Comfort

Comfort found in the bottle isn't comfort all at or so they say and plead their case though looks and passing remarks Comfort found through lies and sweaty deeds isn't comfort all at so let me take the comfort that is honest after all, I can't lie to a bottle.

Twisted Up

Everything gets turned inside out by words and assumptions twisted right side wrong side striking like a knife leaving marks on hearts give me sticks and stones spare me words & their shallow intentions.

Moments

A simple word or two and all the pieces fall in place A simple word or two and everything is clear for a moment, a whisper. Everything seems possible And it is for a moment and a whisper which doesn't last forever but in that moment everything is clear the horizon seems just a bit …

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Lost

I took the road I thought I should take The road my parents took and liked The road of listening to the unspoken expectations of others I took the road and missed all exits all the signs directing me back to myself back to the person I was meant to be Then saw all lost …

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Reasons

You know I don't care if you like my verse Though I will admit it is nice I don't write it for you or your approval I write for the fear that I will drown in a sea of ideas I write because of I fear the words would burst out of my chest and I …

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It is

Love, they say should never hurt. Never make you cry or cut your soul, Maybe those that say it have never been in love, Cause love hurts and burns us so everyday Love cuts you so deep and fills you with so many desires You don’t know which way is up And which way to …

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Washing

I miss reading my poetry to you letting my words roll over you before they hit anyone else knowing that sharing them with you meant something to us both you said you loved me but there were so many things not working and the two things that keep my heart beating You and my work …

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Another Momma Song

She gave me life, She never let me know how insane I was, Or made me grow mean instead of up, She still takes me to the dentist, And lets me get teddy bears to hold and cuddle, She laughs with me,  and loves my friends, bears with my animals, She talks and cries with …

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Welcome

I will always welcome the rain On New Year's Day. Always welcome the tears from heaven to cleanse away all the things I cannot name but hold me back all the same I would dance naked in this rain In all the tears And salt from heaven's eye Just to let it all go and …

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