Poetry

Who you are

It’s never occurred to me thatYou could want to talk to me.It’s stupid, right.I know you love me.But I think of it as a service you offerTwo lonely soulsBeing what they needServing her desireFeeding the hole inside that needs to be whole.You wanted to call me back.And I smiled for hours.Because I want to be…

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Examinations

Every answer is the right answerLike an exam without a keyAnd a student teacher whoDoesn’t want to keep grading papersSo she grades the first pageand leaves the rest unmarkedYou’re certain to passAnd whatever you doThere’s a future bright for youThere’s nothing you can’t do.

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Sight

When I see your faceThrough the screenIt sends me wantingMore of youThe man I can seeBut only through the phone

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Dante’s Purgatory

The place that feels worse than hellNeither good nor bad enoughTo offer what you willNeither beginning nor the endFor its residentsWaiting to see where they’ll goNo flutes and lyreNo lake of fireJust waiting.Full of hope.Full of dread.Wishing you weren’t dead.

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Your body

You’ve lived in that bodyAll your lifeFelt it growKnow each muscleEach boneEvery scarYou know its weaknessIts strength. You’ve lived in that brainAll your lifeMade a choiceChanged your mindEach regretEvery dreamYou know how you thinkIt’s hope. You’ve never seen who you areAll your lifeNever known the real reasonThe women who want youThe men who’ll follow youThe…

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If

If I could breathe for you,Every breath would be sweet.If my heart could beat for you,You’d rush to the deep.If I could think for you,I’d use each node in my brain.If I could suffer for you,I’d hold all your pain.

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All is well

When I was lost and sad,Suffering and aloneI ran to you because I knewYou could comfort meLike no one else.Though I barely knew youI felt you alive in an instantLike a dark roomLit by a flip of the switchYou were in my head againAnd touching my heartIn just momentson your porchI was safeAnd warmAnd whole.…

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Some day

Some day in the futureWhen I am yoursAfter you’ve gone to workI’ll curl into our bedAnd breathe deeplyYour scent still on the sheetsYour taste still on my lipsMy fantasies realizedI’ll smile with delightSome day.

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Suffering Alone

I don’t want to hear your voiceOnly when you’d like to charm meOr when you feel like laughingOr romantically disarm me. I want to hear your voicewhen you crawl into crazyAnd nothing makes senseLogic fails, your mind betrays. I want to hear your voiceWhen you want to be aloneAnd sadness is winningTears are falling and…

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The best man

Fucked up and miserableSad and angryAnxious and lost and confusedI see you how you areAnd yet I love youI know what you’ve beenWhat you could beWatching you struggle,I know who you are.And it’s the best manI’ve ever seen.

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