Amid the nights liquid haze
I dance alone reflecting
a fallen spirit of kinder days
wistful and protected
If only your voice had a name
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She drifts
slowly
sifting through the mound
loves lost
a lock of hair
a bent snapshot
a book with pages torn out
a towering monument to pain
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moment to moment
hour to hour
the clock ticks slowly
as time devours
the wishes I hold dear
the thoughts in my mind
until I have no more
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I run
until my body aches
until my eyes sting
through legends
past heroes of stone
and winged concubines
with fear as a companion
I run
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It comes from distant heartache
and the shattered broken sky
the subtle smell of autumn
I will always hold inside
somber lies in minds eye
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Amidst the shattered
the remnants of the broken
I rest my head
the callous hand cannot reach me
I am beyond harm
I am strength
I am will
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birth death rebirth
the cycle endures
despite wants and need
across oceans of tears
growth and decay
anger and fear
falling to rise again
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caress me now
my moon above
bring me health
bring me love
as gentle ripples
upon a pond
stir my heart
and then move on