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You Would Have Loved Him

A Poem by Tara

Slipping back the skin of timethin crisp pages of another erathis book reads in memoryits ink dripping with lossToday is not just another day.The date..

Picasso Pools

A Poem by Tara

Milk drifts in Picasso pools in my coffee cupSome things drift and others fly.I try to figure out which to do todayand decide its a drifting day.My wi..

Five More Minutes

A Poem by Tara

Soon it will be necessary to leave. He snores and pulls me closer to himas if he has heard my thought.I shake the thought awayand focus on his breath,..

Sandy Gifts

A Poem by Tara

Here I sit among a feast of famine,I in my broken palaceHow tender are the hearts which reside here.Outside are remnants of lives lost to naturemattre..

Strong Arms

A Poem by Tara

"for a friend"

Fluffy's Revenge

A Poem by Tara

Bloated . floating face up in the pool I had failed to cover. I couldn't face the bloated creature.Couldn't face the failure.It was the same with the ..

Handsome Remedy

A Poem by Tara

i am discarding all the old words.burning up the memoriessweeping up the crumbs.its the only way you knowto start new.pure.without the backpacks of th..

Journey

A Poem by Tara

Every word. Every thought.i will not say they were for you.I will not imbue them with divinity.I will not romanticize the processas we all know how si..

Baby Blues

A Poem by Tara

Blue and sad...almost bruisedand within the shades of greyI felt regretand when they looked awayI knew caution had taken hold.Yet, in the picturethe o..

Arms of Hope

A Poem by Tara

The silver edges of this abyss lure me into its flames.I may be ready to fall once again.You've captured something I thought was long lost.A treasured..