids in moonlight
Like water reflecting the sky
Like tired nights when the wind heaves a sigh
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when leaves let go
leaves let go
each one a page ripped out of summer's book
each one a memory that hasn't been remembered since 1969
each one a fragment of what was
why care? they say.