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Absence of Is

A Poem by L

It grew colder.The sky split at its seamsAnd spilt its precious darkSo that I could not seeThe look in your eyes,Nor hearThe well-formed wordsYou forc..

She wrote it in footsteps

A Poem by L

She said"somewhere in this there is joy"and stretched her fingertipsto snatch a momentfrom the air;which Forever lent down to kissand stained, eternal..

She Sang a Song to Death

A Poem by L

She sang a song to Death at dawn,Just as the sun was slowly drawnFrom the sea into the skyWhile Death sat listening nearbyAnd breathing in her fragile..

Stolen Night

A Poem by L

I slept away the centuriesMy breath was all that stirred:Its steady rhythmWas the ebbing flowOf life,As my empty chestRose and fellWith the mightyBatt..

Neither Here nor There

A Poem by L

Here's a girl who's all aloneunder trees named for their tearsand here's a man who walks away,fake smile hiding all his fearsHere's the darkand there ..

Rhyme and Reason's groundless treason

A Poem by L

i knew rhyme but had no words to fill iti learnt words but had no meaning to grasp themi saw meaning but had no voice to speak iti found a voice but h..

Departure

A Poem by L

i met sorrow oncein a solitary tearof the one who is left;embraced by armsthat were not mineand she was in every stepof the wanderer;tracing his absen..

Paper Daisies

A Poem by L

There's a field of paper daisies outside my house;undoubtedly as real as I,yet strangers simply pass it by.The wind creates its coloursas they sway,an..

Elemental Escape

A Poem by L

And I grew tired;dizzy from being thrown aboutin the wind of whimsNo longer sure where you standin a world that won't stop spinningbut knowing that I ..

Be Still and Know

A Poem by L

I once heard it saidthat in thebeginning,before the earthhad taken even herfirst screaming breath,there was truth.I heard that the mountainswere built..